Archive for December, 2010

Cladun: This is an RPG Review

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

Is this retro inspired dungeon crawler the new must own portable RPG?

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution Delayed

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

The release of Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Human Revolution has become indistinct as the publisher announced a delay until a vague later date. Originally scheduled for the first quarter of 2011, the game will now release sometime within the next fiscal year, which begins on April 1, 2011. The official reason for the delay is [...]

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Blizzard Leaks Hint of ‘Titan’

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

In a video interview with Destructoid at Spike’s Video Game Awards ceremony, Blizzard’s Senior Vice President Frank Pearce let slip some details on a project currently known as “Titan.” In no way a confirmation, the more persistent rumors suggest something in the way of a new MMO project under the Starcraft license. No further information [...]

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Max Payne 3 Release Still Uncertain

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

The long waited sequel to the Max Payne franchise was absent from Take-Two Interactive’s major release slate for the next few years, likely meaning another delay for the title. A set of financial schedules sent to investors lays out the publisher’s major releases until “Calendar Year 2012.” The noir-action title was originally settled for an [...]

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OnLive Nets Major Patent, Gaikai Responds

Friday, December 17th, 2010

OnLive was recently awarded a major patent for an “apparatus and method for wireless gaming,” effectively giving it an advantage on the entirety of the cloud-based gaming market. This is just one of many patents OnLive hopes to acquire in its continued beta, CEO Steve Perlman describing the patent and its effect on the OnLive [...]

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Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights Unveiled

Friday, December 17th, 2010

In response to the highly popular Professor Layton series for the Nintendo DS, Konami has unveiled a new puzzle/adventure title known as Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights. The game is being developed for the Nintendo 3DS, and is stated as being scheduled for a release somewhere in Spring 2011 in Japan. This makes it likely [...]

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Sega Confirms Dreamcast Collection, New Platinum Games Title

Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Alan Pritchard, Sega of America’s Vice President of Sales, has given a major preview of the publisher’s first quarter in 2011. First, the oft-rumored, disc-based”Dreamcast Collection” was confirmed in the latest issue of Game Informer, although no specific games were listed as being available in the compilation. Various retail listings for the “Collection” have a [...]

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Monday Night Combat Coming to Steam

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Monday Night Combat, the surprisingly enjoyable, Xbox Live Arcade, arena-based, third person shooter hit by UberEnt on will be coming to the PC via Steam. The PC version will feature editor system along with some unannounced exclusive content in January 2011. The Steam version of Monday Night Combat will also include the recently released Spunky Cola [...]

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Rumor: Keiji Inafune’s New Company?

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Like Tomonobu Itagaki’s Valhalla Games before him, ex-Capcom leader Keiji Inafune is supposedly already networking for his new, currently independent company. A Japanese securities analyst posted a Twitter message about a recent meeting with Inafune in which information was exchanged, the Mega Man creator handing him a card with the heading title “Comcept.” Inafune has [...]

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Australia Postpones Adult Rating Ruling

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Establishing an 18+ rating has been a major issue for Australian gamers, but it looks like they will have to wait a little longer for the Court to rule on that possibility. The Standing Committee of Attorneys General arrived at the decision to postpone the hearing on the subject, with no alternate date given at [...]

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EA: The Old Republic to Have 10-Year Reign

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

During a speech at the UBS 38th Annual Media and Communications Conference, Electronic Arts CFO Eric Brown laid out the publisher’s hopes for their upcoming Bioware-developed MMO The Old Republic. In addition to discussing digital revenues from the IP, Brown talked about how long the company expects to net profit from the “Star Wars”-based online [...]

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Rumor: PS3-Level PSP2 Graphics?

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

The newest rumor going through the mill on Sony’s soon-to-be-announced PSP2 hints at some serious power. An IGN report puts the capabilities of the upcoming handheld at near-PS3 levels, citing a source boasting “direct, hands-on experience” with the system. Naturally, the report also suggests that the PSP2 will have high levels of connectivity with the [...]

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Frictional Games Hints at Upcoming Title

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Fans of Amnesia or the Penumbra series, get excited. Recently added to the Frictional Games site is a new game in development, which is a good sign and could be an entirely new game or a possible sequel to Amnesia: The Dark Descent, which would be our assumption. No annoucements have been made about it, [...]

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New Zynga Game Becomes Fastest-Growing in History

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Zynga has announced that their recently announced CityVille has become the fastest growing game of all time. In a mere twelve days, the game has managed to attract over 26 million users, of which 12 million use the game on a daily basis. After a fairly slow start, with only a million users trying the [...]

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Del Toro’s inSANE Trilogy will Take 8 to 10 Years to Build

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

Danny Bilson, the Vice President of Core Games at THQ has told StuffWeLike.com that the three games that will comprise THQ’s collaboration with movie director Guillermo Del Toro will take between eight and ten years to finalize. inSANE, a survival-horror game that  is being developed by THQ-owned studio Volition Inc. and directed by Del Toro, [...]

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