December 2010 Archive
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- "Delighted" Jacobson lauds OBE recognition
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- New Uncharted 3 movies burn the house down
- Interview: Uncharted 3's cinematic lead, Taylor Kurosaki
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- Harmonix completes MBO, goes indie
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- Activision seeking $400 million in damages from West, Zampella, and EA as Black Ops exceeds $1 billion in sales
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- First look at Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception in LA
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- Christmas - we're (almost) calling it
- The VG247 Community Awards, 2010
- Bilson: inSANE trilogy will take 8-10 years to complete
- Chair details upcoming Infinity Blade DLC, teases potential Kinect version
- Dead Space: Aftermath dated, new trailer shows death, space
- Feature: What the hell happened to Tony Hawk?
- Chair's Ender's Game project canned
- Yakuza zombie release gets Japanese date
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- New Homefront trailer features corpses, horror
- Kinect Sports gets free DLC, Kinect Joy Ride content in January
- Humble Bundle 2 offers stupid indie value
- ITV Player and 4OD now available on UK PS3s
- Mortal Kombat Kollector's and Tournament Editions announced, detailed
- Uncharted 3 gameplay demoed on Fallon
- Capcom pins down Dead Rising: Case West for December 27
- Del Toro's inSANE officially a trilogy, possibly a movie
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- Minecraft enters beta, gets price hike, on December 20
- Crytek's Warface gets first video, is "major stepping stone"
- Prototype now available on 360 GoD, PSN version coming tomorrow
- CNBC: Angry Birds downloaded 50 million times
- The Elder Scrolls V confirmed for PC, PS3 and 360, will have new engine
- WoW Cataclysm sells 3.3 million in 24 hours to become "the fastest-selling PC game of all time"
- GT5 loading times halved with SSD installation, says Phil
- PS3 Mass Effect 2 getting demo next week
- Infinity Blade is fastest ever grossing App
- Amazon UK starts taking game trade-ins
- UK charts: Black Ops keeps top slot
- UK PS3s getting ITV and C4 streaming this week
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- Mass Effect 3 confirmed for 360, PC and PS3
- Resistance 3 already playable start to finish, says Insomniac
- No DLC support for Hot Pursuit on PC
- Killzone 3 ad shows new footage
- Kratos confirmed for Mortal Kombat
- Turn 10 confirms Forza 4 will include Kinect support
- SSX website details Deadly Descents
- Thor: God of Thunder makes debut at VGAs
- Spike VGA 2010 winners - Red Dead Redemption scoops GOTY
- VGAs 2010 - everything in one place
- Portal 2 trailer focuses on co-op
- Batman: Arkham City trailer introduces Hugo Strange
- Forza Motorsport 4 announced for fall 2011
- SSX Deadly Descents announced
- Uncharted 3 dated for November 1
- Del Toro's Insane announced, releases in 2013
- Prototype 2 announced for 2012
- Resistance 3 dated for September 6, 2011
- Mass Effect 3 announced at VGAs
- Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim announced at VGAs, releases next November
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- "Surprise" world premiere to happen at VGAs, says Keighley
- Spike Video Game Awards 2010 liveblog is go
- Killzone 3 gameplay video shows off the ice level
- BioWare tells how the Sith Empire was reborn in new video
- Gears VGAs annnouncement postponed
- Cryptic releases Season 3 for Star Trek Online
- de Blob 2 screens and trailer released
- People Can Fly reveals one idea that didn't make it into Bulletstorm
- Spike teams up with Philo for tonight's VGAs
- DICE releases "pure gameplay" video for BFBC2 Vietnam
- NPD: Black Ops moved 4.9M on Xbox 360 and 3.1M on PS3 in November
- Highlander the Game officially canceled by Square
- Keighley: Uncharted 3 VGAs trailer "definitely not CG"
- Batman: Arkham City VGAs trailer will see new villain revealed
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- Ubisoft releases 2011 gaming schedule, Altair's Chronicles HD on iPad
- Quake Arena Arcade finally hitting XBL next week
- Mass Effect 3 pops up for pre-order on EA Store
- Community Choice Classics Car Pack for Forza 3 hits next week
