Rockstar has confirmed that the Liars and Cheats Pack for Red Dead Redemption will be released on the PS3 and 360 on 21st September. It will cost £7.99 on the PlayStation Network and 800 Allards on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The pack will now include content that was originally supposed to be in the “Free Roam Pack”. That pack was supposed to be free, but it had to be merged Read More ...
Microsoft has announced that the traditional Xbox 360 fall update will improve the sound quality of Xbox 360 headsets. The update will coincide with the launch of Kinect and will upgrade the codec and audio infrastructure that determines the quality of voice communication between Xbox 360s. Xbox Live Studios boss Jerry Johnson talked about the update at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival this afternoon: “The codec we used when we first Read More ...
Hello Games has released a patch for Joe Danger, entitled the “People’s Patch”. The patch adds the ability to share replays and levels with the stunt-bike racer. You can apparently save, replay and upload videos to YouTube, as well as share levels with other folk. Custom soundtracks are now also supported. Other new bits and pieces include more multiplayer levels, new level editing props, costumes and some “hidden stuff” (according Read More ...
2K Games has confirmed that the single-player story-driven Minerva’s Den downloadable content add-on for BioShock 2 will be released Tuesday, 31st August. It will set you back $9.99 on the PlayStation Network and 800 Allards on the Xbox Live Marketplace. A PC version is in the pipeline, but won’t be released until some point after the console release. The DLC has three new areas with six more Little Sisters. Apparently, Read More ...
Ubisoft has announced that they have laid off 38 members of staff from Red Storm Entertainment. Red Storm was founded by Tom Clancy and Navy veteran Doug Littlejohns. The studio has produced quite a few titles, including Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 and America’s Army: True Soldiers. Currently, Red Storm is working on the multiplayer component of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier.
Harmonix has lifted the lid on all the tracks you can expect to find in Rock Band 3. The game has 83 songs and has a few new features, like keyboard support and a “Pro” mode. Pro mode allows people to learn to play real instruments. Peripheral manufacturers are creating realistic guitars for this mode that can be played both with the game and normally, with an amp or whatever Read More ...
OneBigGame have today announced that Chime (developed by Zoe Mode) will be released on Steam for the PC at the “end of this summer”. A proper date hasn’t been confirmed yet. The game was released on the Xbox Live Arcade earlier this year, and 100% of proceeds from that (between February 1st and June 1st) went to OneBigGame. 5% of the purchase price of royalties for the PC version will Read More ...
The second 2D scroller available this week is Shank; downloadable from both Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. A bloody action beat-em-up, can Shank stand out from the already star-studded crowd of downloadable titles released this summer?
Nintendo has confirmed this week’s European downloads: WiiWare And Yet It Moves (1000 Miyamotos) Tales of Elastic Boy Mission 1 (600 Miyamotos) DSiWare Where’s Wally? Travel Pack 1 (500 Miyamotos) myNotebook: Carbon (500 Miyamotos) myNotebook: Pearl (500 Miyamotos)
This year’s Xbox Live promotion, Summer of Arcade, has certainly been filled with some pretty superb titles. From the artsy Limbo to the madness of Monday Night Combat, there’s been something for all tastes. This week we get another two great-looking 2D side-scrollers, first of which is Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game.
Sony has unveiled this week’s PAL PlayStation Store update: PS3 Games * Joe Danger (free trial then £9.99 / €12.99) * MAG Persistent Beta client (free for MAG owners) * MotorStorm 3D Rift (free trial then £9.99 / €12.99) * PixelJunk Racers 2nd Lap (£6.29 / €7.99) * Shank (free trial then £9.99 / €12.99)
The organisers of the Tokyo Game Show have confirmed that Microsoft will be delivering the first of this year’s keynote addresses. Home & Entertainment Division head honcho Takashi Sensui and Microsoft Game Studios’ corporate vice president Phil Spencer will be on stage to talk about the “Xbox 360’s Vision and 2010’s Strategy”. They keynote will take place in the morning on 16th September. It will be followed by a second Read More ...
The UK will be getting its first videogame TV channel this November. It’s called Ginx and will be available on cable and satellite services. “For us it’s about light gamers,” said CEO Michiel Bakker at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival. Ginx will start out with game reviews, but will eventually feature more shows that will go into other subjects. The channel will apparently explore HD and 3D in the future. Ginx Read More ...
Irrational Games have confirmed that the new enemy in the BioShock: Infinite trailer is called the “Handyman”. Concept artist Rob Waters talked about the Handyman on this week’s Irrational Behaviour podcast. The character was originally designed with mechanical crab claws, but was changed to porcelain hands as Irrational wanted him to be able to punch (as well as grab) things. BioShock: Infinite is currently in development for the PC, PS3 Read More ...
Warner Bros. has canned This Is Vegas, even though the game was less than a year from completion. The title formerly belonged to Midway, but they sold it after spending more than $43 million on the game. Some retailers pulled listings for the game last August, but Warner Bros. said the project was still alive at the time. Surreal Software, the game’s developer, was closed down earlier this year. The Read More ...
