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He’s making a WWII FPS for Sniper studio.
Stuart Black, the man behind classic PlayStation 2 FPS Black, has joined City Interactive following his departure from Codemasters last month.
According to Gamasutra, Black will serve as creative director of the Polish publisher’s new London office.
The veteran developer has announced that his first game for City will be, “an exciting new story-driven WWII shooter that will emphasize high adventure in a genre that’s become bogged down in reverence and historical accuracy.”
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Capcom sets release window for Xbox 360-exclusive addendum to zombie action game, confirms return of photography gameplay mechanic.
Gamers who finished September’s Dead Rising 2 know the zombie action game leaves some plot points unresolved. Those loose ends may be tied up soon, as Capcom today confirmed a December launch window for the game’s downloadable epilogue, Dead Rising 2: Case West.
The Xbox 360-exclusive Case West features the return of Frank West, the protagonist of the original Dead Rising, as well as his camera. Frank will team up with Chuck Greene, star of Dead Rising 2, to uncover the truth about Phenotrans, the pharmaceutical company behind the Zombrex medication that treats (but doesn’t cure) people infected by the undead hordes.
Set at Phenotrans’ Fortune City facility, Case West will see the undeath-defying characters resort to their old tricks. The original game’s picture-taking gameplay and the sequel’s duct tape-driven weapon combinations will both return, with both Chuck and Frank able to snap pics and wield an amalgamated arsenal of odds and ends.
Case West will be the second downloadable Dead Rising offshoot, bookending the story of the original game along with August’s Dead Rising 2: Case Zero. Also an Xbox 360 exclusive, Case Zero served as a prequel to the full game, telling the story of how and why Chuck found himself in Fortune City just in time for a catastrophic zombie outbreak.
For more on the series, check out GameSpot’s reviews of Dead Rising 2: Case Zero and Dead Rising 2. For more on Case West, read GameSpot’s previous coverage.
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Shooter’s $15 expansion pack comes to PC Dec. 18, hitting consoles on Dec. 21; VIP Map Pack 7 dropping tomorrow.
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“Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam drops in December” was posted by Eddie Makuch on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:26:21 -0800 -
Sources claim Nathan Drake’s third adventure title will feature Raiders of the Lost Ark-like desert locales; full reveal expected next month.
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“Uncharted 3 to be set in the desert?” was posted by Eddie Makuch on Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:20:07 -0800 -
Sony announces new global sales statistics for LED-capped wand central to motion-sensing system that debuted in September.
Just one day after Microsoft announced it had sold 2.5 million Kinect units in 25 days, Sony has fired back, announcing new sales figures for its motion-control technology, the PlayStation Move.
Since debuting in mid-September in North America and Europe, and in October in Japan, the PlayStation Move controller has sold over 4.1 million units worldwide. Sony did not announce sales numbers for other Move system components, such as the PlayStation Eye or navigation controller.
The PlayStation Move launched in Europe on September 15, North America on September 17, and in Japan on October 21. The system consists of the LED-capped wand controller and the PlayStation Eye camera, and it is available in a variety of configurations. Controllers are sold on their own for $50, bundled with the PlayStation Eye camera and minigames compilation Sports Champions for $100, or with all that and a 320GB PlayStation 3 for $400.
Although games like Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 sell for full price, a line of first-party PlayStation Move-specific games sells for just $40 each. There are currently 24 Move-compatible games on the market, with another 16 planned to ship by March 31.
Looking ahead, two of Sony’s flagship franchises’ latest installments–Killzone 3 and Little Big Planet 2–will ship with PlayStation Move support.
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[UPDATE] Sony announces new global shipment statistics for LED-capped wand central to motion-sensing system that debuted in September.
Just one day after Microsoft announced it had sold 2.5 million Kinect units in 25 days, Sony has fired back, announcing new sales figures for its motion-control technology, the PlayStation Move.
Since debuting in mid-September in North America and Europe, and in October in Japan, the PlayStation Move controller has sold over 4.1 million units worldwide. Sony did not announce sales numbers for other Move system components, such as the PlayStation Eye or navigation controller.
[UPDATE] Sony has since clarified its initial announcement, saying that the 4.1 million figure represents “global sales for the company” to retailers–i.e. units shipped. “While we don’t disclose our exact sell-through number, the key is that our retailers continue to ask for more Move units and are taking every unit we can supply them with based on their sales,” a rep told GameSpot.
The PlayStation Move launched in Europe on September 15, North America on September 17, and in Japan on October 21. The system consists of the LED-capped wand controller and the PlayStation Eye camera, and it is available in a variety of configurations. Controllers are sold on their own for $50, bundled with the PlayStation Eye camera and minigames compilation Sports Champions for $100, or with all that and a 320GB PlayStation 3 for $400.
Although games like Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 sell for full price, a line of first-party PlayStation Move-specific games sells for just $40 each. There are currently 24 Move-compatible games on the market, with another 16 planned to ship by March 31.
Looking ahead, two of Sony’s flagship franchises’ latest installments–Killzone 3 and Little Big Planet 2–will ship with PlayStation Move support.
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Company’s US division sends out invites to registered customers to try its online gaming console.Japan-based electronics company Panasonic has invited selected US residents to test its Jungle game device.
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Hits out at the “grind” and “irrelevant” cars.
As the battle of the simulation racers heats up, one developer has revealed exactly what he thinks of his rivals.
That developer is Shift 2: Unleashed’s lead designer Andy Tutor, who had some choice words for Sony’s Gran Turismo 5 and Microsoft’s Forza 3 when Eurogamer interviewed him to discuss his upcoming game.
“Those two games are on pedestals at the moment,” he said. “When we’re thinking about what we want to do in this game, it’s not a numbers game. We’re not going to add a thousand irrelevant cars.
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Cortex your friends about this.
Kinect game Dr. Kawshima’s Body and Brain Exercises will be released on 11th February 2011, Namco Bandai has announced.
Think Brain Training but instead of answering the questions with a stylus you answer them with your body. What’s the time? Move your arms as if you were a clock. A giant clock.
And there are plenty of other challenges stuffed in: maths, logic, reflex, memory – over 20 activities in all.
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Research firm projects annual revenues will nearly double those of last year as in-app billing leads the charge.
A new study by UK-based research firm Juniper predicts that revenues from purchases made within app games, similar to the free-to-play model, are on track to exceed $11 billion annually in five years’ time.
