Check Out New F1 2010 Gameplay Video
Saddened by the news that F1 2010 will have no demo?
To cheer you up, Codemasters has released a new gameplay video featuring Spa in the dry. Check it out […]
No Demo For F1 2010, Says Codemasters
F1 2010 is Codemaster’s take on the Formula 1 racing. Sadly, there will be no demo available to sample the game. Codemasters community manager Ian Webster has said on the game’s official forums, “Due to the nature of the game, and its layers of licensed content, it will not be possible to make a cut-down, […]
Codemasters Want To “Sell Unfinished Games” To Combat Piracy
Piracy is bad. We get it. And no matter how intrusive your DRM is (I’m looking at you AC II), it will likely get cracked. Even before you release the game. So what does Codemasters have in mind? According to a recent statement by CEO Rod Cousens, the answer lies in selling us “unfinished games”. […]
StarCraft II Cost More Than $100 Million To Develop
[Update] This has been an error on part of the Wall Street Journal. It was actually World of Warcraft that took $100 million to develop. A Wall Street Journal article reports that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, has said that Blizard has so much faith in StarCraft II that it has spent more than $100 […]
PS3 Limits 3D Games To 720p
Sony’s senior development manager, Simon Benson has said that 3D games on PS3 will be limited to 720p. Games that natively run in 1080p will be downscaled to 720p when using 3D, even though the PS3 is capable of displaying 1080p 3D images. The reason is that running 3D games at 1080p comes at the […]
Killzone 3 Gets Rid Of Loading Screens
You read that right. Killzone 3 does not have any loading screens, the game is practically “streamed”. In an interview with Hurman Hulst, CEO of Guerrilla Games, he said “We’re excited what the PS3 can do for us and what we can do for it… (speaking of loading screens), literally everything is streamed now”. Killzone […]
Hideo Kojima Working On New Adventure Game With 5pb
Japanese site 4Gamer reports that Hideo Kojima, creator of the famed Metal Gear Series has teamed up with developer 5pb. to create a new adventure game. In the interview, 4Gamer asked Shikura (CEO of 5pb.) whether “Kojima is making an adventure game.” To which Shikura replied, “Yes, Kojima said that he wanted to make an […]
EA Sells Their Entire Stake In Ubisoft
EA is selling off its 14.8% stake in Ubisoft which it acquired six years ago. A Paris based stock trader said, “Electronic Arts was seen as a natural bidder for Ubisoft, though a lot of people had given up with this idea a long time ago. On the other hand, it may open the door […]
StarCraft II PC System Requirements Released
Blizzard just confirmed the PC system requirements to Big Download. Can your PC survive the onslaught of the Zerg? Minimum System Requirements: PC: Windows XP/Windows Vista/Windows 7 (Latest Service Packs) with DirectX 9.0c 2.6 GHz Pentium IV or equivalent AMD Athlon processor 128 MB PCIe NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT or ATI Radeon 9800 PRO video […]
June 2010 NPD Sales Data, Xbox 360 Sells More Than Wii
The NPD sales data are out for June 2010, with sales plummeting 15%. Following the release of the Xbox 360 Slim, it moved up as the second best selling console trailing behind the DS but overtaking the Wii. Here’s the raw data: Top 10 Games 1. Red Dead Redemption (360) – 582.6K 2. Super Mario […]
Halo: Reach Gets Limited Collectors Edition
Bungie has announced a special limited edition for Halo: Reach. For $80, you get goodies such as in-game items, a custom case, art book and others. Halo: Reach is scheduled to release in September 14 2010 (USA) only on Xbox 360.
Fable III Features Over 47 Hours Of Voice Work
Speaking with NowGamer, Fable III audio producer George Backer has said that Fable III will have 47 hours worth of dialogue. That’s 460,000 words to be exact. The AI will have a vocabulary of 2,000 different sentences each. You need not worry about hearing the same line over and over again from NPC characters. The […]
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Aimed For “Early 2011”
Hold it together Zelda fans. You’ll get your hands on Zelda in “early 2011”. Speaking with ONM, producer Eiji Anouma said, “the basis we have now is very, very solid. Early 2011 — that is what we’re aiming for.”
KillZone 3 Four Player Co-Op? No, Wait
Despite rumors that Killzone 3 will feature 4 player co-op, it’s not going to happen. Originally. FirstPlay, a European digital PSN magazine said that Killzone 3 will have a 4 player co-op mode. However, it later said that the info was “erroneous”. Ah well, in Killzone 4 perhaps (pun intended).
