• Dec : 2 : 2011 - See You Around, GamePro!
  • Nov : 23 : 2011 - Old Republic Causes Stock Issues With Activision Blizzard
  • Nov : 15 : 2011 - Sumthing Else Music releases Saints Row: The Third soundtrack
  • Nov : 15 : 2011 - Assassins Creed: Revelations among other releases out now
  • Nov : 11 : 2011 - Call of Duty breaks records in sales once again

Archive for the ‘Industry News’ Category

In a move this morning that has surely been the discussion of many gamers today, the overlords of Gamestop corporate have sent in mass an email to all stores stating to pull the PC version of the recently released Deus Ex: Human Revolution. These copies are apparently to be returned eventually to publisher Square Enix. This now coming after an earlier report telling Gamestop employees to take out OnLive coupons,   Read More ...

So, Fable: The Journey is thankfully not going to be considered Fable 4 by any means. It looks like Lionhead Studios is reportedly working Fable IV for a 2013 release. This coming from an article in the Official Xbox Magazine; “Look for the Fable cycle to continue with a proper, controller-based Fable IV in 2013 , says The Ball…”.   [LoudMouthedGamers]

MadCatz, the company behind some of the best gaming peripherals has opened up their offices in Tokyo, Japan today. The new office will focus on sales, marketing and product development. “Since opening our first international sales office in 2002 we have built teams of sales and marketing professionals working directly with most key retailers across North America, Europe and Asia. Our international market expansion remains a key driver of our   Read More ...

Categories: Industry News, News

Today Traveler’s Tales Games and Warner Bros Interactive have announced the development of Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7.  If you’re wondering, yes this will be the follow up to the previously released Lego Harry Potter years 1-4. The game looks to have a target release window of Q4 2011. Based on the last three Harry Potter books and final four films, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7 takes players through Harry   Read More ...

Revealed with just a teaser trailer and unfortunately no gameplay footage; IO Interactive has announced Hitman: Absolution. Looks like more info will be revealed as we get closer to E3 next month.

After weeks of  speculating and fans unlocking further images through Facebook, the new Assassin’s Creed: Revelations has been revealed by Game Informer. The game is due out this November and takes on the “final chapter” of Ezio’s story and sees the Italian assassin traveling to the Ottoman Constantinople. All main characters – Ezio, Altair and Desmond will be playable in the game. The multiplayer will make a return and be   Read More ...

THQ and CEO Brian Farrell, held its annual financial conference call and revealed some interesting details regarding its recently released, Homefront title. It appears that shipments have surpassed 2.6 million units worldwide since launch in March. It’s looking like the publisher will be looking towards developing a sequel. Other interesting revelations outline post-release plans including downloadable content being brought to the title. These announcements will come to light over the   Read More ...

On the saturday immediately following E3, you can have a chance to meet some of the industry’s best musical composers. You can head on over to Dark Delicacies Books Collectibles located at 3512 W. Magnolia, Burbank CA 91505. Here are some details to soak in about the event. Composer Q&A Panel: 2.00-3.30pm Moderated by Daniel Schweiger (“On the Score”) Very Limited Seating : Call 1-818-556-6660 for seat reservations In-Store Composer   Read More ...

Categories: E3, Industry News, News

Starting tomorrow (April 29th), gamers will have the opportunity to use the new TV service, Hulu Plus. Aside from featuring Kinect support; it will also be free to all members of Xbox Live with both Gold and Silver accounts for the first week thanks to a partnership with Jack Link’s Beef Jerky. In essence if you wanted to subscribe to Hulu Plus it will out you of $7.99 each month.   Read More ...

Nintendo has been gathering a lot news lately, hasn’t it? The rumor circle continues to boil especially with all the latest information regarding the rumors of Nintendo’s newest console. Miyamoto paid a visit to London, England yesterday and spoke with Next-Gen.biz about everything concerning the rumors of this new console and even the recent release and future possibilities of the 3Ds. He also explained that the recent lack of software   Read More ...

Is it possible for a popular series to stay buried before a publisher decides to re-energize again? Doesn’t seem so especially with Halo still going along with Metal Gear Solid. If a story’s been told, wouldn’t it be a good idea to respect the plot and let the series die? According to a rumor coming from a British Playstation Magazine, someone spilled the beans on a possible God of War   Read More ...

Developer Rocksteady Games recently sat down with CVG to discuss everything there is to know about the upcoming release on Batman: Arkham City. Specifically there is one element that is highlight here which is the open world nature of the game. Well the open world aspect, everywhere that’s open to the sky is available to the player from the off. So they can go anywhere they want and that was   Read More ...

505 Games along with developer Rebellion has announced today the existence of Sniper Elite v2. The game looks to be on target for a 2012 release on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The first Sniper Elite was first released back in 2005 and places you in the shoes of various snipers for the Allies in World War II and focuses completely on sniping. You’ll be using every corner you   Read More ...

The upcoming release of the Playstation Portable 2 may delayed till next year. The recent disaster in Japan has put a hold on production for the new portable system, dubbed “NGP” as stated by Sony. The original plan was to have the device ready for release by the holidays of this year in all major regions. However, now it appears that Sony may only be able to release in one   Read More ...

Hey there everyone, just dropping you a line to say that we have launched a brand new mobile version of TheNPCs. What’s more, you don’t need any fancy URLs to access it. When you visit our main site (http://www.thenpcs.com) on your mobile device of choice, we will automatically detect what browser you are using and send you to the appropriate site. There’s no tricky re-directs to stupid “m.sitename.com” addresses  or   Read More ...

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