A follow-up to apocalyptic third person slasher Darksiders is in development, as revealed by THQ at its E3 conference. Core games VP Danny Bilson was speaking at the publisher’s analyst meeting. He said: Darksiders 2 is coming. We’ve green lit that. The game is well into production and will be …
Read More »Rebellion developing new Konami action title
NeverDead, a Devil May Cry-style title, currently in development at Rebellion
Read More »E3 2010: Kinect price closer to launch
With Sony unveiling a competitive price for its Move motion controller, the pressure on Microsoft to unveil its pricing strategy fro Kinect is higher than ever – but don’t expect concrete details any time soon. Speaking to VG247, European boss Chris Lewis stated: We haven’t said yet when we’ll come …
Read More »GAME offers Xbox Slim trade-in deals
UK retailer GAME doesn’t just see the Xbox 360 Slim as a chance to sell the console to a wider audience – it wants to sell the console to existing Xbox owners, too. Speaking via Twitter, the retailer stated: Looking for our trade-in deals for the new Xbox? We will …
Read More »E3 2010: Black Ops pre-orders match MW2
Pre-orders for this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops are already on par with those made for last year’s best-selling Modern Warfare 2. Activision’s chief financial officer Thomas Tippl was speaking to investors at the publisher’s E3 conference last night. He said: Pre-orders for Call of Duty: Black Ops are …
Read More »GAME taking Xbox 360 Slim orders
Leading UK video games retailer GAME has begun taking pre-orders for the Xbox 360 Slim – or as it is officially called, the Xbox 360 250GB. As has been predicted, the machine will cost 199.99. For your money you get a redesigned console incorporating a removable 250GB hard drive (that’s …
Read More »E3 2010: MW2 sells 20 million copies
Activision’s hugely popular Modern Warfare 2 has unlocked a new achievement – over 20m copies of the game have been sold since release. CFO Thomas Tippl revealed the news to investors at the publisher’s E3 2010 conference. He said: "Modern Warfare 2 has sold more than 20m units against an …
Read More »E3 2010 Day One – Miss anything?
Although the actual Expo itself doesn’t start until later today, yesterday E3 was opened in spectacular fashion, with Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft and Virgin press conferences. Between them a raft of new hardware, online services and original games were unveiled. And MCV has been reporting on every single detail. But if …
Read More »E3 2010: Xbox 360 Slim Arcade coming
With the $299 Xbox 360 Slim already making its way to the North American High Street, Microsoft has confirmed that a second model is also in the works. In the same way that the old machine came in two versions – a high-end Elite model and an entry-level Arcade SKU …
Read More »E3 2010: Child of Eden impresses
Anyone who has previously enjoyed Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s trippy console classic Rez will no doubt be excited by the first look at Q Entertainment’s next title – Child of Eden. Compatible with both Move and Kinect the title takes the basic gameplay formula found in Rez and expands it with some …
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