Archive for December, 2011

Developer of 3D Dot Game Heroes Ports Engine To Vita
Thursday, December 1st, 2011

The developer behind 2009’s 3D Dot Game Heroes, Silicon Studio, has ported their Orochi engine to the PlayStation Vita. The engine was designed as a middleware solution capable of porting games to the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Windows PC and Xbox 360. The engine supports graphics rendering, artificial intelligence and sound playback across all five [...]

IO Interactive to Develop New IP After Hitman: Absolution
Thursday, December 1st, 2011

With Square Enix’s new Montreal Studio set to develop another Hitman game, IO Interactive plans to create a new IP once Hitman: Absolution releases next year. and then begin collaborating with Square Enix’s just-announced Montreal studio on another entry in the franchise — but that’s not all. var _CI = _CI || {}; (function() { [...]

THQ and Obsidian South Park RPG in Development
Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Game Informer is well known for having a history of world-exclusive first reveals and details on upcoming games, but the January issue has perhaps one of the most surprising reveals the magazine has had to date: Fallout: New Vegas development studio Obsidian is teaming up with THQ to deliver an RPG based on the hit [...]

Resident Evil 6 May Be Set In China
Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Following up rumors that production had begun on Resident Evil 6, new reports suggest the upcoming survival horror game will be set in China. An online resume for one of the voice actors from Techland’s Dead Island mentions Resident Evil 6 by name, and the actor updated their LinkedIn profile with the role “Chinese Zombie/Villager”.

Gran Turismo 5 Being Re-Released As Spec II
Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Gran Turismo 5 spent an extraordinarily long time in development, and when it finally did release, Polyphony Digital was done developing for it. Last month, a free software update, dubbed Spec II released, and with it came an $20 DLC pack. Soon, you’ll be able to get the original game already patched to Spec II, [...]

’12 Gifts of PlayStation Plus’ Announced for European PSN
Thursday, December 1st, 2011

Starting today, European PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to download a free game every two days.

VGA PS3 Exclusive Not Sony Smash Bros.
Thursday, December 1st, 2011

At this year’s Spike TV Video Game Awards, a new PS3 exclusive you “won’t believe” will make its debut. As soon as that news broke, the PlayStation community instantly assumed that it would be the recently rumored Sony Smash Bros. game. However, the host of the VGAs, Geoff Keighley is hinting that might not be [...]