Good news, fox fans, your favorite two-tailed vulpine is appearing in one of the only Sonic games he was absent from. SEGA announced today that Tails would be a playable character in the remake for Sonic CD, unlockable after a second playthrough. And he flies! This does raise some continuity issues, but SEGA has already claimed that [...]
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News : GLaDOS Voices New Kinect-Based Virtual Assistant
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
Call us masochists if you want, but for some reason gamers have the strange desire to want evil-spirited GLaDOS to live in our devices. Spotted by The Verge, computer tinkerer Corey Thomas has done just that. With the help of Kinect, Corey used his technological expertise to reincarnate the popular character from Portal games as a virtual assistant. It’s still in [...]
News : Patrick Soderlund Talks Battlefield 3
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
Following huge pre-order numbers, Battlefield 3 launched last week to positive reviews. Yesterday, we learned that the game sold five million copies worldwide during its first week in stores, and that early online problems are being addressed. In the wake of the game’s launch, Electronic Arts executive vice president Patrick Soderlund spoke to us about what comes next for Battlefield 3, including [...]
News : First Gears of War 3 DLC Pack Available Now
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
A post on the official Epic forums has confirmed that the Horde Command Pack is now available on Xbox Live. According to Epic, “The Gears of War 3 Horde Command Pack is now available on the marketplace. Restart your Xbox to get the latest changes. There may also be a delay while the content propagates across Microsoft’s servers.Thanks for [...]
News : EA Extends Olive Branch to Call of Duty
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
EA has called a truce in its war of words with bitter franchise rival Call of Duty. In a new interview with IGN, EA executive vice president Patrick Soderlund said, “We all respect what Call of Duty brings and what they’re going to come with. Right now we’re out in the market, and that’s all [...]
News : Will Grand Theft Auto V be a Digital-Only Release?
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
The trailer for Grand Theft Auto V is set to be revealed tomorrow, and we’re expecting the first details—such as platforms and a release window—to come along with it. While we don’t know much yet, one market data consulting group believes we won’t see a version of Grand Theft Auto V on a disc. According to analysts at [...]
News : MechWarrior Online Announced
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
MechWarrior is coming to the internet, internet! Piranha Gamesand Infinite Game Publishing today announced MechWarrior Online, a free-to-play title that’s planned to launch in the second half of 2012. The title will take place about a thousand years from now in the opening stages of an interstellar war. Players will embody a BattleMech whose weapons, systems and [...]
News : BioWare: Older Games a ‘Preamble’ to Mass Effect 3
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
Mass Effect 3 is a direct sequel to the previous Mass Effect games, but according to BioWare, the game will stand entirely on its own. BioWare Edmonton general manager Aaryn Flynn says that Mass Effect 1 and 2 were just a warm up, and that Mass Effect 3 will be the main event. “We want to make [...]
News : Modern Warfare 3 Allows Ten Prestiges
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
During IGN’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 live stream today,Infinity Ward creative strategist Robert Bowling confirmed some details of the game’s Prestige Mode. The game’s multiplayer mode will be capped at level 80, at which point players will be able to Prestige. Players will be able to Prestige ten times, meaning the game features 800 multiplayer levels [...]
News : Naughty Dog: “No Producers, No Management, Just us Working as a Team”
Posted by Rishi on November 2nd, 2011
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is hitting stores around the world right now, so what better time to catch up with developer Naughty Dog? IGN AU spoke to the studio’s lead effects artist, Keith Guerrette – in town for the Sydney launch – and he had plenty to say about exactly what makes the Santa Monica developer [...]
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