Nintendo has confirmed this week’s European downloads: WiiWare WarioWare D.I.Y. Showcase (800 Miyamotos) Mega Man 10 DLC –Endless Attack mode (300 Miyamotos) Mega Man 10 DLC – Special Stage 2 & 3 (100 Miyamotos) 5 Arcade Gems (700 Miyamotos) Virtual Console The King of Fighters ’95 (900 Miyamotos) DSiWare Surviving High School (800 Miyamotos) VT Tennis (500 Miyamotos) DodoGo! (800 Miyamotos) Save the Turtles (500 Miyamotos) Simply Solitaire (200 Miyamotos)
Codemasters has officially dated International Cricket 2010. It will be released on the PS3 and 360 in the UK on Friday 18th June to coincide with the NatWest Series between England and Australia this summer. The game includes official players and grounds, and you’ll be able to partake in full tests, Twenty20 games and instant tournaments.
Bungie has announced a decade-long deal with Activision. The publisher will be bringing the studio’s new games (based on new intellectual property) across multiple platforms and devices. Bungie will retain the rights to their new IP under the terms of the deal. Apparently, it has taken the companies nine months to hammer out the fine details of the deal but now it’s concrete. This comes at an interesting time for Read More ...
The plans for the upcoming Halo Reach: Multiplayer Beta experience have been detailed according to Destructoid. The beta will begin on May 3rd and will last you until May 19th which makes that a total of 16 days of multiplayer mayhem. There will be new gameplay modes unlocked by Bungie during that time as well. You will have access to three playlists once the beta gets going. The first is Read More ...
Raven Software’s sci-fi shooter Singularity will get some help from last year’s open-world action adventure game, Prototype. Activision is giving away Prototype if you buy a copy of Singularity for Xbox 360. Not sure if that is a good sign for Singularity’s chances for success; that’s up to you. Personally, I know Prototype did pretty damn well during its initial release, going (somewhat) head to head with InFamous. Activision reps Read More ...
Welcome to Non Playable, official podcast of TheNPCs. In this debut episode, Project Natal is determined by the power of parallax to be at least 30 feet long, Decent Ping Productions goes on a relentless tirade about the death of arcades, and Joe finally forces Chris to talk into the right side of his microphone. Details: Duration: 38:36 File size: 53.2MB Non Playable Episode 1 (Direct link to file, right Read More ...
Namco Bandai has announced that they will be releasing new DLC for Dead to Rights Retribution on May 26th on the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Network. It will hit the US a week later on June 1st. It will cost 400 Allards on Xbox Live (£3.40/€4.60) and $4.99 on the PS3. Entitled the “GAC Pack”, the DLC encapsulates the new gameplay modes from the previously pre-order exclusive “Jack Read More ...
THQ has announced that a demo for UFC Undisputed 2010 is hitting this Thursday (April 29th) on both PSN and Xbox Live. Gamers who register for the game’s community site will receive early access to the demo. The demo allows players to try Exhibition Mode and the offline multiplayer Tournament Mode. The playable characters included to try are Mauricio “Shogun” Rua, Lyoto “The Dragon” Machida, Rashad “Sugar” Evans and Quinton Read More ...
Microsoft has released a live action teaser trailer for Halo: Reach. The game is going to be released this fall on the Xbox 360. However, those with Halo 3: ODST or special download codes from Microsoft will be able to partake in a multiplayer beta for Reach on May 3rd. Here’s the trailer:
Microsoft has confirmed that the Rapture Metro Pack DLC for Bioshock 2 will not be available this week as previously reported. More information on the pack’s release date will be given soon. It will cost 800 Allards on the 360 (PS3 price unconfirmed at present) and features six new maps, three new achievements/trophies and the ability for those over level 50 to have the option to rank down to level Read More ...
Team17 have confirmed that the Worms 2 Armageddon PS3 private beta will begin on Tuesday 4th May, according to an email sent out to testers. Those interested in playing the beta had to sign up for it a while back, but the email confirms they will be sent out their download codes soon.
Microsoft has confirmed that Far Cry 2, Kane and Lynch: Dead Men and Shrek the Third have joined the Xbox 360 Games on Demand service. All these games are now available in all Xbox Live regions except Japan and Korea.
The Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE) has reported that the Xbox Live Arcade grew by 41% in March when compared to March 2009. FADE believes that the Xbox Live Arcade has grown 5% overall in 2010, thanks to weaker than expected showings in January and February. Gaming revenue in March 2010 topped $10 million for the first time, hitting an estimated $10.6 million. March 2009’s estimated sales were $7.5 Read More ...
EA has today announced that The Sims 3 will be coming to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and DS this autumn. The PC/Mac version was released last summer, and went on to become the biggest PC launch in EA’s history and picked up the #1 best-selling PC title in 2009. This version adds new “Karma Powers”, that allow players to help their Sim “get lucky”, obtain “instant beauty” or Read More ...
More staff members from the talent pool of Infinity Ward have jumped ship for the newly opened Respawn Entertainment. Lead character artist Joel Emslie and artists Ryan Lastimosa and Brad Allen are the latest members to leave the crumbling developer. In total the headcount for developers remaining at Infinity Ward has dropped to 11 so it’s only a matter of time before the studio becomes a desalt wasteland. Although with Read More ...
