Trion Worlds to Host ‘Rift’ Event Tomorrow
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011[Initial reporting done by Eli English] Trion Worlds, developer and publisher for the recently released MMORPG Rift, have announced their most recent event for the title, “The River of Souls”, which is set to start on March 30 and will be included in the 1.1 patch.
1 CommentAmazon Lists ‘Mafia 2′ Director’s Cut
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011[Initial reporting done by Eli English] Amazon recently posted a page for a “Directors Cut” of Mafia 2. The page was later taken down, but a few people we’re able to get the box art before it was closed. According to said box art, the Director’s Cut of the title will include a copy of [...]
Comments OffValve Sells Hats for Japan
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011[Initial reporting done by Eli English] The games industry has proven itself phenomenally charitable in the wake of the Japan tsunami and earthquake, and Valve continues the trend with special in-game items for Team Fortress 2. The hats are; the Humanitarian’s Hachimaki for $7, the Benefactor’s Kanmuri for $20, and the Magnanimous Monarch for $100. [...]
1 CommentZynga Opens the Floodgate, Dismisses Xbox Live
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011Apropos to their namesake, Boston-based casual developer Floodgate Entertainment (Flowerz, Daycare Nightmare) becomes the latest acquisition to Zynga’s massive industry infrastructure grab. The studio will join with Zynga Boston, Floodgate’s founder Paul Neurath becoming the new studio’s Creative Director. The specific details of the deal have not been released.
Comments OffNew Spidey Game to be Announced this Weekend
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011Never count an Activision-owned franchise out in the sequel game. According to both an event listing at WonderCon and an MTV Report, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions developer Beenox is set to announce a new sequel in the comic book franchise this Saturday, April 2nd, sometime between 4:30pm and 5:30pm.The Beenox event will host the first details [...]
Comments OffSquare Enix Opens Japanese Mobile Studio
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011The adorably logo’d HipposLab is Square Enix’s latest studio, a Japanese base geared towards mobile content. The studio, confirmed via Japanese press release, aims to be “providing high-quality original content mainly for smart phones.” No preferred platforms or devices have been confirmed, but the publisher did vow support for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play a few [...]
Comments OffESRB Forces Change to ‘Dead Island’ Logo
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011The viral survival horror title Dead Island finds itself at the center of another headline, this time concerning the game’s logo. The original title screen featured the outline of a hanged man making the “I” portion of the title, something that ESRB restrictions wouldn’t allow for box art in the States. Publisher Deep Silver has [...]
Comments Off‘Pokemon Black/White’ Sell 2 Million in 2 Weeks
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011A Pokemon game selling hasn’t been surprising news since the Clinton Administration, but even 15 years after the series initial launch, new and greater financial records continue to be broken. The Black and White game versions already made headlines when they sold over a million units in their first 24 hours on shelves, but now [...]
1 CommentMicrosoft Recruiting Testers for ‘Updated Disk Format’
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb, the Director of Programming for Xbox Live, has announced that Microsoft is currently recruiting Xbox-users who are interested in testing out a new system update, which also features an updated disk format.
Comments OffForced Update: Episode 88
Monday, March 28th, 20118.8, a perfect score! Put on your ear killers and bleed in some knowledge!
12 CommentsDICE: Competitors are ‘treading water’
Monday, March 28th, 2011In a recent interview with Games.on.net, Karl Magnus Troedsson, the general manager of the EA-owned DICE studio, stated that while the competitors of the Battlefield franchise are well-established and large, they ”are not innovating,” and added that “they are treading water.”
3 CommentsApple Sues Amazon over ‘Appstore’ Trademark
Sunday, March 27th, 2011According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple has taken online-retailer Amazon.com to court over the use of the “app store” trademark that has been registered by Apple. The claim states that Amazon improperly uses the trademark in connection with her mobile-application developer program, as well as the downloading service offered by the company.
3 Comments‘Hitman 5′ Reveal Expected at E3
Friday, March 25th, 2011At the conclusion of IO Interactive’s Alternate Reality Game for its Hitman series, an image was unearthed that was confirmed by the company to be the final part of the ARG. The photo, of a gloved assassin attaching a silencer to a firearm, basically confirms production on Hitman 5, with all signs now pointing at [...]
2 CommentsKonami NOT Looking into Multiplayer ‘Silent Hill’
Friday, March 25th, 2011An only somewhat serious interview question (translated by Hell Descent) yielded an interesting result when Vatra Games’ Radek Marek – Art Director on Silent Hill: Downpour – responded that, while Downpour won’t include multiplayer as Xbox 360 Magazine had asked, Konami was looking into a multiplayer-exclusive entry into the franchise for Xbox Live Arcade. Devin [...]
1 CommentAtlus Confirms ‘Devil Survivor 2′
Friday, March 25th, 2011After Overclock[ing] the original Devil Survivor for the 3DS, Atlus confirmed a sequel for the budding handheld franchise. Their self-proclaimed “final masterpiece” on the fading DS, and take place over a week-long invasion of multiple Japanese cities by creatures known as the “Septentrion”. The player will control 13 teenage characters with the ability to tame [...]
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