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| Left 4 Dead 2 Demo available for Gold Members on Xbox Live | |
| Posted: 03.11.2009 04:13 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 0 |
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| Magic: The Gathering - Tactics announced for PS3 and PC | |
| Posted: 03.11.2009 03:41 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 0 |
 Sony Online Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast today announced that they are developing Magic: The Gathering – Tactics, an online 3D turn-based strategy game for the PC, with a PS3 version coming later. "The growing Magic: The Gathering community has an insatiable desire for great strategic game experiences. Sony Online Entertainment is the perfect partner to transform the best of Magic's story, strategy and competitive play into a fantastic ‘Tactics’ game experience for current and new Magic fans," said Greg Leeds, president, Wizards of the Coast. | |
| Three Wallace and Gromit episodes on Xbox Live this week | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 14:11 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 0 |
 Microsoft has confirmed that three Wallace and Gromit episodes will be released this Wednesday on the Xbox Live Marketplace for 800 MS points. Wallace & Gromit Ep. 2: The last resort Wallace & Gromit Ep. 3: Muzzled! Wallace & Gromit Ep. 4: The Bogey Man | |
| EA releases first American McGee's Alice trailer, reveals release date | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 12:33 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 0 |
 EA has released a new trailer for the remake of American McGee's Alice, and it looks very creepy indeed. This one is for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, but it won't be released until 2011. | |
| Kameo 2 development canned by Microsoft | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 10:16 by Jamie Davey | Comments: 1 |
 According to reports from CVG, Kameo 2 was in development at Rare, but has since been canned due to the firms involvement with Project Natal. Early in the year Rare underwent a company restructure to work on games for Natal, which has forced them to put past projects aside. Kameo was a launch title for the Xbox 360 in 2005, but was met with disappointing sales – another factor for the cancellation. | |
| Infinity pull F.A.G.S. trailer from net, its "core gag is great" though | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 10:01 by Technet2k | Comments: 6 |
 An intended humorous trailer for Modern Warfare 2 has backfired a little for developer Infinity Ward, and so they've done their best to wipe it out. It's all about F.A.G.S. you see. That's the "Fight Against Grenade Spam." Bowling admits the end is "a bit too far" from the jokes origin and "appreciates" the raised issues. | |
| PS3 Bayonetta outsells Xbox 360 in Japan, western launch in 2010 | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 09:59 by Technet2k | Comments: 0 |
 The launch day numbers for Bayonetta show the PlayStation 3 version the victor with 93k copies sold, while the Xbox 360 counterpart managed to score 45k sales among gamers. Whether this continues with PS3 in the lead or not won't be known just yet until the first week's numbers get posted, which is this Thursday. | |
| Capcom see Lost Planet 2 selling over 3m copies, shows paperwork | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 09:56 by Technet2k | Comments: 2 |
 Financial reports from Capcom paint a confident picture of Lost Planet 2's performance when it releases. They're hopeful it will by shy of the 4 million mark by just 300k copies. Joining the predictive report is Dark Void with over 1.3m, Super Street Fighter IV with 1.1m, Resi Evil: The Darkside Chronicles at 800k and... | |
| Molyneux: Milo & Kate are "whole new area" of gamer interaction | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 09:53 by Technet2k | Comments: 1 |
 The Project Natal game still on everyone's mind is Lionhead Studios' Milo & Kate which we all were given a snapshot of at E3 this year. It's "hardly even been dreamt" by sci-fi writers. It brings the focus back to the player. A lot of the development is in "making people comfortable" being 'seen' by Milo. | |
| Cousens: Studios must embrace new IP to 'stimulate consumers' | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 09:48 by Technet2k | Comments: 0 |
 Rod Cousens has expressed the need for the videogames industry to keep churning out new properties, if we want to avoid "hurdles and obstacles" that music and film has. We've always been "experimental" and "innovative" in our industry, says Cousens. The way to beat recession is by stimulation, not "more of the same". | |
