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Company of Heroes Online Open Beta Launches in North America

Justin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:06:33 +0000

Plus free in-game item package for early adopters

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. September 2, 2010 — THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today launches the Company of Heroes®Online Open Beta for North America, with an exclusive in-game content package available for those creating accounts by September 8.

Developed by THQ’s Relic Entertainment studio, creators of the award-winning Company of Heroes® [...]

Dead Rising 2 (PC PS3 Xbox360) ‘Bring Your Friend’ Dev Diary

Justin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:03:40 +0000

Video Games | Dead Rising 2 | Exclusive Bring Your Friend Developer Diary XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

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Activision and Cabela’s announce ‘Hunt Across America Tour’

Justin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:00:49 +0000

Highly anticipated TOP SHOT ELITE will be unveiled

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 – Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) and Cabela’s today announced details on its forthcoming “Hunt Across America Tour”. This nationwide tour allows hunting enthusiasts and gamers alike to be among the first to play the Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2011 and Cabela’s North [...]

SEGA announces Empire: Total War – Gold Edition

Justin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:52:07 +0000

With over 7 million units sold and universal acclaim from the press and community, Total War has consistently been at the cutting edge of the strategy genre for 10 years and is today one of the most successful PC franchises of all time.

On October 19th, the critically acclaimed Empire Total WarTM and its dramatic sequel [...]

Conduit 2 pushed back to 2011

Justin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:23:13 +0000

Nintendojo is reporting that Sega and High Voltage have told them that Conduit 2 has been pushed back from its original November 2nd release date to the first quarter of 2011. No official reason was given for the delay but it’s a good bet that Sega wanted to put some distance between Conduit [...]

Batman The Brave and the Bold the Videogame (DS Wii) Launch Trailer

Justin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:04:45 +0000

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Japan Hardware Sales: 08/23/10 – 08/29/10

Justin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:57:15 +0000

PSP - 55,112 PS3 - 25,053 DSi LL - 19,010 DSi - 17,057 Wii - 15,989 DS Lite - 3,925 Xbox 360 - 2,665 PS2 - 1,358 PSP go - 836

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Closing Bell – 09/02/10

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:54:10 +0000

Ubisoft announces ‘Bloody Good Time’ for XBLA and Steam

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:44:37 +0000

UBISOFT® INVITES PLAYERS TO HAVE A “BLOODY GOOD TIME™” ON XBOX LIVE ARCADE AND STEAM®

SAN FRANCISCO- September 2, 2010 – Today, Ubisoft® announced that Bloody Good Time™, a new intellectual property being developed by Outerlight, will be released on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft [...]

Mass Effect 2 – Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC Trailer

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:31:42 +0000

Video Games | Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker | DLC Debut Trailer XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

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ECA Rallies Industry Support For The Upcoming Violence In Video Games U.S. Supreme Court Case

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:29:32 +0000

SEATTLE, WA – September 2, 2010 – The Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA), the non-profit membership organization that represents gamers, today revealed a list of new partners that have offered their support to the ECA and the gamer petition campaign. The numerous companies involved are showing their support by promoting the petition and increasing the awareness [...]

GameStop Agrees To Pull Medal of Honor From Military Stores ‘Out Of Respect’

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:19:40 +0000

“GameStop has agreed out of respect for our past and present men and women in uniform we will not carry Medal of Honor in any of our [Army and Air Force Exchange Service]-based stores… As such, GameStop agreed to have all marketing material pulled by noon today and to stop taking reservations. Customers who enter our [...]

DJ Hero 2 (PS3 Wii Xbox360) RZA Trailer

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:57:04 +0000

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Red Dead Redemption sales pushing 7m units worldwide

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:53:21 +0000

From Take-Two’s Q3 earnings report:

Rockstar Games launched Red Dead Redemption on May 18, during the Company’s third fiscal quarter. The title has sold in over 6.9 million units worldwide to date and has been a commercial and critical success, with a near-perfect score of 95* from Metacritic.com.

