Author Archives: Johnny Cullen

Bethesda’s announced that over 2 million mods have been downloaded since the launch of mod workshop the Creation Kit for PC players last week.

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Konami’s announced it’s to close Metal Gear Online on June 21 after four years of service.

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Sega’s rolled out a video of upcoming Shotgun 2 expansion Fall of the Samurai, featuring behind-the-scenes footage of work being done on the game from inside Creative Assembley, new gameplay and more. Get it after the break. Get Brenna’s recent impressions of the standalone expansion from a recent Sydney event here.

It’s out March 23.

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Sony’s unveiled the European advertising campaign for PlayStation Vita ahead of the handheld’s launch next week.

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Telltale’s offering the first episode of Back to the Future: The Game for free for iPad. Subsequent episodes are also being offered for $2.99. Both the free offering and discount for further episodes are for a limited time only, however, so get to it.

The highly-anticipated single and multiplayer demo of Mass Effect 3 has finally gone live for everyone on Xbox Live Marketplace. Watch the first 15 minutes of it below.

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Valve’s included a search functionality for Steam Workshop as part of a new update. The Workshop itself is now a top-level menu item in the community part of Steam. There’s a full list of changes here.

Namco’s confirmed to Eurogamer that its delayed Ridge Racer Unbounded by four weeks. Originally due on March 2 in Europe, it’ll now release on March 30. The publisher said to EG the delay was so that Finnish developer Bugbear could get “a little bit of extra time to optimise the game.”

Unbounded steps outside the arcade racer’s typical route, into realms inspired by Burnout and Split/Second. It’ll arrive on PS3, 360 and PC.

According to a listing from the Australian Classification Board, Crimson Dragon will be the name of the titled Project Draco from the creators of Panzer Dragoon. The Kinect game, which was announced at Tokyo Game Show in 2010, is starting to come out of the woodwork with the first public hands-on later this month at a special event Akihabara.

Via Siliconera.

Kazunori Yamauchi has confirmed Polyphony will release version 2.05 of Gran Turismo 5 this week, beginning from Japan tomorrow. The update, which will spread to Europe on Thursday following the Asian release, will stablise gameplay and fix bugs for online.

Thanks, Andriasang.

Rockstar has said it won’t rule out the possibility of making a new L.A. Noire, despite the closure of IP creator Team Bondi last year.

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BioWare has kicked off the run-in to Mass Effect 3′s release with the early access launch of the RPG’s demo. Johnny Cullen takes a look at the taster’s single-play portion ahead of an open launch tomorrow.

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Sony’s lifted the embargo on reviews for the first-party launch line-up for PlayStation Vita following the announcement of UK download prices earlier. Those include Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Wipeout 2048, ModNation Racers, Everybody’s Golf: World Tour, Little Deviants and Reality Fighters. How do they stack? Get them below the break. Any links you wish to add, do so below.

Vita launches next week in the US and Europe.

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The overall US marketing for the launch of PlayStation Vita will be around $50 million, the New York Times is reporting.

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Nintendo’s confirmed it’ll release the demo of Metal Gear Solid 3DS: Snake Eater for eShop this coming Thursday, February 16. The demo will come ahead of the game’s March 8 release in Europe, a month after it released onto HD platforms with the MGS HD Collection. The 3DS version will come with new controls specifically for the handheld, as well as other features.

Thanks, MCV.

2K has braved a release for a sequel to one of the most underrated gems of this generation. As Johnny Cullen discovered, The Darkness II is more than worthy of the risk.

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A team of UK journalists have announced this morning the launch of Hookshot Inc, a website solely focussed on downloadable games costing under $15.

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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is the new UK number one.

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The makers of Grand Theft Auto IV PC mod iCEnhancer, which substantially improves the look of the game, have gone up to V2.00 in their latest update. There’s a video of it running below the break, via Kotaku. As it says at the end, GTA IV’s not dead yet.

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Konami has apparently confirmed a release date for Little King Story for PlayStation Vita in Japan, announcing it’ll release on March 29 for ¥6,480. This is according to a Japanese retailer (via Andriasang). LKS Vita is a sequel to the 2009 Wii original, released by Marvelous in Japan and Rising Star in Europe.