Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 2 Comments

Even if you managed to not succumb to homicidal rage by the internet account/access loopholes required to play titles like Assassin’s Creed II or Silent Hunter 5, a recent malfunction over the weekend left even legitimate copies of the software unplayable. Considering the already heated response the developer has received from the fanbase, Ubisoft was quick to issue a statement on the situation.

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Friday, February 5th, 2010 | Posted by Vincent Lam | 2 Comments

SCEE has revealed the God of War III Ultimate Trilogy Edition Box for selected retailers across Europe, Austrailia and New Zealand. This rare ticket item is only availiable for pre-order and is limited in quantity. Contents include:

• God of War III
• Sculpted replica of Pandora’s Box
• God of War Collection (God of War and God of War II, remastered in HD, running at 60 fps, with Trophy support, all on one Blu-ray Disc)
• Extra game content downloadable via PlayStation Network
• God of War Combat Arena containing an exclusive environment and seven challenges to complete
• Dominus character skin
• Apollo character skin
• Phantom of Chaos character skin
• Forgotten Warrior character skin
• Special audio bonus
• God of War Trilogy Soundtrack – God of War I, II, and III scores from the game (3 CDs in total)
• God of War: Blood and Metal EP – a heavy metal homage featuring original music inspired by God of War (downloadable via PSN)
• Artbook
• Postcards

Currently there is no price for the item. SCEE has also mentioned a new trailer we be unveiled on February 11th. God of War III will be released on March 16th in North America and March 19th in Europe.

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 | Posted by Mats Paasche | No Comments

Virtua Tennis will now also be available on Wii, and it will use Wii Motion Plus.

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 | Posted by Kipp Pietrantonio | No Comments

June 2, 2009

Wii Sports Resort includes, frisbee, ping pong, golf, basketball, archery, sword games, wave runner…and more

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 | Posted by Kipp Pietrantonio | No Comments

Includes a Skateboarding game, perfect ten (brain age for your backside) and new fitness features.

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 | Posted by Kipp Pietrantonio | No Comments

June 2, 2009

Following their success bringing their titular franchise back to its roots on the DS, Nintendo kicked off their press conference at E3 with a reveal of New Super Mario Brothers Wii. Bringing back the classic look and feel of the plumber’s glory days, the title comes equipped with up to 4-player co-op multiplayer, with a variety of new suits and abilities to use for and against your friends.

Monday, June 1st, 2009 | Posted by Kipp Pietrantonio | 1 Comment

Halo ODST has a release date: 9/22 and the newly announced Halo Reach will have a beta included.

Monday, June 1st, 2009 | Posted by Mats Paasche | No Comments

Forza Motorsport 3 will be relapsed in October this year, the game will featured more than 300 real cars as well as new community features.

Monday, June 1st, 2009 | Posted by Kipp Pietrantonio | No Comments

Microsoft opened up their press conference with a Beatles Rock Band presentation, headlines by Yoko Ono, Olivia Harrison and then Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney. Followed by a presentation of Tony Hawk’s Ride by none other than Tony Hawk himself.

Monday, June 1st, 2009 | Posted by Kipp Pietrantonio | No Comments

Crysis 2 has officially been unveiled as a future title for Xbox 360 and Ps3. This will be the first title to use the new engine CRYengine 3.

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments

May 30, 2009

Again through the pre-E3 pipeline we hear of news of games yet to come. The latest in the line of premature surprises is the release date for yet another highly anticipated title for the upcoming Fall season, Batman Arkham Asylum. Come August 25th (in the States, the 28th in Europe,) gamers will finally be able to set foot in Gotham’s most notorious location and battle the fiendish insanity of the Joker and his minions on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Speaking of the crazy clown, the team also revealed a new game-play trailer for the Playstation 3 version of the title, showing challenge room footage of a playable Joker, another titilation to increase the anticipation for the coming months.

