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 A persistent server outage that started late Friday night has started to frustrate many Battlefield: Bad Company 2 players through the weekend, causing many to disconnect from multiplayer games, or simply not connect at all. When a fix was thought to be in place, the servers took another hit, causing another outage that impacted all three versions.
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 Valve, creators of some of the best game franchises (such as Left 4 Dead, Counter-Strike and Half-Life) has officially confirmed the sequal to there FPS / Puzzle mashup, Portal. Details are yet to be released about Portal 2, but todays Game Informer cover shows both sides of a Portal.
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 Square-Enix has just released some big scary images of Batman Arkham Asylum to accompany the announcement of the Game of the Year Edition, details for which were released yesterday. The GOTY Edition will have 3D capabilities on both SD and HD televisions (with some free paper and cellophane style glasses). It will include all six of the previously released DLC challenge maps.
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 Jason West and Vince Zampella, former heads of Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward, are suing Activision for US$36 million and control over the Modern Warfare franchise, according to a report by Bloomberg. "Activision terminated their employment weeks before they were to be paid substantial royalty payments as part of their existing contracts for Modern Warfare 2," the pairs' lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers LLP wrote in a statement.
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 Fans of slowly descending aliens will be delighted to hear that Space Invaders could be set for the movie treatment. According to The LA Times, Warner Bros. is in negotiations to buy the rights to the classic videogame from Japanese studio Taito.
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 As part of Capcom's recent announcement explosion, it has been revealed that Lost Planet 2 will be collaborating with Microsoft to incorporate characters from Gears of War. The strange meeting of minds will see Marcus and Dom from the brawny shooter series appear as playable beefcakes in Capcom's alien-exploding sequel. Isn't that nice? As you know, a release date has also been revealed, with Lost Planet 2 scheduled to hit worldwide consoles on May 18. It'll release for both Xbox 360 and PS3, although it's fair to say that the PS3 version probably won't be welcoming Gears of War characters so wholeheartedly. Perhaps the PS3 will get its own unique characters, but nothing's been said so far. It has also been said that people who pre-order the game in the US get Wesker from RE5, so maybe he will be included as standard as well here in the UK.
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 The development of Star Wars Battlefront III has been rocky, to say the least. Work began at Free Radical before Crytek snapped up the company, then the game was rumored to be in Rebellion's care before it eventually dropped from the face of the earth. Meanwhile Pandemic, the recently shuttered studio behind the first two games, apparently had nothing to do with the title at all. The latest rumor, courtesy of Kotaku, puts development of a brand new Battlefront project, entitled Star Wars Battlefront: Online, in the hands of Slant Six Games and LucasArts. Slant Six is the studio behind several games in the SOCOM tactical-shooter series, making it a reasonable candidate for a Battlefront developer. The game will reportedly arrive in 2011 on PS3 and Xbox 360. It will focus on online play and, presumably, Star Wars. According to Kotaku, Star Wars Battlefront: Online is also the source of the Star Wars Battlefront III casting rumors
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 Activision has announced Sledgehammer Games, a newly formed studio led by former Visceral Games executives Glen A. Schofield and Michael Condrey, will develop a new Call of Duty title that will "extend the franchise into the action-adventure genre." The publisher also confirmed it will release another Call of Duty title in 2011, but it's unclear as of now if this is the same title Sledgehammer is currently developing. This leaves the door open for another studio, possibly Infinity Ward, to develop the 2011 title. We've asked Activision for clarification.
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 Valve has begun testing new artificial intelligence bots able to replicate real-life player reactions on its multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2. Writing on the Team Fortress 2 blog, Valve developer Mike Booth revealed that the computer-controlled enemies will be unleashed on the game's King Of The Hill maps.
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 The PC beta for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has been delayed until 2010.
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 EA global publishing president John Pleasants believes that the PC is fast becoming the world’s largest gaming platform. Speaking at the company's recent investor conference call, the EA exec pointed out that there are currently more than a billion PCs in use across the world, all capable of supporting downloadable flash software.
