Codemasters has delayed the European free-to-play launch of The Lord of the Rings Online in order to better prepare its infrastructure for the massive influx of new and returning players.Book 2: Ride of the Grey Company and the Store are now up on th...
Ubisoft’s announced that the multiplayer beta of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood launches on October 4, while also confirming a delay for the PC version.Multiplayer beta gets stabby next monthUbi said today that anyone who has pre-ordered t...
Sony has updated the US PS Blog to members a heads-up on what’s coming to PlayStation Plus on September 21.Get it all after the break.According to Sony, the next update is “one of the biggest since the launch of PlayStation Plus back in J...
SCEA’s celebrating the 15 year anniversary of PlayStation in North America today.Since the initial North American release of PlayStation in 1995, the brand has sold over 377 million consoles across its product portfolio, and more than 2 billion...
If this fails, the world is doomed. Therefore, it can’t fail.Sony mysteriously released a new LittleBigPlanet 2 trailer last night, showing off the uses of the grappling hook in a Tarzan-like level.It was pulled, but LittleBigLand got ahold of ...
EA’s announced Need for Speed World has reached 1 million users since its launch back in July.It also confirmed it would be including “new features and game-expanding content including more cars, deep performance customization, a new worl...
Kinect chief Kudo Tsunoda has told VG247 that 360’s incoming motion tech could only work on the Microsoft hardware.The exec gave the statement when answering a question on whether or not Microsoft had traded off precision against immersion, giv...
Microsoft’s said today Halo: Reach is “Halo 4 in all but name.” In other news, the sky is blue, grass is green, roses are red and the earth’s still spinning.The line came in a press release from the firm’s UK PR arm, ann...
Ubisoft’s announced that the multiplayer beta of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood launches on October 8, while also confirming a delay for the PC version.Multiplayer beta gets stabby next monthUbi said today that anyone who has pre-ordered t...
Capcom’s announced it’s full line-up of games its bringing to Tokyo Game Show next week.Marvel vs Capcom 3 headlines the list, followed by Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 and Okamiden, just to name a few.Full list is below.Marvel vs Capcom 3: F...
Valve boss Gabe Newell has told PC Gamer the firm will likely release another quick sequel to one of its games – a la Left 4 Dead 2 – “at some point”.“I?m sure at some point we?re going to do it again,” said the de...
Blizzard’s released the first official custom map for StarCraft II, known as “Burning Tide”.The 3vs3 map “combines several thematic elements” from The Devil’s Playground, one of the single-player missions from Wing...
Nintendo’s registered a special Super Mario logo to celebrate the plumber’s 25 years in the industry.The use of the trademark, as spotted by Siliconera, is unknown, although it’s plausible it’ll be on all Mario games within th...
The first Dead Space was one scary game. Very scary. In fact it was so scary, we left some lights on in the house the first couple of nights after playing it.If you were of the same mindset, Dead Space 2 will be no different for you. In fact, after g...
Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunoda’s confirmed to Eurogamer that Kinect’s object scanning feature for won’t be available at launch.Instead, he admitted it will be coming after the motion camera launches in November.“Being able to ...
Koei-Tecmo’s announced what it’s bringing to Tokyo Game Show next week. Spoiler: don’t expect any megatons.Quantum Theory is probably the big headliner, but there’s also more Dynasty Warriors, as well as Trinity: Souls of Zil ...
Microsoft’s said a decision to ban an American man from Xbox Live because he lives in a town called Fort Gay was a “mistake” and the company’s going to “make it right.”Xbox Live rules boss Stephen Toulouse was has ...
Tecmo’s unveiled Dead or Alive: Dimensions, the 3DS Dead or Alive title previously announced at E3.The game’s a fully-fledged return to the series’s fighting roots, so no tits, volleyball and whatnot.The first four characters have a...
Win? We think this might.EA’s put out a new Dead Space 2 video cut, showing Isaac doing a halo jump through space down onto the Sprawl.This is the final section of the footage shown in the EA press conference at gamescom last month.This sequel&...
Tecmo Koei’s said a 360 demo for Quantum Theory will arrive “later this month”.This comes as the publisher yesterday released the taser onto the PlayStation Store for PS3 users.KT wouldn’t nail down an exact date for it other ...
Heavy Rain lead David Cage has outlined reasons for siding with Sony for his groundbreaking game, saying PS3 has a more “sophisticated” entertainment ideal while noting Blu-Ray’s extra storage capability.“I?m absolutely happy ...
