Archive for August, 2011

PlayStation Store Preview – August 16th, 2011: Calm Before gamescom Storm
Monday, August 15th, 2011

This is definitely one of the lightest weeks of content we’ve had in a very long time. Don’t be too angry. Take a deep breath, a breath of fire. Breath of Fire IV is coming to the PlayStation Store today in the form of a PSOne Classic. Other than that, not much else. But hopefully [...]

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Demo Announced
Monday, August 15th, 2011

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine is suiting up for battle, and will give you a chance to try it out before you decide on devoting your money to joining the fray. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { _CI.counter = (_CI.counter) ? _CI.counter + 1 : 1; document.write(”); var script = document.createElement(‘script’); script.type = ‘text/javascript’; [...]

New Citizen Skywatch Info Revealed, “The Invasion Has Begun”
Monday, August 15th, 2011

After a website for Citizen Skywatch was uncovered to be registered to Take Two Interactive, we speculated that it could be part of a teaser for a new IP reveal at gamescom later this week. But with little to go on, it was hard to know what was actually meant by the website. Take Two [...]

Arkham City Gets Chilled with Mr. Freeze Trailer
Monday, August 15th, 2011

Warner Bros. has just launched a new trailer to introduce Mr. Freeze into Batman: Arkham City, joining the Joker, Riddler, Two-Face, Penguin, and more.

id Software Reveals Rage’s Version of Online Pass
Monday, August 15th, 2011

Id Software has revealed that Rage will feature its own version of the online pass, which will block those buying used from accessing sewer content in the single player campaign.

Doom 4 to Challenge the PS3′s Blu-ray with its Ginormous Size
Monday, August 15th, 2011

Doom 4. We all know it exists, and even better we all know it’ll scare the pajamas off of us in the coming years, but id Software isn’t ready to talk about it yet. Well, at least they thought they weren’t.

Amazon Kicks Off Handheld Gaming Sale; Tons of RPGs
Monday, August 15th, 2011

Summer is almost over, and most people are trying to squeeze out one more vacation before Labor Day hits. That means long road trips or boring flights. But time will go by a little bit faster if you bring your PSP, and take advantage of this all-handheld gaming sale that just kicked off on Amazon.

XSeed Left With Tough Decision as Falcom Preps Legend of Heroes for Huge Success in Japan
Monday, August 15th, 2011

Retailers are usually expected to place their orders for games well in advance of the shelf date, so the publisher has some inkling of how many copies to print. With The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki for PSP set to arrive in Japanese shops on September 29th, most retailers have put in their orders, [...]

Take-Two Registers Mysterious Citizen Skywatch Site, Shows Logo
Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Take-Two Interactive has one of the best track records of any publisher, having helped fund titles like Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire and Borderlands. While the publisher has a terrific backlog of franchises, it has invested heavily in new IPs and new game experiences. One of these new IPs may have now been revealed as [...]

CS:GO to Challenge Battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 With its New Style
Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Counter-Strike has been a true phenomenon since it appeared in 1999. Starting out as a mere Half-Life mod, something about it was very special and quickly attracted thousands of players, eventually making it the most popular competitive video game on the market for a number of years. A sequel titled Counter-Strike: Source was later released, [...]

Debate: Can the PS Vita Win Against the 3DS and Smartphones?
Sunday, August 14th, 2011

The PlayStation Vita may be releasing in 2012, but it already has stiff competition… from the Nintendo 3DS, and from mobile smartphone platforms like Android or iPhone. To succeed during massive growth in the mobile gaming sector on smartphones, and against a Nintendo 3DS price drop, the PS Vita is going to have to fix [...]

Final Fantasy Type-0 Challenges Xillia on Japan’s Most Wanted Games List
Sunday, August 14th, 2011

The power of the Tales series is not to be underestimated, as Tales of Xillia has been holding off the likes of Dragon Quest, Mario, Zelda, and Final Fantasy in Famitsu’s most wanted surveys ever since its announcement in December. I guess there’s something to be said for not having a seven-year development cycle, eh? [...]

Type-0-Negative Feedback May Lead to Delayed Fantasy
Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Square Enix’s Hajime Tabata, currently overseeing Final Fantasy Type-0, recently posted this video on his Twitter page, responding to player feedback from the game’s downloadable demo. An overwhelming number of players have complained about the game’s camera control scheme, calling it not just inconvenient, but downright frustrating to play with. Before the demo even came [...]

Analyst Predicts 2.5 Million Vitas to be Sold in Japan This Fiscal Year
Saturday, August 13th, 2011

While the PlayStation Vita might not be making its way over to North America or Europe until 2012, the handheld will release in Japan this holiday season. As the only nation to still strongly support the PSP, it’s easy to predict that the device will be successful, but it’s hard to say just how popular [...]