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 Problems have been experienced by users trying to install the PC version of Fallout 3 expansion Broken Steel. The content will cause errors upon installation, saying that "the cryptographic message is not formatted correctly", according to Eurogamer.
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 Developer DICE has explained why the PC version of Battlefield 1943 has been delayed. The first-person shooter will be released for Xbox 360 and PS3 in June, with a PC version not available until September. Producer Gordon Van Dyke attributed the delay to the fact that Battlefield 1943 is the first PC title to use DICE's Frostbite Engine, which was previously harnessed to to create the console exclusive Battlefield: Bad Company.
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 NCsoft today said that it would distribute its games using Steam. Steam users can now purchase NCsoft games and expansion packs such as Guild wars, City of heroes and lineage. Source gamespot.co.uk
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| Microsoft News |
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 Speaking this morning at the Jefferies Annual Global Technology Conference in New York City, Mindy Mount, Microsoft's Chief Financial Officer of its Entertainment & Devices Division, talked briefly about Project Natal, Xbox 360's controller-less motion camera due out this fall. Mount said the company has put its best designers in charge of coming up with ideas for the platform.
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 Lara Croft is returning for an all-new adventure, its voluptuous icon returning for Lara Croft and The Guardian of Light, a download-only title coming to unspecified platforms in 2010. No mention has been made of the Tomb Raider name in the official press release, suggesting this will be a departure from the mainline series.
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 Atari's announced a sequel to the ambitious open world racer Test Drive Unlimited, slated for release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC towards the end of the year. Developers of the first Test Drive Unlimited Eden Games are back on board, and it marks its first effort since the divisive Alone in the Dark. 2006's Test Drive Unlimited offered a gloriously open-ended take on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu that blended offline and online play, though the ambition wasn't quite met by the execution and the game racked up an 8.0.
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 Microsoft has unveiled a special edition Xbox 360 bundle for Ubisoft's forthcoming action game Splinter Cell: Conviction. Priced at $399 (£249.99), the bundle includes a copy of the game, along with a 250GB hard drive console and two wireless controllers.
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 EA DICE has today launched a multiplayer demo for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on Xbox Live, which will remain available until February 25. On February 4, PS3 owners will also get access to the demo after they were given the chance to participate in a beta of the game's multiplayer last year.
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Quote: Datel Design & Development, a maker of memory units for Microsoft's Xbox 360, has filed an antitrust suit against Microsoft over its moves to prevent the U.K.-based company's products from working with the game console. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, says Microsoft is unfairly favoring its own Xbox 360 accessories by disabling the functionality of competing technologies.
Microsoft announced last month that a software update would block unauthorized memory units from working with the console. The move was ostensibly meant to crack down on cheating enabled by unauthorized memory units -- including a Datel unit that uses removable MicroSD cards -- but it also drew complaints from gamers over the price that Microsoft charges for its own memory units.
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... Shocking Truths Uncovered? Quote: It seems like one of the chaps over at Neowin.net has uncovered a few juicy bits of information coming from http://xbox.sky.com in all the XML data that feeds the Sky Player. To me, that literally means nothing - after all, I'm no techie when it comes to this sort of stuff, but speaking to our coding expert Aleks (AKA Routine), it looks pretty legit.
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| Sony News |
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 Rockstar Games has confirmed that the release date for Red Dead Redemption has slipped into May to allow more time for polish and fine-tuning. The developer said that the open-world game's planned late April launch date has now moved to May 21 in Europe for both Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.
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 God Of War III director Stig Asmussen has revealed that the series-recurring sex scene was almost left out of the third game. The first two God Of War games featured a sex sequence in which players completed a quick-time mini-game as lead character Kratos engaged in a hidden clinch with two topless ladies.
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 Sony has officially confirmed a number of its Q1 releases, including God Of War 3 and Heavy Rain. According to MCV, Sony has dated MMFPS MAG, with God Of War 3 and Heavy Rain to follow in the following months.
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 Sony has announced that God Of War III: Ultimate Trilogy Edition will be released in Europe and other PAL territories in 2010. The bundle will include the upcoming God Of War III, remastered versions of the original and its sequel, bonus DLC content, an official soundtrack, and a book containing artwork from the game.