- Black aiming for "more rock and roll, spray and pray, slo-mo death, and glory" in his WWII shooter
- Rumor - Metal Gear Solid: Rising to be released in the US on July 3
- New track revealed for MotorStorm Apocalypse, sounds bonkers
- Fallout: New Vegas patch lands on PSN, hitting Steam and XBL next week
- X-Men Destiny gets teased
- Catherine's action finally gets a bit of detail
- Billy Joel hitting Rock Band next week
- Home is two years old, Sony celebrates with new games exclusively for the service
- Gameplay clips and screens pop up for Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll
- PS Move Heroes gets new gameplay screens
- NFS: Hot Pursuit gets Super Sports pack on December 21
- First Journey footage airs during GTTV, gets first trailer
- TDU2 trailer shows off homie's crib
- Entire Fight Night: Champion roster announced
- Rumour - PlayStation Phone video shows off benchmark
- New Move gun attachment, green DualShock 3 announced by Sony
- Activision downplays "controversy" surrounding Kobe in Black Ops ad, calls it "very hypocritical"
- FFXIV PS3 delayed, PC trial period gets extended, dev team restructured
- GT5 ships 5.5 million units worldwide, series surpasses 60 million units shipped
- Crystal Dynamics on Tomb Raider reboot: "Lara Croft as a sex object isn’t our goal"
- New VGA teaser hints that something Peace Walker this way comes
- Extended Deus Ex: Human Revolution trailer really hits it home
- The 3rd Birthday does get shower scene after all
- Uncharted 3 gets first public demo next Monday on Fallon
- Mass Effect 2 PS3 gets January release date
- NPD November 2010: Industry up 8% as DS leads hardware, Black Ops moves 8.4 million units
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- Rumor: BioWare VGA teaser is Mass Effect 3, has multiplayer
- Rumor: Planetside reboot to be revealed in March
- Kaos: Controversy over games is good if it involves an "intellectual debate"
- Microsoft feels there's "too many people with too much invested to let Apple win" in mobile
- Dead Space: Aftermath animated series being released on Blu-ray and DVD in January
- Civ V getting more DLC on December 16 with Spaniards ruled by Queen Isabella
- Here's what Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit looks like on iPad
- Uncharted 3 cover, artwork get out
- C. Viper and Storm confirmed for MvC3, four trailers released
- Uncharted 3 to be playable in "high-resolution stereoscopic 3D"
- Back to the Future site gets updated with episode information, George and Biff
- New Resistance 3 shots released thanks to folks who "liked" its Facebook page
- "If you're having no fun making your game then you're in trouble," says Hello Games boss
- Dead Space 2 gets a Necromorph killing trailer
- Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception revealed in EW report, confirmed for 2011 - teaser inside
- Resident Evil: The Mercenaries gets new shots
- Resident Evil: Revelations - new shots
- New BioWare teaser shot shows first-person perspective, humans
- Dissidia 012: Final Fantasy gets couple new shots, fantastic art
- Under Siege out later this month
- World of Goo launching on iPad on December 16
- GAME holding Thursday Madness sale - Tron Evolution, NFS: Hot Pursuit, BioShock 2 for ?8
- Broken Sword 2 gets remastered release on iPhone, iPad before Christmas
- EA: Battlefield 1943 raked in $16 million, $45 million for FIFA Ultimate Team
- Cypress Hill singer sues Rockstar over San Andreas likeness use
- Knights Contract gets February release
- Strong Bad's Cool Game hitting PSN, Mac
- RDR: Undead Nightmare launching in Japan on February 10
- DC Universe Online beta to be available to all US PS Plus users
- Activision: "Nothing but love" for Harmonix, key to revitalizing Guitar Hero is innovation
- Infinity Blade available now for iDevices
- Fan outrage persuades 343 Industries to continue Halo Wars stat-tracking
- Ultra-rumor: StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm ending leaks out a year early
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- Bulletstorm misunderstood as mindless shooter, says People Can Fly
- Trinity: Souls of Zill O'll hits PS3 in the US on February 8
- Dissidia 012 [duodecim]: Final Fantasy gets a world map, Laguna Loire
- Bomberman Live: Battlefest finally hits XBLA
- LittleBigPlanet 2 video shows off what you can create with machinima tools
