Archive for June, 2010

Saints Row 3 Wasn’t At E3 Because the Tech Needed Fixing

THQ’s Danny Bilson came forward to say that Saints Row 3 is not dead, and that it skipped E3 in order to finish repairing the tech. If you’re still interested in the game, then you can look forward to hearing more about it at this year’s Spike TV VGAs, coming this December.

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SEGA Celebrates 19 Years of Sonic with Mega SEGA Sale

Wednesday, June 23rd will mark the 19th birthday of Sonic the Hedgehog, designated as such by the American and European release of the blue blur’s titular debut on the SEGA Genesis and Mega Drive (fun fact: Sonic 1 wasn’t released in Japan until three days later, a fact fans sometimes exploit in “he should be Robotnik, because that’s what he was called first” arguments). To celebrate, SEGA is making like Walmart and rolling back prices on a bunch of their downloadable games and content. And it’s not just Sonic stuff, either.

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E310 Preview: Lara Croft: Guardian of Light, The Real Tomb Raider

Lara Croft: Guardian of Light is not a Tomb Raider game, and although it does share a protagonist with the series, the differences outnumber the similarities …

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Kevin Durant Named the Cover Athlete of NBA ELITE 11

Look, I’m not going to try and convince you that I’m a sports junkie by any means. I only occasionally watch basketball when they go into the finals, and even then, I don’t follow every game. That’s not to say I don’t get or understand basketball, though- just that I’m not exactly an expert or enthusiast …

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Retro Classics to Be Updated for Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo have already announced that Ocarina of Time will be coming to the 3DS, but a handful of NES and SNES classics including Yoshi’s Island have also been revealed to be coming to the system.

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Driver: San Fransisco Video Shows New “Shift” Ability

A new video of Driver: San Fransisco has surfaced which shows off how the new “shift” ability works in-game, as well as a few of the licensed cars and the size of the city.

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Iwata “not currently satisfied” with Nintendo’s Online Offering

In an Investor Relations Q&A session, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has noted that Nintendo are “not currently satisfied” with their online offering.

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Free Tuk Tuk Boom Boom DLC for all Just Cause 2 Owners

As a “thank you” to the Just Cause 2 community, a free DLC vehicle has been released on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC. The DLC features a super-powered Tuk Tuk.

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Microsoft to Introduce a $99 XBL Gold Family Plan This November

This November, Microsoft plans to implement a $99 Xbox Live Gold Family Plan, which would give you four Xbox Live Gold accounts for the price of two. Yikes? Or yay?

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UK Emergency Budget: No Tax Breaks for UK Games Industry

The “Emergency” Budget has been issued by the UK Chancellor, and it has been revealed that there will be no tax breaks for developers in the UK.

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E310 Preview: Warriors: Legends of Troy

During my meeting with Tecmo Koei, I played several different games, starting with Warriors: Legends of Troy. A grassy pathway led my character, either a Trojan or Greek, through groups of enemies …

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David Jaffe Lied About Twisted Metal For The Benefit of Gamers

David Jaffe didn’t lie, he misdirected! Not really, he totally lied, but that’s because he was more interested in surprising gamers at E3 than telling them the plain ol’ truth.

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E310 Preview: Quantum Theory, More Colorful Than You Think

Quantum Theory was far from what I expected. The foreboding looking marketing materials that have been released thus far led me to believe that I would be playing something along the lines of Chaos Legion and Bioshock combined …

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E310 Preview: Mortal Kombat, More Blood More Better

There have been many Mortal Kombat games released since I was a kid. I’ve ignored the majority, only purchasing Deception out of all of them. After seeing the gameplay from the Mortal Kombat …

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E310 Kinect Demo: Microsoft Says Future Kinect Games Will Support Controllers

Ripten was granted a behind-closed-doors session with Kinect at E3 2010 courtesy of Scott Henson, Microsoft’s Director of Platform Strategy, and his associate Pete, from the Microsoft Studio Group …

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