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‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 20th July 2011

July 20th, 2011

Another quiet one in terms of new content this week apart from the hero of the hour – the long awaited Limbo comes to PSN with a 20% day-one discount in Plus and a whole new section of gameplay for you to enjoy. Make sure you give this critically acclaimed title a whirl. Another addition to Plus [...]

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How Fable: The Journey will appeal to both mainstream and casual audiences

July 20th, 2011

Lionhead chose the Unreal Engine and a tweaked visual design to ensure that Fable: The Journey appeals to both core gamers and “families” – as is their ambition for the game, the company’s lead artist explains. Tak Saito, lead artist at Lionhead, has been explaining the team’s aims with Fable: The Journey at the Develop Conference today. [...]

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“A non-violent GTA”: Braben on Disneyland Adventures

July 20th, 2011

Disneyland Adventures is the first open world Kinect game with free roaming, says David Braben at Develop – and has compared it to “a non-violent GTA or Elite.” David Braben has been discussing upcoming Kinect title Disneyland Adventures – and compared it’s game design to Grand Theft Auto and his own 1980s classic Elite. Recreating Disneyland is “a [...]

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NCsoft’s gamescom 2011 press briefing dated, remember 2010’s Guild Wars 2 presence with photos

July 20th, 2011

Massively Multiplayer Online game experts NCsoft confirmed recently that the company will be holding a press briefing on August 17th during this year’s edition of gamescom in Cologne, Germany, where we hope to clap eyes and ears on a ‘world exclusive’ announcement.     This information is in line with previously revealed gamescom 2011 plans which [...]

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Transformers: Dark of the Moon

June 19th, 2011

Another Transformers movie means another Transformers game. For many longtime fans, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and the other robots in disguise are special characters, and hope endures that someday, a Transformers game will come along that does them justice. Unfortunately, Dark of the Moon is not that game. The action in this third-person shooter isn’t bad, [...]

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Gears of War 3

June 19th, 2011

Gears of War 3 is the spectacular conclusion to one of the most memorable and celebrated sagas in video games. Developed by Epic Games exclusively for Xbox 360.Now, series shop Epic Games is stating its desire that the third entry in the shooter series–due out worldwide September 20–will keep up with the pace set by [...]

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Xenoblade Chronicles Hands-On Preview

May 29th, 2011

Xenoblade was released in Japan last year, but western gamers eager for a slice of free roaming RPG action have been left waiting for an English language release. While a firm release date is yet to be locked down, Xenoblade will be appearing under the name Xenoblade Chronicles later this year on Nintendo Wii. Though [...]

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Solatorobo: Red The Hunter Hands-On Preview

May 29th, 2011

We don a gigantic robot suit and fling some boxes at airships in CyberConnect2′s action RPG. One of the stranger games on display at Nintendo’s MCM Expo was Solatorobo: Red The Hunter, a third-person action RPG for the Nintendo DS developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Namco Bandai. It’s the spiritual successor to Tail Concert–also [...]

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Warlords Hands-On Preview

May 29th, 2011

We sample Warlords, the chaotic, downloadable remake of the 1980 Pong-meets-Breakout Atari arcade classic. The 1980 Atari arcade classic Warlords lives once more in this Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network title, due summer 2011. For those unfamiliar with the original, Warlords resembles Breakout crossed with Pong, flavoured with fantasy fiction. Two to four players [...]

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Five Things That Will Surprise You About Prey 2

April 29th, 2011

Bethesda Softworks recently invited members of the gaming press to Park City, Utah, where the publisher revealed some of the games it plans to release in the coming year. Among those games was Prey 2 — a follow-up to the long-delayed 2006 shooter Prey, from developer Human Head. But Prey 2 isn’t quite the game any [...]

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