Ubisoft: Big announcement next week (via CVG) - Assassin's? Ghost Recon? Rainbow Six?. Ubisoft will make a "big announcement" next week, a company community manager has revealed.Related StoriesArt: EA's Road Rash, Oliver Twist(!)Iron Man 2 trailer outAliens vs. Predator trailer shows 'Infestation'L.A. Noire no longer PS3 exclusiveFable 3 Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1077 | 6 months ago
Dragon Quest VI remake approaches 1m Japanese sales in first week (via Joystiq) - The debut of the Dragon Quest VI remake for DS proves that a Dragon Quest game doesn't have to be entirely new to sell like crazy in Japan -- just new enough. In its first week at retail, January 25-31, the new version of the classic Super Famicom RPG sold 906,458 copies, according to Media Create, making it by far the top-selling game of the week. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1077 | 6 months ago
Saddened Bungie Plans Halo 2 Send Off On Xbox Live Halo 2 (via Kotaku) - Earlier today, Microsoft announced that it was pulling the plug on Xbox Live support for original Xbox games. That obviously includes Bungie's Halo 2, consistently the top original Xbox title represented on Live. Bungie responds to the change.
"We're all saddened at the realization that an era is coming to an end but looking back," the developer writes on its official web site, "we're incredibly fortunate to have had such a great run and such strong support from our fans. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1074 | 6 months ago
All is Forgiven, Miss America Miss America (via Kotaku) - So Caressa Cameron, crowned Miss America on Sunday, opened her yearlong reign with some alienating things to say about video games. Chalk that up to extemporaneous speaking. Here she assures Major Nelson she wants to learn how to play them.
We mentioned that Cameron's first post-coronation comments were intended to motivate parents to set better standards for their children, but devolved into the usual shut-off-the-console cliché. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1074 | 6 months ago
Just Cause 2 Freedom and Chaos Trailer Likes Explosions (via Planet Xbox) -- Just Cause 2 offers players the freedom to attack missions any way they choose and, with over 100 vehicles and countless upgrades and collectibles, the choices for relentless adrenaline-fuelled action are limitless; we have an all-new trailer. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1068 | 6 months ago
News: Just Cause 2 demo on its way (via EuroGamer) -
More details soon.
The Eidos bit of Square Enix has announced on Twitter that there is a "Just Cause 2 demo on its way".
Square Enix London Studios community manager Mike Oldman subsequent tweeted: "I'll have more news on the demo soon enough, for now though just relax safe in the knowledge that there's one on the way - and it's awesome. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1062 | 6 months ago
Bungie - 'Halo 2, Xbox Live and You' (via CVG) - "We're all saddened at the realization that an era is coming to an end," says Halo dev. Bungie has released a statement saying it is saddened by the news that the original Xbox Live service will be shut down in April.Related StoriesUbisoft: "Big announcement" next weekFable 3 nearing Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1059 | 6 months ago
News: Xbox Live ditching Xbox 1 support (via Eurogamer) -
Even for 360-compatible stuff and Originals.
Microsoft has announced that it will discontinue Xbox Live support for original Xbox consoles and games on 15th April.