The trailer in question can be viewed here

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments

May 30, 2009

In the latest trailer released by Bioware for it’s dark-fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Origins, it turns out that E3 was indeed the time we would see the launch date for the highly-anticipated trek back into the epic sword-and-socerery roots of the genre. The trailer continued the game’s bloody, hacking mayhem set to pulsing metal, and gave a date for the “Dark Spawn” to launch: October 20th, 2009, with same day release for the PC, PS3, and 360.

The trailer in question can be viewed here

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 | Posted by Robin Meijer | No Comments

30th of May, 2009

Several days after Yoichi Wada (President of the Square Enix holding company) stated in an interview published on the Square Enix website that the company’s goal is to become one of the top ten players in the global media and entertainment industry, the Japanese developer / publisher has revealed three new games it will be publishing in the future. The press release, which was issued by the company last Friday, listed all games to be featured at the E3 and included the previously unknown games.

First to be listed is the third person Mech-based combat game, FRONT MISSION EVOLVED. This game is being developed by Double Helix Games, which most recently released Silent Hill: Homecoming and whose developers are known for classics such as Sacrifice, MDK and Earthworm Jim. Square Enix will be publishing the game, as well as assist in the development of the game and is A release window for the game is not set, but it will be released on the PC, PS3 and X360.

A screenshot of the upcoming game FRONT MISSION EVOLVED

Another game revealed in the statement was NIER, a hack & slash game developed by Cavia Inc. and published by Square Enix. The game revolves around protagonist Nier, who must find a cure for his daughter who has been infected by a disease that has been corrupting the entire nation. For some reason, that requires a big sword and bucketloads of blood. The official website for the game, which went live today, contains some screenshots and a trailer to the game. Unfortunately, the media released pales in comparison to what other developers have released over the recent days to promote their respective games, and therefore fails to impress amongst much of the other Pre-E3 hyping that has been going on. No release date is known yet for the game, although it has been stated that it will be available on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The trailer can be found here.

The final game to be revealed was ORDER OF WAR, a real time strategy game set in the final year of the Second World War; 1944. This RTS, which will focus on large scale battles controlling both the American forces and the German troops, is currently under development by Wargaming.net. The game is scheduled for a release during the fall of 2009, and will be available on the PC exclusively.

A screenshot for the WW2-based RTS Order of War.

More information regarding previously announced games has not been released in the statement, although a new screenshot and some video footage for Supreme Commander has been revealed earlier this week. They can be found here and here, for the screenshot and the clip respectively. Also, no new information regarding games under development by the recently acquired Eidos studios is available.

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 | Posted by Kipp Pietrantonio | No Comments

May 30, 2009

With the June addition of Qore leaked early onto the net, we finally have confirmation of the PSP Go! The specs and tech are revealed sporting a 16 Gig Hardrive, 43% smaller size, blue tooth support, no UMD drive, and still only one analog stick. The video also confirms the E3 announcement of the device.

Here is a video of the Qore Episode:

Saturday, May 30th, 2009 | Posted by Gavin Greene | No Comments

Paris, France – May, 29, 2009

Blizzard Entertainment announced today that the second allotment of ticket-purchases for the 4th annual BlizzCon gaming convention will go live tomorrow, May 30th, at 10 A.M. PDT. Tickets are $125 each, with an active Battle.net account required for purchase. The event will take place from August 21st to the 22nd in the Anaheim Convention Center, and include hands-on gameplay with many of the developer’s anticipated titles, as well as tournaments, developer panels, and more. In order to streamline the process, Blizzard has made many changes to its Blizzard Store, including a fixed time limit for ticket purchases and a first come, first served queue system. Those looking to nab a few tickets will have to act fast, the first batch of tickets went on sale on May 16th, and were sold out within an hour. Those that are not able to attend the convention can check out the festivities through Pay-Per-View’s daily HD coverage of the event, a minimum of 8 hours of coverage a day for $40, and will come with this year’s World of Warcraft in-game item.