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The Three Musketeers: Constance Announced and ScreensRelease date is still to be announced
GamersHell Saturday, October 24, 2009Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Screens #5Five new screens from the NDS format
GamersHell Saturday, October 24, 2009Land of Chaos Online Announced and ScreensA release date is still to be announced
GamersHell Saturday, October 24, 2009MySpace Trying To Regain Lost Ground With Games and MusicOver the past several years, MySpace has lost a significant amount of the
social networking market to competitors like Facebook. Now, MySpace is trying to recapture lost interest by increasing the site's focus on games and music, as well as keeping an eye out for new technologies that would directly benefit their users. "[News Corp.'s Jonathan Miller] said he is 'obsessed' with real-time
technology, such as the one Twitter has exploited in its social networking and microblogging
service, and he wants to see MySpace incorporate it. He also said MySpace is lagging by having a platform that has been 'too closed' to external developers, something that he wants to see changed, especially for the sake of MySpace's
gaming
offerings. In addition, he wants to see MySpace push ahead in mobile."Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Saturday, October 24, 2009Are Game Publishers a Necessary Evil, Or Just Necessary?An editorial at GameSetWatch examines whether game publishers really deserve all the flak they get from
gamers
and developers alike. While some questionable decisions can certainly be laid at their feet, they're also responsible for making a lot of good game projects happen. Quoting: "The trouble comes when the money and the creativity appear to be at odds. ... Developers and publishers often have a curious relationship. The best analogy I can think of is that of parent and child. The publisher or parent thinks it knows best, because it's been there before (shipped more games), and because 'it's my money, so you'll live by my rules.' The developer — or child — is rebellious, and thinks it has all the answers. In many ways, it does know more than the parent, and is closer to what's innovative, but maybe hasn't figured out how to hone that energy yet"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Slashdot Saturday, October 24, 2009Battlefield 3 coming from EAIn the works at DiCE, nowCall of what? EA certainly isn't flustered, the firm confirming this weekend that Battlefield 3 is in development - and that it'll be joining the cannon of other games based on the IP, Heroes, Bad
company 2 and '1943'.G4
reveal that a full third game is in the works, speaking with EA COO John Pleasants."I've had the luxury of
looking at Battlefield 3 over at DICE in Sweden and was highly impressed by the way the team is working on that product," beams the big boss, speaking to the channel. "Of course, that's not [coming out] in the fiscal year, but that is a product that is looking very good."Details are scant then, and it sounds as if this action title remains a long way off. Still, it is coming.
Ferrago Saturday, October 24, 2009Dragon Age not out late on PS3BioWare's opus will be out everywhere, at the same time First it was and then it wasn't, EA and BioWare changing their plee today and telling us that the PS3 version of Dragon Age: Origins will not be out later than the other versions of the RPG.Yesterday we
reported that the PS3 version would arrive on November 17th, some two weeks behind the PC and Xbox 360 versions, landing on November 3rd.This position has apparently changed, however, BioWare founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuck affirming to the PlayStation blog that all three versions of the game will arrive at the same time - on November 3rd.We'll have more Dragon Age excitement very soon.
Ferrago Saturday, October 24, 2009Modern Warfare 2 coming with SteamworksValve PC platform gets a pushActivision and Infinity Ward confirm this
morning that the PC version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 will come equipped with Steamworks when it launches next month.Steamworks is of course Valve
software's suite of digital PC
software, encompassing auto-updating, anti-cheating tech, achievements, and even the Steam 'cloud' storage system.Steam is of course Valve's online platform for selling and delivering new PC games, and while the
service will be used to sell this gigantic new FPS online, this is a major coup for Valve - and
should see Steam reaching new players thanks to the vast popularity of Modern Warfare 2.Apparently, 50 Steam achievements will be offered by the game - which will be
released on November 10th. More soon.
Ferrago Saturday, October 24, 2009Sony?s PSX tanks in JapanThe western release of the PSX, Sony?s souped-up version of the PlayStation 2 that comes with a built-in hard drive and can double as a digital video recorder, keeps
getting pushed back and pushed back, and the latest news that...
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