| Mercenaries 2 controversy "kind of comical" says EA, just a game | |
| Posted: 01.09.2008 06:39 by Technet2k |  Comments: 3 |
 Venezuela, that oil rich southern American one, is the setting for Pandemic's Mercenaries 2 much to the ire of one Hugo Chavez.
EA has laughed off accusations that it's some psychological or propaganda device preparing the West for an invasion of the country; "you have to remind yourself it's a damned video game." | |
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| Delay again for PlayStation's Life, "free" news and weather service | |
| Posted: 01.09.2008 05:47 by Technet2k | Comments: 0 |
 The upcoming Life, which will be accessible through XMB, will provide PS3 gamers with global news and weather for free - when it finally launches.
It features an "interactive global map" that's "visually stunning", says Sony's Noam Rimon on the official PlayStation.Blog. Paperwork is the culprit for delay apparently. | |
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| First Prince of Persia Movie images appear | |
| Posted: 01.09.2008 04:39 by Jamie | Comments: 1 |
 The first Prince of Persia movie set images have started to appear on the Internet, with Movie Chronicles releasing a total of 6 shots for fans to look through. | |
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| Crytek laments sale losses to piracy, consoles "very good DRM" | |
| Posted: 29.08.2008 07:09 by Technet2k | Comments: 10 |
 Crytek's Harald Seeley speaks with Edge-Online and says the "PC platform was more inviting" in the beginning, mainly as they didn't have the capitol for consoles.
The winds of change are blowing though as the Germany-based studio will be embracing console development too, partly to help fight off piracy. | |
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| Ubisoft's EndWar "VIP demo is 360-exclusive," pre-orders only | |
| Posted: 29.08.2008 06:43 by Technet2k | Comments: 5 |
 The upcoming demo of Tom Clancy's EndWar, the one with the voice commands, will be made available to gamers who pre-order with Gamestation.
Ubi says this serves as "a final stress test" for the games online modes. While a PS3 demo wasn't ruled out in the future it does look unlikely. 360 demo in early October. | |
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| Traveller's Tales reveal LEGO Batman "kids' TV show" on its way | |
| Posted: 29.08.2008 06:24 by Technet2k | Comments: 4 |
 Just when TV couldn't get any more awesome, LEGO Batman enters the field. The cartoon show will be based on the actual games engine from TT.
The production will be handled by "a separate studio in the States," according to producer Rich Earl. Traveller's Tales is a UK developer studio with Hollywood ties. | |
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| Warhawk 1.5 update with "56 trophies included", plus loads more | |
| Posted: 28.08.2008 07:02 by Technet2k | Comments: 5 |
 The 1.4 update for Warhawk was released not that long ago but the dev team has been hard at work on things like some training tutorials for newbies.
There's over 20 new paintjobs and 50 insignias, and something for the clan warlords - invites that are now retractable. Custom in-game music made the list as well. | |
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| Rumour-mill: End is nigh for Pandemic's Dark Knight videogame? | |
| Posted: 28.08.2008 06:39 by Technet2k | Comments: 4 |
 The underground rumble is that the movie tie-in for Dark Knight has fallen behind schedule and the big wigs have pulled the plug on the whole thing.
That's the buzz according to Australian Gamer's multiple sources where they say the "game has been cancelled by the higher ups". | |
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| Delay for Rock Band DLC, could take "a couple of weeks to fix" | |
| Posted: 28.08.2008 06:17 by Technet2k | Comments: 1 |
 Harmonix have posted on the official Rock Band forum that "unforeseen technical difficulties" have caused a ruckus at the office and will take some time to fix.
To help ease the pain for fans they're moving things around so we can expect to still have some "DLC coming out each week". Also, hints of an announcement at PAX? | |
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| New Warhammer 40K Xbox 360 and PS3 game, THQ staff hunting | |
| Posted: 28.08.2008 05:33 by Technet2k | Comments: 1 |
 THQ Australia has lifted the lid on a new Warhammer 40K "action game" as they advertise for new blood to join their Aussie banner.
They're scouring for "talent across all disciplines" and reveal it'll be on the next-gen consoles. The only details are it will be a "brutal, intimate melee combat game". | |
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