Sackings “may impact future success of Call of Duty”

March 8th, 2010

Michael Pachter offers his two cents on Infinity Ward departures.

Activision’s sacking of Infinity Ward bosses, Jason West and Vince Zampella "may impact future success of Call of Duty games," says analyst Michael Pachter.

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God of War 3

March 8th, 2010

Taking no prisoners.

As we fought a giant scorpion in God of War III, we couldn’t help but remember PS3’s first software demonstration, when a similar crab-like foe in Genji: Days of the Blade did "massive damage" to Sony’s reputation. If it was THIS that Sony had shown back in 2006, the massive damage would have been to people’s wallets as PS3 took over the world.

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Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands gameplay video

March 8th, 2010

First in-game look at PoP’s return to roots.

Ubisoft’s released the first gameplay trailer for Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands.

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BlazBlue Calamity Trigger

March 8th, 2010

Hands off the panda.

Like all fighting games, Blazblue hates you.
It hates your stupid hands which can’t keep up with your stupid brain which can’t keep up with the cheese-tastic AI or the bloke sitting alongside you or the sod on Youtube who keeps posting combo videos which make your feeble four-hit efforts look like a half-incher in a big willy contest. It has no tutorial, is loaded with nonsense - Guard Libras, Heat Gauges, Revolver Actions, Barrier Bursts, Distortion Drives, Negative Penalties, Astral Heats, and other impenetrable jargon - and would probably rather you just effed right off.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic - Bioware’s biggest ever game

March 8th, 2010

Title is larger than Mass Effect 1 & 2, Dragon Age and KOTOR combined, says studio.

Bioware has revealed that much-anticipated MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is its biggest ever game - and contains more content than all of its previous Triple-A titles put together.

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Mafia II and Playboy join forces

March 8th, 2010

Retro centrefolds to feature in open-world effort.

2K’s announced that it’s teamed up with Playboy to include more than 50 "vintage covers and centrefolds" in Mafia II.

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New Gran Turismo 5 screens emerge

March 8th, 2010

From the trailer attached to God of War III.

New Gran Turismo 5 screens have been scattered around the net, via a trailer packaged with God of War III.

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EA resets servers for Battlefield: Bad Company 2

March 8th, 2010

360 maintenance will be finished within the hour, promises publisher.

EA is in the process of resetting the online servers for the Xbox 360 version of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - following problems caused by unprecedented demand.

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Halo Reach has ‘teabagging’ bug

March 8th, 2010

But Bungie’s working on it.

The Halo Reach alpha has a bug which stops players from ‘teabagging’ eachothers’ corpses. Breaking news, folks.

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The best Pokémon spin-off game is…

March 8th, 2010

ONM readers vote for their top ten.

Pokémon Stadium is the best Pokémon spin-off game of all time according to Nintendo fans on the ONM forum.

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Ubisoft apologises for DRM issues

March 8th, 2010

PC server was attacked, reveals publisher; One-in-20 users affected.

Ubisoft has apologised to PC customers that were ‘frozen out’ of their games over the weekend due to DRM problems - and blamed a hack of its servers for the issue.

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Crackdown 2 will contain video replays

March 8th, 2010

Future DLC will implement the ability to save and share videos.

The Crackdown 2 devs have told OXM that it will add the ability to save and share videos via future DLC for the title.

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Sonic 4 gets Super Sonic

March 8th, 2010

The transformation will be part of Sega’s back-to-basics Sonic outing.

Super Sonic will be playable in Sonic The Hedgehog 4: Episode 1.

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“Portal was a test, Portal 2 is a game” - Valve

March 8th, 2010

Developer putting ‘more capital and more risk’ into follow-up.

"Portal was a test bed… Portal 2 is a game," Valve has told US mag Game Informer.

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MS forces Sony to scrap ‘Arc’?

March 8th, 2010

Microsoft-owned trademark has affected rival’s plans, say sources.

A Microsoft trademark could have forced Sony to rename its PS3 motion wand.

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Win Half-Minute Hero games!

March 8th, 2010

PSN download codes and T-Shirts up for grabs.

If you’re a PSP owner and you haven’t heard of Half-Minute Hero, it’s time to look into it.

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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light screens

March 8th, 2010

First details on downloadable Tomb Raider.

The first screens and details on Eidos’ new Tomb Raider, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light have arrived.

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Mario Galaxy 2 trailer gets annotated

March 8th, 2010

All the details you may have missed…

We can’t wait for Galaxy 2, you can’t wait for Galaxy 2 and apparently, the bloke in our office with the Yoshi monitor cover also can’t wait for Galaxy 2.

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LittleBigPlanet 2 reports ’speculation’ - Sony

March 8th, 2010

Platform holder shrugs off rumours of LBP2 releasing this year.

Sony has dismissed reports of a LittleBigPlanet sequel coming this year as "rumour and speculation".

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New Xbox 360 model incoming?

March 8th, 2010

Exec hints at new Xbox 360 hardware configurations and price points.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has suggested that the platform holder could be preparing to unleash new Xbox 360 hardware configurations at different price points.

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