June 2012
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Broliday
Hello everybody. Am off on a 7 day holiday. Doubt I will have Wi-Fi access out where I’m going to, so unfortunately there won’t be any posts. If I do get some, there will be bitesize news on the twitter feed. Thanks again for following the blog and your continued support, wouldn’t be doing this without all of you.
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Wii U Online Will Be Free →
As the translation posted by Andriasang states, the recent shareholder meeting at Nintendo revealed that there are no plans to charge for the Nintendo Wii U online service. Good news, now just get rid of the darn friends codes!
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“They admitted in a Q&A that the games are going to run slower if you have...”
– Dean Takahashi of VentureBeat talking about the Nintendo Wii U. (via alist)
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PSN Summer Sale Detailed
The details of the US PSN Summer Sale have been revealed. Plenty of discounts for normal and PlayStation Plus subscribers.
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Running from July 3rd to July 9th, straight from the PlayStation Blog, here are the deets:
Gotham City Impostors $10.49, or $7.34 for PlayStation Plus Members. A 6 vs. 6 first person shooter, Gotham City Impostors is a multiplayer game unlike any other, giving...
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Activision Close Radical Entertainment
The Activision owned studio, Radical Entertainment, is set to be shut down.
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The team was best known for their work on the two Prototype games. Despite the first game struggling technically, the second entry in the series was much better received by critics.
The studio will be significantly reduced, with remaining staff working on other Activision titles, rather than their own...
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Chinese CoD Domains Registered
Activision has registered a ton of Chinese, Call of Duty related domains. There are rumours that a F2P Call of Duty is inbound…
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The 17 registered domains are the following:
anheixingdong.com
anheixingdong.net
blackopschina.com
blackopschina.net
blackopsonline.net
bochina.net
callofdutychina.com
callofdutychina.net
heisexingdong.com
heisexingdong.net
jueshengshike.com
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Anonymous Zipper Employee Letter
With the closure of Zipper Interactive, an anonymous former employee has posted a revealing letter online regarding development of the SOCOM series.
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The damning letter is pretty critical, as well as revealing of the working relationships between the developer and Sony. Posted on therealsocom.com. It reads as below:
“Hi everyone,
So I am a former Zipper employee who worked on...
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“We are not supporting Kinect in Gears Judgment.”
– Cliff Bleszinski of Epic Games talking to Games TM.
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Pokémon Black & White 2 Western Releases
The Western release dates for Pokémon Black and White 2 have been announced. Prepare for battle in October!
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The games will come out for Nintendo DS on October 7th in the US and October 12th in Europe. The two new Pokémon entries have sold like hot cakes in Japan, with over 1 million units sold in the first two days.
If you’ve got a 3DS, you will be able to play the games in 2D....
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Atari's iOS Birthday Extravaganza
Atari are celebrating their 40th birthday in style with 100 classics being available for free on iOS.
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If you download the Atari Greatest Hits app from the App Store, for today only, 100 free classic titles are available to play. The app is free as are the games today. The games, if installed on the device, will remain free to play.
Source: Evil Avatar
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MGR: Revengeance Playable at gamescom
Konami has confirmed that Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will be playable at this year’s gamescom.
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This comes as Konami confirmed that a variety of their published games will be playable at the conference, including: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Castlevania: Mirror of Fate and Pro Evolution Soccer 2013.
Revengeance was playable at this year’s E3, but the German hosted...
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“Maybe EA thinks they’ve gone far enough with gameplay.”
– John Murphy of Konami comparing PES and FIFA. (via OPM UK)
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Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Concept Leaks?
A site called Valve Time is claiming that they have posted leaked concept art for Half-Life 2: Episode 3.
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The game was announced many moons ago but has seen no details from Valve. Whilst it’s impossible to determine the legitimacy of the pieces posted on facebook, they are pretty cool nonetheless. Take it all with many pinches of salt. The website is however adamant that the...
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PS Vita Sales Fluctuate
According to VGChartz, the sales for the PlayStation Vita rose by 56% worldwide for the week ending June 16th. However, the latest sales figures from Japan show another decline…
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The system went from selling over 34,000 units to a meager 13,000 in just a week. The original boost in sales was undoubtedly due to the launch of Persona 4: Golden. The fluctuating sales are a clear...
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“If the next-generation consoles don’t ship very soon, the tablets are just...”
– Cevat Yerli of Crytek talking to CVG about the future of gaming.
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“There’s much more.”
– Mike Gamble of BioWare talking about Mass Effect 3 DLC. (via twitter)
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Media Molecule Hiring for New "AAA Project"
Media Molecule, the creative masterminds behind the LittleBigPlanet, are recruiting for a new “AAA Project” which involves “different platforms”.
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The Guildford based studio are hiring for a variety of positions. The most interesting part of the listings is the ‘different platforms’ description. With the company having been acquired by Sony, this is...
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“You have to look at the future, you have to look at where… It’s not just one...”
– Karl Stewart of Crystal Dynamics talking to Videogamer about the Tomb Raider reboot.
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LBP Karting Beta Sign-up →
Here is the link for the sign-up for the LittleBigPlanet Karting Beta. The link is for European users. US gamers will have to wait for my details, as announced by the US PlayStation Blog. The game is being developed by the same folks that did ModNation Racers, United Front Games.
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“We have no definitive plans.”
– Daniel Brooke of SCEE talking to OPM about the future of the Resistance franchise.
