Monthly Archives: December 2011

Sony has updated the US PS Movie Store new releases The Smurfs and Friends with Benefits, which might only be worth the watch just to see Mila Kunis prance around in her skivvies.

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Nintendo has confirmed that Xenoblade Chronicles will finally hit American shores in April 2012.

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Rare has announced a round of new hires for the firm, consisting of industry vets from Codemasters, Ubisoft Reflections, and Relentless Software.

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Minecraft indie maestro Markus “Notch” Persson has stepped down as lead developer of the game, handing the reins to Jens Bergensten with whom he’s worked for the past year.

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Ubisoft has announced Just Dance 3 sold over 700,000 units on Wii and Xbox 360 combined in the US from November 20-26, which was Black Friday week. The Wii version of the game is up 48% yoy compared to Just Dance 2 in the US. Tony Key, Ubisoft’s sales and marketing SVP, said: “Last week was an excellent start to the holiday shopping season for Ubisoft’s dance games. The popularity of Ubisoft’s dance games continues to gain momentum as these games appeal to a wide variety of consumers because they are fun to play alone or with friends and family.”

Just Dance 3 was released on Wii and Xbox 360 in October. The PS3 version releases next week in the US and UK. Thanks, Gamasutra.

To go along with the nice batch of screens released earlier this week, Square has released four new trailers of the game in action. Each one features some heavy power and prog-metal as well. Don’t trash too hard, now. You might hurt yourself. The Vita title will be released around the system’s launch, will contain four-player co-op , and can support up to 200 goblins on screen at once. Thanks, Gematsu.

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In an interview with Japanese gaming site Impress Watch, translated by Andriasang, members of Sony’s Vita development staff discussed the system’s multimedia capabilities, revealing some new information and reiterating the reasoning behind the expensive proprietary memory cards.

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Hit the break to catch the latest trailer for the 2011 edition of Dizzy’s 1991 puzzle-platformer, complete with classic music, somersaulting egg, a lion, a troll and the Grim Reaper to boot.

Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk launches next Friday December 9 for mobile iOS and Android devices, priced £1.49. An iPad version will also be available, priced £2.49.

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The Final Fantasy collaboration between Sqaure Enix and mobile social game provider DeNA has been unveiled as a PvE and PvP title Final Fantasy Brigade.

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Australian band, Hey Geronimo, has recreated several popular iOS games for its latest music video. Taking in the likes of Fruit Ninja, Cut the Rope, Flight Control and, of course, those ubiquitous Angry Birds, it’s cute, it’s goofy, and it’s through the break.

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Meaningless and imbecilic, Saints Row: The Third is a benchmark in sociopathy and one of the year’s most essential games. Patrick Garratt’s drunk on anonymity.

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After departing the Star Trek Online developer earlier this year, former executive producer Dan Stahl has returned to Cryptic Studios to lead a new Away Team working on the “Foundry”.

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The promised grand conclusion to the eight year saga of Star Wars Galaxies is just two weeks away. Clear your diary.

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‘Tis the season for discounts and freebies: EA’s getting in on the act by offering free content for its free-to-play online shooter.

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A free, open-source version of Halo developer Bungie’s classic Marathon trilogy has been released online. Available for Linux, Mac and PC, the pack contains an updated version of the engine, a fan remake of the first Marathon, and lovingly HD remastered versions of Marathon 2 and Marathon Infinity. The new versions sport modern features like online multiplayer including co-op; control pad support; and OpenGL shader functionality. You can grab the pack here. The Marathon series of shooters kicked off in 1994 and wrapped up in 1996, predating Halo by five years.

Thanks, Shack.

Zynga’s Cityville is one year old this week, and with 49.7 million monthly users, has been the most popular Facebook game for exactly that length of time.

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The next patch for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition is so large it gets its own name – “Version 2012″. Get the run down on what’s in, what’s out, and what’s no longer exploitable you cheating prat, through the break.

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@Ekanaut, a marketing chap at Monday Night Combat dev UberEnt, spotted this at “at a local game developer event worn by a Valve employee.” Keep the faith, boys.

This Japanese trailer for Uncharted: Golden Abyss shows off some of the game’s touch controls as well as outlining some plot – probably.

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Connectivity and matchmaking issues are raising ire among The King of Fighters XIII players, but Atlus is doing what it can.

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