Update: Oh. According to this EA tweet, “BF 1943 PC is not available. This is an error on EA store. We are working to sort it out.”Original: Apparently 2010’s the year they finally ran out of fine wines, busty women, and 12 foot-tal...
Mentok is very sad now.The Square Enix-published Mindjack has lost its place in the suffocatingly crowded Fall 2010 videogame mob, and has elected to quietly slip into 2011.A Square Enix rep passed the sobering news onto Siliconera, much to the chagr...
A report has surfaced claiming former Realtime Worlds chairman and chief strategy officer Ian Hetherington has ties with the anonymous US company which purchased Project MyWorld.According to The Courier, this anonymous firm insisted on a confidential...
That’s right. Miles Edgeworth is back, although details are a bit scarce at the moment.Per a blurry scan from the latest issue of Famitsu, Capcom’s releasing Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2.It contains a new gaming system, ...
Bungie has released a new video for Halo: Reach, featuring the developer commentary over a walkthrough.Basically, it’s the guys playing the Tip of the Spear campaign.If you wish to remain pure until the game’s release next week, watch thi...
Cryptic COO Jack Emmert seems excited about the firm’s foray into the world of Neverwinter and according to the man himself, the developers looked really hard at the 4th Edition D&D rule set, and are even thinking of allowing players to cre...
Treyarch has said balancing Black Ops has been a bit of a challenge for it, compared to the studio’s other Call of Duty titles.Speaking with CVG, community manager Josh Olin said balancing difficulties arose after Tryarch implemented COD Points...
EA Sports Vancouver has, unsurprisingly, confirmed no online multiplayer for NBA Jam on Wii.Not even through the console’s Wi-Fi connection, even.While this many not be absolutely shocking news for some, it may confuse others due to EA Sports t...
According to a report from the British Sociological Association, the number of females employed in the UK videogame industry dropped from 12 percent in 2006 to 4 percent in 2009.The decline was noted in game animation, coding, design, engineering, ma...
Final Fantasy Versus XIII director Tetsuya Nomura has said the game’s “being developed specifically for the PlayStation 3,” and if there was a multi-plat version it would be a port.“Multi-platform is when you start development...
Bungie has released the extended version of its Halo: Reach live-action short, Deliver Hope.Like the previous video released last month, Deliver Hope shows Spartans vs Covenant fighting it out for survival – only more of it.Get it below, courte...
PlayStation head Kaz Hirai has said PSP go had a market, but it just wasn’t as large as that enjoyed by PSP-3000.“Pricing is perhaps an issue”When Sony released PSP go last fall, there was a bit of a backlash at retail due to it bei...
Paula Creamer has won nine LPGA Tour events. Her nickname is The Pink Panther. She’s included as a golfer in Tiger Woods 11. She reckons playing the game with Move is “authentic.”“I would definitely say it’s authentic to...
Dead Space 2’s multiplayer is set to gets first airing on Friday, according to GTTV’s Geoff Keighley.The reveal will be on the next episode of GameTrailers TV.It’s unknown exactly what will be featured, but you can probably guess th...
Harmonix has released a video for Rock Band 3, showing off the big keyboard debut complete with commentary from the developers.In the video posted below, the peripheral is shown off using tracks from Huey Lewis and The News, Ida Maria, Tears for Fear...
Sony updated the European arm of PSN this morning, and while there’s no love for PSP owners this week, PS3 users can get their hands on a Quantum Theory demo, a few sale titles, some Dragon Age and Mafia II DLC, and Top Gun.There’s also s...
Konami’s put out the first look at the Wii version of PES 2011, detailing the new features you can expect to get in the game this year.The Wii SKU now allows you to direct players during set pieces, and comes with an adjustable camera during co...
Sony updated the US end of PSN last night with some Warhawk content and a Ghost of Sparta demo for PlayStation Plus subscribers.The rest of us got demos for TerRover and Quantum Theory, a PixelJunk bundle, Dragon Age DLC, and a permanent price drop ...
Sony’s sending out beta invites to LittleBigPlanet 2. But you’re probably not getting one yet.If you’re a “really active” user of LBP1, though, you will probably have received one by now.No more beta testers are currentl...
