Archives for Nov 3rd, 2010
Microsoft predicts 5m Kinect units sold this Xmas (more than the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii launches)
Bloomberg News reporter Dina Bass took to Twitter to deliver a confidant recalculation from Xbox's top dude, Don Mattrick. Microsoft revised its Christmas season Kinect sales forecast from 3 million to 5 million which, according to Bass, Mattrick says "would make Kinect the biggest Xbox product ...
Report: Ignition Florida shutting its doors
More trouble for Ignition Entertainment -- after the recent closure of its London studio and the subsequent cancellation of WarDevil, it looks like Reich is headed for the same fate, as the company's Florida studio is now closed, according to a report from Gamasutra. Unconfirmed reports say that ...
Rumor: New Silent Hill movie based on Silent Hill 3, will be in 3D
Back in August, Fangoria was told that the sequel to the Silent Hill movie was on hold following screenwriter Roger Avary's legal issues. But now that same publication has heard that the movie's back on -- Silent Hill: Revelation 3D is supposedly in preproduction, will follow the story of Heather ...
Mega Man Legends 3 team reassures fans
After Keiji Inafune finally got his wish and began development of a new Mega Man Legends game ... he left Capcom. The remaining team members collectively issued a statement through Capcom-Unity to let us know that the 3DS Mega Man Legends 3 Project continues unabated. "We have been reading all of ...
Amazon trades canceled Dead Rising 2 Avatar clothes for half off Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Good news: the Avatar outfits offered by Amazon as pre-order bonuses for the Xbox 360 version of Dead Rising 2 won't be delivered after all. Why is that good news? Because who cares about Avatar clothes (even Servbot heads), when the replacement is half off a pre-order of Marvel vs. Capcom 3? ...
Ubisoft Quebec adds a Longtail studio
Ubisoft has reached a deal to absorb 48 members of Longtail Studios Quebec into its own Quebec City studio, reports French-language outlet Le Soleil (Google translation). The acquisition will also result in a reported 5–6 staff layoffs and effectively closes Longtail's Quebec branch, though ...
Saints Row XBLA aiming to be 'more unique,' says THQ's Bilson
Not much is known about THQ's downloadable Saints Row title, save for the fact that it's in development for Xbox Live and is also likely to land on Nintendo's 3DS in some form. In a new interview with Shacknews, THQ's head of core games, Danny Bilson, alluded to some changes made to the title's ...
Dead Space 2 'Ring Around the Rosie' trailer
It's a proven scientific fact: Nursery rhymes are creepy. As evidence of this undeniable truth, we present this trailer for Dead Space 2, which uses a twisted version of "Ring Around the Rosie" as its backing track. It's almost enough to make you forget how scary the actual game looks. Almost. ...
Kinect's first purchasers talk about camping out, system's potential
Did you want to be the first person to buy Kinect? You were well beaten. The first person -- in a warm purple hoodie -- arrived on Monday, more than two days ago. Thankfully, he had some friends to keep him company. We chatted with the collective group, and asked about what compelled them to wait ...
Media Molecule makes a Creatinator trailer for LittleBigPlanet 2
What is the Creatinator? It's a new tool for LittleBigPlanet 2 that lets you shoot anything. And we mean anything. As this new trailer shows, you can fire off blocks, shoes and missiles. It's a totally worthwhile upgrade from the Paintinator, don't you think? ...
Civilization 5 for Mac dated Nov. 23, 2010 CE
Porting powerhouse Aspyr Media has announced the Mac version of Civ 5 will be available through its GameAgent retail portal -- both digital and boxed copies -- on November 23. Confirmation of its exact availability on Steam is pending. Estimated system specs are posted after the break. ...
Call of Duty: Black Ops edited for Japanese audience
Square Enix announced today that some changes have been made to the Japanese localized version of Call of Duty: Black Ops. All dubbed copies of the PC and console versions will see swastikas replaced with the Iron Cross in zombie mode. Strangely, the subtitled version of the game, which will be ...
Dragon Age 2 preview: A rogue's tale, exaggerated
In Dragon Age 2, the story takes shape as it is passed along from narrator to listener. A short, plump man sits upon a throne and regales his unnamed female counterpart with the tale of our new hero, Hawke. In my preview session with executive producer Mike Darrah, I sampled two different versions ...
PSA: Xbox Live Gold Family Pack now available
Here's a friendly reminder that the Xbox Live Gold Family Pack is now available. The Family Pack offers up extra four Xbox Live Gold accounts -- along with some extra parental controls -- for $99 a year, a substantial savings over four separate accounts. Before you and three buddies splurge on the ...
