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News Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Trailer Literally Blows Us Away
We know all anyone can think about is Modern Warfare 2 when it comes to first person shooters
But blimey, this Battlefield: Bad Company 2 trailer is absolutely breath-taking. Graphically it doesn't look far off Killzone 2, and the epic scale of a typical Battlefield game looks to be in tact. In short, if you've seen nothing on Battlefield: Bad...
News Dead Space 2 Going Into Production In The "Next Few Months"
It's in
It's not quite official. But we've no reason to not believe it. Joystiq have discovered via a Linked.In job listing that, "The previous installment in the Dead Space franchise received numerous awards ... and the same core team is in place to create an even better follow up." According to the job listing, Dead Space 2 is "in...
News Need For Speed Shift Demo Hits The Playstation Store Tomorrow
Did our Need For Speed Shift review not do enough to convince you to pick up the game? Perhaps you should check out tomorrow's PSN demo that will feature five cars and two tracks to play around with
That's quite a beefy demo to get a feel for the game y'all, so if you're interested, check it out.
Fantastic
We love it when things go wrong. Like this instance, when a blogger from FreakBits noted his XBOX 360 copy of Need For Speed Shift had crashed trying to access the, erm, Playstation Store. Really. He writes:"When navigating menus today while connected to Xbox Live the game suddenly crashed again. When my rage had subsided and I got a...
News 250GB Playstation 3 Sorta Confirmed For British Release Next Week, ?300
The website backbone behind publications such as gamesTM, NowGamer, reckon they have had an anonymous tip-off regarding the release of the rumoured 250GB Playstation 3 hardware bundles
In a move to once again confuse the average consumer, the "high-end" 250GB Playstation 3 will likely launch bundled with either Need For Speed Shift or FIFA...
So apparently those rumours of a The Beatles: Rock Band: Singstar edition weren't all that false
Look at the picture! It's The Beatles: Rock Band - with Singstar mics. A good idea really. The odd coupling is available later this month.
News Worry Not! The Beatles: Rock Band Is Selling Pretty Bloody Well After All
Despite a middling entry on the British sales charts, Viacom ensure that The Beatles: Rock Band is selling pretty bloody well after all
In fact, Viacom's Philippe Dauman reckons the game is "exceeding expectations". Now of course, it's totally possible that the company set really low numbers to ensure their expectations are exceeded...
News Pepsi Max Team Up With The Enemy & Fifa 10 To Give You Free Games
Who likes The Enemy? No, we don't either, but if you ignore their dodgy signatures on the box of your shiny new video game -- perhaps you'd be interested in winning a copy of Fifa 10
Hell yes, that's more interesting right? Of course it is. You can jump over to PepsiMaxCast.com for all the details you'll need to win the game. Warning: You will have...
News Skate 3 Hitting The Half-Pipe In 2010
Blimey what's this? A new game announcement? Hurrah
EA have announced the third entry in their popular skateboarding series, Skate 3. The new game will be all about co-op and social teamwork, as explained by the game's senior producer Jason DeLong."The social and community aspects of the SKATE franchise are something we've always embraced, but...
News Look! It's A Shirtless Iggy Pop In Lego Rock Band! SURPRISE!
Who hates Iggy Pop? Good, we do too
But hey, if you're interested in Lego Rock Band, you're going to have to endure him. Why? Because he's in the game silly! Jeux Video discovered the images of the wizened frontman disguising his age via the wonders of Lego bricks. Our interest for Lego Rock Band has sunk to all new lows.
News Twist & Shout: The Beatles: Rock Band Is Totally In Stores Worldwide Now
We've been counting down with some of our favourite The Beatles songs for 10 days now, but the time has finally come for The Beatles: Rock Band to hit Playstation 3s worldwide
If your local video game retailer is open yet, we're assuming you've formed an orderly queue outside the store waiting patiently to pick up your copy of the game. Twist and...
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #1 Here Comes The Sun
Here Comes The Sun
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th today.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #2 Let It Be
Let It Be
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #3 Taxman
Taxman
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #4 Help!
Help
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #6 Hey Jude
Hey Jude
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #7 Strawberry Fields Forever
Strawberry Fields Forever
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #8 Can't Buy Me Love
Can't Buy Me Love
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #9 A Hard Days Night
A Hard Days Night
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #10 Drive My Car
Drive My Car
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
News Free Lite Copy Of Rock Band Unplugged Included With The PSP Go In The US
So Europe might be getting a shiny free copy of Gran Turismo PSP with their early-adopter purchase of Sony's latest PSP Go, but what of the US? Well, you guys are getting a copy of Rock Band Unplugged Lite
The Lite version of the game gains you access to five tracks and allows you to download songs from the PSN to bolster your collection. We loved...
News Bioware Don't Rule Out A Playstation 3 Port Of Mass Effect
One of the few XBOX 360 semi-exclusives (it's on PC too) we'd love to play is Mass Effect
Alas, developers Bioware are always quick to avoid the question of a PS3 port. Take for example Ray Muzyka's comments over at CVG.com. When quizzed about why the developer chose to not bring the game to the PS3, Ray said:"I think a more accurate way to...
