Download-only Lara Croft priced
Posted on | March 11, 2010 | No Comments
The pricing and platform details for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Crystal Dynamics’ recently announced isometric approach to Tomb Raider, have been revealed at GDC; the developer told Joystiq that the six-hour-long top-down adventure will launch on Xbox Live Arcade,…
Modern Warfare 2 DLC on March 30
Posted on | March 10, 2010 | No Comments
In what’s certainly a unique approach to announcing downloadable content, Infinity Ward has revealed that the first new multiplayer maps for Modern Warfare 2 will arrive later this month, on March 30.
“Mapathy (n.) [map-uh-thee] (often expressed as, “How the hell did…
Aliens vs Predator foursome DLC next week
Posted on | March 10, 2010 | No Comments
March 18 will mark the release of the first downloadable content for Aliens vs Predator, Sega has announced.
Consisting of four multiplayer/survivor maps — Docks, Machine, Outpost, Hive — previously only available to those who picked up the one of the…
Bodycount confirmed to be Codemasters’ new title
Posted on | March 9, 2010 | No Comments
As recently discovered trademark filings suggested, Codemasters’ new intellectual property is named Bodycount. The confirmation comes via the latest issue of Official Xbox Magazine which has a cover story on the Black co-creator and designer Stuart Black-led shooter.
Details are currently lacking, however,…
New Lara Croft goes isometric, gets first screens
Posted on | March 7, 2010 | No Comments
Everyone’s favourite videogame heroine, Lara Croft, is set to return, though the game will not feature the Tomb Raider name, instead being titled: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.
The first major change differencing this from Tomb Raider titles is the isometric view. Where…
First BioShock 2 DLC out next week
Posted on | March 6, 2010 | No Comments
BioShock 2’s first piece of downloadable content, the recently announced multiplayer-oriented Sinclair Solutions Test Pack will be available on Games For Windows Live, Xbox Live and PlayStation Network next Thursday, on March 11, 2K Games has announced.
As previously detailed, the 400MSP/$4.99/£3.19…
Xbox Live now allowing sexuality references in profiles, Gamertags
Posted on | March 6, 2010 | No Comments
Xbox Live’s code of conduct has been updated to allow references to users’ sexuality in profiles and Gamertags, Microsoft announced today.
Previously, “to prevent the use of these terms as insults or slurs,” Live’s general manager Marc Whitten wrote in the note…
LittleBigPlanet surpasses 2 million user-created levels
Posted on | March 4, 2010 | No Comments
Media Molecule are on quite the roll this week; in addition to being snatched up by Sony, their criminally cute platformer, LittleBigPlanet, has also hit the 2 million mark for user-created levels currently populating the Share Planet.
“Congratulations to all of the…
IGF finalist Limbo coming to XBLA this summer
Posted on | March 4, 2010 | No Comments
At last! Playdead’s gorgeous monochromatic platformer Limbo is to get an Xbox Live Arcade release this summer.
First teased over three years ago (with the footage below), Limbo follows a young boy’s journey to discover the fate of his sister. While very little…
Ex-DICE boss: Mirror’s Edge was in development for 7 years
Posted on | March 3, 2010 | No Comments
Mirror’s Edge was in development for staggering seven years, according to ex-DICE CEO and co-founder Fredrik Liljegren.
In an interview with Gaming Union, Liljegren said: “Knowing that product was in development for about seven years…and given that it wasn’t Mirror’s Edge when we started, but it…
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