THQ reports $47m Q2 loss, remains fixated on future
THQ didn't have much to say about its second quarter earnings for the period ending September 30, racking up a net loss of $47 million on net sales of $77.1 million. Compare that to a net loss of $5.6 million on net sales of $101.3 million in the prior-year period, and you can see why it wasn't ...
Team Meat considering retail for Super Meat Boy on Wii
Sure, we appreciate the fact that Team Meat's Super Meat Boy was conveniently downloaded onto our Xbox 360, but that doesn't do much to satisfy our unending urge to lovingly squeeze the game box ever so tightly. At the moment, there's nothing we can do about this (and no, not any old game box would ...
Amazon gets critical hit on Final Fantasy XIII PS3 price for DOTD
Look, guys. Amazon really, really wants you to buy Final Fantasy XIII. For the millionth time this year, the retailer has cut the price of the PS3 version of the game for its Deal of the Day promotion -- this time around, you can grab the lengthy JRPG for $18.99, more than half off the usual cost. ...
Updated Xbox Live Indie Games channel is 'full marketplace experience,' Microsoft says
Microsoft recently responded to complaints that the newly relocated Xbox Live Indie Games channel -- now somewhat buried in the "Specialty Shops" section of the Game Marketplace (seen above) -- has negatively impacted visibility and sales of the already-struggling platform. Speaking to Eurogamer, a ...
PSA: Halo: Reach level cap raised, new armor available
We did it, Halo: Reach players! By working together and racking up 117 million daily and weekly challenges, the Reach level cap has been raised and new armor has been unlocked. Sure, none of it really means anything, but we'll be damned if the prospect of new shoulder pads isn't exciting. ...
BioShock Infinite is to Unreal Engine 3 as BioShock was to Unreal Engine 2.5
Remember the amazing water effects in the first BioShock? Those weren't stock Unreal Engine 2.5 assets, friends. Instead, since believable water was such a key part of selling the underwater city of Rapture, Irrational Games developed the game's water in-house. Despite an aging engine under the ...
PSA: Lego Rock Band export 'temporarily' not working, 'will be soon' says Harmonix
Time for another public service announcement from your civic-minded pals at Joystiq: If you were thinking about picking up Lego Rock Band on Xbox 360 hoping to suck its delicious track marrow from that disc-shaped skeleton, you're going to want to hold off until further notice from Harmonix. Also, ...
XBLA in Brief: Yu-Gi-Oh, King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match
This week marks the long awaited arrival of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels on Xbox Live Arcade. It also marks the ... expected arrival of King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match. Not exactly the "Game Feast" goodness we've be spoiled by as of late, but at least card game and fighting game fans have ...
PlayStation Plus update for November 16: Abe's Exoddus, Shatter
It only makes sense that after offering PlayStation Plus subscribers a free download of Abe's Oddysee, Sony would let them complete the saga by handing out Abe's Exoddus. It's just one of the handful of freebies coming in the next PS+ update, which is detailed after the jump. ...
Killzone 3 beta preview: Exo mechs, jet packs and Helghast, oh my!
Here's the thing about the Killzone 3 beta: It's best played with friends. But due to the limited number of players in the beta, the likelihood of forming a squad with your best gamer pals is pretty close to never going to happen. Ultimately, the beta experience suffers because of this -- the ...
Guess who's joining the Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood?
Spoiler alert: Continue reading to find out ... ...
Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom devs on just who Majin is
Majin, like Denver: The Last Dinosaur before him, isn't just your friend -- he's a whole lot more. According to Game Republic art director Sousuke Miyaura, he's "the personification of all nature," able to devour the creatures of darkness that pollute the world. He's also there for high-fives. ...
Hulk Hogan's old balls are in this Def Jam Rapstar ad
An important note to the Def Jam Rapstar marketing team, regarding the ad you'll find after the break: When a schizophrenic, liquor-soaked homeless man smashes into your conference room and shouts, "Just show Hulk Hogan rapping with his old balls fully out there and everything! Also, Jimmy Hart, ...
Mikami making AAA title for Bethesda, will be his last as director
In an interview with Famitsu (translated by 1UP), Shinji Mikami and Bethesda's Asia GM Tetsu Takahashi revealed that Tango Gameworks is already at work on a major, AAA title for Bethesda. "That's the only sort of title we're interested in," Takahashi explained. "Any such project is going to involve ...
NBA JAM trailer features the Washington D.C. Globetrotters
So, you've still got the burning urge to engage in politics following yesterday's Midterm election? Don't actually get involved with your local government bodies -- that would be ridiculous! Instead, watch this NBA Jam video, which features a bunch of showboating, high-dunking politicians. ...
Bejeweled Blitz Live rated by German, Australian boards
Bejeweled Blitz Live has been rated by Germany's USK and Australia's classification board. The Australian listing is quite vague, giving the impression the title could be bound for retailers on PC, but the USK classification blatantly declares it as an Xbox 360 title. Perhaps it will appear for ...