News FIFA 10 Demo Coming September 10th
If you, like us, can't wait to get your hands on the latest version of EA Sport's FIFA 10, perhaps you'd like to know that a demo is scheduled for launch on September 10th (17th if you're in North America)
The demo will contain Chelsea, Barcelona, Juventus, Bayern Munich, Marseille, and Chicago Fire allowing you to play an exhibition match. The full...
News EA, Ubisoft Describe New Playstation 3 Price Point As "Exceptional"
The Playstation 3 is now pretty much cheaper around the world
It's thanks, in part, to the newly announced PS3 Slim. It's an announcement which UbisoftÂ’s Yves Guillemot and Electronic ArtsÂ’ Frank Gibeau are both very, very pleased about."It's exceptional news," Guillemot told GI.biz, "I think the machine is a great machine, with the...
News The Beatles: Rock Band Album DLC Dated, Detailed
For those of you who are hardcore The Beatles fans, you're probably going to what some of the more obscure album tracks in your The Beatles: Rock Band game
Harmonix have you covered, they will eventually release the entire Beatles back catalogue as DLC. First up is Abbey Road on October 20th. It will cost you $16.98 to download the entire thing,...
News Singstar: The Beatles Is Totally Not Singstar: The Beatles
We told you it was a rumour
And we also totally concluded it was a rumour as baffling as they come. Thus, we're not surprised the Singstar: The Beatles rumours have been quashed by Harmonix's Sean Baptiste. He stated that while the rumour was not true there was an "element of truth" to the
News GamesCom 09: Dante's Inferno Dated February 12th For Europe, 9th For USA
EA announced at their press conference today that their retelling of the classic Dante's Inferno would release on February 12th in Europe and the 9th in the USA
We still can't shake that feeling that it looks too much like God Of War mind.
News GamesCom 09: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Launches March 5th In Europe, 2nd In America
DICE have just confirmed they will launch Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on March 5th in Europe/March 2nd in America
They describe the game as true all out war and the definitive multiplayer game available. They even cited their respect for the Call Of Duty franchise, essentially claiming Battlefield is better.
News GamesCom 09: Latest FIFA 10 Details
EA have confirmed this afternoon at GamesCom '09 that FIFA 10 has expanded in a number of ways
The inclusion of 360 degree dribbling makes the game more precise and like the real game than ever before. The new control mechanics allow you to move anywhere on the pitch with precise controls. The addition of EA's Game Face technology will allow you to...
News GamesCom 09: Is That Singstar: The Beatles On The Horizon?
It's rumoured that in a surprising move today, EA will join forces with Sony to release an instrumentless port of The Beatles: Rock Band exclusively to the Playstation 3
The "port" will be titled Singstar: The Beatles and will feature everything from the upcoming The Beatles: Rock Band, just without the instruments. The rumour, started by...
News GamesCom 09: New The Beatles: Rock Band Trailer Says It All
What more is there to say about the latest The Beatles: Rock Band trailer? It looks like it's going to be the biggest and best games of the year
And we're totally chuffed for the guys at Harmonix because it looks like they've gone the extra mile here.
News id Promise No More Monster Closets In Rage
Doom 3 coined a phrase when it was released
"Monster closets". The term refers to the way in which the game would spawn enemies if you reached a set point. Thankfully id have scrapped such design philosophy. Speaking with 1up, Rage lead designer Matt Hooper explained that enemies will be "doing whatever they're supposed to be doing...
News Army Of Two: The 40th Day Launches Q1 2010 (Sur-prise!)
Army Of Two: The 40th Day will launch in the totally not crowded (read with complete sarcasm - Ed) Q1 2010 period
EA announced specifically that it will hit Europe on January 8th and the US on the 12th. EA are obviously hoping to capitalise on the "Christmas money" crowd.
News The Beatles: Rock Band DLC To Include Sgt. Pepper's, Rubber Soul & Other Albums
If you're releasing DLC for The Beatles: Rock Band, you're restricted to songs by The Beatles
Right? Makes sense. Thus you'll be happy to know that DLC for the mainstream darlings favourite upcoming music game will take the form of full albums. So you'll be able to play the songs that you liked, but never hit the mainstream. Like Maxwell's Silver...
News XBOX 360 Battlefield: Bad Company On-Demand Download Provides Playstation 3 Manual
This is one to chortle about
You may or may not be aware that Microsoft unlocked the possibility to download complete XBOX 360 games on-demand to the HDD recently. We could get all snarky and comment on why this is such a stupid idea for a system with really terrible price gouging on their storage devices but we'll move on. The comical part:...
News EA Looking Back At Classic Bullfrog Titles
Isn't it funny how life works out sometimes? The day after we post our Golden Oldies review for Theme Hospital, news emerges that EA are to think about bringing some of the classics from the same development house back
Bullfrog were a dominant house in the 90's churning out classics such as Theme Park, Magic Carpet, Populous and Syndicate. EA's...