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LA Noire officially delayed until 2011

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:47:32 +0000

As speculated last week Take-Two announced in their Q3 earnings report that LA Noire has been delayed until “the first half of calendar 2011″. No reason for the delay was given in the press release.

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Take-Two Reports Q3 Fiscal 2010 Financial Results, Revenue More Than Triples

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:37:49 +0000

In thousands of U.S. dollars

Three months ended 07/31/10

Net Revenue – $354,076 [Compared to $94,929 three months ended 07/31/09] Net Income (loss) – $5,920 [Compared to $(56,465) three months ended 07/31/09]

Full press release and link after the break.

Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $0.28 Exceeds Guidance

Guidance Raised for Fiscal 2010; Company Expects to Report Non-GAAP EPS of $0.60 to [...]

Mega Man Universe (PS3 Xbox360) First Gameplay Trailers

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:26:32 +0000

From what I can tell it looks like you play through traditional Mega Man type levels with whatever version of Mega Man you want (or other Capcom characters [No Way!!]). Two more videos past the break.

Capcom wants Resident Evil 6 to launch ASAP, news coming ‘soon’

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:03:37 +0000

“Given the great success which led to us Resident Evil 5, we want Resident Evil 6 to hit the market as soon as possible. In fact, Capcom will have news about this soon…” – Keiji Inafune, global head of production at Capcom

I’ve been ok with the departure from traditional survival horror in the [...]

Treyarch currently running Black Ops internal beta, no plans for public beta

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:51:02 +0000

“We’re already doing an internal beta with all sorts of Activision studios – thousands of people are participating in our beta… That’s the only formal beta that we’re planning at the moment. There were a lot of misconceptions, confusion and Google ads. There was some speculation that we’d be launching a public beta tonight [...]

Triton Tech files motion control lawsuit against Apple and Nintendo

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:38:00 +0000

The lawsuit, filed this week by Triton Tech of Texas, names both Apple and Nintendo as defendants. Triton is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 5,181,181, entitled “Computer Apparatus Input Device for Three-Dimensional Information.”

That patent describes a handheld device that includes multiple accelerometers and angular rate sensors for detecting positioning and motion.

Full report here.

Hothead Games bringing Swarm and DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue to PAX

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:28:51 +0000

PAX attendees to get first live demo of Swarm and DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue

Vancouver, Canada — September 2, 2010 — Indie developer Hothead Games will feature their two latest video games at the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, Washington from September 3 to 5.

In addition to hourly live game play demos of both Swarm and [...]

‘Crackdown 2′ Packs a Punch with New ‘Toy Box’ Game Add, Available Today

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:17:58 +0000

LONDON – 2 September 2010 – Cars, ammo, jetpacks and more. These are the things that make you go boom! “Crackdown 2” makes an explosive return with the title’s first Game Add-on, “Toy Box,” available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace starting today. With two content packs that will satisfy every thrill seeker, Microsoft Game [...]

Medal of Honor – Chopper Gameplay

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:07:14 +0000

Video Games | Medal of Honor | The MoH Experience: Gunfighters XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

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PR – Join Forces With Legendary Pokemon in Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs This Winter

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:01:02 +0000

Get ready for an exciting adventure in the third instalment of the action-packed Pokémon Ranger Series: Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs as it arrives across Europe for the Nintendo DS family of consoles on 5th November 2010.

Take on the role of a Pokémon Ranger tasked with protecting the local people and wild Pokémon from the nasty [...]

Hudson Soft Launches ‘Hudson Gate’ In PlayStation Home

Justin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:55:56 +0000

PlayStation 3 Owners Immerse themselves with Hudson Branded Premium Items, Mini Game and More

Minato-ku, Tokyo – September 2, 2010– PlayStation 3 owners can now immerse themselves in a world of Hudson Soft as the company launches “Hudson Gate” for PlayStation®Home. The portal lounge area will serve as a home-base for all things Hudson including games, [...]