The Gaming Herald

Ratchet & Clank HD Collection leaked by Amazon

Steven Mostyn — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 09:23:14 +0000

Tags: Crack in Time, HD Collection, Insomniac Games, Ratcher & Clank, Up Your Arsenal

If you’ve never enjoyed the humorous action ingrained through the popular Ratchet & Clank series, we here at The Gaming Herald would suggest you resist temptation for just a smidge longer. Specifically, a product page posted briefly over on Amazon France suggests Sony Computer Entertainment is preparing to launch the Ratchet & Clank HD Collection [...]

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Assassin’s Creed III hero is Native American?

Steven Mostyn — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:42:03 +0000

Categories: PC, PS3, Xbox-360

Tags: Altaire, American Revolution, Assassins Creed III, Ezio Auditore, Native American, Ubisoft

Attention Assassin’s Creed fans: The third full episode of Ubisoft’s acclaimed action adventure is set to be officially unveiled this March 5… and it will apparently be set during the American Revolution. That’s according to videogame magazine Game Informer, which claims Ubisoft has not only confirmed Assassin’s Creed III will take the action from old [...]

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Rumor points to SimCity 5 reveal at GDC

Steven Mostyn — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:32:17 +0000

Categories: PC, PS3, Xbox-360

Tags: EA Maxis, Electronic Arts, Erik Reynolds, Game Developers Conference, GDC, Maxis, SimCity 5

Here’s one for fans of the longstanding SimCity franchise: German games magazine Gamestar is currently reporting that SimCity 5 will be formally unveiled during this month’s Game Developers Conference (GDC). The possibility of Electronic Arts (EA) using the GDC platform to officially debut the latest SimCity entrant is supported by Twitter posts made by the [...]

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Blizzard announces 600 job losses

Steven Mostyn — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:05:37 +0000

Categories: PC, PS3, Xbox-360

Tags: Activision Blizzard, Customer Service, Job Losses, Mike Morhaime, World of Warcraft

We all know that World of WarCraft is an unparalleled PC success that’s all-but untouchable in the realm of massively multiplayer role-playing games (MMORPG). Or is it? More pointedly, software publisher Activision Blizzard has today announced that 600 jobs are to be culled from its Blizzard Entertainment division, which, as you might guess, operates World [...]

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Mass Effect 3 promo has bumpy landing

Steven Mostyn — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:03:50 +0000

Categories: PC, PS3, Xbox-360

Tags: BioWare, EA, Electronic Arts, Mass Effect 3

The Mass Effect 3 ‘Space Edition’ promotion launched by Electronic Arts (EA) may have succeeded from a marketing perspective, but it hasn’t exactly been a resounding success for expectant gamers. Specifically, while weather balloons carrying pre-release copies of the eagerly awaited sci-fi epic have been released over major cities around the world, technical issues and [...]

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Bethesda: DOOM 4 has NOT been cancelled

Steven Mostyn — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:59:19 +0000

Categories: PC, PS3, Xbox-360

Tags: Bethesda Softworks, DOOM 4, id Software, Pete Hines, Rage

Game publisher Bethesda Softworks has this week moved quickly to counter rumors suggesting that its id-developed shooter DOOM 4 has been cancelled. “DOOM 4 isn’t cancelled,” said Bethesda boss Pete Hines via a Twitter post. “When we’re ready to talk about it and show it off, we’ll let everyone know.” Initial rumors regarding the game’s [...]

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Lionhead countdown clock promises big unveiling

Steven Mostyn — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:20:47 +0000

Categories: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, PC, PlayStation Vita, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox-360

Tags: Countdown Clock, Game Developers Conference, GDC, Lionhead, Peter Molyneux

Although Lionhead supposedly only has Kinect-based title ‘Fable Journey’ in the works for 2012, the sudden appearance of an intriguing countdown clock on its studio site suggests the developer may be preparing to reveal something else entirely. The clock in question will tick down to zero on the launch day of this year’s Game Developers [...]

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Free content and DLC coming to WipEout 2048

Steven Mostyn — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:18:08 +0000

Categories: PlayStation Vita

Tags: Chart-Track, GfK, Karl Jones, PlayStation Vita, PSV, PSVita, Sony, Studio Liverpool, WipEout 2048

Early adopters of the PlayStation Vita who are currently enjoying Studio Liverpool’s WipEout 2048 can also look forward to a wealth of extra content—some of it free—according to lead designer Karl Jones. “We’re looking into other things to enhance the toolset of the game. So we’re looking on to custom controls, and potentially some kind [...]

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PSVita enjoying high software and hardware sales

Steven Mostyn — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:21:54 +0000

Categories: PlayStation Vita

Tags: FIFA Football, PlayStation Vita, PS Vita, PSV, PSVita, Rayman Origins, Ridge Racer, Uncharted Golden Abyss, WipEout 2048

Following on from Sony’s enthusiasm regarding the initial retail traction of its PlayStation Vita (PSV) outside of Japan, GfK Chart-Track has revealed impressive sales of PSV software in the United Kingdom. According to the chart specialist, Naughty Dog’s Uncharted: Golden Abyss leads the All-Formats chart, closely followed by EA’s soccer simulator FIFA Football—both of which [...]

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Microsoft to offer impressive ‘Anniversary’ Xbox 360 bundle

Steven Mostyn — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:17:09 +0000

Categories: Xbox-360

Tags: Anniversary Bundle, Fable III, Gears of War 2, Halo Anniversary, Halo: Reach, Microsoft, Xbox 360

If you have yet to sample the wonders of Xbox 360, the time could soon be right to leap aboard Microsoft’s hugely popular console bandwagon. Why, you may ask. Well, if a new product page on Amazon France is anything to go by, Microsoft will soon roll out an extremely impressive Xbox 360 bundle that’s [...]

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