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April 2011 Archive

April 30, 2011
1. Digital Foundry vs. iPad 2
April 29, 2011
1. Cliffy B wanted Master Chief in Gears 3
2. Free Portal 2 DLC detailed
3. PopCap helps leukemia patient make game
4. Back to the Future episode 4 out today
5. Bethesda: "decline" New Vegas 360 update
6. Cave Story 3D release date announced
7. EA announces Need for Speed: The Run
8. Culture Club, Faith No More for Rock Band
9. Bit.Trip Saga announced for 3DS
10. PSN hysteria "a lot of wind and p**s"
11. Real Racing 2 HD: 1080p comes to iOS
12. Virtua Tennis 4
13. JAW revives Oddworld: Hand of Odd
14. PSN friends lists, trophies to remain
15. Download Games Roundup
16. Another sodding bank holiday
17. Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee HD announced
18. Abe HD decision due in the summer
April 28, 2011
1. Microsoft not ready to talk new hardware
2. PopCap's Unpleasant Horse out now
3. Fruit Ninja heading for Kinect?
4. Red Faction: Armageddon delayed
5. PSN ID theft aftermath a "trust" issue
6. Driver: San Francisco release date
7. New Vegas patch cripples 360 version?
8. Final Fantasy XI Abyssea Edition incoming
9. Lovefilm responds to PS3 identity theft
10. Jurassic Park confirmed for Xbox 360
11. Nintendo Wii Play: Motion release date
12. Largest ever Lineage II update announced
13. Seven years of City of Heroes statistics
14. Team Ninja teases Dead or Alive 5
15. Wakfu MMO enters open beta
16. MS: XBL security "our highest priority"
17. Rift patch 1.2 release date changed
18. Bang Bang Racing heads to Android
19. Geohot: "PSN hack nothing to do with me"
20. Sniper: Ghost Warrior PS3 release date
21. Portal 2 DLC out this summer
22. Sony expects PSN will be back by 3rd May
23. Sony: your card data was encrypted
24. New Dragon Age II DLC released
25. Blizzard details Warcraft 4.2 update
26. Anomaly: Warzone Earth
April 27, 2011
1. More Warhammer 40k coming from THQ
2. First PSN class action lawsuit filed
3. SEGA working on new Shining Force
4. Beyoncé sued for $100m over canned game
5. Fraud body calms PSN identity theft fear
6. Telltale Games to return to Xbox 360
7. tri-Ace announces two new titles
8. TrackMania 2 closed beta announced
9. Civilization V Viking DLC dated
10. Sony Online reacts to PSN identity theft
11. PSN: The PR Disaster
12. Thief 4 development supersedes Deus Ex
13. Deus Ex: Human Revolution game length
14. Deus Ex: Human Revolution
15. John Romero's new Facebook game
16. CD Projekt clarifies Witcher 2 console talk
17. Sony Data Protection breach "probable"
18. F.E.A.R. 3 slapped by month delay
19. No PS Store, Home update this week
20. Microsoft warns of Xbox Live "fishing"
21. Sony: Gamers' Voice demands answers
22. ICO confirms it will quiz Sony over PSN
23. Xbox Live accounts un-banned?
24. Sony defends PSN theft reveal timing
25. The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings
April 26, 2011
1. Jurassic Park: The Game delayed
2. What PSN identity theft means for you
3. Want your PSN subscription fees back?
4. PSN users' personal details compromised
5. Black Ops: Escalation gets all-star cast
6. Iwata: people want 3DS, but are waiting
7. Redundancies reported at Obsidian
8. Outland
9. Gatling Gears dated for PSN, XBLA
10. PSN outage is hurting developers
11. Hefty Fallout: New Vegas patch goes live
12. Red Faction: Armageddon demo announced
13. Star Fox 3DS has ship tilt controls
14. Steam, PS3 Hydrophobia Prophecy revealed
15. Naughty Dog: Uncharted 2 was a one-off
16. Spec Analysis: Sony's S1 and S2 tablets
17. Rent XBLA Section 8: Prejudice servers
18. Turbine takes control of LOTRO Europe
19. Jaffe calls "bullsh*t" on Iwata App fears
20. UK top 40: Portal 2 places first
21. Twisted Metal
22. Fate of the World
23. James Cameron: Games will "drive" 3D
24. PSN outage woe enters seventh day
25. Sony announces S1 and S2 tablets
April 25, 2011
1. PSN outage caused by credit card scam?
2. Al Qaeda used SEGA carts as explosives
3. PSN outage extends inFamous 2 beta
4. Crysis 2 modding tools due "early Summer"
5. Square trademarks Hitman: Absolution
6. Is Portal 2 Valve's last single-player game?
7. Mario Kart 3DS release confirmed for 2011
