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Animus stress how nice that is.
Ubisoft must be feeling festive, because on 14th December it will release a free lump of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood DLC on both PS3 and Xbox 360.
Dubbed the Animus Project 1.0, the add-on twists the existing Alliance multiplayer mode into Advanced Alliance. This is in addition to the original mode.
Advanced Alliance will be more challenging – something to do with target identification and engagement – and be playable by three teams of two players each.
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De Niro, Pesci play dad, uncle.
Mark Wahlberg has officially been cast as Nathan Drake in the forthcoming movie version of Naughty Dog’s PlayStation 3 exclusive Uncharted series.
The former Funky Bunch lynchpin revealed the news in an interview with MTV’s Multiplayer blog, stating that Three Kings director David O Russell hopes to start filming in the summer.
“David is one of the best writer/directors I’ve ever worked with,” said Wahlberg. “The idea that he has is just insane.”
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Says Sony Europe founder Chris Deering.
Can the PlayStation 3 beat the overwhelming sales success of PlayStation 2? Chris Deering, the founding president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, thinks it can – “maybe more”.
Speaking exclusively to Eurogamer – as part of a sweeping exploration of the life and times of PS2-era Sony through the mouths of those that shaped it – Deering said when the PS3 Slim price falls, sky’s the limit.
“I think it can sell as many as PS2, maybe more,” Deering revealed.
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Late event will feature lectures on game theory and preservation as well as a range of interactive exhibits.
The Science Museum, based in South Kensington, London, is hosting a free event tonight all about games. The Late program is a regular fixture for the museum, but tonight’s is the first one to be based on gaming.
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Plus: UK-wide GT5 competition underway.
Sony’s great 3D push has kicked on today with the release of Gran Turismo 5 – the first stereoscopic 3D racing game on the market, apparently, presumably if you don’t count WipEout HD, Ridge Racer 7, et al.
To celebrate, Sony’s doing a deal: buy any Sony 3DTV and get – for free – a PS3, a copy of Gran Turismo 5, a 3D transmitter and two pairs of 3D glasses. That amounts to around £500 of freebies, we’re told.
A Sony Bravia LX903 telly costs £4,499, according to Sony’s website.
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Adopting Project Ten Dollar-like stance.
Bundling download codes for extra content in pristine boxed copies of games is trendy – even Disney’s doing it.
Tron: Evolution will gift extra multiplayer maps and skins to anyone who buys the game legitimately, new, from a shop. It’s meant to discourage second-hand sales.
The extra maps – Codestream Nexus and User’s Plaza – will take the game’s multiplayer total to six.
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Mechanize addition to the game.
Front Mission Evolved now has its own wave-based co-operative multiplayer mode called Last Stand.
This involves you and a friend taking on progressively more challenging waves of enemies. How long can you last?
Last Stand costs £4/5 or 400 Microsoft Points.
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Japanese retailer says Microsoft’s device is "off to a pretty rough start".
According to Japanese media retailer Tsutaya, Kinect’s early sales in Japan have been disappointing following its recent launch in the territory. As reported by 1UP Tsutaya merchandiser Taketo Matsuo said in a weekly retail forecast that the device is "off to a pretty rough start", adding that it’s selling at around 25 per cent of Sony’s PlayStation Move figures.
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CEA issues a statement saying that Nintendo will not be on the show floor.
Following yesterday’s news that Nintendo would be returning to CES following a 16 year absence, the Consumer Electronics Association has issued a press release saying that it erroneously included Nintendo among the companies exhibiting.
