Nintendo has announced (at a press conference last night) that the Nintendo 3DS will be released on February 26th 2011 in Japan for 25000 Yen ($300/£189). The company also confirmed that the handheld will be released in the US and Europe in March. They didn’t say the prices for those regions though.
SouthPeak has officially delayed the US release date of Two Worlds II from October 2010 to January 2011. The UK launch date is an ever-helpful “TBC”, which is what it has been since the game was announced. SouthPeak commented on the US delay by stating: “There’s a reason for everything and although we feel that the game is truly at AAA level, we want Two Worlds II to be absolutely Read More ...
The upcoming release of Medal of Honor is pretty huge considering its a reboot of the famed franchise. What makes it an even bigger bonus? Iron Man movie composer, Ramin Djawadi was officially signed on to produce the games soundtrack. For the first time in the series Medal of Honor will be leaving behind the historic battles of WWII and enter into the modern setting of Afghanistan. “Designing a score Read More ...
Black Bean Games has released a demo for the PC version of rally game WRC. The demo was released on Xbox Live last week, and PlayStation Network gamers will be able to grab it in two days time. Apparently, the game is the only title to feature the real 2010 WRC drivers, cars and events. It will be released on 8th October.
Nintendo has confirmed that Donkey Kong Country Returns will be released in the UK on 3rd December. The game is currently in development over at Retro Studios and takes the series back to its 2D roots. It supports local co-op, with the second player taking over Diddy Kong. We enjoyed playing it at Nintendo the other month; even though we got embarrassed by the obligatory mine cart level.
SEGA has slapped some dates and prices on Sonic 4: Episode 1. The game will be released on the iPhone on 7th October; PSN and XBLA on 13th October; and the Wii on 15th October. It will cost £10 on the PSN, 1200 Allards on Xbox Live and 1500 Wii Points on the Wii.
EA Sports announced that its upcoming reboot, previously known as NBA Live, NBA Elite 11 will be indefinitely delayed. Originally scheduled to launch on October 5th, the new release date is now TBA. Since this won’t be releasing in time with its competitor over at 2k Sports, EA plans to release a new 2010-11 update for free which includes Daily Dynamic Updates and a roster update. Don’t fret just yet, Read More ...
Chart Track has released this week’s UK gaming sales chart: 1. F1 2010 (CODEMASTERS) 2. HALO: REACH (MICROSOFT) 3. DEAD RISING 2 (CAPCOM) 4. CIVILIZATION V (2K GAMES) 5. SPORTS CHAMPIONS (SONY COMPUTER ENT.) 6. GUITAR HERO: WARRIORS OF ROCK (REDOCTANE) 7. PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE FORGOTTEN SANDS (UBISOFT) 8. MAFIA II (2K GAMES) 9. TOY STORY 3 (DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS) 10. FINAL FANTASY XIV (SQUARE ENIX) 11. JUST DANCE Read More ...
Tim Schafer has hired Ron Gilbert to work on a new game with him over at Double Fine Studios. The duo created the Monkey Island games for LucasArts back in the day. Double Fine have a lot of things in the pipeline, with four games being developed for THQ. The first of that little lot will be Costume Quest. Gilbert’s title isn’t one of those four and doesn’t have a Read More ...
EA has lifted the lid on the minimum and recommended hardware specs for the PC version of Medal of Honor. The minimum specs are: 3.2GHz Pentium D/2GHz Core 2 Duo/Athlon 64 X2 processor 2GB RAM 256MB video card equivalent to or better than the GeForce 7800 GT or ATI X1900 The recommended specs are: Quad-core 2GHz processor 2GB RAM 512MB video card that’s a GeForce GTX260, an ATI Radeon 4870 Read More ...
Microsoft has announced that the final piece of downloadable content for Alan Wake will be released on 12th October. It’s called “The Writer”, and it will set you back 560 Allards. Not much is known about this DLC, but it looks like it’s going to explore Alan’s inner psyche. Expect floating cars, strange things everywhere and constant monotonous narration.
Sony has released a new update for ModNation Racers. It removes the game’s region lock feature, meaning that you can now invite friends around the world to a Casual Race or an XP Race. In other ModNation news, Naughty Dog has released a new Nathan Drake Mod and Kart Pack for the game. That’s available right now.
The administrators handling Realtime Worlds will not be offering refunds to players who bought copies and subscriptions of APB. The MMO is now closed, after just two and a half months online. Steam also isn’t giving out refunds either. Administrator Begbies Traynor said: “Customers should revert to the entity from which they bought the game in respect of their entitlement to any refund.” Valve played against this statement by saying Read More ...
EA has announced a last minute open beta for the PC version of Medal of Honor. The purpose of this beta is to “clear up any misunderstanding” about the game’s Afghanistan setting. This beta will begin on 4th October and will close on 7th October. It includes two maps: Kunar Base, a Selector Control map and Shahikot Mountains, a Combat Mission map. Both support two teams of 12 players. “We Read More ...
Some PS3 owners are being invited to take part in a fairly secretive Dead Space 2 closed beta. Developer Louis Gascoigne is handing out PSN codes for people that message him their email address on Twitter. Apparently, there will be a few more codes going out today. Dead Space 2 has been pushed back to a late January 2011 release. However, it’ll be playable at the Eurogamer Expo next week. Read More ...
