November 2011
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Fumito Ueda Leaves Sony?
Fumito Ueda, better known as the creator of The Last Guardian, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus is rumoured to have left Sony according to EuroGamer.
The Team Ico development studio is one of Sony’s internal studios and Ueda is said to have departed from the team and will work on The Last Guardian as a freelance developer. Sony have not yet issued a statement on the rumour other than the...
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Counter Strike: Global Offensive Closed Beta...
The closed beta for Counter Strike: Global Offensive has officially gone live. The beta is available to a select few who were lucky enough to be given a code. If you’re one of them, jump in!
The beta had previously been delayed as Valve went about fixing suggestions from experienced Counter Strike players that had already got their hands on the beta. The beta is set to expand gradually as...
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“We know that the hundreds of fans would like to see a hi-def version of Final...”
– Yoshinori Kitase (Producer of Final Fantasy XIII-2) talking to OXM about a Final Fantasy VII remake.
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Dead Space FPS in Development?
The gaming website, Kotaku, are claiming that an inside source at EA says the company are planning to develop a first-person shooter of the horror series, Dead Space.
The series has never had a first person iteration as the first two games were third person. However, the series has dabbled in first person of sorts with the on-rails shooter, Dead Space: Extraction.
According to the source,...
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“We made a game we’re really proud of and for some really heartbreaking...”
– Matt Southern (Evolution Studios Group Game Director) talking to EuroGamer about the effect of the Japanese earthquake on MotorStorm: Apocalypse.
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PS3 Firmware v4.00 Released
As revealed by the PlayStation Blog, the PS3’s v4.00 firmware is now available for download. The update gears your black box for the pending release of the new handheld, PlayStation Vita.
The Japanese launch of the Vita is right around the corner, Sony has got the PS3 ready for this with it’s latest firmware update, enabling all sorts of connectivity. Here’s what the...
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Xbox 360's Thanksgiving Success Story
Despite the bad news coming out of Japan regarding the Xbox 360’s Kinect camera’s sales, Microsoft are sure to be more than thankful after this year’s Thanksgiving week.
The Black Friday madness in the US has brought major returns for Microsoft. The company announced that they sold nearly 1 million units over the Thanksgiving week. 800,000 Xbox 360s were sold in a 24 hour...
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“When we created Super Mario Galaxy, we were trying to create the types of...”
– Yoshiaki Koizumi of Nintendo speaking to Kotaku about Mario’s take on gaming.
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BF3: Back to Karkand Release Date Revealed?
We’ve been wanting to get our hands on some vintage Battlefield 2 maps on Battlefield 3 for a while now. According to the Asian PlayStation Store website, we don’t have to wait too long either. We’ll be going Back to Karkand very soon!
The website has the add on listed for December 7th. EA are yet to comment about the news and have been citing the release as a vague...
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Spike VGAs to Reveal "PS3 Exclusive You Won't...
In a twitter post from Spike’s Geoff Keighlyof a bilboard in Times Square, New York, gamers have been told to expect a reveal of a “PS3 Exclusive You Won’t Believe” at the VGA ceremony in December.
The picture is of low quality but as always, the internet has managed to decipher the message. The wording of the bilboard sounds like the announcement is going to be big....
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Kinect's Japanese Sales Revealed
Its certainly not an understatement when analysts declare the Xbox 360 to have failed in the Japanese market. Lets take a look at how the camera peripheral, Kinect, did in the region as Famitsu provides the figures.
The figures were translated by Andriasang from the Japanese gaming magazine, Famitsu. We give you the low down with no wall of text, pure numbers:
Total sales of 114,000 in Japan
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Skyrim's Awesome Unofficial iOS App
An app recently released onto the Apple’s iOS App Store called Dragon Shout, offering players of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim some added conveniences.
The unofficial app gives users a fully zoomable map of the entire Skyrim region. There are markers for all sorts such as loots, locations and even components for alchemy recipes.
The app is available for free and is set to expand with a...
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Another CV Points to Resident Evil 6
The much rumoured Resident Evil 6 has just got a step closer to being outed. A Capcom voice actor’s CV has listed work on Resident Evil 6, spotted by Siliconera.