Everything’s rainbows again. VG247 can confirm The Last Guardian will be at Tokyo Game Show next week.The Team ICO title will be shown to media in Japan next week by Fumito Ueda.It was thought last week the game wouldn’t make the show aft...
That’s a four. And that’s a zero. Together, they make a big number called 40. That’s your maths lesson for the day.Famitsu’s scored the latest Pokemon titles, Black and White, a full 40 out of 40.The two got a total score of 1...
We were given the opportunity to play as the female Hawke in Dragon Age 2 at PAX this weekend – it was announced just before the show that you could choose sex for the RPG’s lead – and got a good look at the sequel’s graphical...
DICE has announced it’ll be showing Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam in full for first time in Tokyo next week.The Swedish developer said on its blog it was heading out to show the shooter’s expansion.Vietnam was announced at E3, and w...
Capcom development head Keiji Inafune has said he would like to again work with Canadian Dead Rising 2 developer Blue Castle Games.The studio’s been making the zombie thriller for the past couple of year, with Inafune being very positive on its...
Junction Point boss Warren Spector’s told Develop he originally pitched a Deus Ex-esque title to Disney.He admitted he thought his pitch would turn out badly, and that the company wouldn’t care for it.“I remember telling my agent be...
Katamari and Noby Noby Boy creator Keita Takahashi has left publisher Namco Bandai, according to play.tm.A NBG spokesperson confirmed the news to the site. Takahashi has been quoted recently as saying he is getting bored of the industry, and that it ...
Microsoft’s announced Mass Effect 2 is coming to Japan this winter.No other details were given other than the new version’s headed for a winter release, but expect more out of EA’s TGS showcase next week.The original Mass Effect lau...
Microsoft just confirmed the previously rumoured 250Gb Kinect 360 bundle, priced at £299.99.The pack will include a Slim 250Gb 360, a Kinect camera and Kinect Adventures.It’s launching on November 10 in Europe, alongside Kinect.Microsoft just u...
Microsoft’s announced this morning it will launch Kinect in Japan on November 20.Xbox Japan boss Takashi Sensui confirmed the news at a press conference in Tokyo.The camera will come bundled with Kinect Adventures for ¥14,800.Hardware bundles c...
PAX Prime saw 67,600 attendees through its doors in Seattle last weekend, and it sounds as though Mike and Jerry aren’t done yet.BigDownload reported the attendance figure for the just-ended show, confirming a record for the expo.The first PAX ...
Yes, there was supposed to be DLC. No, it’s not happening any more.Final Fantasy XIII director Motomu Toriyama has told Famitsu (via 1UP) that DLC was originally planned for the game, but the scheme was scrapped.“We were planning to make ...
EA’s MMA will get a demo this month, the publisher said today.And EA MMA demo will launch on September 28. It’s to include four fighters, four different skill levels and a tutorial, and will be available for both 360 and PS3.As EA Sports ...
According to this 1UP report, EA said in Japan today that its Suda51-Mikami horror collaboration will be announced in Tokyo next week.The highly anticipated game will be shown for the first time at EA Tokyo Showcase 2010 on September 15, a day before...
“You’re probably just gonna use this to buy brains, but you know what, I’m feeling generous today. So here’s a fiver.”“Bless you, sir.” .A quick look at Dead Rising: Case Zero’s Xbox Live leaderboards ...
Ubisoft has released a demo for R.U.S.E. on Xbox Live.In it, you get to play a full mission designed exclusively for the demo.According to the XBL page, you will be able to “command Allied forces from the Head Quarters and lead your army to a n...
Square Enix has just told VG247 it has no plans to release the International Version of Final Fantasy XIII for Xbox 360 – that was announced this morning in Japan – to Europe and the US.A Square spokesperson told us the Japanese re-releas...
Hear that? That’s the starting gun for pre-TGS going off. Square Enix just fired the first shot.A sequel to Dissidia: Final Fantasy has been announced in Japan’s Shonen Jump magazine for PSP.According to Andriasang, known as Dissidia Duod...
Most villains escape from imminent capture/death with hidden jetpacks, trap doors, or smoke screens that – unlike their real-life counterparts – somehow enable teleportation.But those guys have nothing on the Shadow Broker. His big, bad D...
The NPD results for August will see a release on Thursday, and already analysts are weighing-in on what to expect with the US numbers.One such analyst is Michael Pachter, who has predicted a decline for both hardware and software due to online offeri...