- Costume Quest DLC Grubbins on Ice hits PSN December 21, XBL today
- Dragon Age II may be "our most reactive game to date", says BioWare
- First trailer for Night of the Sacrifice released
- Check out the intro and a cool looking user-created Wolfenstein level for LBP2
- Initial orders for Level-5's Ni no Kuni on DS hits 600K
- Anarchy mode in Bulletstorm is "not like Nazi Zombies where you just have to survive", says Bleszinski
- Japanese hardware charts Nov. 29-Dec.5: Monster Hunter fever moves over 323K PSP units
- Dead Space 2 demo confirmed for December 21
- Japanese software charts Nov. 20 - Dec. 5: Monster Hunter 3rd and Tales of Graces F take top two spots
- X-Men Arcade hitting XBLA on December 15
- Bulletstorm previews reveal two of the multiplayer modes
- New Portal 2 clip to air during VGAs this weekend
- Two Worlds II gets firm release date for US
- Suzuki: Shenmue III concept "already exists"
- More possible characters for Mortal Kombat 2011 leaked from MK9 website
- Batman: Arkham City teaser is a go
- TDU2 video feautres lots of racing
- MAG getting version 2.10 today, adds multiqueue feature
- Report - UK console install base now at 32.4 million
- EU PS Store update, December 8 - Alien Breed 2, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves
- Media Molecule opening up LBP2 beta to Plus members
- You can shoot while moving in Resident Evil: Mercenaries
- Pachter "disappointed" in lack of Call of Duty online sub service
- Google launches Chrome Gaming App Store, features EA titles
- Max Payne 2 latest GFW title to go to 99c
- Activision: Tony Hawk brand has "Michael Jordan-esque staying power"
- FF Agito XIII will have "unique" multiplayer system
- Rumour: PSP2 graphics comparable to early PS3 titles
- US PS store update, December 7 - Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves, Kung-Fu Live, MGS
- Namco Bandai shares Jump Festa line-up
- EA: The Old Republic is "a 10 year opportunity"
- Kratos to appear in Mortal Kombat PS3
- Rumour - New SSX in development at EA Canada, will bring the series "back to its roots"
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- City Interactive has four FPS games currently in development
- EA Games label president believes the non-online games model "is finished"
- THQ and ngmoco release Star Wars Imperial Academy for iPhone and iPod Touch
- Multiplayer for Dead Space 2 was the "most requested" feature from fans
- Steam Treasure Hunt has you completing objectives for free games
- Super Meat Boy gets super special edition and super cover art
- Codemasters files lawsuit over Jumpgate Evolution delays
- CD Projekt chats about the game engine in latest Witcher 2 dev diary
- Suzuki: "Game providers have to shift their focus" on visuals to creativity
- WH40K: Dark Millennium Online will be more "actiony" than other MMOs, says Vigil
- AC: Brotherhood video shows unlockable Raiden skin
- Second round of closed beta testing starts December 17 for Rift: Planes of Telara
- Resistance 3 shots and art land ahead of Saturday's gameplay reveal
- TFU2 Endor Bonus Mission trailer makes us feel bad for the Ewoks
- WH40K: Space Marine screens show orks dying horribly
- GameStop to offer PowerUp Card in its European stores
- Batman: Arkham City teaser video hits MSN Games tomorrow
- Nintendo downloads inlcude Fluidity, Wolf of the Battlefield, more
- EA's Chillingo to publish The Witcher: Versus on the App Store
- Warriors of Rock takes us back to the 90s
- SNK adding NEOGEO Station to PSN December 21
- Sony adds Quests to PlayStation Rewards Program
- Samurai Warriors 3Z and Xtreme Legends to be delayed slightly in Japan
- Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime gets first video, new screens
- Blizzard's Pearce: Retail "has things to offer that we can’t offer digitally"
- Rumor: Raven Software developing stealth-based Bond game, taking focus off X-Men Origins sequel [Update]
- Creative Assembly pondering Total War on consoles
- Dissidia 012, 3rd Birthday confirmed for spring in Europe
- Blizzard: We don't "have enough bandwidth" for Warcraft IV
- Report - The Agency releasing in second-half 2011
- Lewie's Weekly Deals - Tron Evolution, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Dead Rising 2 for ?20
- Your Shape: Fitness Evolved getting new DLC today
- Direct2Drive holding Atari sale this week
- echochrome II releasing on December 21