The voice actor Joe Cappelletti listed the work on his credit page on his website. The listing was subsequently removed. A reveal a bit too soon? There have been other incidents regarding the title such as a LinkedIn listing and...
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“We’ve been a lot more single-minded and much more focused in our positioning of...”
– Jim Ryan (SCEE President & CEO) talking to OPM about the PlayStation Vita’s focus.
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Skyrim 1.02 Patch Details
Bethesda have been working away to perfect the experience of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The team have released the 1.2 (2.01 on PSN) update in Europe and it is set to come out in North America shortly. Here’s what the patch does:
Some of the patch notes are platform specific, they are bracketed accordingly.
Improved occasional performance issues resulting from long term play...
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“It bothers me that a lot of people on the executive and decision making side of...”
– Jeremiah Slaczka (Scribblenauts Developer) talking to GameInformer about the relationship between developers and executive publishers.
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Square Enix's Mysterious Trademarks
Square Enix of Japan has seemingly registered two new trademarks. We have no idea what they are for, and we don’t suppose the company wants us to either. The images were spotted by Siliconera, sadly without a description.
The image above is one of the two, low resolution images that were found. No description lies with the image, nor the second one below.
A new IP from the Japanese...
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“4 folks asking if I know anything about this rumored Sony brawler:news to me but...”
– David Jaffe via Twitter commenting on the Sony Title Fight.
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GameStop Price PS Vita Cards & Accessories
The US games retailer, GameStop, have priced the PlayStation Vita’s memory cards and accessories. The cards will be used as additional storage on top of the console’s internal memory.
Here is the list of the pricing:
4GB PlayStation Vita Memory Card - $29.99
8GB PlayStation Vita Memory Card - $44.99
16GB PlayStation Vita Memory Card - $69.99
32GB PlayStation Vita Memory Card -...
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Sony 'Smash Bros' Game Inbound?
Rumours are flying left, right and centre about a potential Super Smash Bros. style game coming to PS3. A blog called Paul Gale Network claims to have insider information about the alleged ‘Title Fight’.
The game is supposed to bring Sony’s best characters across it’s franchises for a mass brawl. SuperBot Entertainment are the supposed developers of the game as they...
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More Supposed GTA V Leaked Info
After a slew of apparent leaks of informaiton regarding Grand Theft Auto V since it’s announcement earlier this month, more information has surfaced today. Some of the information is certainly surprising…providing its true of course!
The news was posted on ClickOnline and the most surprising information is about the main character which by description, wouldn’t be the man...
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“It is possible to form the impression that many of today’s children no longer...”
– Michael Higgins (Newly Elected Irish President) bashing gaming for young kids.
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Catherine Coming to Europe in February
More good news for European gamers, Atlus’ game, Catherine, has been confirmed to be coming to Europe in February in 2012.
The game is being published by Deep Silver in the EU and will be releasing on PS3 and Xbox 360. The puzzle platformer received critical acclaim when it released earlier this year in the US and Japan.
If you’re feeling hard done by, perhaps the reversible front...
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PS Vita's EU Launch Line Up Revealed
The launch line-up for the European release of the PlayStation Vita has been revealed. To be honest, its probably stronger than a certain other handheld that released this year.
There is an expected mix of heavy hitting names and not so well knowns. The third party launch titles are yet to be announced, but without further ado here is the list of first party titles that you can play on day...
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“A dark hero wants to do the right things, but sometimes he has to do bad things...”
– Yosuke Hayashi talking to Siliconera about Ryu’s role in Ninja Gaiden 3.
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Lionel Messi to Head FIFA Brand
Barcelona and Argentina international, Lionel Messi, has been revealed as the new face of EA Sports’ FIFA brand.
It was revealed today that Messi would feature on the cover for the FIFA Street reboot due out this March. Despite the Barcelona midfield magician previously heading the Pro Evolution Soccer series, Messi is set to stand alongside Wayne Rooney for forseeable future covers.
