Aliens Vs Predator review - 5/10 in EDGE (via CVG) - Harsh dealing for Rebellion's hit from multiformat mag. Edge has hit Sega's Aliens Vs Predator with a 5/10 review - saying the game is 'a hastily assembled three-in-one anachronism which proves just one thing - that terrifying and terrible are not mutually exclusive'. Ouch. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 10122 | 5 months ago
Guitar Hero 6 confirmed (via CVG) - Kiss's Gene Simmons says he'll be the voice of the game. Kiss frontman Gene Simmons has let the cat out of the bag: Guitar Hero 6 is on its way.Related StoriesOnLive to get original, exclusive gamesBioShock 2 DLC already on disc?Splinter Cell: Conviction gets Horde ModeNew Brink trailer Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 9558 | 5 months ago
Splinter Cell: Conviction gets Horde Mode (via CVG) - Waves of enemies need to be dispatched in the new multiplayer mode. Patrick Redding of Ubisoft Montreal has described Splinter Cell: Conviction's Last Stand mode as being like Gears of War 2's famous Horde Mode.Related StoriesNew EA MMA screens unleashedCrysis 2 gameplay footage revealedDirt 3 Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 6177 | 5 months ago
New Brink trailer released (via CVG) - It's CG... but dear Lord it's beautiful. A trailer for Splash Damage's Brink has just been released. The footage is all CG - but it looks amazing.Related StoriesOnLive to get original, exclusive gamesBioShock 2 DLC already on disc?Splinter Cell: Conviction gets Horde ModeAliens Vs Predator review - Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 5649 | 5 months ago
Blogs: Map Pack Clash (via OXM) - Battlefield Bad Company 2 or Modern Warfare 2?.
The battle for the top of the Xbox Live 'most played' list took an fiery turn this week, as Activision set the date for the first Modern Warfare 2 map pack. EA countered by announcing the first Battlefield Bad Company 2 map pack will hit the very same day. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 5376 | 5 months ago
News: EA to ditch in-game ad partners and sell direct (via Game Industry) -
Electronic Arts is to drop in-game advertising partners IGA Worldwide and Massive Inc. and sell its ads in-house.
According to a report by digital marketing site clickz, the publisher held an event in New York earlier this week where it pitched its properties to advertisers and media buyers. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 5364 | 5 months ago
Bioshock 2 DLC was already on Disc (via Xboxic) - Yesterday was the debut release of the ‘Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack DLC’ for Bioshock 2, it is the first of several planned downloadable packages, containing a number of customization features that will allow players to further their character’s development in BioShock 2’s multiplayer modes. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 5139 | 5 months ago
XBLA: Might & Magic Clash of Heroes (via Xboxic) - Ubisoft have announced that the critically acclaimed ‘Might & Magic Clash of Heroes’, developed by Capybara Games out now on the Nintendo DS System, will receive a nicely polished HD lift as it is set to release the game on the Xbox LIVE Arcade later this year. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 5073 | 5 months ago
Article: BioShock 2's DLC on disc already? (via EuroGamer) -
Minute file sizes suggest so.
BioShock 2's first batch of DLC, the Sinclair Solutions pack, may have been on the game disc all along.
Users on the 2K forum (spotted by VG247) recorded the download size as a teensy 24K on PC and 108K on Xbox 360. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 4686 | 5 months ago
News: Splinter Cell gets Horde Mode (via OXM) -- Multiplayer mode offers "hundreds of hours of gameplay".
