Archive for February, 2010

#BlizzChat 2/26

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The #BlizzChat which see’s Blizzard developers answer questions live via Twitter is now over! The developers answered a wide variety of questions which we have categorized for your reading pleasure.
Community Manager Zarhym had this to say after the chat:
“That’s it for this Developer Chat. If any questions were answered twice, keep in mind we had [...]

Heavy Rain Issues Are “Being Looked Into”

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Since Heavy Rain was patched earlier this week, a number of users have complained about issues in the game including graphical glitches and freezing. Sony is aware of the problem and is currently looking into “any common factors for people who are experiencing game freezing.” Sony also notes that the issues are present on a [...]

Return To Ostagar Dated For PS3

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Bioware has announced that PS3 owners will soon be able to purchase the much delayed Dragon Age DLC, Return to Ostagar. The content will finally be coming to the PS3 on 11th March. Return to Ostagar was released back in January for the PC and Xbox 360 but now, after a 2 month wait, PS3 owners will [...]

Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo Media Summit Trailer

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Hot off the press, here is the brand new Super Mario Galaxy 2 trailer that was shown off at the Nintendo Media Summit today. If you loved the original game (let’s face it, who didn’t?!) then you are in for a treat. The trailer shows off some fantastic looking gameplay that looks just as creative [...]

Peace Walker Was Originally Metal Gear Solid 5

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Remember that Kojima Productions website that was up just before E3 last year? You know, the one frustrated and teased us all with “information” on the next game in the Metal Gear Solid series. It showed us something that appeared to be either a “S” or a “5″, well that mystery has now finally been [...]

Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M Dated

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Nintendo of America have today announced the release dates for Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M. Everyone’s favourite plumber will return to the Wii on May 23rd and Samus will make her comeback on June 27th. Both titles were originally unveiled at E3 year last and the announcement of their mid-year release dates today comes [...]

Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Launch Trailer

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With Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing hitting store shelves this Friday in Europe and Australia (American release was yesterday), SEGA have unveiled a brand spanking new launch trailer to commemorate its release. The style of the game is quite “similar” to the mighty Mario Kart but with the obvious SEGA twist. It includes characters from [...]

Miyamoto To Be Inducted Into BAFTA Fellowship

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The legendary games designer and creator of Mario Bros, Shigeru Miyamoto, will receive the Fellowship at the 2010 British Academy Video Games Awards. Now the General Manager of Nintendo Entertainment, Miyamoto is the most well known/celebrated games industry figure around the world and is often referred to as “the father of modern video games”. We [...]

Western Yakuza 3 Edited

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Bad news for all you Japanophiles out there as SEGA have today announced that the western versions of the PS3 exclusive Yakuza 3 will be edited. That’s right folks, not all the content from the Japanese version will get to see the light of day here in the west.
SEGA felt that some of the content [...]

Bioshock 2 Review

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Game: Bioshock 2
Developer: 2K Marin/Irrational Games, Digital Extremes, 2K Australia, 2K China and Arkane Studios
Publisher: 2K Games
Available on: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC (reviewed on Xbox 360)
The original Bioshock was a massive hit upon its release in 2007, critics and gamers alike adored it. Upon its surface it seemed like “another FPS” but delve [...]