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl is 99 cents at GFWMP
- WoW: Cataclysm launches worldwide - CE gets unboxed, Blizzard talks about next expansion
- GT5 gets update 1.03, includes mechanical damage
- RedSpot Games announces new Dreamcast title on German TV
- Live Deal of the Week sees Arcade price-drops, Avatar goodies
- PS3 gets Firmware 3.55, adds nothing
- Latest BioWare VGA teaser is a red herring
- Killzone 3 dated for February 24 in Japan
- Tomb Raider info comes stumbling out of GI
- Giant multiplatform New Vegas patch submitted for certification, finally nearing release
- OnLive releases iPad app, planning subscription-based movie service for 2011
- Investigate these new L.A. Noire screens
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- Neil Patrick Harris to host VGAs
- Four Oddworld games hitting Steam this year
- Square announces Tomb Raider
- First premium DLC pack for NFS: Hot Pursuit announced
- Off-screen KZ3 video shows massive boss fight
- GAME holding Monday Madness sale - ?99 GT5 Sig Edition, ?20 Medal of Honor, more
- Microsoft denies Kinect shortage claims
- Rumour - Split-screen for Killzone 3 shown in preview code
- UK charts: Black Ops overtakes GT5 to top spot
- Flatout video for Wii shows stunt mode
- Microsoft not looking at Home-like service for 360
- 1UP begins Shenmue Week, world weeps
- Monster Hunter Portable 3rd ships 2 million in Japan
- Pachter: PSP2 will be "dead on arrival"
- No MvC3 demo due to schedule reasons, says Capcom's Svensson
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- Thrustmaster teases official GT5 wheel, could cost $500
- Dead Space 2 demo before Christmas? "You never know," says Papoutsis
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- Gilbert wishes he'd made "battling a little more intellectual" in DeathSpank
- Samurai Warriors Chronicle screens are action-packed
- No-skin Kagaku-kun getting his very own DS game
- LOTRO getting Radiance revamp in Q1 2011, and lots of other good stuff
- Darkspore video shows off multiplayer
- Swords and Soldiers gets Move support on PSN, 20% off on Steam
- Red Faction:Origins film to be released in May instead of March
- Second Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit patch in the works for PC
- Valkyria Chronicles III changes detailed by SEGA
- MUA2 DLC to be pulled forever on December 31
- Assassin's Creed survey asks about possible innovations for next iteration
- UDK game The Spire gets teaser trailer
- DualShock 3 controller looks pretty in pink
- Final Fantasy XI December update raises the level cap
- More updates planned for Black Ops on PC
- MAG v2.10 expected to hit next week
- Report: 250GB Xbox 360 stock to normalize after Christmas
- L4D2 updates: Uncrownable Witch, user created Mutations, Hard Eight
- Yakuza 4 Akiyama character trailer and screens arrive
- "The industry is a lot healthier than just what NPD is reporting," says THQ's Farrell
- Only way to beat COD is to "make a better game," says Riccitiello
- New "Murder Your Maker" teaser trailer shows scenes and screens from Prototype
- Rumor: More PlayStation Phone videos leak out, bare all
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- SOE considering a "Cataclysm " of its own for EverQuest II
- Rumor: Next Angry Birds update coming in time for Valentine's
- Civilization IV's opening theme nominated for a Grammy
- Catherine boxart for PS3 and Xbox 360 is rather awesome
- Homefront gets second dev diary
- Dynasty Warriors 7 shots are a bit dramatic
- Queen track packs with keys, harmonies and Pro upgrades coming to Rock Band 3
- Monty Python Facebook title The Ministry of Silly Games now in beta
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam getting unlockable Operation Hastings map
- LBP2 won't support 3D, says SCEA
- Deus Ex: GOTY PC 80 MS points at GFWMP
- Team Fortress 2 gets public beta for new features
- FFXIII, MW2, GoWIII big winners at PlayStation Awards
- Ubisoft combats Michael Jackson DS piracy with vuvuzelas
- Evil Ryu, Oni Akuma confirmed for SSFIV arcade
- Sony includes built-in PS2 with Bravia
- Ghostbusters 360 finally gets a patch after a year-and-a-half
- First Back to the Future trailer is go
- Twisted Pixel announces Ms. Splosion Man for autumn 2011
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- Def Jam Rapstar and Atlantic Records want to give you a recording contract
