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“It’s very easy to sequel a product.”
Other companies making sports games wait for new consoles before they take risks – but EA doesn’t, not any more, head honcho John Riccitiello has boasted.
Take the recent decision to pull NBA Elite: the basketball game wasn’t ready because it was more ambitious than a routine annual sequel should be, apparently, and delays aren’t an option when you need to stay toe-to-toe with a real-life sporting season – fans won’t tolerate it.
So EA handed NBA 2K11 a golden platter: a rival-free season of sales.
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Miles is in prison.
In Ace Attorney Investigations 2 eccentric prosecutor Miles Edgeworth is in prison.
He’s not a prisoner he’s investigating some nefarious goings on with sidekick Kay Faraday.
The game’s official site splurges the details (translated by Andriasang), along with some new screens you can see below.
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Call for “testing and tuning” of various new features, open to all TF2 owners.Developer and distributor Valve has announced a public phase for its online shooter Team Fortress 2 to test “new technologies without the risk of breaking the game”.
The beta is open to anyone with a copy of the game installed and is accessed via the Steam Library.
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US government drops prosecution “based on fairness and justice.”In the third day of the Xbox 360 modchip case, which accused defendant Matthew Crippen of hacking consoles to run pirated software, prosecutor Allen Chiu told the judge: “The government has decided to dismiss the indictment.”
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“Sorry.”
Sony has pulled a U-turn on its decision to include stereoscopic 3D in upcoming PS3 exclusive LittleBigPlanet 2.
On the US PlayStation blog, Sony’s Mark Valledor informed a reader: “Sorry, no 3D this time around.”
LittleBigPlanet 2 was one of the games Sony listed as a headline PS3 torch-carrier at E3 this summer. Why Sony and Media Molecule have decided against the visual output of the future we’ll endeavour to find out.
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Arcade Edition only for now…
The heavily rumoured addition of Evil Ryu and Oni Akuma to Super Street Fighter IV has been confirmed for the Japanese-only Arcade Edition.
In a new trailer released today (spotted by Eventhubs) an image showing Evil Ryu and Oni Akuma can be seen around the 2 minute 20 second mark. Check it out below.
It’s not clear at this stage whether the dastardly duo are playable characters, but it’s a good bet. And let’s hope so, Evil Ryu was great in Street Fighter Alpha 3.
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Bravia-o.
Sony has constructed a Bravia television that has a built-in PlayStation 2. It can be yours right now for £199.
The Sony BRAVIA KDL-22PX300 measures 22″, supports 720p and has a PS2 built into the stand – where its feet would be if it were human. And it’s in the base where you can stuff games or DVDs.
The telly has Bravia Internet Video Access for sites like YouTube, Lovefilm and BBC iPlayer. The KDL-22PX300 comes with one PS2 controller and also has on-board sound.
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Due out autumn 2011.
The developer behind downloadable hits The Maw, ‘Splosion Man and Comic Jumper has announced its next game: Ms. Splosion Man.
It’s due out autumn 2011 and has an obvious connection with 2009’s Xbox Live Arcade exclusive ‘Splosion Man, a game Dan Whitehead awarded 7/10 in Eurogamer’s review.
Twisted Pixel CCO Josh Bear told Joystiq: “We could have churned out new levels [for ‘Splosion Man], but we wouldn’t have had the time to add in new gameplay puzzles or cool new character stuff. But we didn’t just want to do ‘Splosion Man 2, it had to be something a little more interesting. That is why we decided to do MSM.”
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GameSpot AU recounts the high points and low points of the fight to get an adult classification for video games Down Under.
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“Biggest Aussie R18+ Stories of 2010 ” was posted by Dan Chiappini on Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:18:36 -0800 -
$10 pack of four tables set for release as Xbox 360 Pinball FX2 add-on December 8, stand-alone PS3 title on December 14.
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“Marvel Pinball dated, priced” was posted by Brendan Sinclair on Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:35:40 -0800