Fans can officially stop dreaming: there will be no free-to-play relaunch of "Hellgate: London" in the United States. Although "Hellgate: London" will continue to receive updates created by a US developer, and press releases for those updates will likely continue to appear in English, HanbitSoft global PR manager Janelle Ha today clarified that the company still [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Ready to see just how much Butcher Bay has improved since Starbreeze Studios revamped Riddick's prison for the Xbox 360? Too bad -- because the 639MB demo of "The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena" is set on the main deck of the titular Dark Athena starship instead. Hopefully that won't keep you from picking [...]
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"Tomb Raider" publisher Eidos has today laid out a tentative schedule for their acquisition by "Final Fantasy" creator Square Enix, according to a release obtained by Britain’s Regulatory News Service (RNS). Though Eidos' board of directors and upwards of 36% of shareholders are already in favor of the 32 pence per share buyout, Eidos will [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Looking for information on the new "ExciteBots"? Want final confirmation on WayForward's Wii remake of "A Boy and His Blob"? Are you in need of instruction for the first twenty-three games in the upcoming "Rhythm Heaven" for DS? This month, Nintendo Power's got you covered. Today, they released free digital images of print articles on [...]
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Sony's John Koller has yet to confirm whether or no the next iteration of the PlayStation Portable will have a UMD drive, but he's quite bullish about digital distribution on PSP nonetheless. Today, he told MTV Multiplayer that the company is planning to redouble their efforts on creating and obtaining a catalog of downloadable PSP [...]
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29 key employees at bankrupt Midway Games could split a bonus payday worth $3.25 million if they sell off the company's "Mortal Kombat" franchise. That's direct from bankruptcy filings obtained by netDockets last week. But according to company spokesperson Geoffrey Mogilner, that's not what Midway actually intends to do. "It's not our goal to sell Mortal [...]
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As PSP2 (or PSP-4000) rumors pick up steam, Sony is on the fence, doing all it can to keep hardware enthusiasts guessing. Last week, Sony's John Koller told MTV Multiplayer that he could not confirm or deny whether a new PSP, sans power-hogging UMD drive, would arrive by the end of the year. But in that [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 2, 2009
It wasn't wishful thinking -- EA COO John Pleasants really did say that the upcoming "Dead Space: Extraction" would feature the Wii MotionPlus controller. But today, an Electronic Arts representative has confirmed that regardless of Pleasants' comments, the actual rail shooter will not have support for the gyroscopic MotionPlus peripheral. EA was unable to say whether [...]
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The above CG mockup isn't exactly what the Sony PSP-4000 (or PSP2) will look like, but it may not be too far off, either. According to anonymous development sources contacted by Eurogamer and VG247, the next iteration of Sony's handheld gaming system will include a sliding screen that covers the controls, shed its power-hungry UMD [...]
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What with the recent reveals of "Rock Band" "MotorStorm" "LittleBigPlanet," "Assassin's Creed" and even "Persona" being remade for the PSP, it seems like Sony's widescreen handheld may finally be getting some serious attention. Add one more game to the stack: "Tenchu: Shadow Assassins," due later this month in North America. A port of the recent, relatively [...]
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