‘SOS New York’ recently cropped up and sports a lovely picture of Nomad with a count down, currently at just shy of 3 days. I’m not really sure of what it’s counting down to, most likely a trailer. However the title of the site does suggest this could be the start of an ARG, which… Continue reading Crysis 2 Teaser Site Stars a Countdown
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Grandia Getting US PSN Release
The American PSN is getting another classic RPG, Grandia. Released originally in 1997 on the Sega Saturn and later on in 1999 on the PS1, this game was voted as one of the best RPGs of it’s time. It will be available to download this Thursday. Let’s hope it comes to Europe soon too.
Four New Super Street Fighter 4 Characters Confirmed.
Giant Bomb is reporting that four new Super Street Fighter 4 characters have been leaked, citing four shots found on a Danish website Gamerslounge.dk. The site is currently down however. The four new characters are Dudley, T.Hawk, Makoto and Ibuki. The rest of the screen shots are after the jump.
Tiberian Sun and Firestorm Released as Freeware
To celebrate the upcoming release of Command & Conquer 4, EA has released Tiberian Sun and it’s expansion, Firestorm as freeware.
GAME Public Vote for BAFTAs Now Open
The 6th BAFTA Game Awards will be coming March 19th, and for the second year running GAME will be hosting the public vote for the nations best game of 09. To add a bit of incentive to vote you have a chance to win a Sony home entertainment system. As well as all voters getting a wallpaper… Continue reading GAME Public Vote for BAFTAs Now Open
Direct2Drive now in Euros
Direct2Drive has joined Steam in offering their prices in European friendly flavours. Previously it had been in US$ or £, leaving Euro using folks to the whim of currency conversion. Sometimes this could mean a good deal, sometimes a pain in the neck. Steam moved over to Euros a few years back, but has drawn much criticism for their pricing, sometimes… Continue reading Direct2Drive now in Euros
BlazBlue Coming to PC?
BlazBlue was released on PS3 and 360 in North America and Japan last June and will finally be released soon in Europe but it’s also coming to PC apparently.
Bayonetta Update Now on PS3
Rejoice! Borderlands Level Cap To be Raised!
Huzza! A Gearbox employee going by the name “hatTs” on the Official Gearbox Forum has confirmed that the next DLC offering will, as many had hoped for, increase the level cap, which is currently at 50. He also says that a patch is in the works to fix a myriad of glitches and bugs. After zombies and… Continue reading Rejoice! Borderlands Level Cap To be Raised!
Videogame Music recognised by Prestigious Award
The world famous (what, you’ve not heard of it?) Ivor Novello Awards will this year have a category dedicated to Video Game music. ‘Best Original Video Game Score’ will be joining current categories that include ‘Best Contemporary Song’, ‘Best Television Soundtrack’, and ‘Best Original Film Score’.
Tesco to Offer Physical Games on Demand
UK supermarket Tesco has penned a deal with Tribeka to bring its Softwide system into Tesco stores. SoftWide is a game vending solution that authors discs on demand within a couple of minutes. You choose the game you want and it will burn it out, print out a package n pop it out the other… Continue reading Tesco to Offer Physical Games on Demand
Codemasters Almost Shut Down
Amid many studio closures over the past few years Codemasters nearly found itself on the death pile. Codemasters is one of Britians longest running game studios, founded in 1985 and creators of many gaming favourites including the prominent Colin McRea rally series. However at the end of last year it found itself nearing its end. The little accident happened when… Continue reading Codemasters Almost Shut Down
Footage of Fortress aka ‘FFXII-2’
Some leaked tech footage of Fortress. This is belived to be from Grins work, so quite possibly nothing like what the final project will become. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1U_0EoWkIE] Fortress was originally worked on by Grin before their closure. After the closure concept art and various assets were leaked and we all got a good glimpse of this western made Final Fantasy game.… Continue reading Footage of Fortress aka ‘FFXII-2’
PlayStation3 Firmware 3.15 becomes mandatory.
Eric Lempel, PSN director, popped up on the PlayStation blog today to let people know that the firmware launched in December as an optional upgrade is now mandatory. That means no playing online until you update!
2009’s Most Pirated
TorrentFreak has revealed the most pirated games of 2009, so that means it’s time to look at the charts and see what games have been downloaded the most last year.