Category Archives: gamescom 2010
Fri, Jul 29, 2011 | 09:06 BST
NCSoft, Carbine Studios tease gamescom announce
Carbine Studios has teased its yet TBA MMO with NCSoft on its website. Word to the wise, this is all but likely to be the publisher’s big announcement for gamescom in a couple of weeks.
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Posted in: MMO, NCSoft, PC, gamescom 2010
Tags: Carbine Studios, Jeremy Gaffeny
Mon, Sep 13, 2010 | 15:34 BST
Motorstorm Apocalypse allows user-made game modes to be shared via PSN
Motorstorm Apocalypse will allow players to create their own gameplay modes and share them via PSN in a similar fashion to LittleBigPlanet, developer Evolution Studios has told VG247.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, PSN, Racing, Sony, gamescom 2010
Tags: evolution studios, Motorstorm Apocalypse, Paul Rutschynsky
Thu, Sep 09, 2010 | 14:19 BST
Kudo: Kinect features “really can’t be done on any other console”
Kinect chief Kudo Tsunoda has told VG247 that 360′s incoming motion tech could only work on the Microsoft hardware.
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Posted in: Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: Kudo Tsunoda
Mon, Sep 06, 2010 | 20:32 BST
Insomniac aiming for Meta 90 with EAP title, says DeMartini
EA Partners boss David DeMartini has told Eurogamer the firm’s new title with Insomniac Games is being given an aim of 90 on MetaCritic.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PS3, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: David DeMartini, ea partners, insomniac games
Mon, Aug 30, 2010 | 10:44 BST
Microsoft PC chief: Unannounced game aimed at GPU, CPU upgraders
If you thought the new-look Age of Empires meant Microsoft was moving on from PC hardware junkies and into the casual space, think again: Microsoft Game Studios GM Dave Luehmann has confirmed to VG247 that the company is working on at least one game that will “encourage that type of behaviour.”
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Posted in: Hot, Microsoft, PC, gamescom 2010
Tags: age of empires online, Dave Luehmann, Microsoft Game Studios
Sun, Aug 29, 2010 | 07:12 BST
Dragon Age 2: “A lot of other choices” make up for single player race, says Dr Ray
You may only be able to play as a human in Dragon Age 2, but BioWare boss Ray Muzyka is convinced the RPG won’t leave you gasping for choice.
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Posted in: EA, Hot, PC, PS3, RPG, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: bioware, Dragon Age 2, Ray Muzyka
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 | 20:30 BST
Bulletstorm GC walk-through released, features shooting
Epic’s put out an HD version of the gamescom Bulletstorm demo, featuring a voiceover from producer Tanya Jessen.
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Posted in: Action, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: bulletstorm, Epic Games, people can fly, Tanya Jessen
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 | 19:21 BST
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – 7-minute gamescom demo released
Ubisoft’s released the walkthrough video of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood shown at gamescom.
We have it for you below.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, PC, PS3, Ubisoft, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, brotherhood
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 | 12:03 BST
Halo 2 switch-off: Bungie’s Jarrard got his “ass kicked”
Bungie comms boss Brian Jarrard didn’t have the best experience playing a bit of nostalgic Halo 2 when the game was finally turned off alongside the original Xbox Live in April.
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox, gamescom 2010
Tags: Brian Jarrard, bungie, halo 2, Halo: Reach
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 | 10:50 BST
Tsunoda: Kinect supports more then two people, limitations are developer choices
Kinect chief Kudo Tsunoda has told Videogamer that the motion tech can support more then two people, saying limitations on launch titles are down to developer choice and not the hardware.
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Posted in: Hot, Kinect, Microsoft, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: Kudo Tsunoda
Fri, Aug 27, 2010 | 09:09 BST
Sony: Introducing new IP defines our success
Beating Xbox 360 will lay out PS3′s success, right? Nope. New IP like Heavy Rain, though, will do just that.
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Posted in: PS3, Sony, gamescom 2010
Tags: heavy rain, michael denny
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 | 15:10 BST
Treyarch “not shying away from the brutality of war” in Black Ops
No Russian-like level in CoD: Black Ops? Treyarch isn’t saying, but either way, it isn’t going to duck out of showing “the brutality of war”.
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Posted in: Activision Blizzard, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: Call of Duty: Black Ops, josh olin, treyarch
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 | 11:01 BST
Bungie: “Safe to assume” Reach DLC will be “multiplayer-centric”
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Posted in: Action, Hot, Microsoft, Shooter, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: Brian Jarrard, bungie, Halo: Reach
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 | 09:08 BST
Kitase: Final Fantasy development time “hopefully” shorter “next time”
FF XIII producer, Yoshinori Kitase, has said development time for Final Fantasy “next time around” will “hopefully” be shorter.
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Posted in: RPG, Square Enix, gamescom 2010
Tags: Final Fantasy XV, Yoshinori Kitase
Thu, Aug 26, 2010 | 08:38 BST
Insomniac confirms 2011 launch for Resistance 3, no PAX showing
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Posted in: Hot, PAX 2010, PS3, Shooter, Sony, gamescom 2010
Tags: insomniac games, Ratchet & Clank: All4One, resistance 3
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 | 14:20 BST
EA Partners is “highly, highly confident” of Respawn’s first game
It will have guns. It will have men. And, obviously, EA Partners GM David DeMartini reckons Respawn’s first EA game is going to be amazing.
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Posted in: Action, Development, EA, Hot, PC, PS3, Shooter, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: Jason West, Respawn Entertainment, vince zampella
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 | 13:29 BST
Levine on BioShock Rapture return: “Never say never”
Columbia is high in the sky. Rapture is at the bottom of the sea. Ken Levine might be in the clouds with Infinite, but is a return to Rapture on the cards? As the man says, “Never say never”.
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Posted in: 2K, Action, Adventure, Hot, PC, PS3, Xbox 360, gamescom 2010
Tags: bioshock 3, bioshock: infinite, irrational games, ken levine
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 | 11:46 BST
Motorstorm: Apocalypse inspired by “a number of West Coast cities,” says Evolution
So, Motorstorm: Apocalypse is set in San Fran, right? Wrong. It’s “inspired” by it. That and other West Coast cities.
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Posted in: Hot, PS3, Racing, Sony, gamescom 2010
Tags: evolution studios, Motorstorm Apocalypse, Paul Rutschynsky
Wed, Aug 25, 2010 | 09:35 BST
Kitase confirms winter 2010 Japanese release for 3rd Birthday, 2011 for Europe
3rd Birthday producer Yoshinori Kitase has confirmed to VG247 the PSP game, the third in the Parasite Eve series, will release in Japan this coming winter, with a 2011 launch to follow for Europe.
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Posted in: Hot, PSP, Shooter, Square Enix, gamescom 2010
Tags: The 3rd Birthday, Yoshinori Kitase
Tue, Aug 24, 2010 | 17:37 BST
Vigil – WH40K: Dark Millennium Online to innovate in “basic, moment-to-moment gameplay”
While Vigil’s WH40K MMO, Dark Millennium Online, will be “quite similar” to traditional MMOs, the game is looking to innovate at its most basic level, executive producer Tim Campbell told RPS at gamesom last week.
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Posted in: MMO, PC, RPG, THQ, gamescom 2010
Tags: Dark Millenium Online, Tim Campbell, vigil games, warhammer 40k, Warhammer 40K: Dark Millenium
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