Gaming » Friday 03 July 2009
rock band dlc update for week of july 7, 2009 (rock band)
03-07-09
03:15
GMTGood news for Green Day fans, HMXSean has announced on the Rock Band Forums that the next DLC announcement has a 3-pack from their latest album as well as a pack from the Mayhem Festival. Full details are as follows...
playstation home updates across the globe (home)
03-07-09
03:15
GMTThis week Europe are getting 2 new Home spaces with inFAMOUS and Socom and the new Killzone apartment which is rumored to be priced at 4 euros.
Along with the apartment is this intimidating Killzone Tactition costume available in Threads and some furniture from the furniture store.
The American Home today got some new Killzone shirts, some costumes for the 4th of July in Threads and a few holiday ornaments in the furniture store.
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killing floor update released, adjusts perks (killing floor)
03-07-09
03:15
GMTTripwire has released an update for its FPS survival horror title Killing Floor, now available on Steam.
skate 2 prepares for new dlc with new achievements (skate 2)
03-07-09
03:15
GMTConsole Monster writes: "We have just added the new Achievements for Skate 2 on the Xbox 360. The 4 new achievements are worth 250 GamerScore. Both achievements can only be unlocked in the Skate 2 downloadable content releasing next Thursday (9th July), titled Maloof Money Cup and priced at 240 Microsoft Points.
The list now contains 60 achievements worth 1500 GamerScore..."
champions online: july "state of the game" promises twitter and more (champions online)
03-07-09
03:15
GMTJaime Skelton writes: "Yesterday, Champions Online posted a dev blog looking at the state of the game for the next month. It might have passed beneath the radar, except for one thing: Champions Online is going to offer twitter in game."
batman arkham asylum "inside the asyslum" trailer
03-07-09
02:45
GMTTake an indepth look into Gothams home for the criminally insane.
psp go processor more than 40% faster than original
03-07-09
02:30
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The PSP Go isn't just smaller than the original PSP series -- it's more powerful. In fact, it features a processor that's more than 40% faster than the original. The original PSP (1000-3000) series include a processor capable of reaching 333MHz speeds. FCC documents reveal that the PSP Go (N1001) includes a processor that can go up to 480MHz.It's unclear what the added processor power will be used for. It may be necessary for PSP Go-specific fea
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fez coming to xbla in 2010
03-07-09
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With just the simple image you see above, developer Polytron announced that its dimensional-shifting platformer Fez would arrive on the Xbox Live Arcade platform at some point next year. Though we've seen a date of 2009 in a previous trailer, the teaser image is the best indication we've had so far in terms of a concrete platform for the game.Though we can't say it's a huge surprise (we spotted an Xbox "A" button in the game back in March), it's
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valve 'up' on idea of ps3 development, waiting to build talented ps3 team
03-07-09
02:30
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Valve isn't quite as against the idea of developing games for the PS3 as we previously thought. Speaking to Valve's Doug Lombardi at the Left 4 Dead 2 event in London today (look out for the full interview soon), we discovered that the company is still "up on the idea" of developing for the PS3 -- it's just waiting until it has hired some decent PS3 coders. "If you look at The Orange Box -- PC: 96 on Metacritic, 360: 96 on Metacritic, PS3 like..
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'drug wars' offers fresh start for merchants of brooklyn
03-07-09
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If people can clean their hands with a simple name change, then why can't games? Paleo Entertainment recently re-dubbed its bargain-priced shooter, Merchants of Brooklyn, as "Drug Wars." Currently exclusive to Steam, Merchants of Brooklyn suffered an embarrassing release in mid-March when an alpha version was mistakenly sold in place of the final code and apparently failed to recover any credibility. Its Metacritic score of "36" ranks near the b
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man your download stations for battlestations: pacific dlc
03-07-09
02:30
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Click image to fire a volley of screens at your eyeballs
Eidos just fired off a press release, scoring a direct hit on our inbox, informing that Battlestations: Pacific will receive two resupply convoys in the form of the Mustang Pack and the Carrier Battle Map Pack. The first pack is available for download today and offers six new units (including the P-51 Mustang bomber, US Navy Alaska Class battleship, and Japanese Yamato Class battleship),
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fifa 10 offers brief glimpse of footy-filled gameplay
03-07-09
02:30
GMTEA Sports is ramping up the hype machine for its very crucial FIFA franchise, as it has issued out a new teaser trailer for the latest installment, FIFA 10. Thankfully, it's not your average teaser trailer, as though it is short, it does contain actual gameplay footage. It looks like the one big improvement for this year's version will be bullet time.FIFA 10 offers brief glimpse of footy-filled gameplay originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 J
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cliff bleszinski explains why there are so many bald space marines
03-07-09
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If you think Unreal Engine 3 games feature too much gray and brown, laden with "pillars and girders," all being stomped around on by bald space marines, Cliff "Young Clifford" Bleszinski wants you to blame the tech. Speaking with Develop recently, the man that birthed Marcus Fenix said, "The technology of this generation just happens to be very good at rendering metals and stones and dramatic lighting." He argues that "translucent effects" are m
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marvelous looking into hd ports of wii games
03-07-09
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"Wii has no hardcore games" is about as old, lame and untrue as "the PS3 has no games," and "Xbox 360 has only shooters." Real gamers know that each of the platforms has its gems -- but not everyone can afford all three gaming consoles.Marvelous may be expanding its portfolio to include more non-Nintendo systems. Already, the publisher is working on a PS3 and Xbox 360 game, Rainy Woods; however, according to a report by Siliconera, the publisher
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fallout 3 50 percent off on steam
03-07-09
02:30
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You really have no excuse for not owning Fallout 3 at this point. Not only is it a really excellent game, it's packing tons of value with all the different DLC available. And let's not forget the indescribable pleasure of having Danny Kaye songs endlessly stuck in your head.Now that the game's been slashed to $24.99 for the weekend on Steam, you have less than no excuse. It's like ... negative excuse, which we believe means you're legally obliga
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column: 'diamond in the rough': plotting, emergent narratives, and 'story spaces,' part 2
03-07-09
02:00
GMT['Diamond In The Rough' is a regularly scheduled GameSetWatch-exclusive opinion column by Tom Cross focusing on aspects of games that stand out, for reasons good and bad. This week, Tom continues his previous discussion of calls for video game design reform in the areas of narrative and story. In the latest instalment, he begins with a discussion of what "narrative" is.]
Narrative can?t help but have an internally coherent organizational logic (
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source code for over a dozen 7600 games released
03-07-09
02:00
GMTTo celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Atari 7800 ProSystem's release, the Atari Historical Society has unofficially released the source code for over a dozen of the system's games such as Centipede, Xevious, Robotron, and more.
According to the Atari Museum site, the games were rescued from Atari ST format diskettes that were thrown out when Atari shuttered one of its offices in 1996. "I hope these will be great learning tools and the basis f
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steam: 2k 20 game bundle for $54
03-07-09
02:00
GMTArticle (http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/59395) from Shacknews. Here's a list of the game you'll get in the 2K bundle.
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* Sid Meier's Pirates!
* Shattered Union
* Prey
* CivCity: Rome
* Sid Meier's Railroads!
* Railroad Tycoon 3



