Friday 17 July 2009

Mafia 2 Video


Shacknews have posted a 15 minute gameplay video on there site click here to watch

Mafia 2 producer Denby Grace walks us through a whopping fifteen minutes of play from the mobster shooter's early game, as was demonstrated during the E3 expo in June.


We interviewed Grace during E3, covering Mafia 2 topics including the new 1940s-50s setting, side-missions, its gangland narrative, and the possibility of modding tools.

Mafia 2 is slated for release on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in the first half of 2010

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Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Release Date


Capcom has announced that the PlayStation Network version of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 will launch on 13th August for GBP £11.99 / EUR 14.99 / USD $14.99.

That's two weeks after the game's 29th July bow on Xbox Live Arcade.

Announced at Captivate 09 earlier this year, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is a port of the Dreamcast codebase and includes additional graphical filters, all 56 characters unlocked from the start, and online matches.

SCEE 3 hour press conference At GDC Europe 2009


SCEE will hold a three hour press conference at the Cologne GamesCom(GDC) which will be held in Cologne Germany on Tuesday 18th August, 18.00 - 21.00.

Seems like a very long conference so expect either a lot of news or number crunching, and hopefully we will hear some information on the PS3 slim and release date, pspgo and a price drop.

The Lotus Eater on Sony PSP game Saints Row


So it appears Saints Row is to be released on the psp at some point, the news was broke on this site

We may not like playing video games all that much but we do like it when our music is featured on them! Makes us a bit proud even when it's a game as big as Saints Row for the PSP and even prouder when the nice developer people show excellent taste by picking "The Lotus Eater" for it. So if you love playing video games: the game is expected to hit the streets around March 2010.

Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Exclusive To HMV


Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition will set you back £119.99, and will be available exclusively from HMV on November 10th for both PS3 and Xbox 360.The Prestige edition also includes

a collector’s bust of Captain Soap MacTavish in a Steelbook case,
an art book,
a code for Call of Duty on PSN (or Live)
and the aforementioned night-vision goggles.

“This is a fantastic limited edition exclusive for hmv.com customers for what is, undoubtedly, the game of the year,” said HMV’s commercial manager Jonathan Hayes.


Modern Warfare 2 RRP Increase In The UK


Activision are raising the RRP of Modern Warfare 2 to £54.99 citing rising game development costs and the faltering strength of the pound. It as been said that others may decide to increase the RRP price of there games as well for the christmas season.

I can understand why Activision are raising there RRP price for Modern Warefare 2 with it being one of the biggest games of the year, people will be willing to pay £54.99 for the big games but the smaller games would suffer if there RRP were raised over the christmas period.