8. Chrono Trigger coming to PS3, PSP
9. EA Sports subscription service planned?
10. Sony is "rebuilding" PSN following hack
11. Nintendo 3DS off to a "smooth start"
12. Nintendo announces new home console
13. Mobile Games Roundup
14. Portal 2: "Let's make Caddyshack"
15. Michael Jackson: The Experience
April 23, 2011
1. Face-Off: Portal 2
2. Going, Going, Gone
April 22, 2011
1. Eurogamer bank holiday updates!
2. Download Games Roundup
3. Hearts and Minds
4. RAGE
April 21, 2011
1. Shadows of the Damned pushed back
2. No PS3 Child of Eden until September?
3. Hector: Badge of Carnage release date
4. PSN could be down for next 48 hours
5. Nintendo: Mario 3DS is Galaxy meets SM64
6. Gearbox dismisses Borderlands 2 talk
7. Mega Man Legends 3 kicks off 3DS eShop
8. GAME runs out of Gears 3 beta codes
9. Portal 2 PC patch released
10. Scream 4 slashes on to iPhone, iPad
11. Is Anonymous behind PSN outage?
12. Fable III PC to launch on Steam and GFWL
13. New Mario & Sonic game announced
14. Borderlands 2 shows up on resume
15. The Shoot developer closes down
16. Super Meat Boy Ultra Edition for the UK
17. Spider-Man: Edge of Time
18. Get 3 PlayStation Plus months for free
19. Boon recounts SNES Mortal Kombat outcry
20. Operation Flashpoint: Red River
21. Yoostar 2 adds YouTube functions
22. The PSPgo "was a complete flop"
23. Win a copy of SOCOM 4!
24. Steam switch boosted Dawn of War sales
25. Total Apple iOS sales: 189 million
26. Capcom: we'll keep our fighters in check
27. Street Fighter x Tekken: the Killian opinion
April 20, 2011
1. XBL chart: COD rules, Homefront falters
2. Might & Magic Heroes VI delayed
3. How COD will avoid Guitar Hero's fate
4. Silent Hill dev refutes Alan Wake likeness
5. Super Mario 3DS due out this year?
6. No PS4 or new Xbox until 2014 – report
7. New DLC announced for The Settlers 7
8. SHIFT 2 DLC adds classic cars, tracks
9. 3DS back on top in Japan hardware charts
10. UKIE boss Rawlinson steps down
11. Alice console port confirmed
12. New Heavy Melee class for Mass Effect 3
13. Moon Diver gets Xbox 360 release date
14. Deep Silver announces X Rebirth
15. Resistance 3
16. Gladiator Begins PSP release date
17. EU PlayStation Store update 20th April
18. God of War 4 out September 2012 – report
19. Mortal Kombat secretly nerfs characters
20. Burn Zombie Burn! heads to iPhone, Mac
21. Mortal Kombat
22. Prey 2 average play through 15 hours
23. GAME selling PC Portal 2 right now
24. Sony Japan confirms PSPgo death
25. Portal sells nearly four million
26. Section 8: Prejudice
27. The Last Guardian suffers delay
April 19, 2011
1. Epic: $1 apps are "killing us"
2. Minecraft 1.5 update goes live
3. Telltale: Licensed games aren't dead
4. DOW2's Last Stand gets DLC release
5. Sword & Sworcery EP gets iPhone date
6. Microsoft combats XBLIG ratings "abuse"
7. Centipede revival announced for 3DS, Wii
8. Portal 2 Metacritic user score pounded
9. The Master of Synaesthesia
10. Tough Road Ahead
11. Enslaved up for Ivor Novello Award
12. Deus Ex: Human Revolution Collector's Ed
13. Why Prey 2 ditches portals and gravity
14. DJ Hero's final DLC pack
15. Driver: San Francisco out this September
16. Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D gets new mode
17. Red Faction: Armageddon Multiplayer
18. Doom fans "will be happy" with Doom 4
19. 2011 Pokémon Championships detailed
20. Sony halts PSPgo production – report
21. Portal 2 out now on Steam worldwide
22. NASCAR The Game 2011
23. SOCOM: Special Forces
24. Mass Effect 2: Arrival
25. Men of War: Assault Squad
26. Portal 2
27. MK dev wanted Xbox exclusive character
28. Sonic Generations announced for PS3, 360
29. Out This Week - 22/04/11
April 18, 2011
1. Japan's top-selling PS3 title of 2010 named
2. Telltale announces Law & Order: LA
3. Capcom brings Mega Man 5 to Wii VC
4. Robot Unicorn Attack gets Android release
5. Under Siege dated for PSN
6. New Dance Central DLC announced
7. McGee's original Alice coming to consoles?
8. Buy used SOCOM 4, pay for MP extras
9. Uncharted 3 Multiplayer
10. Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta dated
11. Prey 2
12. id happy taking years to make games
13. No classic deathmatch in RAGE