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 Sony has announced that a playable demo for Gran Turismo 5 will be made available on December 17 as part of a time trial competition. Writing on the European PlayStation blog, Sony brand manager Penrose Tackie confirmed the return of the GT Academy for 2010.
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Quote: Sales of the PSPgo have got off to a slow start, online retailer ShopTo has told GamesIndustry.biz, and the console's lack of physical software has meant consumer incentives in the form of bundles haven't been possible.
"PSPgo has seen a slow start for ShopTo and we have kept stock quite tight in consideration. We remained at the RRP for PSPgo so that we can achieve the maximum margin considering that there will be no further software sales for this format for us as an e-tailer," said the company's CEO Igor Cipolletta.
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 Sales of the PS3 have risen by nearly 1000% following the release of Sony's new slimmer model. According to Chart-Track, week-to-week PS3 sales are up by 999%.
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| Nintendo News |
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 New Super Mario Bros. Wii has made it two weeks as the Nintendo Wii's number one game. Second place belongs to Mario And Sonic At The Olympic Winter Games, while third place sees Mario Kart Wii rise to the challenge.
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 Nintendo has unveiled a new all-black version of its Wii console to be launched into the Japanese market later in the year. Priced at £157, the release of the black Wii will be matched with similar coloured versions of the Wii Remote, Nunchuck and classic controller.
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 Square Enix has revealed that Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days will be released in the UK this autumn. The DS exclusive, which was announced at the 2007 Tokyo Game Show, follows playable character Roxas and is set before the events of Kingdom Hearts 2.
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 Ubisoft has confirmed that its latest collaboration with Olympic Gold medallist Shaun White will be released as a Wii exclusive. Currently under development at Ubisoft Montreal, Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage is slated for a winter release on the Nintendo platform.
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Fallout and Elder Scrolls developer Bethesda has revealed that it has been making a mature game for the Wii. European chairman Sean Brennan said that despite a difficult market to pitch toward, the firm will be announcing a mature title for the console later this year, according to GamesIndustry.biz.
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 Anime fighting mash-up Tatsunoko Vs Capcom will be released in both North America and Europe. Despite previously thought to have been a Japanese exclusive due to licensing issues, Capcom has confirmed that the title will be coming to the west, according to Kotaku.
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 High Voltage Software has revealed that forthcoming Wii-exclusive first-person shooter The Conduit could become a franchise. Featuring single player and online multiplayer action, The Conduit will be released in the UK on June 26.
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Re: Trophies...
Look on here, a full list of trophies
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/ps3-trophy-f
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10/03/11 12:45:49 AM by Azrial
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Re: Heavy Rain...
Watching vids etc I just cant see the
facination :/
10/03/10 10:08:54 PM by Crash
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Re: Trophies...
They don´t let people pull trophy data.
Sony prevent that on purpose (stupid id
10/03/10 06:42:10 PM by TanyaSpace
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Re: Trophies...
was looking at it, but seems they have
changed something since the last time i
l
10/03/10 03:30:56 PM by Neddy
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Re: Trophies...
NP
You want the data for the site?
Or for gamercards maybe?
10/03/10 02:31:30 AM by TanyaSpace
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Re: Trophies...
ill make an account then
just wanted to know wether it just didnt
show them or
10/03/09 07:04:09 PM by Neddy
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Re: Trophies...
I think you need to log in.
You could always see the amount of
trophies but act
10/03/09 06:35:21 PM by TanyaSpace
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Trophies...
if i goto
http://us.playstation.com/publictrophy/
... ire_Azrial
and click the
10/03/09 11:54:17 AM by Neddy
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Re: Game Titles A-Z...
A - Assassin's Creed
B - Bioshock 2
C - Crackdown
D - Dante's Inferno
E - ELITE
10/03/05 05:11:35 PM by Neddy
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Re: Heavy Rain...
hasnt this got to no1? quite surprised
at that. Will pick this one up down the
10/03/03 09:25:33 PM by BlueSky
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