If you thought Capcom couldn’t top Street Fighter X Tekken, think again, as the company announced a Hello Kitty X Street Fighter merchandise line today. The unlikely mashup of Sanrio’s cutesy cartoon cat and Capcom’s brawling fighters debuts in fall 2012, promising “a broad range of merchandise featuring Hello Kitty dressed in the distinct costumes from the Street Fighter series of […]
Sony rallied a sizable amount of support with its PSN-sponsored Japan relief fund, announcing today that it raised approximately $1.587 million combined across North America, Europe and Asia. The lion’s share of that figure goes to European territories, raising a generous €609,155, followed by $425,644 in North America. Japan and Asia regions contributed 23,300,700 yen. Sony will donate the funds to […]
Media Molecule’s create-a-thon LittleBigPlanet has seen a sizable uptick in new users following the PSN outage last April, thanks in large part to Sony’s Welcome Back offering. Speaking at a Develop panel, MM co-founder Alex Evans told attendees that 1.5 million new users flocked to LittleBigPlanet’s ever-expanding, community-driven world since the outage. “I like that stat because it’s growing. LittleBigPlanet […]
After a domain registration for ‘GoldenEye Reloaded’ was outed last month, screenshots of the title have surfaced. As expected, it’s an HD port of the GoldenEye Wii remake for Xbox 360 and PS3. If this is the same unnamed 007 title referenced during Sony’s E3 2011 presser, Move support is a lock. We’d expect more details soon. Activision has yet […]
Square Enix has penciled in its RPG sequel Final Fantasy XIII-2 for a January 2012 launch date in North America. That puts it only a month out from the Japan release, which is due in December. For a major Final Fantasy title, this quick of a turnaround time is a first. The localized build of Final Fantasy XIII hit US shores […]
As a part of a weekly blog update, the German Battlefield blog gave readers a sneak peak at the new “Battlelog” feature. However the blog post was taken down shortly after, leaving us with a few screenshots of the new social system. You can check out the system, which should be available in a preview state for the upcoming beta […]
Eternal Darkness and Too Human developer Silicon Knights continues to expand, scoring a grant valued at a cool CDN$3 million from the Canadian government. According to a Gamasutra report, the funds will allow Silicon Knights to publish its own titles, in addition to creating 80 new jobs at the studio.
Exactly a month after its Xbox 360 debut, Treyarch’s latest DLC pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops Annihilation will hit PS3 and Windows PC on July 28, publisher Activision sent word today. Annihilation ups the ante with four new multiplayer maps comprised of a Cuban cliff-side golf course, a 1960s American Drive-In theater and much more. Zombies return in the […]
Let the speculation commence: Microsoft registered two rather peculiar domains yesterday, Sony-Microsoft.com and Microsoft-Sony.com. What are these two tech giants up to? There must be a reason behind this. Microsoft’s Windows business does cross over to Sony’s Vaio range of notebooks and PCs, so there is a chance of a possible partnership along those lines — albeit a limited one at that. […]
Word has it that Ubisoft is hopping aboard the Online Pass bandwagon, first pioneered by EA in an effort to deter used game purchases by rewarding those who buy new. According to a GamerZine report, it’s dubbed ‘Uplay Passport.’ Apparently, the system will debut with Driver: San Francisco. New copies will contain a Uplay Passport code, which can be used […]
Might we get an early glimpse at Mass Effect 3 ahead of its March 6 release date? If a tweet from series executive producer Casey Hudson is anything to go by, it’s possible. Hudson told fans on Twitter to “Stay tuned for news on demo plans in a few months.” Mass Effect 2 received a demo after the game’s release on […]
Bethesda Softworks announced today that it’ll publish Arkane’s Dishonored, a first-person stealth action-adventure. Coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PS3, the 2012-bound effort is backed by top talent, including designer Harvey Smith of Deus Ex fame and Viktor Antonov, who designed Half-Life 2’s meticulously detailed City 17 landscape.
Square Enix has hit 15 unnamed Italian individuals with a lawsuit under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act over the recent leak of a preview build for Deus Ex: Human Revolution on PC. The implicated suspects are accused of hacking into the server of a Italian-based games magazine, which housed the files per an NDA arrangement.
Alleged operational woes at Team Bondi continue to surface, with a GameIndustry.biz report claiming that Rockstar is now distancing itself from the Australia-based studio, stemming from a fallout over the development of L.A. Noire. If a series of internal email exchanges between Rockstar and Team Bondi are to be believed, a divide in opinion over the creative direction of L.A. Noire […]
There’s no question that the ability to mod is always a crowd pleaser when it comes to PC titles. Unfortunately, as it stands – Battlefield 3 will ship without any mod tools, according to EA Europe VP Patrick Söderlund. Söderlund pinned the decision down to the complexity of Frostbite’s inner workings, the engine that powers BF3. He feels the steep learning curve […]
Thought Far Cry 2 was massive? Ubisoft says the upcoming third installment, announced at its E3 2011 presser, will feature ten times as much scale as previous entries. “If you look at the vistas and the scale of Far Cry 1 and 2, take that and multiply it by ten,” narrative director Jason VandenBerghe told UK gaming mag Edge. In […]
Playdead’s intriguing, well-received XBLA platformer Limbo is hitting PS3 and Steam “very soon,” the developer revealed today. Rumors spurred about a possible port earlier this week, after a listing turned up on the Korean Rating Board. No further details were spared. An Independent Games Festival finalist, in Limbo players assume the role of a young boy in search for the […]
EA partner Respawn Entertainment, comprised mainly of ex-Infinity Ward devs, has went live with its official, proper website. Featuring daily news updates and community forums, it’s certainly more inviting than the nearly blank white page visitors were greeted with before. Respawn is already well into development on its first multiplatform title, details of which remain under wraps. While it won’t […]
While DLC plans for Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim aren’t entirely set in stone yet, company boss Todd Howard says the firm plans on deviating from its approach with Fallout 3 – which was graced with smaller, frequent content packs. For Skyrim, the current plan is less, more substantial DLC. Howard likened the scale to a “expansion pack feel.”
Sony’s just announced a region-wide management shakeup that sees Kaz Hirai of ‘Riiiiidge Raaaacer’ fame as the chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment Interactive. Andrew House, formerly president of SCEE, has took over Hirai’s previous role as President and Group CEO of SCEI. The newly appointed positions take effect on September 1. Hirai’s official title is Representative Corporate Executive Officer and Executive Deputy […]