News Activision Settles Lawsuit With Double Fine, Brutal Legend Unscathed
Associated Press are reporting Activision and Double Fine have settled outside of court regarding Brutal Legend, on the day they were supposed to present their arguments
Activision were hoping to delay the game but a tentative judge ruling suggested he was "not inclined" to do so. He also had some damning words for Activision's case. The...
News EA Anticipate Console Price Cuts Before The End Of The Year
EA make games for all of the major platforms on the market
Naturally they'd like to see all the systems sell more. The more systems out there, the more people they can market their games at. It's business. Speaking at an EA conference call, the companies CEO John Riccitiello said, "We think pricing will move hardware," and added, "We...
Feature Let's Dance In Anticipation For The Beatles: Rock Band - #5 Helter Skelter
Helter Skelter
As the launch of the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band draws ever closer, we count down some of our favourite The Beatles tracks. Hopefully these tunes will get you in the mood for dancing ahead of the game's launch this September 9th.
Before E3 we were a little worried about The Beatles: Rock Band
We weren't expecting the amount of attention to detail to be honest. We just assumed it would be a typical Rock Band game with The Beatles songs in it. We were so wrong. The following videos (above and after the jump) prove what a brilliantly well thought out package The Beatles: Rock...
News Legal Battles Will Not Delay The Launch Of Brutal Legend
Brutal Legend is involved in one mighty legal battle
On one hand Activision want to delay the game and sue Double Fine, on the other Double Fine want to sue Activision. It's all very messy. Still, good news for Double Fine, a tentative ruling in LA has denied the movement to stop the release of Brutal Legend. The legal dispute will take place on...
News Dead Space Will Become A Movie, D.J. Caruso To Direct
A live action Dead Space movie is on the horizon according to Variety
They claim that D.J. Caruso (Eagle Eye, Y: The Last Man) has been signed up for directing duties while EA and Temple Hill producers (Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey) search for a writer. It'll be a while before cameras start rolling but it certainly seems like the cogs are in some...
News EA Aren't Just Working On One Dead Space Sequel, Two More Games Are In The Pipeline
According to a report conducted by Variety, there is not just one more Dead Space game on the way, but two
They claim that, "EA launched [Dead Space] in 2008 and is working on the second and third installments". Given the source we suspect that there's a possibility of some inaccuracy in this quote but given EA's insistence towards making...
News FIFA 10 Will Sponsor, Erm, Swindon Town
This is a bit of a weird one really
Lowly Swindon Town are to be sponsored by EA Sports' latest and greatest FIFA 10. The team are floundering in England's third division - England's League 1 - and aren't likely to pull it much extra exposure for the game. Still, having a video game splashed across a shirt for a full year is a pretty big deal for...
News Comic-Con 2009: Haven't We Seen You Before Dante's Inferno?
Here's some footage from a bossfight with King Minos in EA's upcoming Dante's Inferno
Despite looking like a genuinely excellent boss fight (the animation on that big thing is exquisite), we couldn't shake off numerous references to God Of War. Firstly the whole premise of the giant boss fight setup is straight out of Sony's epic, but we'll let EA...
News Dragon Age: Origins Has Implied Eroticism, Beastality & Demon Tits
The ESRB's rating for Dragon Age: Origins has kicked up a few spoilers on the sexytime front
Players can enter brothels within the game and end up "face-to-face with a woman, a man, a transsexual, or an animal". According to the ESRB, "Players can also initiate brief cutscene sequences in which couples (male and female or same sex...
News Battlefield 1943 Breaks Digital Download Records, More Than 600,000 Copies Sold
Electronic Arts have announced that their download-only competitive multiplayer game Battlefield 1943 has broken a host of digital download records
Combining the release of the Playstation 3 and XBOX 360 version the game has sold over 600,000 copies, breaking download sales on both platforms."We are honoured by the reception that the game has...
To be honest, we have no interest in law or the issues of copyright
However, following Activision's lawsuit against Double Fine regarding Brutal Legend comes an interesting snippet of information. Namely that according to DF Activision dropped the game because they wouldn't agree to it becoming a Guitar Hero sequel. Ooft. Anyway, apparently Double...
News Fifteen New The Beatles: Rock Band Songs Announced
More tracks have been announced for Harmonix's upcoming The Beatles: Rock Band
We were going to do the thing where we try to fit as many Beatles song titles into the article as we possibly could, but we think that's getting a bit old. Instead, here are the tracks. "Twist And Shout" "Do You Want To Know A Secret" "Can't Buy...
News The Saboteur's Snapping Nazi Necks This December 8th
Well done Pandemic, for actually committing your '09 game to an '09 release
Their super-stylish war-time shooter, The Saboteur, has been slated for a December 8th launch date in the US. If the game plays aswell as it looks, The Saboteur could end up being a real hit this holiday season. We're certainly excited about exploring the shady world of...