Ubisoft Montreal's Patrick Redding has described the game's Last Stand multiplayer option as being like Gears 2's Horde Mode, and said it will offer "hundreds of hours" of gameplay. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 4551 | 5 months ago
Deus Ex 3: Human Revolution Trailer (via Xboxic) -- Square Enix and Eidos have released a new title and trailer for Deus Ex 3 at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco. The game is currently still in development and was first announced as far back as May 2007. (comment on this article…) Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 4113 | 5 months ago
Kiss frontman confirms Guitar Hero 6 (via Xboxic) -- Whilst nothing has been officially confirmed by Activision regarding the follow up to ‘Guitar Hero 5′, Kiss frontman Gene Simmons has confirmed ‘Guitar Hero 6′ by announcing he was voicing it during an ITN Game ON Interview. (1 comment…) Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 4086 | 5 months ago
Horde Mode in Splinter Cell Conviction (via Xboxic) -- Patrick Redding of Ubisoft Montreal has described a gameplay feature in Splinter Cell: Conviction’ called Last Stand. He identified this new feature for Splinter Cell as “a bit of a Horde mode” (1 comment…) Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 4050 | 5 months ago
News: Anger over BioShock 2 DLC (via OXM) -- Fans discover the 400 MS Point download is just an unlock key for disc content.
Anger has spilled over on the BioShock 2 forums after it emerged the DLC was just an unlock key for disc content. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 4032 | 5 months ago
Rumor: Why Call of Duty Developers Are Sticking Around Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (via Game Radar) - With studio heads at Infinity Ward, the developer of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and its sequel, no longer employed, you'd think all those remaining at the company would be leaving in mass exodus. They're not, apparently, and here's why.
Sources tell Kotaku that Modern Warfare publisher Activision is delaying paying Infinity Ward employees their royalties. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 3981 | 5 months ago
News: Tiger 11 won't support Natal (via EuroGamer) -
"Not in a position to do so" for this one.
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 game will not support Project Natal but will support PlayStation Move.
"We are always evaluating new technologies and Natal would be a perfect fit for the Tiger Woods PGA Tour franchise," an EA spokesperson told Joystiq, "however, we are simply not in a position to do so with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 3813 | 5 months ago
OnLive to get original, exclusive games (via CVG) - Creator discusses cloud gaming platform's prospects. OnLive boss Mike McGarvey has promised consumers "original, exclusive" games for the platform when it launches in June.Related StoriesNew EA MMA screens unleashedCrysis 2 gameplay footage revealedDirt 3 revealedBioShock 2 DLC already on Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 3657 | 5 months ago
BioShock 2 DLC already on disc? (via CVG) - Growing unrest as tiny file size leads to on-disc speculation. Foul moods and frowning faces are developing over the suspicion that recently-released BioShock 2 DLC could already be on the disc.Related StoriesNew EA MMA screens unleashedCrysis 2 gameplay footage revealedDirt 3 revealedOnLive to get Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 3657 | 5 months ago
Dirt 3 revealed (via CVG) - Codies promises series innovation as it confirms a follow-up to last year's racer. Codemasters has confirmed that it's at work on Dirt 3.Related StoriesNew EA MMA screens unleashedCrysis 2 gameplay footage revealedOnLive to get original, exclusive gamesBioShock 2 DLC already on disc?Splinter Cell: Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 3537 | 5 months ago
News: Molyneux not surprised by PlayStation Move (via Game Industry) -
Peter Molyneux, Lionhead Studios founder and creative director of Microsoft Game Studios Europe, has characterised the PlayStation Move as "more a device for the core than it is for the casual market".
In an interview with sister site Eurogamer, Molyneux was asked whether he had seen anything of the PlayStation Move at GDC. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 3288 | 5 months ago
Editorial: Moving On (via Game Industry) -
It is no great surprise that, despite Microsoft's slowly building focus on Natal, Sony is likely to beat it to market with its PlayStation Move motion controller. The noise and heat generated by the rumbling PR campaigns behind both technologies occasionally mask the reality - that this is, on one level, a battle between a company usually seen as a technological imitator which has unexpectedly taken on the mantle of cutting-edge innovator, and a firm which has prided itself on high-end engineering R&D suddenly embracing the "disruptive" ideal by employing cheap, tried-and-tested technology. Discuss (0) | Login to recommend | Popularity: 3222 | 5 months ago