Archive for July, 2010

Ubisoft Has Ambitious Ideas For HAWX 3
Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy HAWX 2 hasn’t even been released yet, but already, the buzz about this jet-fighter sim is getting a lot of attention.  Ubisoft’s arcade fighter is already boasting massive improvements from its predecessor.  Meanwhile, some people in Ubisoft have already begun to spin ideas of more tweaks that they would want to see [...]

DiRT 3 set to Zoom Past Competitors
Saturday, July 31st, 2010

After enjoying critical acclaim and commercial success for DiRT 2, Codemasters is hard at work on its successor, DiRT 3. Next month’s issue of the Official Xbox Magazine promises to blow the lid wide open on the game, and according to the editor, will “blow you away”.

Ubisoft: 3D will be in “most of our AAA titles”
Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Speaking with MCV, Rob Cooper, Ubisoft’s UK managing director, asserted Ubisoft’s stance on 3D technology and games. He claims that Ubisoft does not want to leave 3D capable TVs, many of which just released this summer, to be left out of the mix.

DJ Superstar Tiësto Becomes DJ Hero
Saturday, July 31st, 2010

While the debut of the DJ Hero franchise may not have met or lived up to the success of Activision’s smash-hit franchise Guitar Hero, that is not stopping the powerhouse publisher from keeping the hip-hop and electronic front covered by the series. This was also made apparent by the performances of greats such as Eminem [...]

EA Gives More Bang for Your Limited Edition Buck: Battlefield 3 Beta
Saturday, July 31st, 2010

The legendary Medal of Honor series is back, refreshed and ready to take on the stiff competition that currently makes up the crowded FPS genre. With heavy hitters of the Modern Warfare type presently reigning supreme, this definitely won’t be an easy task, however offering a pretty snazzy Limited Edition that also grants future beta [...]

ModNation Racers Receives a Major Tune Up with Newest Patch
Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Since being released this past May, ModNation Racers has been plague by two glaring issues — ridiculous load times and crushing AI on any level of the game you play on. Who doesn’t love when they’re 50ft from the finish-line, in 1st place, only to get blasted by your rival and fall all the way to 7th?! Have no fear though, United Front Games has been working day and night on to improve MNR and you’ll only have to wait a few more days until the improvements arrive. Ladies and gentlemen..get ready to start…your..engines!

Sodium One Creators Spreads Its ‘Wings’ Through PlayStation Home
Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Ever since its first announcement by Phil Harrison at the 2007 Game Developers Conference, PlayStation Home has evolved into a much more ambitious project than what was original showcased. Albeit missing a few promised features, the Home community now has have access to a wide variety of personal and public spaces including an alternate reality [...]

FIFA 11 Gameplay Footage Prepares for Kickoff
Saturday, July 31st, 2010

EA’s prized football series FIFA 11 has been eagerly anticipated by fans of the sport for quite some time now. Although screenshots have been released, many have been dying to see the game in action. Thankfully, the eager fans will be glad to know that videos are not only on the way, but only days [...]

Resistance 3 Invasion Prepared for Announcement this August?
Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Only days ago it was revealed that Insomniac Games’ current game in development would not only be announced at Penny Arcade Expo this year, but would also be playable. However, Insomniac has now clarified when the team will be announcing their long-awaited title.

Enslaved Dev: Storyline In Games Is Important
Friday, July 30th, 2010

Ninja Theory has already proven how possible it is to weave an intricate story while maintaining gameplay with their PS3 exclusive Heavenly Sword.  It turns out, however, that they weren’t so focused on story elements when they first began game developing with Kung Fu Chaos.  Now, they have matured to realize that the background story [...]

Sony Bringing in Foreign Consumers with ‘Gamer Kits’
Friday, July 30th, 2010

Recently, the fine folks at Sony Computer Entertainment America hosted their annual Destination PlayStation event with an outing in Cabo del Sol, Mexico this year for Latin America. Despite lagging sales of the now 10-year-old original PlayStation 2 home entertainment console, it is clear that Sony has no intent to pull the plug on the [...]

PS3 Preview – Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Friday, July 30th, 2010

In 2007, Sony and Ninja Theory released Heavenly Sword, one of the earliest big-budget exclusives for the PS3, released within a year of its launch. The game had a huge marketing push, and was often described as “God of War with a chick”, but Heavenly Sword failed to achieve the sales, critical acclaim, and notoriety [...]

Studio Liverpool Searching for New Talent, New Genre
Friday, July 30th, 2010

It has been awhile since we have heard anything new from Studio Liverpool, the developer behind the Wipeout series. In fact, last we heard they had laid off over 50 percent of their staff back in January. Good news is their name has been spotted out there looking for workers, but possibly not for a new racing game.

PS3 Preview – Splatterhouse
Friday, July 30th, 2010

It’s been a long, hard development cycle for Namco-Bandai’s Splatterhouse, the publisher’s attempt to revive the popular arcade series with a next-gen game that pays homage to its source material with plenty of blood and gore. The game has suffered from numerous delays and switched developers midway through the project, which is never an easy [...]

PS3 Firmware 3.41 Update Causing HDD Problems?
Friday, July 30th, 2010

Sony recently released firmware 3.41 on the PlayStation 3, which enabled suggested downloads on the PS Store. However, it may have caused some users troubles when upgrading their system…