Microsoft has cancelled the free Xbox Live Gold weekend for most of Europe that was due to take place this weekend. The promotion was announced earlier this week. A few countries will still be able to jump in though, including: Russia, Poland, Greece, South Africa, Czech Republic and Hungary. For everyone else, there will be a free Xbox Live weekend at a later date to make up for the cancellation Read More ...
SEGA and PlatinumGames have confirmed that the game announced for Japan as “Max Anarchy” yesterday will be coming to the west as “Anarchy Reigns”. It will be released in Autumn 2011 on the 360 and PS3. It looks like an adaptation of MadWorld to us, but with multiplayer brawling also thrown into the mix. Expect Tag Team battles and a special Battle Royal mode. Apart from that Japanese video up Read More ...
Capcom has announced that MotoGP 10/11 will be released on 18th March in Europe. There will be a demo of the game released on the PlayStation Store and the Xbox Live Marketplace before then in February. The demo lets gamers play as Danny Pedrosa and Andrea Davizioso on the Mugello track. It has both Championship and Time Trial modes, too.
EA has announced Dead Space 2: Severed. It’s the first DLC pack for Dead Space 2, and adds two standalone chapters to the single-player game. The protagonists for Severed are Gabe Weller and Lexine Murdock, the two main characters from Dead Space: Extraction. Characters control Weller, a Sprawl Security Guard. His and Lexine’s story takes place at the same time as Isaac’s adventures in Dead Space 2. EA hasn’t put Read More ...
Demos for Bulletstorm and Crysis 2 have now been released on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The Bulletstorm demo clocks in at 1.08GB, and is due to be released on the PlayStation Network tomorrow. It features the Echo mode; a co-op mode that tracks and compares player scores while people play through campaign locations. The Crysis 2 multiplayer demo is exclusive to the 360, and that comes in at a respectable Read More ...
Crytek have announced that a multiplayer demo for Crysis 2 will be released exclusively on the Xbox Live Marketplace on Tuesday 25th January. Quite why a previously PC-exclusive franchise is getting a 360 exclusive demo is beyond us, but there we go. The content of the demo hasn’t been confirmed yet, but that trailer up there might be some indication. Crysis 2 will be released on the 360, PS3 and Read More ...
Major Nelson has confirmed that the Xbox 360 dashboard will be getting an update today (Wednesday 19th January). The update is obviously mandatory, and re-enables the “Boot to Disc” option in the dashboard’s settings. The last update in-avertedly nullified the feature that allowed 360 consoles to boot to the game in their tray when they were turned on. Furthermore, there will be an update for Xbox.com on Thursday 20th Read More ...
EA has announced that they will be releasing a demo of Bulletstorm on the Xbox Live Marketplace on 25th January and the PlayStation Network on 26th January. The demo includes Echo mode, which is a co-operative mode that tracks and compares player scores whilst they shoot about some campaign locations. Apparently the demo only has one map, which is a collapsed building. Players will have to traverse that and shoot Read More ...
EA has unveiled the first piece of Dragon Age 2 DLC. It will be called The Exiled Prince. Expect a new companion and missions in the pack for the sum of $7 or 560 Allards. If you buy the Signature Edition of Dragon Age 2 then you can get the DLC for free. The Signature Edition is the same price as the regular edition for anyone that pre-orders the game Read More ...
Capcom has slapped a date on Bionic Commando Rearmed 2. It will be released on the PlayStation Network on 1st February in the US and on the Xbox Live Arcade on 2nd February. The PSN version will cost $14.99 and the XBLA release will set you back 1200 Allards.
Microsoft has announced that the 2011 Xbox Live Arcade House Party promotion will be starting on February 16th. It will include the new Beyond Good & Evil HD revamp, Hard Corps Rising, Bejewelled Blitz, Full House Poker and Torchlight.
DICE has unlocked the Operations Hastings map for Battlefield Bad Company 2’s Vietnam expansion pack. The developer did challenge gamers to reach 69 million team actions on their system in order to unlock it, but console gamers aren’t exactly known as team players. 360 and PS3 players only racked up 46 million and 34 million respectively, whereas PC gamers did it in a matter of days. Despite their failure, DICE Read More ...
Atari has announced Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale for the PC, XBLA and PSN. It will be released in spring 2011 and is currently under development at Bedlam Games. Expect lots of the usual fantasy stuff (Realms under attack by some evil dude) and a multiplayer mode that has a “riveting” narrative apparently.
Dark Energy Digital has announced that they will be dropping a big update for Hydrophobia tomorrow (21st December). The update coincides with a permanent price drop from 1200 Allards to 800 Allards. They have also extended the trial if you want to play a bit of it for free. The new patch adds improved button mapping with better controls alongside stronger combat, cover and camera systems apparently. There will also Read More ...
Not content with the astronomical sales of Black Ops, Activision and Treyarch have announced the first map pack for the game; First Strike. It will be released on 1st February for 1200 Allards and will be 360 exclusive at first before expanding to other systems. The DLC includes four new maps: Discovery (the Antarctic research station from the campaign), Kowloon (set on the rooftops of Hong Kong), Berlin Wall and Read More ...