14. Capcom unveils Dragon's Dogma
15. Fallout: New Vegas Game of the Year Ed
16. Asura's Wrath "satisfies" God Hand 2 cravings
17. Mobile Games Roundup
18. Resident Evil 3DS re-uses console assets
19. UK top 40: Zumba sweats second week
20. Anonymous Sony Centre protest flops
21. Gamers' Voice slams The Wright Stuff
22. SSFIV Arcade Edition PC a "just cause"
23. Ono teases four-player SF x Tekken
24. We take Gears 3's visuals "for granted"
25. Gears of War 3: defining HD gaming
April 16, 2011
1. The Making of Crysis 2
April 15, 2011
1. Puzzle Agent on US PSN next week
2. THQ to rename Metro 2034?
3. Final Fantasy VI to get PSN release
4. Did Nintendo steal Final Fantasy art?
5. 'No kids' COD multiplayer dismissed
6. 4 million LittleBigPlanet levels shared
7. Play indie games, get PC Portal 2 early
8. DX11 patch for Shogun 2 in early May
9. Two Worlds II Pirates expansion revealed
10. Blizzard hiring for "unannounced game"
11. Gears of War 3: Multiplayer Beta
12. Next Nintendo console to use Blu-ray?
13. Download Games Roundup
14. Portal 2 Steam release today?
15. March US Xbox 360 sales detailed
16. PS3 worldwide sales: 50 million shipped
April 14, 2011
1. NPD: DS outsells 3DS in US debut month
2. Resident Evil Mercenaries VS. hits iOS
3. Eco-shooter Xotic announced for XBLA
4. "World's biggest" Pac-Man hits the web
5. Streets of Rage 2 on App Store now
6. More Army of Two incoming
7. No internet link needed for Witcher 2
8. Candella defends Alien Jihad game
9. Mario & Sonic at London Olympics sighted?
10. Is PEGI too tough?
11. Black Ops bigger than Avatar, Take That
12. Fable III difficulty increased on PC
13. Guild Wars 2: How to make MMOs better
14. Portal 2 exclusive interview
15. Black Ops mod tool kit due in May
16. You can buy SWTOR gold/credits now
17. Outland EU release date
18. Valve outs PS3 Portal 2 Steam features
19. Anonymous' "biggest ever attack"
20. Activision: You've got us all wrong
21. Oddworld dev to premier new game
April 13, 2011
1. Bungie wants Blizzard-esque rep
2. Digital art store launched for PS3, PSP
3. Disgaea 4 special edition shown off
4. New DS Kirby game detailed
5. Dissidia 012 DLC detailed
6. SSX release window announced
7. New Burnout Crash details revealed?
8. No iPhone 5 this year?
9. Did BioWare work on Jade Empire 2?
10. The most popular Resi Evil characters
11. Mona Lisa Halo motion comic release date
12. PS3 L.A. Noire cuffs exclusive case
13. Geohot vows to boycott Sony products
14. UK video game prices going up
15. Dynasty Warriors 7
16. Rare: Voice control the future for Kinect
17. EU PlayStation Store update 13th April
18. Evolution recounts MotorStorm launch
19. BioWare fixes DA: O server failure
20. Peter Harrap wants new Monty Mole
21. Capcom: REORC will be Slant 6's best game
22. Dead Rising 2: Off the Record
23. Dead Rising 2 dev defends Off the Record
24. PS3 owners "will embrace" Frank West
25. Valve's Half-Life dev hampered by Steam?
26. How Halo's monk chant music came to be
27. Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
28. Garry's Mod sets trap for pirates
29. Nintendo Wii price drop in May – report
30. Out This Week - 15/04/2011
31. Fallout: New Vegas patch due before DLC
April 12, 2011
1. New Dragon Age II PC patch goes live
2. SEGA stamps on Streets of Rage fan reboot
3. Tiger Woods 12 breaks series records
4. Nintendo farms out Ocarina of Time 3DS
5. Limbo, Shadow Complex in XBLA sale
6. Ubisoft unveils PowerUp Heroes for Kinect
7. Bilson: Homefront is "not a 71"
8. L.A. Noire has five hours of cutscenes
9. Arcade Edition ends Street Fighter IV
10. Dead Rising 2: Off the Record announced
11. Nintendo dates Ocarina of Time 3DS
12. Six SF x Tekken characters announced
13. SSFIV AE confirmed for consoles, PC
14. Dragon's Dogma
15. Geohot Sony settlement details leak
16. Fairchild Channel F inventor Lawson dies
17. Guitar Hero gets Paramore tracks, more
18. Brink PC system requirements
19. Eurogamer.net Podcast #64
20. Kingdom Under Fire II classes revealed
21. inFamous 2
22. Red Dead Redemption was for PS2, Xbox
23. Reader Review of the Month
24. Space Channel 5.2 XBLA PSN this summer
25. iPhone 5 release late 2011/early 2012?