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Pokémon Black & White 2 Sells Well
With huge pre-order numbers, the two days worth of sales for Pokémon Black and White 2 are sure to please Nintendo.
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The Nintendo DS games sold a combined total of 1.6 units in just two days of being on the market according to Andriasang. The game saw massive pre-order numbers which are sure to help Nintendo’s financials.
According to Enterbrain, this makes the launch the third...
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Report: Microsoft Store Coming to London
According to a report from The Verge, software giants, Microsoft, are set to open a store in London.
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The store is said to be opening in March 2013, following the launch of an online store. The online store is meant to launch in the UK this summer according to the publication’s sources.
Microsoft already have 19 stores globally with planned openings in New York and Canada.
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TGS Exhibitors List Confirmed
The list of companies attending this year’s Tokyo Game Show has been confirmed.
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Below is the list of general exhibitors. There are of course many more within their specific fields such as cloud gaming and more.
ARC SYSTEM WORKS Co., Ltd.
ASCII MEDIA WORKS INC.
AVATRIP (Russia)
Bushiroad Inc.
Capcom Co.,Ltd.
China Pavilion (China)
D3 PUBLISHER INC.
ENTERBRAIN, INC.
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“I can’t continue to engage the negative ones.”
– Katsuhiro Harada (Tekken Creator) talking about fans via twitter.
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Journey Collector's Edition Not Coming to EU
Sad news has been brought to the world by thatgamecompany, the recently unveiled Journey Collector’s Edition won’t be coming to Europe.
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The awesome collector’s edition will include a huge range of goodies, most importantly the three PSN titles released by thatgamecompany, flOw, Flower and Journey.
The package has been dated for August 28th in the US but a tweet...
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FIFA 13 Ultimate Edition Announced
EA Sports have announced a day-one only special, the FIFA 13 Ultimate Edition.
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The will only be available on the game’s release day, September 28th 2012. The Ultimate Edition will include 24 FIFA Ultimate Team Gold Packs, granting players one pack every week for 24 weeks.
The Ultimate Edition is only available via a pre-order which also gives players the following bonuses:
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ME3 Extended Cut Endings Videos
The launch of the new Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC has seen some additional cinematics for fans wanting additional closure. The videos have already been screen capped and thanks to VG247, they are all below the break. *SPOILERS BELOW*.
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The free DLC is currently out for Xbox 360 with a download size of 1.9GB. Here are all the endings that were included in the DLC.
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PS3 Firmware v4.20 Released
Sony have released a new firmware for your PS3, v4.20. Details inside.
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The details of the changes were not fully revealed by Sony. Instead, a user from NeoGAF put things into a nice concise and more detailed list. Here they are:
When the wireless stereo headset (CECHYA-0080) is connected, you can now adjust the sidetone level for microphone audio. Select [Sidetone] under (Settings)...
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“I don’t know.”
– John Rafacz of Treyarch responding to VideoGamer when asked who is developing Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified.
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Far Cry 3 Delayed
Ubisoft has revealed some unfortunate news, Far Cry 3 has been delayed.
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The tropical shooter has been pushed back by Ubisoft to December 4th in the US and November 29th in UK/Europe. The delay has been explained by Ubisoft as “taking more time to make the best possible gameplay experience”.
The original target release date was for September. No news on any changes to the...
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LEGO Batman 2 Tops UK Charts
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes has topped the UK software charts for last week, stealing FIFA 12’s crown.
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The game managed to stop FIFA 12 from retaining it’s title from last week. The new release debuts at number 1, with little competition coming in the form of new entrants. Diablo III is a notable absence from the top 10, dropping to number 13. Here is the top 10:
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“We want to be 90 plus Metacritic at everything”
– David DeMartini of EA talking to MCV.
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GT5's Interstellar Mileage Revealed
Kazunori Yamauchi of Polyphony Digital has tweeted the number of miles driven by Gran Turismo 5 gamers in it’s 577 days on the market. It’s a lot…
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The guys over at GTPlanet broke down the numbers and put them into context. Here’s what they discovered:
“Numbers of this magnitude are difficult to comprehend without context, so here’s some equivalents:
GT5...
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Resident Evil 6 Collector's Edition Announced
Capcom have announced the details for a Resident Evil 6 Collector’s Edition. Thankfully (touch wood) you won’t be paying $1,300 for this one!
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The edition that was announced is unfortunately for you Yanks, exclusive to Europe. There have been no details regarding an American release of the collector’s edition as of now.
Here’s whats inside:
Resident Evil 6 game
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“You can never completely satisfy everyone.”
– Casey Hudson of BioWare talking to OXM about Mass Effect 3’s Extended Cut.
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Worst Moments of E3 2012
With our minds having fully digested all things E3, we bring you five of the 2012 show’s worst moments.
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In no particular order of terrible, here is our pick for the worst moments of this year’s E3.
Wonderbook
More Harry Potter? Sounds good right. Well, Wonderbook has a relatively sound idea for a select audience, but not for the E3 crowd. It’s your hardcore gamers...
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Pokémon Black & White 2's Massive Pre-Order...
The launch of the new Pokémon games in Japan today, Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2, has seen a huge number of pre-orders. Good news for Nintendo’s finances!
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The games launched today in Japan on Nintendo DS. It has been revealed by Yahoo! that the pre-orders for the two games was a combined total of 1.16 million. The predecessor’s only managed just over 1 million, but...
