For quite a while now, Irrational Games has been teasing a new project with their “whatisicarus” teaser site. The site has now been updated revealing BioShock Infinite and to coincide with the reveal, 2K Games and Irrational Games have spilled the beans on all the new details the game features. Here’s what we know so [...]
Archive for August, 2010
BioShock Infinite Gets Irrational Reveal, Screens, Trailer
Thursday, August 12th, 2010PS3 Version of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood CE is Shaking Things Up
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Recently, french-developer Ubisoft – looking to bank on both the Assassin’s Creed series’ massive success and the fact it’s releasing during the gift-giving, holiday season – announced a sub-$100 Collector’s Edition of the multiplayer-focused Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, which is set to release alongside the standard version of the title on November 16th. Despite the Collector’s [...]
Sony Believes Move Can Out-do Mouse & Keyboard
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Sony is putting all their effort behind their upcoming motion controller, the PlayStation Move, and it’s obvious to see that they firmly believe in their product. In fact they are so confident in the PlayStation Move, that the man who created it, Dr. Richard Marks, believes it even feels better for RTS games than the [...]
Call of Duty: Black Ops Prestige Edition Now Available for Pre-Order
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Last year one the most sought after collector’s editions was for the best selling game of the year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Modern Warfare 2 came in two versions of it’s special edition, the Hardened Edition, which was pretty much your standard collector’s fare, and then the Prestige Edition, which came with a [...]
thatgamecompany and Sony: A Perfect Match
Thursday, August 12th, 2010thatgamecompany has become a well known game developer thanks to their PSN exclusive games flOw and Flower. With each game’s focus on soothing, simple gameplay and unique visual styles, thatgamecompany has secured a strong fan base, who eagerly await the talented developer’s next game, Journey. thatgamecompany owes their rise to fame in part to Sony [...]
Tetsuya Mizuguchi Wants to “Make You Cry” with Child of Eden
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Tetsuya Mizuguchi, founder of Q Entertainment and creative mastermind behind Rez and Lumines, has spoken recently about what he hopes to achieve with his upcoming project, Child of Eden. Not content with simply a Rez cross Windows Media Player visualizer affair, Mizuguchi-san wants the end product to tug at the emotional heartstrings of the player.
Sega Kills Hope for Valkyria Chronicles 2 on PS3; No Trophy Patch for Original
Thursday, August 12th, 2010It was a disappointing day for many PS3 owners when Valkyria Chronicles 2 was announced for the PSP and not the PS3. Since then fans have been asking about as nicely as possible to see the game brought over to the console and in the comments section on the PlayStation Blog, Sega of America’s Assistant Community Manager Aaron Webber gave us his answer on the subject.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collector’s Edition Discovered [Update]
Thursday, August 12th, 2010When Lords of Shadow was originally introduced briefly by Konami in 2008, no one knew what to think about it. Truth is, Konami had planned for LOS to be the new, radically different Castlevania reboot all along, but wanted to keep it a major secret, which is hard to do nowadays with internet(s). Boy howdy was the gaming world in shock when LOS turned out to be the new game and the fact that Hideo Kojima Productions and Kojima Productions were helping supervise the game, it immediately became a triple-A title. And like any other major release, it’s going to be receiving a Collector’s Edition, which hasn’t officially announced, but has been outed by many gaming sites. Whiplash your way inside for the details.
Dead Will Rise in Europe Sooner Than Expected
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Dead Rising 2′s release date, has been bounced around quite a bit, especially in Europe. First, the zombie thriller was penned for a September 3rd release. Then, the title was delayed, subsequently leading to an October 1st release date. Now, Capcom has announced that European territories will be receiving the zombie-infested game a bit earlier [...]
Dirty DiRT 3 Screens Makes Pitstop
Thursday, August 12th, 2010ESPN’s X-Games 16 descended upon Los Angeles a few weeks ago. The event also saw the release of DiRT 3’s first trailer which gave a taste of what Codemasters’ upcoming filthily titled racer will deliver. To showcase the title a bit more, a new batch of screenshots for the rally game have been released.
Shape and Mold the Next Split/Second
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Even though Black Rock Studios’ destructive racer, Split/Second, was released during a busy time for game releases – especially with the likes of other unique racers, ModNation Racers and Blur – it definitely proved its quality to gamers and introduced a new style of arcade racing. After the racers’ impressive success, developer Black Rock Studios [...]
THQ Gets Beat Down in Q1 Earnings
Thursday, August 12th, 2010THQ has been quickly growing in both size and popularity in the last few years. Unfortunately, even though they are becoming a fan favorite amongst gamers, sales and subsequently, revenue is taking a serious UFC-style beat down.
More Batman: Arkham City Details Stalk the Night Sky
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Who would have thought that Batman: Arkham Asylum was going to make such an impact like it did in 2009? While the game certainly had a ample amount of hype before release, the game offered such an amazing experince for all that played it and guinely blew fans of the Caped-Crusader away. Developer’s RockSteady aren’t resting on their morals and aim to blow away the first game. Plenty of bat-tastic details have escaped the Asylum and I know you’re ready to check these babies out!!
Mafia II PS3 Port is Solid and No Longer a Concern
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Just days ago, a user on the popular NeoGaf boards posted a series of images which compared the PlayStation 3 version of the upcoming Mafia II to the Xbox 360 version. Side-by-side it was very easy to tell that the PS3 version was clearly lacking foliage and had a significant amount of tearing, which led [...]
thatgamecompany Talks Game Industry
Thursday, August 12th, 2010Speaking to NowGamer, Chen cited that the “majority of the games happen in a very fake world”. Additionally, “if you want the player to really appreciate what you are saying, the message has to be relevant to them.”
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