July 2011
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Resistance 3 Multiplayer Beta Access
If you didn’t pick up a specially marked copy of SOCOM: Special Forces, fear not. There is still time to get involved in the Resistance 3 multiplayer beta. By signing up to the newsletter of developer Insomniac Games you can get into the beta. The codes will be distributed at random before and throughout the public beta. It is important to note that if you make more than one application, all...
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BioShock Infinite - 15 mins Gameplay
As promised, Ken Levine, chief designer at Irrational Games was to share with the public what he wow’ed the press at E3 2011. The video shows 15 minutes worth of gameplay from upcoming title BioShock Infinite. It definitely looks like a beautiful game with an interesting story and art style. We’ll have to wait until 2012 for this one, but in the mean time here’s the video. ...
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Limbo PSN & PC Release Dates
Last summer saw the release of developer Playdead’s Limbo on Xbox LIVE. The game offers a unique art style and puzzle platformer gameplay. Limbo received excellent reviews across the board and boasts an average MetaCritic score of 90%.
After the announcement last week that the game will be coming to PlayStation Network and Steam, I immediately became excited at the prospect of getting my...
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PSN Pass - Sony Gets Tough
Upon close inspection of the upcoming Resistance 3 bundle, a German website has spotted an interesting addition to the box. A little section saying ‘PSN PASS’ which is followed by smaller print at it’s right side reading:
“Network features only available in countries that have PlayStation Store”
SCEA responded to questions from fans and the press shortly after the...
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PS Vita Trailer - Features Revealed
A new trailer has been revealed for the PS Vita. The trailer shows off some of the community based aspects for the upcoming handheld such as ‘Near’ and ‘Party’. Interestingly enough, the ‘Party’ feature appears to have functioning party voice chat, a feature which has been forever sought after by PS3 users since launch. The trailer also shows some snippets...
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Has COD Become A Casual Franchise?
The Call of Duty (COD) franchise is no doubt extremely successful and popular, particularly since the release of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The quick paced, plug in and play style multiplayer was a huge success for online first person shooters, most notably on consoles. This led to record breaking revenue and sales for the industry with Modern Warfare 2 (MW2) accumulating 4.7 million sales...
Update
Just a quick update on why we haven’t been posting. We’re having technical difficulties which limit our time to access the site. Trying to get the problem fixed so regular posting can begin.
June 2011
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Microsoft Kinect SDK Released
The much rumoured SDK for Microsoft’s Kinect camera peripheral has been released today. The SDK allows developers to create applications using different codes; C++, C# and Visual Basic which runs on Microsoft Visual Studio. The SDK is currently not designed to create commercial products, however there is expected to be a future commercial release soon. The SDK can be downloaded from here and...
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Qriocity Free For 6 Months
Qriocity? Cry-o-City? Curiosity? We really don’t know. What we do know is that the service will now be available free of charge for 6 months for PlayStation 3 users. Qriocity is a music streaming service offered by Sony across various platforms such as the PS3 and their Blu Ray Players. Why the offer has arisen? We don’t know that either. One has to think that the service might...
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Star Wars: TOR - Origin Only for Digital
Developer of Star Wars: The Old Republic, Bioware, have made it clear that the upcoming PC MMORPG will be only available for digital download on EA’s Origin direct download service. This does not mean that the game will be download only or require the player to have Origin to play the game.
Stephen Reid of BioWare (Senior Online Community Manager) was quoted on the SW:TOR forums saying:
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Duke Nukem: F0rever
With the recent release of the long awaited Duke Nukem: Forever, reviews have been underwhelming across the board. Despite topping the UK software charts last week, the incoming reviews for poor old Duke have gone from bad to worse to the worst. The Xbox 360 version of the game only averages a score of 49 on Metacritic, the majority of critic reviews fall under the ‘Negative’ category....
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Kojima's 'Transfarring' Vision
Since Konami’s pre-E3 announcement, the internet has been abuzz with the idea legendary game developer Hideo Kojima has dubbed as ‘Transfarring’. The premise of ‘Transfarring’ is that games and game saves will be transferable between different platforms. The upcoming Metal gear Solid: HD Collection will feature ‘Transfarring’, allowing players to transfer...
Launch
The website is going to be launching in the next few weeks. We are looking for some dedicated writers at the moment, or just people willing to post a few one offs. We will be posting to other collaborations such as gaming giant N4G. The site is still under construction and will be up and running soon! Welcome to the Brommunity.
Update: There have also been numerous technical glitches with the...
