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Polyphony driving sim back in pole position after unseating Black Ops.
Gran Turismo 5 is back on top of the Nordic all-format software chart, which covers Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden in sales of combined SKUs, for the week ending December 5, with last week’s chart-topper Call of Duty: Black Ops dropping back to second place. -
New cars, Trophies and Achievements.
Criterion’s announced Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit’s first premium downloadable content pack.
The Super Sports content pack adds 13 new race and pursuit events and three new supercars: Porsche 911 GT2 RS, GUMPERT Apollo S and Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport. Each is available as a cop and a racer.
The video announcing the pack, which you can see below, confirms the addition of fresh Achievements and Trophies. New events include “Cut to the Chase”, “Pushing the Envelope” and “Any Means Necessary”.
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“We want her to get damaged.”
Tits and arse aren’t the most important thing this time around for Lara Croft. Youth and, by association, vulnerability are – Lara Croft is a battleaxe with “Amazonian proportions” no longer.
“We wanted to make a girl that was somewhat familiar, yet had a special quality about her something in the way her eyes look and her expression in her face that makes you want to care for her,” art director Brian Horton explained to Game Informer.
“Her skin is still bare on the arms and there are going to be rips and tears on her clothes, but it won’t be about being revealing. It’s a way of saying that through these tough situations, there is a beauty and vulnerability coming through. I think that is sexy in its own way.
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The company behind Kinect’s 3D sensor opens up Kinect and other devices for use on different platforms.PrimeSense, developer of the technology used in Microsoft’s Kinect peripheral for Xbox 360, has released open-source drivers for its sensor and set up a new organisation to promote Natural Interaction (NI) devices, applications and middleware.
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Management of every area changed as Square Enix offers “sincerest of apologies,” promises changes, delays PS3 version, extends free play period indefinitely.
When the latest Final Fantasy massively multiplayer online game came out, it met a volley of criticism from players and critics alike. Today, Square Enix apologised to players, promised a further extension of the game’s free trial period, announced a complete management restructuring and confirmed the PS3 version would miss its March 2011 ship date.
The most high-profile departure is producer/director Hiromichi Tanaka, who has stepped down and been replaced by Naoki Yoshida. In a statement accompanying the news, Tanaka apologised for the current state of Final Fantasty XIV, taking full responsiblity for the game’s shortcomings. While Tanaka is stepping down from his current roles, he will “be continuing to support the development team in other capacities.”
As well as a new director, the project now has a new assistant director, lead game designer, lead combat system designer, lead programmer and lead artist, among others. The new team will be producing game updates more regularly, according to Square Enix. There are two scheduled before the end of the year, with more details on their content to follow.
Confirming the PS3 version delay, Square Enix “humbly” asked for players’ “continued patience and understanding.” The firm said the game would not hit Sony’s platform until it was “confident that the game has reached the level of enjoyability and service befitting the Final Fantasy name.”
Square Enix president and CEO Yoichi Wada apologised to fans for the state of game and pledged to extend the game’s free trial period “until we are able to confidently present [players] with a concrete plan outlining Final Fantasy XIV’s new direction.”
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“Phenom Booter” cripples shooter.
A Manchester teenager was arrested after preventing thousands of players from logging on to Call of Duty using a DDOS program.
The 17 year-old was arrested on suspicion of offences under the Computer Misuse Act after using his own malicious Denial of Service program, called Phenom Booter, to prevent others from playing Activision’s FPS online.
Scotland Yard’s Central e-Crime Unit traced the teenager’s IP address after Activision contacted the police in September.
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Has multiplayer.
Mass Effect 3 will be revealed at this weekend’s Spike TV Video Game Awards show, Joystiq claims.
A “trusted source” reckons the teaser clip released last month, which depicts a sniper set within a war torn environment, is taken from Mass Effect 3.
The game is also rumoured to feature multiplayer. If true it would be a first for the series.
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Square Enix caves to fan demand.
PlayStation Portable action game The 3rd Birthday will have a shower scene because fans demanded it.
In August director Hajime Tabata said the game, which features sexy starlet Aya Brea, would not include a shower scene because there wasn’t a place to put it in.
The news disappointed long-term fans of the Parasite Eve series Parasite Eve II included a brief but steamy shower scene.
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Cites “early blockbuster success” for Move.
PlayStation 3 sales were well under half that of Xbox 360 during November, typically the biggest shopping month of the year. What’s Sony got to say about that?
“This holiday season PlayStation celebrates,” Patrick Seybold told Industry Gamers, deftly ignoring the point but addressing the Call of Duty fuelled growth of the videogame industry as a whole.
“The early blockbuster success of PlayStation Move has undoubtedly helped to pave the way for us as we head into 2011.