- Moto Racer 2 and Alien Shooter land on GoG.com
- Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja - Storm 2 ships over one million units worldwide
- Wii Speak being phased out unless consumer demand increases
- PSA: Final LBP2 beta testing hits this month, more invites coming
- Rock Band: Reloaded now available on the App Store
- Mass Effect 2 looks like it runs rather well on a netbook when using Gaikai
- Rift beta trailer tries to lure you in
- Half of Microsoft's 25 million Xbox Live members have Gold subs
- Digital offerings on PC contribute $750 million to EA's current revenue
- Coming soon to XBLM: Army of TWO: The 40th Day, NBA Collection, BFBC2
- Voice chat functionality coming soon to Dead Nation
- Third zombie-related VGA teaser image looks Prototype-related
- DDO and LOTRO players can win 100K Turbine points
- Angry Birds Seasons out now
- OnLive's $10 per month flat-rate game plan launches January 15
- Coming soon to US PS Plus - Sackboy Prehistoric Moves, Sam & Max, more
- SEGA gets Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston for Thor: God of Thunder
- Valkyria Chronicles III opening gets out
- Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime revealed in USA Today report
- Ignition US confirms move from LA to Texas
- Kirby's Epic Yarn gets February 25 European launch
- Livingstone: Kane & Lynch "not going to disappear"
- Fight Night: Champion videos show the story of Andre Bishop
- Take Two won't do an Activision in annualising big titles
- Doctor Who: The Adventure Games' final episode gets Xmas Day release
- Valkyria Chronicles III CE features a cup
- Xbox 360 turns five in Europe
- EA Sports MMA takes a sales beating, but sequel still a matter of "when," not "if"
- Pachter: Kinect and Move to hit 8 million in 2010, over 20 million in 2011
- White Knight Chronicles PSP gets trailered
- GT5 gets save back-up update this month
- PETA releases Super Tofu Boy, gets added into Super Meat Boy PC
- Uncharted movie to include "family dynamic," "heads of museums" being brought to "justice"
- First Resistance 3 gameplay gets VGA showing next weekend
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- Monster Hunter Portable 3 looks to be a hit in Japan day one
- Crystal Dynamics wants you to choose which new character pack comes first for Lara Croft
- Riccitiello calls Dead Space 2 "scarier" than the original
- Force Unleashed II screen shows an Ewok getting electroshock therapy
- Cradle of Civilization map packs for Civ V now available on Steam
- Koei Tecmo releases some nice Dynasty Warriors 7 character renders
- Konami releases PS3 patch for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
- Crysis 2 gets the novel treatment in March with Crysis: Legion
- NFS Shift 2: "We won't add 1000 irrelevant cars", says lead designer
- Ubisoft to publish Rift: Planes of Telara in Europe
- Japanese hardware charts Nov. 22-28: PS3 sales double thanks to GT5 bundle
- Japanese software charts Nov. 22-28: Gran Turismo 5 moves over 430K units
- Namco Bandai apologises for Enslaved: Pigsy's Perfect 10 PSN DLC troubles
- Witcher 2 video is a rather awesome pre-order enticer
- MS has "nothing to announce at this time" regarding Halo 1 remake
- Coming soon to PS Plus: Assassins Creed, Abe’s Exodus, Costume Quest and DLC bundle
- Xbox 360 Live Activity for week of Nov 22 - Call of Duty games claim top 15
- Activision: Facebook and mobile don't provide a large opportunity for customer growth at the moment
- EU PS Store update, December 1 - Dead Nation, Assassin's Creed, Edge
- Trials HD Big Thrills pack now available from Live
- Farmville renamed Farm Village for Japanese release
- Rumour - PSPhone spotted Greek video
- Lionhead deploys massive Fable III title update
- Blizzard issues more StarCraft II bans
- Microsoft shows off Live Rewards program
- The Fight: Lights Out gets title update, new DLC
- Inafune opens new blog, says he wants to "challenge things" and "exceed his former self"
- White Knight Chronicles: Dogma Wars gets Japanese release in February
- Square announces Jump Festa line-up, no mention of Versus, Agito
- Nintendo counting on "late adopters" to reinvigorate Wii sales
- Kazunori: GT5 to get mechanical damage update this month
- Super Meat Boy out now on PC
- EA: Tiger Woods needs to end his losing streak for parternship to "make sense"
- Sega announces Binary Domain