Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy XIV will be getting a worldwide release on the PC on 30th September. The PS3 version of the game has been delayed until March 2011. A beta for the game will start in early July, and there will be a special edition of the PC version that will be released on 22nd September for Europe that will give players a week of early Read More ...
Sony has unveiled this week’s PAL PlayStation Store update: PS3 Additional Special Offer (available until 7th July) * Super Stardust HD (was £6.29/€2.99 now £1.19/€1.49) PS3 Permanent Price Reduction * Fat Princess (was £11.99/€14.99 now £7.99/€9.99)
Producers from an upcoming interview with IGTV on INCGamers on Mafia 2 have said that they will be dropping multiple endings from the game. It appears that the game will have only one decent ending. The game originally had been planned for four different endings. “We worked on these things and we have our players that focus test [the game] and we found that people were just replaying and ultimately Read More ...
Toshihiro Nagoshi, series director of Yakuza, has confirmed that he is working on a new main series Yakuza title for the PS3. He was talking to Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu (Andriasang translated it, like dons), and has been in development alongside Black Panther, a PSP Yakuza spin-off. Yakuza character Majima Goro will be playable in Yakuza 5. Expect to hear more about it at this year’s Tokyo Game Show.
Eurogamer has got the scoop on the next major title in the Tomb Raider series in development over at Crystal Dynamics. Their source claims that the next title will be released Christmas 2011. Apparently, it will be released on the PC, PS3 and 360. Crystal Dynamics has just finished up work on Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, an upcoming PSN, XBLA and PC title releasing Q3 2010.
Peter Molyneux (mad Microsoft talking head, king of Lionhead Studios and Microsoft Games Studios’ European creative director) has been talking to GamesIndustry.biz. He stated that Microsoft wants Fable 3 to sell more than 5 million copies and reach profits in excess of $150 million. Molyneux also confirmed that Fable 3 will also be distributed in an episodic format after the game’s proper launch. The first chapter will be free; with Read More ...
EA has announced the Fast Lane Stuff pack for The Sims 3. It will be available this autumn in shops and through digital distribution on www.thesims3.com. The pack includes four different lifestyle options: racing, intrigue, rockabilly and classic luxury. Each one offers unique items for your Sims, including vehicles. You can have a garage to chuck all your cars and motorbikes, as well as other tat like trophies, signs and Read More ...
A device listing (on Play.com) for Microsoft’s upcoming Kinect states that the device is only capable of tracking two active players. Specifically, it says the camera “tracks up to six people, including two active players”. That’s from the spec issued to Play straight from Microsoft. Other interesting things to take away from the listing are that the Kinect has a 57 degree horizontal field of view, a 1.2 to 3.5m Read More ...
ShopTo has claimed that Kinect’s UK RRP is £129.99, and will be released on these shores on Friday 19th November. ShopTo are selling it for a bit less, at £124.86. Microsoft hasn’t revealed an official price point for the device anywhere yet, but their own shop lists it at $149. It’ll be hitting the US on 4th November and the rest of the world sometime after.
Capcom has released a new costume pack for Super Street Fighter IV. It’s entitled the “Super Classic” costume pack, and it has alternate costumes for Guile, Blanka, Fei Long and Gen. It will set you back 320 Allards on Xbox Live or $3.99 on the PlayStation Network.
Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood will be released in the UK on 19th November for the PC, PS3 and 360. The US date was revealed just before E3, with would-be assassins over the pond getting the game on 16th November. Brotherhood follows Ezio as he sorts out Rome by building a squad of assassins. It’s going to be like the A-Team, but with swords and stuff.
THQ has confirmed that Saints Row 3D started as an Xbox Live Arcade title before Nintendo waltzed in and requested a 3DS version. Now, both versions will be released, with the 3DS version using the pre-existing code-base. Both games have been designed to sell Saints Row 3, and that they will unlock content for each other. Saints Row 3 will be hitting sometime before March 2012 (that narrows it down Read More ...
Those sneaky folks at Sony are always keen to chuck in some small extra features into new firmware, and the latest release (3.40) is no exception. They have added in a new option in the settings part of the XMB. It will allow you to calibrate the PlayStation Move, if it doesn’t work properly. Seeing as the new controller isn’t releasing for a while, we can’t exactly try it out.