26. Activision: Guitar Hero still alive
27. Remedy aims to beat L.A. Noire tech
28. Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury release date
29. New Tony Hawk game next year
30. SSFIV 3D Edition shifts one million
April 11, 2011
1. Pinball FX 2 gets new Mars table
2. Analyst: Geohotz suit will deter hackers
3. F2P coming to 360 next year – report
4. Ubisoft wants new console gen
5. Move outsells Kinect 2:1 in Japan
6. Ace Attorney Investigations 2 Japan-only?
7. Nintendo announces Solatorobo for DS
8. 3DS to sell 11.6 million in 2011 – report
9. Black Ops: Escalation DLC confirmed
10. Brink release date brought forward
11. GeoHotz settles with Sony
12. Next Fallout Vegas DLC Honest Hearts?
13. Bizarre staff recall Activision closure
14. TF2 community raises $430,000 for Japan
15. Mobile Games Roundup
16. BioWare: Mass Effect MMO "makes sense"
17. UK top 40: Zumba Fitness triumphs
18. Patapon 3
April 9, 2011
1. Xbox 360 vs. PlayStation 3: Round 30
2. Game of the Week: Revenge of the Titans
3. No Silver Lining
April 8, 2011
1. PSP maintains lead over 3DS in Japan
2. New Red Dead Redemption DLC next week
3. Sony CEO: DS is a "babysitting tool"
4. Nintendo struggles to find US dev partners
5. Sony announces EyePet & Friends
6. Disgaea 4 gets Autumn Europe release
7. Resistance 3 demo is PS Plus exclusive
8. Sony cuts Euro PSP price, snubs UK
9. Open SOCOM event in London tonight
10. Buy Dungeon Siege III, get DS1, DS2 free
11. First Dungeon Siege III co-op details
12. Funcom "tinkers" on new Longest Journey
13. DOWII Dark Angels free for US CE only
14. Xperia Play
15. Mass Effect 3 details - no multiplayer
16. Allods Online European release date
17. Persistent EA profiles "not far away"
18. Download Games Roundup
19. Kinectimals demo pounces onto Live
20. What's in the $300 edition of DiRT 3?
21. Jeri Ryan stars in Mortal Kombat: Legacy
22. Twisted Metal PS3 release date
April 7, 2011
1. Minecraft gets official release date
2. New Harvest Moon announced for DS, 3DS
3. Apple rejects PopCap's Unpleasant Horse
4. Deadliest Warrior: Legends announced
5. SSFIV Arcade Edition DLC confirmed?
6. Gran Turismo 5 clothing line launched
7. Ken Levine: sex in games is "silly"
8. 100 vintage Atari titles on App Store
9. Dungeon Siege III release delayed
10. Commodore 64 plans a comeback
11. Handy Facebook app shares 3DS codes
12. 7 years of Secret World content planned
13. Secret World "different game" on console
14. Mass Effect anime film for summer 2012
15. The Secret World
16. Super Meat Boy PC gets 140 new levels
17. Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal
18. Tales of Monkey Island: The Siege of Spinner Cay
19. Tales of Monkey Island: Season 1
20. Tales of Monkey Island in a box soon
21. Tales of Monkey Island gets box release
22. UFC fitness game pushed to June
23. Anonymous suspends PSN bombardment
24. EU PlayStation Store Update 6th April
25. Sony denies NGP Japan earthquake delay
26. SSX: Deadly Descents renamed SSX
27. WWE All Stars
28. The 3rd Birthday
29. Revenge of the Titans
30. PlayStation Home: What's new?
April 6, 2011
1. Minecraft earns ?20 million in revenue
2. Official StarCraft II mods released
