Assassin’s Creed 2 DRM Tweaked in First PC Patch, While Crackers Reportedly Break DRM Outright
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While Ubisoft Montreal’s open-world murder simulator Assassin’s Creed 2 won’t hit North American PCs until March 16, a patch has already been issued with changes including a tweaking of the controversial DRM scheme that requires players be online.
Rather than being kicked back to the last checkpoint should their connection drop out–as was originally the case–players will be able to resume the game “from the exact same point” when they reconnect....
Sacked Call of Duty Makers Sue Activision over Royalties and Brand Rights
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Infinity Ward co-founders Jason West and Vince Zampella have filed a lawsuit against Activision after the pair were fired from the Call of Duty developer on Monday, accused by the video games leviathan of “breaches of contract and insubordination.”
“The suit was filed to vindicate the rights of West and Zampella to be paid the compensation they have earned, as well as the contractual rights Activision granted to West and Zampella to control Modern Warfare-branded...
Tomb Raider Lara Croft’s Next Adventure Announced
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Tomb Raider: Underworld developer Crystal Dynamics today announced ’Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light,’ a downloadable title that may or may not be the next proper instalment in the long-running grave-robbing action adventure series.
“This is a really exciting project for Crystal Dynamics, we have created something completely new and very different to what people might be expecting,” said general manager Darrell Gallagher in a press statement. “We...
Batman: Arkham Asylum ’Game of the Year Edition’ Brings 3D Visuals to Consoles
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An enhanced re-release of Rocksteady’s acclaimed action-adventure Batman: Arkham Asylum will hit Europe and “other PAL territories” on March 26, publisher Square Enix announced today, with no word yet on an accompanying North American edition.
Most notably, the “Game of the Year Edition” coming to PlaySation 3 and Xbox 360 includes 3D glasses to take advantage of the added TriOviz 3D support, said to be “compatible with all standard and high...
Pick up Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 3 for free
Posted by Game News on Mar 03, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Want to get the third episode of PlayStation 3 puzzler, Blue Toad Murder Files, free of charge?
Relentless Software, the developer behind episodic murder mystery Blue Toad Murder Files, is feeling rather generous. Until the end of March 2010, Episode 3 of the wacky whodunnit will be free to download if you already own Episode 1.
Available from PlayStation Store, Episodes 1 and 2 have proven popular with puzzle fans, so if you’ve not already downloaded the family friendly Blue Toad Murder Files,...
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC Review
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Millions of people are still playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 online, racking up killstreaks and punking each other with noob tubes constantly. It was the biggest entertainment launch in history, with well over a billion dollars in sales so far. And maybe it’s still good enough to enamor a few gamers, but discerning fans of team-based shooters have finally gotten sick of it. When it comes to multiplayer action, Modern Warfare 2 didn’t push the genre forward...
Nugget From The Net: The Onion On PlayStation 3 Outage
Posted by G4TV on Mar 03, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The Playstation 3 24-hour blockage has made the big time. And by "big time" I mean The Onion posted a satirical article about it. Today, The Onion posed this to three "random" men/women on the street: "A programming bug in Sony’s PlayStation 3 caused error messages to crop up this week, and the manufacturer urged owners not to use the gaming console for 24 hours. What do you think?"
My favorite answer:
"Yeah, my son was pretty p*ssed. My son is the head of...
Argos starts pre-owned games trade
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UK gamers have yet another option for second-hand software on the High Street – with Argos setting up its own pre-owned service.
The news follows Asda and Tesco’s decision to do the same – bringing new competition to the likes of GAME, Gamestation and HMV. Trade site MCV reported this morning that The retailer is inviting customers to trade-in Xbox 360, PS3, Wii and DS games in 27 of its 735 stores.
However, the firm is only accepting select games. Full details are available on...
Itagaki’s new studio is Valhalla
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Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden dude, Tomonobu Itagaki has joined upstart developer, Valhalla Game Studios as CTO.
Speaking in the latest issue of Famitsu (via Andriasang), it’s revealed that Itagaki will be overseeing the game development division of the studio, which was originally founded by another former Tecmo employee, Satoru Kanematsu last year. As for what he’s working on, Famitsu doesn’t manage to get anything out of the always-shades-wearing designer, except that he believes...
TT Games extends LEGO contract
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Warner has extended its existing contract with Lego to make games based on the popular brick characters until 2016.
That means there should be plenty more Lego titles developed by Warner-owned TT Games over the next few years. First up will be the previously announced Lego Harry Potter game. But don’t be surprised to see more Star Wars, Batman, Indy and Rock Band ones either – apparently the series has sold close to 50 million copies to date.
“We are very fortunate to have the...
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