Monthly Archives: December 2011

Konami has announced Rebellion’s NeverDead will release on PS3 and Xbox 360 January 31 in the US and February 3 in the UK. The game lands in Japan on February 2. The firm also sent us an abundance of screenshots for the game, which you can have a look at in the gallery below. Announced during Konami’s infamous press briefing at E3 2010, NeverDead was originally set for release at the end of 2011.

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Rockstar has announced it will be holding a Grand Theft Auto IV multiplayer event tomorrow, December 2, to celebrate the game’s third anniversary of the PC release. Members of the Rockstar Social Club can participate in a three hour PC session of Grand Theft Auto IV along with Episodes from Liberty City from 4-7pm EST via Games for Windows LIVE. Participants will be entered into event sweepstakes featuring Rockstar Prize Packs with which include: original collectible GTA IV foam fingers, lapel pin sets, license plates, t-shirts and large character stickers. Special guest players from the GTA fansite community will also be invited to join in on Cops n’ Crooks, GTA Race, Team Deathmatch, and other modes requested by fans from The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony. Hit up the link for more information. Thanks, Blue.

NOA’s Reggie Fils-Aime has said 3DS has surpassed first year units sales of the original DS in the eight months since its release. The original DS moved 2.37 million units worldwide during its first year on the market.

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Apple UK has released its weekly charts, and games once again have a heavy presence on both the iPhone and iPad lists – free and paid. Out of the four charts released, three have a game in the number one spot, with only the iPhone paid App chart topped by an non-gaming app. Get the charts below, courtesy of MCV.

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Nintendo has confirmed that its Ambassador games are still coming this year to early adopters of 3DS. Rumors yesterday, stemming from Nintendo Spain (thanks Mark) had the games being delayed into next year. However, when contacted by ONM, a Nintendo spokesperson told the magazine the Game Boy Advance games “will be available before the end of December 2011,” and that further announcements on the matter would arrive “in due course.”

Five of the 10 GBA games confirmed as part of the 3DS Ambassador Program confirmed so far are: Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Metroid Fusion, WarioWare, Inc.: Minigame Mania, and Mario Vs. Donkey Kong.

Sony has announced that starting today, Plus subscribers will be able to download one title every two days from the PlayStation Store, for free until December 25.

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It looks as though Sony America has lost two of its key executives: VP of marketing Scott Steinberg, and SVP of publisher relations, Rob Dyer.

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According to Andriasang, Final Fantasy XIII-2 combat has been improved over the original. The video below the break, released today, shows the “new Instant Paradigm Shift, the QTE-like cinematic actions, and updated paradigm customization interface. The clip also shows Noel and Serah fighting alongside Snow.”

I can’t argue with that. Watch for yourself. It’s out early next year for PS3 and 360.

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As promised, Lineage II – NCsoft’s stalwart online fantasy grinder – is now free. Assuming you don’t have anything better to do, you can now hit things with sticks for thousands of hours instead of going outside, pooing in the toilet or even wanking: why would you? You have the stick game. Get yourself a potty. Hit with sticks. Don’t wank. Or move. Stick-hitting for free beats wanking and moving. Poo on the potty and hit with sticks. You don’t even need a real stick. You will need a real potty. Or a real nappy. “Experience the grandest MMO and leave the rest behind!”

Good news this morning for the Imagine Publishing chaps and chapettes: NowGamer’s announced November stats in excess of 1 million unique users.

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Kotaku’s gone live with another EA rumour, this one suggesting the next Army of Two game will contain four-way co-op.

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Konami’s picked up InXile’s Choplifter HD for release on XBLA. Not quite sure what’s going on with the PS3 and PC versions, which were announced in March: today’s press release only makes reference to the 360 game. The release date’s been pushed back, in addition, moving from “fall” to “winter”. This is timely; winter started this morning. Hope you opened your advent calendar.

Check some new shots below.

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Square Enix’s upcoming Unreal Engine action-RPG is to feature online play in some form, project lead Ryutaro Ichimura has said.

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Super Mario 3D Land director Koichi Hayashida has said Nintendo tested the possibility of bringing Super Mario Galaxy 2 to 3DS, but Mario’s size and the game’s general mechanics proved prohibitive.

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Screens of online communication in Dragon Quest X, Square’s upcoming Wii and Wii U MMO, have confirmed this morning that getting out of bed to report on stuff like this is the video gaming equivalent of crying, alone, into a Cadbury’s “Heritage” biscuit barrel.

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Namco’s splurged a bunch of new Soul Calibur V media in Japan, confirming the fighter will be out on February 2 in the process.

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Nintendo of America boss Reggie Fils-Aime doesn’t expect much overlap between the consumers the company’s targeting now, and those it will target with the Wii U.

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Now that Counter-strike: Global Offensive is in beta, you’re likely to see plenty of this: sweet direct-feed footage of the next big thing in eSports.

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How many times can you make a game about the same series of historical events? Until you get it just right, Omega Force believes.

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A mysterious new listing on the Australian Classification Board suggests Star Wars: The Old Republic may see official local release after all.

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