Category Archives: Publishers

Tue, May 21, 2013 | 14:02 BST

Kevin Conroy not starring in Batman: Arkham Origins, but another Arkham game in the works

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Kevin Conroy will not be the voice of the Dark Knight in Batman: Arkham Origins, according to a tweet from the man himself. Apparently, there was some confusion over his inclusion in the game during Dallas Comic Con over the weekend.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 12:31 BST

Medal of Honor: PS Vita game outed by concept art

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Medal of Honor was getting the PS Vita treatment over at Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City studio Slant Six, according to concept art listed by a former employee.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 11:15 BST

OUYA: Final Fantasy 3 gameplay footage surfaces online

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Final Fantasy 3 has been captured running on OUYA by IGN. The clip shows the remake’s visuals and gameplay to give you an idea of how the port fares on the Android-powered rig.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 10:43 BST

PlanetSide: original game going free-to-play, SOE confirms

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PlanetSide, the 2003 MMO shooter from Sony Online Entertainment will go free-to-play at some point in the future, according to the company’s president John Smedley.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 10:36 BST

Angry Birds movie signs The Office writer, Lucasfilm producer

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Writer of America’s adaptation of The Office Jon Vitti has signed on to pen the Angry Birds movie adaptation, currently slated for a July 1, 2016 theatrical release. Producer Catherine Winder has also joined the team.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 10:26 BST

Dawngate: EA’s MOBA shown in first video preview, beta sign-ups start this week

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Dawngate is EA’s answer to the MOBA scene, and developer Waystone Games has gone on camera to talk about the title, and its respect for its predecessors.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 11:13 BST

Resident Evil: Revelations launch trailer shows flashes of gameplay

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Resident Evil: Revelations developer Capcom has released a launch trailer for its HD re-release, full of static and quick shots of beasties. The games out on PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360 today in the States, and on Friday across Europe.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:11 BST

GRID 2: new gameplay footage shows Yas Marina circuit

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GRID 2 developer Codemasters has released another new gameplay video from its racer, this time showing off the urban Yas Marina circuit. THe game’s out on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 from May 28 in the States and May 31 across Europe.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 07:48 BST

Deep Silver bringing twin-stick shooter Narco Terror to XBLA and PSN soon

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Deep Silver and unheralded games company Rubicon Organization have a new ground-based co-op twin-stick shooter called Narco Terror that is primed for release this summer/winter (sometime in the next few months, to be clear) to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. A trailer that explains it all is inside.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 06:53 BST

DOTA takes Steam concurrent player record… from itself

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At some point this past weekend, there were 329,977 Steam users running DOTA 2. That’s a new record for any single game on the Steam platform, beating down the previous record of ~297,000 players gathered in DOTA 2 in early March. The West qualifiers for The International tournament — with a prize pool currently topping $2 million — were this weekend, and folks can watch through the client, so that probably had something to do with it.

Thanks, PC Gamer

Tue, May 21, 2013 | 05:54 BST

PSN offering new game+DLC “Ultimate Edition” bundles at steep discount this week

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The PlayStation Store has these “Ultimate Edition” bundles that give you a base game and all its DLC for a discounted price. This week, they’re putting out ten new Ultimate Editions, and they’re making them even cheaper than they normally would. Plus subscribers get a better discount, as usual. Full list inside.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 05:11 BST

Cloud’s horribly impractical sword has been created in the real world

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In Final Fantasy VII, Cloud carries around like a really big sword. It’s as big as he is really, and I’ve often wondered how he could even hold the thing. Now, the guy who made a real-life version of the Minecraft diamond sword built this Buster sword, and it is completely ridiculous. Video inside.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:19 BST

Battlefield 4: “Big announcements are coming soon”

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We know that the next-gen Xbox reveal taking place tonight will show off next-gen FIFA and next-gen Call of Duty, but we expect that many of the big game announcements will be left for Microsoft’s E3 press conference. But it could be that we’ll find out something about Battlefield 4 at the imminent event.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 04:26 BST

Resident Evil: Revelations HD’s DLC schedule is set

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Resident Evil: Revelations is making its way to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC this week, and Capcom has some DLC on the way for it that they will release in the coming months.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 04:08 BST

Visceral working in unnamed next-gen shooter — rumor

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The personal website of a game developer named Jehan Choo who once contracted with Visceral Games contained until a few hours ago a reference to work done on “pre-vis environments, mood pieces, and texture work for a PS4/Xbox 720 title” at Visceral, which is best known lately for the producing the Dead Space games.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 02:01 BST

Dyack Responds to Kotaku expose on X-Men Destiny

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Last October, Kotaku published a feature titled “What went wrong with Silicon Knights’ X-Men Destiny?” You can read that piece here. Former studio head Dennis Dyack, now at Precursor Games today posted he response to it in a YouTube video.

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Mon, May 20, 2013 | 21:51 BST

EA to reveal next UFC title tomorrow

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Electronic Arts will reveal the first details of its Ultimate Fighting Championship game tomorrow, the same day when Microsoft’s holding its next-gen Xbox event, the company announced.

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Mon, May 20, 2013 | 21:24 BST

Watch Dogs pre-order perks get detailed

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Gamers who pre-order Ubisoft Montreal’s upcoming futuristic open-world game Watch Dogs at Gamestop or Amazon will get exclusive pre-order bonuses, the firm’s revealed.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 11:33 BST

Next-Gen FIFA to debut at tonight’s Xbox 720 reveal event

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The official Facebook page of EA Sports FIFA videogame series has posted a picture confirming that it’s going to show the next-generation of the popular sports game during tomorrow’s Xbox event where Microsoft is confirmed to reveal its next home console. VG247 will be covering it all live as it happens so be sure to bookmark this thread.

Mon, May 20, 2013 | 19:26 BST

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Wii U gets The Gadget Show treatment

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Nintendo UK has released a video of some hands-on gameplay of the Wii U version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, filmed on the show floor of The Gadget Show Live 2013.

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