| Valve confirms Avatar Awards from Left 4 Dead 2, but no weapons | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 09:44 by Technet2k | Comments: 1 |
 Chet Faliszek of Valve has given the nod and said yes, that Avatar Awards are given when you accomplish things for 360 Left 4 Dead 2, although you "can't have weapons". Valve believed they were doing something others had already done, but realised that wasn't the case as "no one knew" what they were talking about. | |
| Sony christen God of War III Ultimate Edition for US, has nifty box | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 09:43 by Technet2k | Comments: 1 |
 In order to celebrate the return of God of War properly, Sony has commissioned a special edition for Kratos to arrive in, packed with goodies like an art book and soundtrack name but a few. What's more is the actual packaging in comes in, which is styled to Pandora's box. It includes is a documentary video, and more... | |
| Infinity Ward say Modern Warfare 2 leaderboard "reset is in order" | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 09:39 by Technet2k | Comments: 2 |
 Robert Bowling of developer Infinity Ward has twittered they'll be wiping those leaderboard and levels clean ready for the full launch, which is to ensure "no unfair advantages" gained. How is it unfair? Well Modern Warfare 2 has shown up in the usual circles, illegally, for the Xbox 360. Microsoft has come down hard again on pirates. | |
| BioWare finally give glimpse to Jedi class from The Old Republic | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 09:32 by Technet2k | Comments: 2 |
 Having already shown off the power of the dark side with the Sith class from the upcoming Star Wars The Old Republic MMO, BioWare now unveil a little of the Jedi Knights. While they haven't dished specifics on them yet, a number of videos and the like have gone up for wannabe force users to drool over. | |
| PS3 best for Heavy Rain "by far", Cage admits answer "suspicious" | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 09:30 by Technet2k | Comments: 1 |
 Whilst speaking at a Q&A session during the EG Expo, David Cage of Quantic Dream told the audience that the PS3 is "by far the best" platform for Heavy Rain, with no doubt. The studio boss concedes whatever he answers it "will be suspicious", and he points to the hardware and architecture as his reasons why it's the PS3. | |
| Remedy to 'hold back' Alan Wake's ending from press, if they can | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 09:29 by Technet2k | Comments: 1 |
 Developer Remedy has been putting Alan Wake together for what seems an eternity, and so they believe it would be for the best if all preview copies sent to the press have no ending. So cautious are the studio of someone letting slip a big spoiler that Remedy's Matias Myllyrinne reveals they're talking it over with Microsoft. | |
| Ubisoft to reveal new Prince of Persia early next year, says report | |
| Posted: 02.11.2009 09:03 by Technet2k | Comments: 3 |
 From a trailer preview event for the Prince of Persia flick, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, it's been said that Ubisoft will announce a new new game "in the spring," by the movie team. They wouldn't elaborate past dropping that juicy tease of an announcement, saying it's "not their place" to spill details on the videogame project. | |
| PS3 Sky Player "may very well happen" someday, 'general desire' | |
| Posted: 30.10.2009 08:29 by Technet2k | Comments: 1 |
 Griff Parry, Sky's director of On Demand, has left no room for being misunderstood that they do actually have a desire "to extend to any device" that's good quality to "project" content.
Currently the PS3 offers BBC iPlayer streams freely in the UK. Sky Player is currently available exclusively for Xbox Live, for those with Gold membership and a Sky subscription. | |
| Tekken 6's "big day" arrives in Europe, Namco shipped 2.5m copies | |
| Posted: 30.10.2009 08:16 by Technet2k | Comments: 2 |
 Publisher Namco has said they've shipped out 2.5 million copies of Tekken 6, in all its variations, to European retailers for today's launch of the game. EU fans "very important".
Tekken project director Katsuhiro Harada notes it's "a big day for us." More than half of Tekken fans "are from Europe" and their feedback has had "a crucial role" in shaping Tekken 6. | |
| PlayStation 3 sales jump up this period, PS2 and PSP suffer losses | |
| Posted: 30.10.2009 08:01 by Technet2k | Comments: 1 |
 Sony has revealed their next-gen platform has achieved 3.2 million sales this period, compared with last year's 2.4 million units during the same time; some good news.
The former PS2 goliath and the PSP meanwhile has slumped some, when put next to '08 figures. Ultimately Sony has suffered a 24.2 percent sales drop this fiscal period ending Sept. '09. | |
