Atari has confirmed that Test Drive Unlimited 2 is going to be released on 21st September for the PC, PS3 and 360 in the US. It will be hitting UK retailers on 24th September. US players can pre-order from tomorrow, with each retailer offering pre-order incentives. GameStop is offering a Casino Online bonus game that has poker, roulette and slots as well as two bonus in-game cars. Amazon is offering Read More ...
Namco Bandai has announced that Puzzle Quest 2 will be released on the Xbox Live Arcade on 23rd June and on the DS on 22nd June (in the US) and 16th July (in Europe). Puzzle Quest 2 includes new weapons, rewards and mini-games, as well as a new third-person RPG over-world.
The third collection of Steam for Mac launch titles is now available on the service. This week’s collection focuses on Steam Cloud, which allows players to save their game progress on one computer, then resume from that save point on another computer (Mac or PC). The first titles to support this are Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Episode One and Half-Life 2 Episode Two, which have been released on the service Read More ...
2K Games has announced a Collector’s Edition for Mafia II across all formats. It contains a steelbook case, a Made Man DLC pack (containing two cars and two new made man suits), a hardcover art book, an orchestral soundtrack, and a map of Empire Bay. The publisher will also be partnering with selected UK retailers to provide free DLC to customers that pre-order the game. “The first Mafia title was Read More ...
SEGA has today announced Sonic Colours for the Wii and DS. It’s a brand new Sonic title, with the blue hedgehog tasked with racing through a theme park to rescue alien creatures from Dr Eggman (I bet you didn’t see that coming). The aliens are apparently called “Wisps”, and Sonic can use them to make new paths through levels. Once Sonic frees a Wisp, he can absorb their power. Each Read More ...
Team17 have announced Alien Breed: Impact for the PlayStation 3 and PC. It will be hitting the PlayStation Store on the PS3 and Steam on the PC this summer, and is an expanded edition of the Xbox Live Arcade game Alien Breed: Evolution. Like the XBLA release, it uses the Unreal Engine 3, but is now apparently tougher and requires more exploration. Weapons are now upgradeable with cash looted from Read More ...
The original Crackdown (developed by Realtime Worlds) initially garnered a great deal of attention. This was likely because of its attachment to the Halo 3 multiplayer beta; however, after a bit of playtime and some critical acclaim, it was apparent that Crackdown was much more than a $60 ticket to preview Master Chief on the Xbox 360. Fast forward three years and you have now brought peace to Pacific City Read More ...
Epic Games managed to make due with a trifold of promotions this week. First there’s a new title update adding ‘social matches’ to the multiplayer mayhem. This allows individual players or parties to drop in or out of ongoing games and yes this includes Horde matches. The other tiny little detail is you can only use this feature if you have all of the games map packs which is another Read More ...
Rockstar Games has released Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Lite for the iPhone and iPod Touch on the app store. The release is basically a free demo of the full £6 version, and contains three levels of the game.
Valve has announced that Half-Life 2 is hitting Steam for Mac today. The company hasn’t confirmed how much it’ll set Mac gamers back or if Episodes 1 & 2 will be available today as well. The PC version of Half Life 2 is $20 on Steam. Here’s the announcement teaser Valve sent out:
The Black Market Boom Pack for Just Cause 2 is now available for download on the PlayStation Store (€1.99/£1.60/$1.99), Steam (€1.99/£1.60/$1.99) and the Xbox Live Marketplace (160 Allards). It includes three prototype weapons; the Quad Rocket Launcher; the Cluster Bomb Launcher and the Air Propulsion Gun.
Ubisoft has detailed some of the features coming in Shaun White Skateboarding. They state that the game is aiming to bring “skateboarding to a wide audience”, where players can customise the city into their own massive skating park. At the start of the game, the city is dull, but as players skate and complete challenges, new areas are revealed, better skate lines are created buildings are transformed. Elements such as Read More ...
Xbox department head Robbie Bach and “Chief Experience Officer” J Allard are leaving Microsoft this autumn. The duo has seen the 360 grow to its current state, with J Allard being one of the leading figures in the system’s development. Allard has particularly come to prominence after the Xbox Live Marketplace currency was renamed in his honour by some leading websites including TheNPCs, where we pioneered its use for every Read More ...
Insomniac Games has signed a multi-platform deal with EA Partners for an upcoming new franchise. The developers are the people behind both the Resistance and Ratchet & Clank series’. The new franchise will be developed for the PS3 and 360, with Insomniac owning the IP. This is the first time the development outfit is developing for the 360. No other information has been announced, except that the studio will still Read More ...
Sony has announced that Killzone 3 is in development, after magazine scans have leaked it this week. It will feature jetpacks, ice levels and 3D modes with the PS3’s fancy new upcoming 3D support. The story begins where Killzone 2 finished, where a nuclear bomb wiped out all of the ISA force apart from the protagonist. Sony proclaims that levels will be bigger and that the game will feature space Read More ...
