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No Bulletstorm PC Demo “At This Time”
Epic has confirmed to Blue’s News that “at this time” there are no plans for a PC demo of Bulletstorm. Read more about it here.
Epic Mickey Sells 1.3 Million, Gran Turismo Hits 1.14 Million In 2010
The Wii-exclusive platformer Epic Mickey has sold 1.3 million units in North America during 2010. PS3-exclusive Gran Turismo 5 sold 1.14 million units in North America during 2010. Read more about it here.
New James Bond Game Gets The Go-Ahead
Deadline’s reporting that a new James Bond game recently got the go-ahead, following the announcement that the latest movie also got the same treatment. “Yet another James Bond videogame, which also had been held up because of the uncertainty, recently got the go-ahead.” reports Deadline. Read more about it here.
PlayStation Phone Launching In Spring 2011?
Sony’s long-rumoured PlayStation Portable smartphone is set to be launched in North America and Europe as early as the spring, according to a Japanese newspaper report Wednesday. Sony called the newspaper report “speculation” and declined to comment. Read more about it here.
Portal 2 Has 13,000 Lines Of Dialog
Portal 2 will feature over 13,000 lines of dialog, which is a lot for a 6-hour first person puzzler with a mute protagonist. Read more about it here. via SI
Xbox 360 Is Now Selling Better Than The PS2 Did
The PS2 has always been the darling of the industry with sales now well over 100 million and it still selling well across the globe, especially in the emerging economies. However VGChartz has been crunching some numbers and has come up with a surprising situation, the Xbox 360 is selling far better now than the […]
FEAR 3 Collector’s Edition Detailed
Warner Bros. has released details about the upcoming FEAR 3 collector’s edition. The collector’s edition comes with an in-game handgun called the “Hammer,” steel case packaging, a F.E.A.R 3 comic book by DC Comics and finally, a (might we say creepy) pregnant Alma figure with a glow in the dark fetus. Yup, we really just […]
Tomb Raider Trilogy Is Leaps And Rope Swings Ahead Of Original Versions
When asked if the upcoming Tomb Raider Trilogy will be an improvement over the Xbox 360 versions , Sonia Im of Square Enix replied the following via comment: “The X360 versions of the game all looked graphically superb. The benefit of taking the time to go back and re-master and re-work all of the textures […]
Rumor: Dead Space 3 Teaser To Be Spotted In Dead Space 2
According to the Dead Space 2 review from Game Informer, it is suspectable that a [in fact, the first] teaser for Dead Space 3 can be found in the existing Dead Space 2 which is about to release within two weeks. The Rumor stretched out when the US publication’s reviewer said that the “tease for Dead […]
Killzone 3 Rated 18 By BBFC For “Strong Bloody Violence And Strong Language”
The UK’s Board of Film Classification has given Guerilla Games’s Killzone 3 a rating of 18, for “strong bloody violence and strong language” found in the 70 minutes of submitted cutscenes. The BBFC’s rating listing page for the sci-fi shooter suggests the final game contains at least 1:10 of cinematics. Despite scoring in the second-highest […]
Guerrilla: Killzone 3 Move Support Is ‘By Choice’
The decision to include PlayStation Move and stereoscopic 3D support in Killzone 3 was Guerrilla Games’s own, the developer has insisted. Speaking to the Edge magazine, MD Hermen Hulst explained that Guerrilla is simply keen to adopt new technology and experience with new features, “It’s something that’s very much core to the group of people […]
Crytek Wants To Make iPhone/iPad Games
A recent job listing reveals that Crytek wants to move into the iPhone/iPad gaming market. The job listing requires an individual who has experience “designing and developing complex, integrated iPhone and iPad applications.” Read more here.
PS3 Hacking Trial Held Up By Jurisdiction Question
Questions over jurisdiction slowed down a trial brought by Sony against hacker George “Geohot” Hotz over his alleged publication of the root key necessary to run unapproved code on the PlayStation 3. In a 20-minute hearing reported on by Wired, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston wondered aloud why the case was being held in her […]
Sony PS3 Hacker To Argue That He ‘Re-Enabled’ Feature
Lawyers representing George Hotz, the individual accused of illegally hacking the Sony PlayStation 3, claim that Hotz did so to add back a feature that Sony had removed. Hotz, the lawyers claimed, “re-enabled” OtherOS functionality, or the ability to dual-boot the PlayStation 3 using some other OS, such as Linux. Read more here.
