DC Universe Online F2P launch set for November 1
Posted by Game Spot on Oct 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
SOE’s superhero MMORPG will go free-to-play for PC and PlayStation 3 players next week; additional characters, powers, and DLC available for purchase.
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Last month, Sony Online Entertainment announced its massively multiplayer online role-playing game DC Universe Online will introduce a free-to-play option on top of its current subscription-based model.
At the time, SOE executive producer Lorin Jameson...
The Haunted: Hell’s Reach Review
Posted by Game Spot on Oct 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Over-the-top difficulty and some strange design decisions make The Haunted: Hell’s Reach extremely frustrating.
The Good
Outrageous amount of gore
Varied level design with lots of spooky architecture
Enjoyable mix of shooting and melee combat.
The Bad
Extreme difficulty, even on the easiest setting
Match rules regarding spawning and health are overly punitive and annoying.
Shooting zombies should not be this frustrating. Third-person multiplayer shooter...
Bethesda appeal to halt Fallout Online development denied
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Interplay’s production of post-apocalyptic MMORPG can continue as injunction appeal is rejected.
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The legal wrangling between Bethesda Softworks and Interplay over the use of the Fallout license continues. The latest development comes in the form of good news for Fallout Online developer Interplay, as a court ruling has again fallen in its favor.
The bottom hasn’t...
EA to add third-party games to Origin
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Warner Bros., THQ, and Capcom ink deal to bring first outside offerings to Madden publisher’s digital storefront next month; Origin user base tops 6 million.
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The Origin digital storefront and games platform launched in the summer with a range of EA-published titles, including Spore, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and Burnout Paradise. After four months of availability, the service’s library of...
Battlefield 3 ships 10 million
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EA says DICE-developed shooter has biggest day-one ship in company history; Q2 revs jump 13% to $715 million.
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EA and DICE have been expecting big things from their contemporary war fighter Battlefield 3, and thus far, the game appears to be delivering. As part of its July-September earnings report today, the publisher said that Battlefield 3 has shipped 10 million units, with retailers already requesting...
Little Big Planet 2 gets Special Edition, Move bundle
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Media Molecule’s puzzle-platformer reissued with downloadable content pack-ins; joins new motion-controller package for holidays.
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Sony has offered various PlayStation Move bundles since the motion controller launched last September, and Little Big Planet 2 is the latest to get the pack-in treatment. The new Little Big Planet 2: Special Edition included in the forthcoming bundle will also be available...
Mass Effect Goes Multiplayer
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Mass Effect 3 is getting a cooperative, horde-style multiplayer mode. Here’s what we learned after trying it firsthand.
“Rest assured, it’s nothing of what you’ve feared.” That’s what Mass Effect 3 executive producer Casey Hudson said via Facebook when the game’s cooperative online multiplayer mode was announced. This brought a sigh of relief to some, while others cringed at seeing “Mass Effect” and “multiplayer”...
I Am Alive – What You Thought Is Probably Wrong
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After three years of mostly silence, we finally find out what I Am Alive is really about.
At the 2008 Electronic Entertainment Expo, Ubisoft first revealed I Am Alive. We were under the impression that it would be a survival game that took place in Chicago with you playing the role of Adam Collins, a white-collared worker trying to stay alive after a massive earthquake destroyed much of the city. The game went dark shortly thereafter with rumors of its cancelation...
Phoenix Wright movie in session February 11
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Big-screen adaptation of courtroom adventure series gets Japanese release date; first trailer to debut on November 5.
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The last news gamers heard about the upcoming Phoenix Wright (or Gyakuten Saiban) live-action movie was confirmation of the director (Takeshi Miike), its release window, and the list of actors on the project. Just recently, Capcom announced a firm release date for the movie: February 11...
Spike to release Conception RPG
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PSP title to feature “baby-making” party creation system via 12 star maidens.
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Very few role-playing games focus on the protagonist’s struggle to conceive offspring in order to continue with the game’s narrative. At least until now.
According to a recent Famitsu report, video game developer Spike recently announced an RPG called Conception: Ore no Kodomo o Unde kure! (translated...
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