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“If somebody thinks ‘I love Snake’ and just really wants traditional stealth...”
– Hideo Kojima in an interview with OPM UK.
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Nintendo 3DS's Join Friend Function
In a recent firmware update for the Nintendo 3DS handheld, the team over at Nintendo have added an incredibly helpful feature called ‘Join Friend’.
The feature is literally simple as it sounds. Users can simply see their friends on the system menu and if they are in game there will be an option to join them. This will automatically boot up the game and you will be in the same online...
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Dedicated Kinect for Windows Coming in 2012
Microsoft have briefly outlined plans to bring the Kinect camera peripheral specifically for PC’s using the Windows OS.
There have long been plans to incorporate the device with PC’s but Microsoft have now confirmed the specific hardware’s existence via their development blog. This version of the camera will slightly differ, utilising a shorter USB cable and a new mode called...
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“I think we would consider it undesirable to be significantly later than the...”
– Jim Ryan (Boss of PlayStation Europe) speaking to EuroGamer about the company’s long term strategy.
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Goes Gold!
Hooray! The Japanese version of Square Enix’s upcoming RPG sequel, Final Fantasy XIII-2, is finished. This was confirmed in an interview with Japanese gaming magazine, Famitsu.
The game is set for a release in Japan on December 15th and will be released on both the PS3 and Xbox 360. However, support for the 360 version in Japan is expected to be limited.
This sequel refines...
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“It’s not like I’m giving up complete control. It’s that point in the beginning –...”
– Hideo Kojima describing his hands off approach on the development for Metal Gear Solid: Rising in an interview with OPM UK.
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“The basic message here is ‘Mario Kart’s been powered up for the Nintendo 3DS,’...”
– Shigeru Miyamoto talking to Famitsu about Mario Kart 7 for Nintendo 3DS.
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VG247's 200+ Vita Screenshot Gallery →
With more than 200 screenshots from various titles for the PlayStation Vita, we just had to post this link. There are simply too many images for us to post but be sure to check this out with screenshots from Everybody’s Golf, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, WipEout 2048, Resistance: Burning Skies, Sound Shapes, Super StarDust Delta, Top Darts, MotorStorm RC, Lumines, Gravity Rush, Michael Jackson The...
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BF3's Huge PC Patch Detailed
A huge patch for the PC version of Battlefield 3 is due out on November 22nd. The patch will include plenty of changes to the game and it’s servers. If you’re not on the PC version, you’ll be glad to hear there will be a server update for all platforms. Check out the details below.
Here is what the EA website details as changes:
PATCH NOTES
Selected improvements in the Nov...
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MGS: Snake Eater 3DS Gets Japanese Release Date
The 3D iteration of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater releasing for the Nintendo 3DS has finally been given a release date for Japan. The game was announced over a year ago at E3 2010, but the news is finally here!
The game will hit shelves on March 8th 2012 according to Konami. However, there is no release date set for either Europe or North America until further notice.
We got our hands...
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PlayStation Home Movie Streaming Service Coming
After a recent re-design of the social platform for PS3, PlayStation Home is to get a new feature, free movie streaming. Whilst this may seem too good to be true, it does actually seem like a step in the right direction for the service.
The movies will be streamed in the theatre and selected properties. Whilst it seems like the movies will be limited at given times, there are some quality...
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Entire Tamriel Landmass Built Into Skyrim
Here’s a post we’ve reblogged from ppsh-41, showing off screenshots of accessible areas of Tamriel and Morrowind in Bethesda’s ‘The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’. The land masses from the previous 2 instalments in the series are seemingly in Skyrim for no reason, or are they?
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I didn’t know if this was posted yet on tumblr, so I thought I’d do it. The landmass...
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New Pokémon Announcement Inbound?
Last month, the next Pokemon rumours stepped up to another level yet nothing was announced. However, despite the delay, could the announcement for a new Pokemon game be on the way?
According to the website Adriasang, the next issue of Japanese magazine, Jump, states that:
‘Pokemon makes first appearance at JF!! Surprising information on the show floor?’
Furthermore, the blurb...