3. Mystery concept art teases new Valve IP?
4. Capcom: Slant Six not as lazy as expected
5. Rugby World Cup 2011 announced
6. Virtua Tennis 4 demos are PS3 exclusive
7. Bizarre talks negative Activision influence
8. Epic rules out Infinity Blade on Android
9. Kameo 2 artwork leaks
10. Sniper Elite V2 announced for 2012
11. PlayStation Plus April and May content
12. Curate or Filter?
13. City of Heroes Issue 20 brings raids
14. Download Games Roundup
15. Section 8: Prejudice release date
16. Stacking add-on Lost Hobo King today
17. The Sims 3 Generations release date
18. DC Universe Heads or Tails patch out
19. Sonic Generations for 20th anniversary?
20. One Direction become Pokemon face
21. The Sims Medieval
April 5, 2011
1. EA announces NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
2. New Mass Effect novel announced
3. EA planned Dead Space 2 Wii port?
4. Sony Online: NGP "perfect" for MMOs
5. Buy Dragon Age II, get ME2 free
6. PopCap launches "experimental" label
7. Killzone 3 DLC priced, dated
8. Nintendo dismisses 3DS headaches story
9. Steel Diver gets UK 3DS date
10. Pitchford attacks Dead Space multiplayer
11. Eurogamer.net Podcast #63
12. COD: Black Ops Escalation DLC outed
13. Sony UK boss says cheerio after 17 years
14. Rayman 3D
15. SOE: Free Realms can reach 100 million
16. Sony tablet this summer - report
17. Japan quake could delay NGP until 2012
18. Anonymous attack on Sony gets personal
19. EVE Online: Reality Check
April 4, 2011
1. Ninja Gaiden 3 has multiplayer, more gore
2. XBLIG gets voice-controlled shooter
3. Bulletstorm PC demo goes live
4. Zampella/West claim Modern Warfare
5. World of Goo gets iPhone release
6. Final Fantasy V gets PSN release
7. Ubisoft announces Anno 2070
8. Out This Week - 08/04/2011
9. Max Payne 3 resurfaces with new details
10. NFS: Hot Pursuit PC patch 1.04 released
11. Anonymous hackers declare war on Sony
12. Allods Online official launch "very soon"
13. Burnout Crash a spin-off for XBLA, PSN?
14. Mobile Games Roundup
15. Sony Online delays PlanetSide Next
16. UK top 40: Crysis 2 denies Shift 2
17. Islands of Wakfu
April 1, 2011
1. PSP Japan's best-selling console in 2010
2. Madden co-creator sues EA for billions
3. The Making of MotorStorm Apocalypse
4. Slapped Down
5. Joy Division DLC for Rock Band 3
6. New FFXIV producer admits launch failings
7. Japan gets New Super Mario arcade game
8. Back to the Future ep. 1 now free
9. Worldwide PS3 numbers pass 360 – report
10. For and Against: Violence in video games
11. Championship Manager hits Facebook
12. Game of the Week: MotorStorm Apocalypse
13. Nintendo announces UK 3DS sales figures
14. Sony defends PS3 Music Unlimited price
15. For and Against: Fanboyism
16. Cave Story 3DS confirmed for Europe
17. Mega Man creator returns to video games
18. Persona 3 Portable EU release date
19. Kaos promises "exciting" Homefront DLC
20. Star Trek Online gets Foundry tools
21. The 60 Xperia Play games
22. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D
23. Portals, gravity shifts dropped for Prey 2
24. Metacritic dev scores gone for good
25. Platinum: "industry deeply saddens us"
26. Gods Eater Burst