Warren Spector has said his studio, Junction Point, is interested in further exploring the story of Epic Mickey once the original game is released.Speaking with ONM, Spector said he’s looking to possibly turn the game into a franchise and hopes...
Got loads of questions regarding PlayStation Move? No worries. Sony has you covered.Thanks to a rather large FAQ posted over on the US PS Blog, Sony has answered just about every question you could possibly come up with regarding the new motion cont...
In case you’ve been at work all day, busy with paperwork or shoveling manure – whatever it is you do, we don’t judge – you may have forgotten all about the nice bits of BioWare DLC hitting today, so consider this a friendly re...
DeathSpank, not content to rest on his laurels, is back later this month in Thongs of Virtue, where he must collect six pairs of thongs.Hopefully, they went through the wash beforehand.Purple Thongs of JusticeAccording to the demo we saw at PAX last ...
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood was impossible to miss at PAX Prime last weekend, what with it’s massive display and flashy booth.We weren’t only intrigued by the booth’s spare-no-expense decor, though; we were also curious as t...
Sad news today regarding Company of Heroes and Relic designer Brian Wood, who died in a car accident on Friday.According to The Province, in an effort to avoid an SUV heading straight for the vehicle he and his pregnant wife of five years, Erin, were...
Portal 2 was shown to the public for the first time at PAX Prime last weekend, and while no one got hands-on time, Valve’s Josh Weier was there to show us a bit of the puzzler’s co-op portion.First and foremost, those who felt the first P...
Think it’s safe to say Brink is crazy. In a good way, mind.Bethesda’s released the fifth and final diary for Splash Damage shooter Brink, with some of the main team telling of the need to do crazy things with the game.Watch it below. It&#...
Ziltch. Zero. 0. Get that?EA Partners boss David DeMartini has told EG that Respawn Entertainment’s first title, to be published by his firm, is starting from “zero”.DeMartini added that when he signed the upstart, formed by ex-Infi...
Microsoft’s Kudo Tsunoda feels it “will be hard” for another company to try and replicate a controller-free system like Kinect due to “super-complicated technical” hurdles.Speaking with Eurogamer, Tsunoda said since the ...
2K’s announced Top Spin 4 is in development for a 2011 ship.The tennis title is due to hit PS3, 360 and PC next year, and will feature tennis legend Andre Agassi for anyone who pre-orders the game on PS3 and 360. We’re assuming this means...
Activision has released demos for both DJ Hero 2 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock on Xbox Live.The DJ Hero 2 demo allows you to try out four exclusive mixes as you freestyle scratch, sample and crossfade through various gameplay tutorials, QuickPlay...
BioWare’s released a new trailer of Star Wars: The Old Republic, hooking the upcoming MMO into one of its previous games.The clip shows a mission where you must assault a complex build by Revan, one of the main characters from Knights of the Ol...
Did you know that the most-played class in Mass Effect 2 is Soldier, more so then any other class combined? No? Did you know that only two PC players finished it 28 times and it was completed 23 times by four players on 360? You do now.IGN’s po...
The cheevos list? Kitase remaining a bit silent on the rumours? You may finally have your answer. Keyword: may.According to an apparently leaked scan from the latest issue of Dengeki (via FinalFantasy.net), Final Fantasy XIII for Xbox 360 is coming t...
Metroid creator Yoshio Sakamoto’s all about the shocks, apparently.He’s told a Spanish website that the next home console from Nintendo will “leave your mouth open.”“At Nintendo we always have the obligation to surprise ...
Microsoft put out montage trailers of both Joyride and Kinect Sports this morning, showing one woman soundly beating both a small boy and young girl. She really takes them to school.The Kinect Sports video sees a family competing in a variety of even...
Activision’s announced some of the voice talent for Call of Duty: Black Ops, whilst also confirming a return for Gary Oldman.Oldman previously appeared in World at War as Russian WWII soldier Viktor Reznov, and will return for the Cold War-era ...
Do want.D’Toid’s thrown up the first 15 minutes of the beautiful looking Enslaved: Odyssey to the West.The clip shows the first mission in the game, known as “The Escape”, where Monkey and Trip will meet each other for the fir...
Namco Bandai’s announced a release for Tales of Graces F in Japan, just a day after detailing its upcoming demo.The game, a HD PS3 port of the Wii version that released last year in the country, will be released on December 2 for ¥8,379, highe...
