Tag Archives: united front games

Tue, Aug 02, 2011 | 09:13 BST

Square Enix buys rights to True Crime: Hong Kong

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Square Enix has said it has bought the rights to True Crime: Hong Kong from Activision.

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Thu, Jun 23, 2011 | 09:09 BST

Acti: True Crime wouldn’t have hit “the top” of its genre

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Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg has said one of the reasons True Crime: Hong Kong was canceled, was due to the firm’s belief that the actioner would not reach “the top” of its genre.

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Thu, May 12, 2011 | 02:54 BST

Leaked script offers insight into axed True Crime: Hong Kong

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The third game in the True Crime series was planned to hit Hong Kong, focussing on Detective Wei Shen who was assigned to infiltrate the Triad. Unfortunately, the game was axed before it could be released, but this new leaked script gives a hint of just what we missed out on.

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Tue, Mar 01, 2011 | 09:52 GMT

Modnation Racers results in 2 million “creations”

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Sony said last night that 2 million tracks, cars and whatever else have been created for PS3 kart game Modnation Racers since it released last May. The company is celebrating by releasing the game as a Greatest Hits title in the US for $30. A bunch of new, free DLC will be put out for the game this week. There’s more on the PS Blog.

Fri, Feb 25, 2011 | 14:38 GMT

United Front Games sees layoffs following True Crime cancellation

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United Front Games has confirmed it has laid off some of its staff.

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Fri, Feb 11, 2011 | 18:47 GMT

United Front Games releases statement on True Crime: Hong Kong cancellation

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United Front Games has released a brief statement regarding the cancellation of True Crime: Hong Kong over on it’s official website.

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Thu, Feb 10, 2011 | 06:59 GMT

Confirmed – Activision chops Guitar Hero and True Crime, no music or Hawk games in ’11

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Activision’s just announced it has canned development on True Crime: Hong Kong as well as “disband” the Guitar Hero business unit.

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Tue, Feb 01, 2011 | 06:03 GMT

Killzone’s Helghast get ModNation Racers treatment

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SCEA’s announced that the Helghast from Killzone will make an appearance into ModNation Racers as part of DLC hitting the United Front DIY title. A Helghast-themed mod and racer is yours to buy for $1.99 when the US PS Store updates tonight.

Thanks, US PS Blog.

Mon, Jan 31, 2011 | 23:38 GMT

True Crime: Hong Kong screenshots emerge from delay silence

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A handful of new screens for True Crime: Hong Kong have turned up, which seems as good an excuse as any to remind you that it exists and looks kind of wonderful.

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Tue, Jan 18, 2011 | 14:44 GMT

ModNation Racers to get premium unlock key

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Sony’s confirmed it’s to release a premium unlock key for ModNation Racers today in the US. That means that everything in the DIY United Front racer will be unlocked at a price.

Take the easy way out for $3. Thanks, US PS Blog.

Fri, Nov 05, 2010 | 12:23 GMT

Additional dev time for True Crime: Hong Kong has “paid off”, says Activision

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Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg said last night the additional development time on True Crime: Hong Kong has “paid off” for the game

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Thu, Aug 05, 2010 | 21:56 BST

Activision moves True Crime: Hong Kong into 2011

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Activision has announced True Crime: Hong King has been moved into 2011 to give it more polish.

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Tue, Aug 03, 2010 | 13:08 BST

ModNation Racers update see loading improvements, casual difficulty

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Sony’s revealed details of the new update for ModNation Racers, featuring several much asked for fixes.

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Tue, Jul 13, 2010 | 09:31 BST

ModNation Racers patch adds “casual” difficulty

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Sony’s announced it will add a casual difficulty to ModNation Racers via an upcoming patch.

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Mon, Jul 05, 2010 | 21:14 BST

Twisted Metal’s Sweet Tooth coming to ModNation Racers

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Sony’s announced it’s bringing Twisted Metal’s Sweet Tooth over to ModNation Racers.

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Tue, Jun 15, 2010 | 19:51 BST

Interview – True Cime: Hong Kong associate producer George Ngo

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VG247 recently caught up with Activision’s George Ngo, associate producer on True Crime: Hong Kong, to chat about the latest outing in the open-world action series.

The game has been in development for three years and is clearly inspired by Hong Kong action movies. It is incredibly fast-paced, hugely violent, and contains lots of truly fantastic swearing.

Our first impression of the game, based on the demo shown to us at a pre-E3 event in London, was that it was definitely one to watch out for when it releases later in the year.

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Fri, Jun 11, 2010 | 19:03 BST

True Crime website launch includes screens, cast

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The website for True Crime: Hong Kong has launched, and on it you can find all sorts of goodies pertaining to the game.

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Mon, May 17, 2010 | 14:56 BST

It’s Butler vs Tretton in new ModNation Racers video

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Kevin Butler: “VP of ‘getting your ass whipped by your boss on ModNation Racers’”. At least that’s what the new video for the racer shows.

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Sat, May 08, 2010 | 18:32 BST

LBP2 was necessary due to the DLC “divide”

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William Ho, director for United Front’s ModNation Racers, has said that LittleBigPlanet 2 was necessary to due to all the new changes and features.

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Fri, May 07, 2010 | 08:46 BST

Free ModNation Racers DLC dropping before release

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Sony’s announced some free DLC for ModNation Racers will hit before the game’s launch.

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