Posted 9/3/10 3:04 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in News, PS3
Guerrilla Games' marathon tease streak of jetpacks, multiplayer glimpses, an E3 3-D demo, and "Call of Duty"-style controller revelations has just been joined by an official release date. Just in time for PAX Prime 2010, Sony has decided to declare February 22, 2011 to be the day that will live in infamy for PlayStation 3 shooter fans.
Posted 9/3/10 1:44 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in News
Take-Two celebrated $12.4 million in third-quarter profits this week, thanks to titles like "Red Dead Redemption" and "Mafia 2," but the same fiscal report on Take2Games.com that showed off those success stories also confirmed that Team Bondi's "L.A. Noire" has officially had its release date pushed into 2011. Why exactly? Well to make it better of course. Isn't that the reason most titles fall behind schedule and resurface many months after they're initially supposed to come out?
Posted 9/3/10 1:13 pm EST by Russ Frushtick in News
UPDATE: During a presentation at PAX, Pitchford stated that the game was planned for 2011. Take that, Wall Street Journal!
Original Story: Over the last few weeks, we've heard rumors that 2K Games was reviving the oft-delayed "Duke Nukem Forever" and placing the final development responsibilities on Gearbox Software. Seems those rumors were spot-on, as the publisher re-revealed the game at a PAX press conference.
In an exclusive interview conducted by the Wall Street Journal, Randy Pitchford, the CEO of Gearbox, said that his company started working on "Duke Nukem Forever" in late 2009. Said Pitchford, "Clearly the game hadn't been finished at 3D Realms but a lot of content had been created...The approach and investment and process at 3d Realms didn't quite make it and it cracked at the end. With Gearbox Software we brought all those pieces together. It's the game it was meant to be."
Posted 9/3/10 11:21 am EST by Brian Warmoth in News, PS3
Oddworld Inhabitants remains coy about any new Oddworld games they might be working on, but they've been more than upfront with their plans to revisit old games and get them out to new places. First, they decided to unload their core title library on Steam, and now they've revealed that "Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath" will be getting an HD treatment and re-release for the PlayStation 3.
Posted 9/3/10 11:17 am EST by Russ Frushtick in News, Xbox 360
Woah, look at that awesome tank at the top of this post! Doesn't that look like a ton of fun to drive around? Wooooooo! Oh wait, if you're like me (and many other people on the internet), you can't actually play with it, because the new "Crackdown 2" Toy Box DLC that launched yesterday totally borks the game. The hits just keep on coming with "Crackdown 2."
Posted 9/2/10 6:45 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in News, PS3
June's PlayStation 3 firmware release didn't include 3-D Blu-ray capabilities, but Sony is on the case, and they've announced that the expected update will instead come in October. Some thought the feature might arrive in September, but Sony has cleared the air and committed to next moth.
Posted 9/2/10 6:07 pm EST by Russ Frushtick in News, PS3, Xbox 360
One of the most impressive demos I saw during E3 was "Dead Space 2." It's not that it really broke new ground for the franchise, just a few updates here and there, but it just looked so polished, and it was a blast to play. I had no doubts there was fun to be had with this game, but whether it was enough of an improvement to justify an additional $60 was still hovering around in my mind. Turns out EA and Visceral will be padding "Dead Space 2" with adversarial multiplayer.
Posted 9/2/10 5:26 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in News, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Wu-Tang Clan co-founder RZA leaked his involvement in "DJ Hero 2" earlier this year, and the full "DJ Hero 2" track list confirmed that FreeStyleGames would be using his beats. Activision made everything nice and official today, though, and he'll be playable!
Posted 9/2/10 3:10 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Capcom offered a taste of what "Mega Man Universe" will be like in their last trailer for the game, but this week they put the spotlight on gameplay at long last. At least three editions of the Blue Bomber appeared in various peeks at the title, and all of them come tagged with a Ryu tease at the end.
Posted 9/2/10 1:36 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in News
Capcom said they wanted to heat up the Resident Evil game franchise again in time for "Resident Evil: Afterlife." Announcing "Resident Evil 6" could definitely accomplish that goal, and depending on how you interpret a recent Spanish-language interview, they may be planning to do just that.