Criterion To Lead NFS Franchise
Criterion Games are set to be in the driving seat of the Need For Speed franchise in the future.
June 2012
Journey Collector's Edition Unveiled
The much rumoured Journey Collector’s Edition has been unveiled and there is an incredible amount of goodies involved!
Source Claims Xbox 720 Leak Is Real
A source close to CVG has told the outlet that the Xbox 720 leaked document is indeed legitimate.
ME3 Extended Cut DLC Coming June 26th
EA have announced that the Mass Effect 3 Extended Cut DLC will arrive on June 26th.
Rumour: AC3 Coming to PC Late November
According to the Czech subsidiary of EuroGamer, the PC release for Assassin’s Creed III is set for late November.
“In retrospect, we should’ve spent more time showing and talking about our PS Vita titles.”
—Shuhei Yoshida of Sony talking to Develop about Sony’s E3.
Need For Speed Movie Coming in 2014
It has been announced that there will be a Need For Speed movie made by Dreamworks, set for release 2014.
Namco Working On New SSB
Saturo Iwata has confirmed that the new Super Smash Bros. game for Nintendo Wii U is being worked on by Namco-Bandai.
Nintendo 3DS XL Announced
Last night’s Nintendo Direct online show saw the announcement of a new handheld, Nintendo 3DS XL.
No Social Network Connectivity for Miiverse
According to GI International, Nintendo have confirmed that there will be no external social network connectivity with their new Miiverse service on the Wii U.
BBC Sport App Beta Releases
Sony have confirmed that the planned BBC Sport app for PS3 has launched in beta form.
“The only things that’ve really changed are the terms of my contract.”
—Fumito Ueda of Team ICO talking to Kotkau about his involvement in The Last Guardian.
New Nintendo Direct on Friday
Nintendo have scheduled another Nintendo Direct broadcast for tomorrow at 12:00PM JST.
FFVII Coming to Steam?
After a domain registration just a few days ago, it appears that Final Fantasy VII may be making it’s way onto Steam.
Leaked Xbox 720 Document Removed
The alleged leaked Xbox 720 document has been removed from the internet under the orders of Microsoft.
“I tell the designers all the time, if there is any time in this game where there’s only one way to do something, that’s a failure of design.”
—Warren Spector talking to ArsTechnia about game development.
“Minimum on par with the current generation.”
—Cevat Yerli of Crytek talking to CVG about the Wii U’s power.
Kojima Confirms MGS5?
Speaking to the French magazine, IG, it seems like Hideo Kojima has plans for some more Solid Snake tactical espionage.
Amazon.de Lists Wii U Price & Date
The German version of Amazon has listed the Nintendo Wii U at €399.99, releasing on December 21st. If true, it seems like Nintendo are pretty confident betting against the Mayans.
Microsoft Comment on Leaked Document
After days of waiting, Microsoft have finally commented on the leaked Xbox 720 document.
“I think I had Jack behind me going: ‘Ok mate, you can go on stage for this one,’”
—Andrew House of Sony joking with MCV about Wonderbook at E3.
Okami HD Announced!
It has been confirmed that the legendary game, Okami, will receive an HD upgrade!
“It’s quite a lot of volume: we estimate that each one of these storylines is probably around 70% to 80% of the volume of the whole game in Resident Evil 5. So with three separate storylines, there’s plenty to play here.”
—Yoshiaki Hirabayashi of Capcom talking to the EU PS Blog about the length of RE6.
XBL Summer of Arcade Prices & Dates
The prices and dates of the upcoming Xbox Live Summer of Arcade have been revealed.
“We thought we gave Vita a good shout during the conference.”
—Andrew House of Sony talking to MCV about the PS Vita at E3.
CoD: Black Ops: Declassified Detailed by Wal-Mart
The upcoming PlayStation Vita shooter, Call of Duty: Black Ops: Declassified, hasn’t had much info on it other than a logo, until now. Thanks Wal-Mart!
“We’ve hit 50,000 followers, which means it’s time for an announcement! Coming Fall: a new way to earn Rewards based on your Achievements.”
—Xbox LIVE Rewards via twitter.
DOOM 3 BFG Edition Dated
The recently announced DOOM 3 BFG Edition has been confirmed for an October release.
MGR: Revengeance DLC Plans
Speaking on a GTTV roundtable at E3, Yuji Kurekado of Kojima Productions has outed some of the plans for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance’s future DLC.
“We can do some pretty special things that you’ll start to see on the floor this year and you’ll see more over the upcoming months.”
—Scott Rohde of Sony talking to GI.biz about Vita/PS3 companion support.
Willem Dafoe to Co-Star in Beyond: Two Souls
A source from within the industry has told us that the famous Hollywood actor, Willem Dafoe, will co-star in the upcoming Quantic Dream game, Beyond: Two Souls.
“It doesn’t mean that what you see in Battlefield 3 is the end state. That’s the beginning; that’s where we start and then we go forward.”
—Patrick Soderlund of EA talking to Gamasutra about Frosbite 2.0
New Dead Space 3 Details
A set of new Dead Space 3 details have emerged, confirming some features that fans of the series may be uneasy about.
Dedicated Servers for PC Black Ops 2
It has been confirmed that Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 for PC will have dedicated servers. Hoorah!
“A mass audience, like a Pixar movie.”
—Jenova Chen of thatgamecompany talking to Wired about the target audience for his next game.
PAYDAY: No Mercy Announced
The much talked about Payday/Left 4 Dead collaboration project has been revealed and it’s DLC called Payday: No Mercy.
