Archive for July, 2009

Star Ocean Listing Brings Hope to PS3
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Since its reveal, the fifth installment of the Star Ocean series has been on PS3 owners minds. Star Ocean: The Last Hope, was announced as an Xbox 360 exclusive, and a rumor came about that, like many other 360 RPG exclusives, the title would eventually come to PS3. But lately, the rumor has picked up [...]

Bayonetta Dev: “Game Ships With Everything You Want”
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Platinum Games, developers behind the highly-stylized game Bayonetta with its alluring main character, had a pow-wow with fans at the recent Comic-Con in San Diego. During this panel, the possibility of DLC for the game was discussed. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); [...]

Square Enix Reveals Massive GamesCom Lineup
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Square Enix Europe, the business unit integrating sales and marketing forces of Square Enix Ltd. (Square Enix) and Eidos Interactive (Eidos), announced today its exciting line-up of combined titles which will be on show at GamesCom 2009, Cologne, August 19th – 23rd. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter [...]

Infinity Ward Gets Blackmailed
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Looks like someone planned further ahead than Infinity Ward, because a game community site has allegedly registered the website domain “ModernWarfare4.com”. And on top of that, the site includes an infuriatingly stupid demand for Infinity Ward to obtain the rights to use said web domain.

Rock Band Signs Weezer, Kiss & Blink 182
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

**ROCK BAND MEDIA ALERT** BLINK-182, WEEZER, KISS KICK OFF SUMMER TOURS WITH ROCK BAND THREE PACKS Plus tracks from James Gang and Alien Ant Farm for Rock Band Unplugged! Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that summer tour mates Weezer and Blink-182, as well as also-touring KISS, will have three packs of songs added to [...]

Gamestop Beats Down Street Fighter IV’s Price Tag
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Just when you thought that there wouldn’t be any ridiculous gaming deals this summer, GameStop has swooped in to surpise us. The highly acclaimed fighting game, Street Fighter IV, has been dropped from $59.99 down to an absolutely unbelievable price.

May the Trophies Be With You
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Even with the recent announcement of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed “Ultimate Sith Edition“, Lucas Arts hasn’t forgotten about the original version, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. This Fall, Darth Vader & co. will be the latest crew to receive post-release trophy support.

NBA 2K10: Draft Combine Coming to PSN & XBL
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

2K Sports Announces NBA 2K10: Draft Combine, a Totally New Downloadable Game Experience 2K Sports today announced NBA® 2K10: Draft Combine, a download-only title that will provide pre-season fun for basketball fans leading up to the fall launch of NBA 2K10. Planned for release this September on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video [...]

SCEE Weighs in on Firmware 2.80
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

The PlayStation 3′s latest firmware update, 2.80, has come under much scrutiny and been tagged with having “secret features” which have gone unannounced by Sony. At last week’s Comic Con, Naughty Dog’s Sam Thompson, producer for Uncharted 2, stated that the latest firmware, despite having no visible improvements to end users, actually gave PS3 developers [...]

Naughty Dog Plans on Expanding Uncharted 2 Experience
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Speaking at an interview during last week’s San Diego Comic Con, Uncharted 2′s Creative Director, Amy Hennig, detailed Naughty Dog’s plans on the multiplayer and cooperative aspects of the game. And in addition to this, she explained how her team plans on expanding those respective modes through downloadable content.

MAG Beta Covertly Invading PSN
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Revealed at this year’s E3, MAG took the show by storm, with an enormous amount of show goers lining up to play the demo. And with the game’s release date looming closer, gamers are wondering if a beta for the title will be released soon. There’s no reason to worry though, as it looks like [...]

Dead Space Gets the Trilogy Treatment
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Just coming off of the news that Dead Space: Extraction may grace other platforms, both Dead Space 2 and Dead Space 3 have been revealed.

Bungie Closing in on Publishing Deal for New IP
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Though Bungie is well known for their Xbox and Xbox 360 titles, all of which are part of the Halo series, their split with Microsoft in 2007 has done little to rule out the possibility of multiplatform development. As free agents, they have the ability to work with any publisher on any platform, and according [...]

Ubisoft Makes More Holiday Game Cuts
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Oh, 2010. You just keep getting better and better as the days go by. Coming out of Ubisoft’s investor update today, the company announced that both I Am Alive and Ghost Recon 4 will make their way into 2010.

Valkyria Chronicles 2 Marches Off with Impressive New Screenshots
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

It looks like Sega has decided to release a few more more screenshots of their newly announced title Valkyria Chronicles 2 for the PSP. Their announcement came only days ago, and was accompanied by some beautiful and impressive looking screenshots which closely resembled its PS3 counterpart.