Dragon Age Legends Facebook game unlocks items in Dragon Age 2
Dragon Age Legends is a Facebook-based strategy RPG launching this February. Perhaps more importantly, it's a method through which you'll be able to unlock stuff in the upcoming Dragon Age 2. Legends takes place in Kaiten, a city in the Dragon Age 2 setting of the Free Marches. Players ally ...
European PSN update for November 3
Brace yourselves, folks -- this week's a doozy. We've got a whole mess of new PlayStation Plus bonuses, the digital release of the God of War Collection, three new demos (including one for Rock Band 3), DLC for Dead Rising 2, Medal of Honor, God of War III and many others, the digital release of ...
Free Kinect Sports, Joy Ride for first 3,000 Kinect buyers at NYC launch
Microsoft isn't just trying to bring families together in front of the TV with Kinect, it's also doing its best to bring thousands of New Yorkers together. The official launch event for the sensor will take place at the Times Square Toys R Us, and Microsoft is giving away substantial bonuses to ...
EA signs 5 year deal with Facebook
Electronic Arts' social gaming plans march ever onward as the publisher signs a five-year "strategic relationship" with Facebook. The agreement will find Facebook Credits becoming the exclusive payment method in EA games on the platform. EA, under its Playfish brand (obtained for $300 million), ...
Weta offers new Halo helmet replicas, earns even more ire from cats everywhere
Let's be honest, it's not like that replica Spartan helmet is going to sit on your desk, right? These things were made for cats, the inevitable conclusion of the unholy tryst between feline and fandom eventually available for all to see on flickr. It's just what people do and you can now expand the ...
Xbox Live Indie Games moved to 'Specialty Shops' on new Dashboard, devs not happy
The new Xbox 360 Dashboard Update makes the whole interface look smoother and cleaner, but it has rubbed one part of the community the wrong way. Xbox Live Indie Game creators are bummed over on the Microsoft Developer Network forums, as their creations have been relegated to the "Specialty Shops" ...
Dota 2 FAQ has Icefrog talking AI bots, replays and more
Icefrog himself has answered a set of frequently asked questions on Dota 2's official website, clarifying and detailing a few concerns players have had since the game's official announcement. Much of the questions revolve around players leaving games -- Valve has not only implemented an AI system ...
Comic Jumper soundtrack now available as a free download
Here's the problem with Comic Jumper: when you turn the game off, its awesome soundtrack remains silently imprisoned within the plastic and silicon of your console. If only there were some way to kind of take those tunes out of the game, so your ears could envelope themselves in those sultry sounds ...
Schwarzenegger vs. EMA, the recap
Yesterday's Supreme Court hearing was one for the history books. The great state of California – represented here by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, ironically no stranger to media violence himself – versus the Entertainment Merchants Association, "the not-for-profit international trade ...
WiiWare demos return this week in Europe
One of the most frustrating things about the WiiWare service -- other than The Incredible Maze -- is that there aren't playable demos. Even more frustrating is that Nintendo did offer a series of demos last year, but made it a limited-time initiative for no good reason, going so far as to remove the ...
Ace Attorney Investigations 2 out February in Japan, includes Edgeworth figure
We now have two reasons for wanting to play Ace Attorney Investigations 2 in Japanese, despite knowing full well how difficult and unfulfilling it is. Were we to pick it up from Japan, we'd be able to play it starting February 3. It hasn't been confirmed for release outside of Japan. Capcom ...
Kinect and GameStop team up for midnight launch madness
If you can't make it to the Times Square launch of the Microsoft Kinect this Wednesday evening, perhaps your local GameStop will be offering a similarly scintillating launch experience? This morning, the nation's largest game retailer announced plans for "more than 2,000" GameStops to re-open at ...
Nintendo World Store 'reopens' Nov. 7 with a Mario celebration
The Nintendo World Store in New York City is open once again after a couple of weeks of remodeling. Next week, Nintendo will "officially" open the store in style, with a Mario party. Not a Mario Party, though, to be clear. On November 7, from 12-5 PM, Nintendo will host a party in honor of the ...
PSN Tuesday: God of War bonanza
Kratos is committing bloody vengeance all over this week's PSN update. The God of War Collection is available for download on PS3 and God of War: Ghost of Sparta is ready for handheld brutality on PSP. If you're a PlayStation Plus member you also get a "full game trial" of God of War 1 and 2, ...
Metallica to serenade Call of Duty: Black Ops at launch event
Metallica will perform at Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops launch event on Thursday, where the band will help raise $1 million for The Call of Duty Endowment. The fund's mission is to assist soldiers transition back into civilian life and help them establish jobs and careers. According to ...
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