Buttons, you say, Watson? Astonishing.Rare’s George Andreas has told Edge the studio and Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux had strongly wanted buttons for Kinect originally, going as far as being “very vocal” to boss Kudo Tsunoda at the ...
According to an Exophase report, the recently-released Firmware 3.42 for PlayStation 3 has killed off various homebrew exploits.The update means PS Jailbreak, PS Groove, PSFreedom and any other exploits won’t work after the latest patch.Sony re...
GTPlanet’s posted up ten new off-screen videos of Gran Turismo 5, all taken from the recent Best Buy conference in the US.The top one shows the game’s damage modelling system in action. There’s a beaten-up Ferrari there, spinning ro...
Game Informer’s posted up a bunch of new BioShock: Infinite screens, giving off the first in-game look at Handyman.The Big Daddy-alike features a suitably turn-o’-the-Century head, waxed ‘tache and all, and he really does has some l...
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, gaming’s – to our knowledge – only team of T&A-loving ninjas isn’t going anywhere, according to Metroid co-creator Yoshio Sakamoto.“As far as my opinion is concerned if we are going...
We really need to stop putting those “alarm” and “false alarm” buttons so close to each other.Sorry, intrepid half-tucked adventurers, what you saw kicking around in the great womb of game development yesterday wasn’t Un...
EA Partners boss David DeMartini has told Eurogamer the firm’s new title with Insomniac Games is being given an aim of 90 on MetaCritic.The publisher had announced the deal with the California-based studio back in May, which seen its 16-year Pl...
News! At last!Uncharted voice actress Emily Rose has said she’s doing continuing work on the series.She said in a tweet: “Landed in LALA land yesterday and already the schedule is a buzz…. filming my first Night show today 4 #HAVEN ...
Give us a break on the headline. It’s the most painfully dull slow news day ever.Ubisoft’s released three new screens of Driver: San Francisco. See them on Gamersyde.The game was due out this holiday season for PS3, 360, PC and Mac –...
Namco Bandai has detailed more info on the upcoming PSN demo of Tales of Graces F for PS3. Slow news day? Possibly.The taster will offer a dungeon called “Forest of Mystery,” where you’ll be able to pick from seven different playabl...
It looks awesome, it’s out next month, it’s gone Gold and it’s just gotten an 86 percent from GamesMaster.Enslaved. It’s coming. What do you want to know about it?We’ve already spoken to developer Ninja Theory about the ...
Shock.MEGamers is reporting that Mafia II has been in the United Arab Emirates, although no reason was given as to why.The game is the latest to join the ranks of those refused sale in the country, including Darksiders, Heavy Rain, God of War III and...
Was your Crackdown 2 DLC a bit screwed last week? Not to fear, Ruffian’s sorted you out. Just download it again.The Dundee-based studio has confirmed it has now fixed issues that plagued the release of the game’s Toy Box content last week...
Eurogamer’s just announced EA’s line-up for EGE next month at Earls Court, including Crysis 2 and Dead Space 2.The publisher’s also bring Criterion’s Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Medal of Honor and FIFA 11.EA is the latest pub...
Warren Spector’s PAX keynote has hit the net. Go live that Spector-like dream below.Within the 45 minute keynote, the Junction Point boss covers many subjects, including his own life as a developer and also the age old debate of are games art.O...
That Halo movie. Completely dead, right? If comments made by 343 Industries boss Frankie O’Connor are indication, it’s as if it hasn’t even entered cardiac arrest.A movie’s been on-off for the past couple of years, but O’...
Mafia II’s held on to the top spot in the UK charts, it’s been announced this morning.The 2K title held on despite a 23 percent sales drop from last week, as well as a challenge from Kane & Lynch 2, which landed at second.Wii Sports ...
Epic’s raised $150,000 for Penny Arcade charity Child’s Play following it’s save or die Carmine campaign for Gears of War 3.Gamers were allowed to buy virtual and real-life T-shirts to decide the fate of the final Carmine brother, C...
Dont worry. Duke hasn’t nuked Aliens: Colonial Marines or Borderlands out of orbit. Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford’s told us so at the weekend.The head of the Texas developer told VG247 it remains “fully committed” to the tit...
Gearbox Software head Randy Pitchford has told VG247’s Stephany Nunneley that a Duke Nukem Forever demo in an “important” part of marketing the game, and that the developer can now start working on a demo release date following DNF&...
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