This not only applies to the old consoles, but also to Xbox games that are compatible with Xbox 360 and Xbox Originals. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1059 | 6 months ago
Perfect Dark playable at X10 (via CVG) - Expect lots of Joanna Dark previews soon. Rare has said that it will showcase a playable version of N64 remake Perfect Dark at next's week's X10 event in the US. Finally. Related StoriesUbisoft: "Big announcement" next weekFable 3 nearing completionFable II, Halo Wars go cheapBungie - 'Halo 2, Xbox Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1056 | 6 months ago
Just Cause 2 trailer (via Xboxyde) -- Eidos / Square-Enix released this new trailer of Just Cause 2, showing the freedom of choices and gameplay that this out of the ordinary title gives to the player. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1053 | 6 months ago
Syndicate remake - first artwork (via CVG) - EA reboot seemingly confirmed by net image. The first piece of artwork for EA's heavily-rumoured Syndicate remake has appeared on the internet, via a concept artist's blog. Related StoriesIron Man 2 trailer outAliens vs. Predator trailer shows 'Infestation'L.A. Noire no longer PS3 exclusiveUbisoft: Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1050 | 6 months ago
Art: EA's Road Rash, Oliver Twist (via CVG) - Artwork appears for canned EA games - Gunhead too. Artwork for several canned and in-development EA games has appeared on the internet, including Road Rash and the mysterious Gunhead. Related StoriesIron Man 2 trailer outAliens vs. Predator trailer shows 'Infestation'L. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1050 | 6 months ago
CVG: The week's best comments (via CVG) -- The best crop of 2010? We think so... It's that time again, folks - when we showcase the most memorable quotes of the last seven days.Related StoriesMass Effect 3: What we want to seeCVG: The week's best commentsHow NOT to host a games eventCVG's weekly digest Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1047 | 6 months ago
Art: EA's canned Road Rash, Oliver Twist (via CVG) - Artwork appears for canned EA games - Gunhead too. Artwork for several canned and in-development EA games has appeared on the internet, including Road Rash and the mysterious Gunhead. Related StoriesIron Man 2 trailer outAliens vs. Predator trailer shows 'Infestation'L. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1047 | 6 months ago
Capcom: We're ready to make 3D games (via CVG) - 3D Resident Evil, anyone?. Capcom has told its investors that it is ready to produce 3D games - and is looking into which titles would work with the technology.Related StoriesThe Grinder no longer Wii exclusiveXbox Live friends list cap to be raised?XBLA topped $100 million in 2009 - ReportSonic the Hedgehog 4 trailer in HDA first-person shooter. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1047 | 6 months ago
L.A. Noire no longer PS3 exclusive, also on Xbox 360, Game Informer says (via Joystiq) -
At long last, the never-ending mystery of whether Rockstar's "gritty detective tale," L.A. Noire, will be a multiplatform release has ... well, ended. And in a pretty unspectacular way, to boot -- in the comments section of a Game Informer post teasing the magazine's in-depth print preview of L. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1044 | 6 months ago
What Are You Playing This Weekend? Lazy Sundays (via Kotaku) - BioShock 2! BioShock 2! On Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, that's what I'll be playing this weekend, drilling my way toward the end of the game and hopefully unlocking a World's Greatest Big Daddy coffee mug reward for my Avatar.
Oh, they don't actually have such a thing (as far as I know) in BioShock 2, but that would be a fine unlockable, something that would quickly replace the Left 4 Dead 2 medpack that my Xbox Live Avatar is currently sporting. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1041 | 6 months ago
Edit Xbox LIVE being discontinued for original Xbox (via Ozymandias) -- Feels like the end of an era in some ways… but in a good way. As I mentioned just a few days ago, we’ve come a long way, and there’s a lot more opportunity ahead. This decision will allow Xbox LIVE to continue evolving in some really exciting new areas across a much wider surface Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1038 | 6 months ago
We Shall Mourn The Following Xbox Live Originals Xbox (via Kotaku) - Microsoft's decision tonight to end online play for all original Xbox consoles and games marks the end of an era in console gaming. Let's take a minute to remember those titles who tonight gave their lives.
Being the first successful platform for online console gaming (sorry, Dreamcast), the Xbox was home to many good games that were made better by online multiplayer, and some great games that were made classics. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1038 | 6 months ago
Aliens vs Predator demo videos (via Xboxyde) - DjMizuhara is on a roll here as he's captured some videos of the Alien vs Predator PS3 demo. The first video shows the introduction and some gameplay as an alien and a predator. A second video will follow shortly to show you what it's like to be a marine trapped with some deadly creatures. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 1032 | 6 months ago
