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Insomniac unveil their first multiplatform game, Overstrike

Posted on 6 June, 2011 | No Comments

Insomniac’s Ted Price has just announced their first multiplatform
game at EA’s E3 press conference, as expected. The game, titled
OverStrike, follows the story of Overstrike 9, a team of...

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EA unveil The Sims Social

Posted on 6 June, 2011 | No Comments

EA have just announced The Sims Social, a Facebook game in The Sims
franchise. From the trailer we saw the game seemed to work like any
other Sims game, except...

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FIFA 12: New features announced at E3

Posted on 6 June, 2011 | No Comments

EA have announced some new features that will appear in FIFA 12.
They’ve said that FIFA 12 will be the most authentic game in the series
yet, with an advanced...

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SSX features every major mountain range on the planet

Posted on 6 June, 2011 | No Comments

That’s a lot of mountains. EA have just announced that SSX will
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Action-Packed, High-Stakes Heists and Cooperative Gameplay Turn Up the Heat on the First Person Shooter Genre

SAN DIEGO, June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announced PAYDAY: The Heist, a high-intensity squad-based first person shooter where players take on the role of a hardened career criminal pulling death-defying heists in the never-ending pursuit of the next "big score." Quick wit, an equally fast trigger finger and above all teamwork are the rules of engagement in PAYDAY: The Heist, available later this year on the PlayStation®Network and PC systems via digital download.

"As a leading publisher of independent titles for both the PlayStation®Network and PC, SOE continues to innovate in the digital space with new titles that engage players with high-energy, multi-faceted gameplay experiences," said Christopher Sturr, Executive Director of Business Development, SOE. "PAYDAY: The Heist is a premier quality downloadable game designed to deliver a unique spin on the first person shooter genre. As an intense, gritty and unapologetic episodic cooperative shooter, PAYDAY is packed with cocky attitude, epic Hollywood-inspired action and endless replayability."

Players will embark on a spectacular crime spree of six heart stopping heists, including blasting their way through a downtown bank vault robbery, managing hostages in an armored car hijacking and even a midnight infiltration of a top-secret, …

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Valve to Give E3 a Miss

gaminglives.com writes "Despite an inherent belief from some
quarters that this year may just be the year for a Half Life reveal,
Valve have announced that they will not be showing anything new at this
year’s E3 which is set to kick off in just over two weeks time."

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EDGE Report: LA Noire To Blame For Consoles Overheating

Problem spreads to Xbox 360 as Sony denies culpability and Rockstar issues workaround.

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Sony: 'No evidence' firmware is causing PS3s to overheat

Company responds to comments made by Rockstar customer support staff

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Don't believe the hype: PS3 users aren't switching to Xbox 360

"Yesterday, Edge reported that the PlayStation Network outage is
negatively affecting PS3, with gamers trading in their consoles -- half
for cash, the rest for Xbox 360. Today, the story is being picked up
everywhere, it seems, and repeated as gospel. One problem: Edge's report
is largely about the United Kingdom (there was one Belgian retailer
quoted). What about the United States? Based on a massive poll conducted
by Betanews and calls to a half-dozen GameStops, there is no evidence
of mass consumer exodus from PlayStation 3 to Xbox 360 -- at least in
the States."

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The Modern Warfare 3 Files: Exclusive First Details on the Biggest Game of 2011

Kotaku.com: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is coming Nov. 8,
2011, Kotaku has learned, delivering with it mammoth battles that engulf
a dozen cities around the world including New York, Paris and London.

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PS3 lead platform for L.A Noire, most studios porting to 360 - Team Bondi

CVG: Team Bondi has confirmed that L.A Noire was ported from PS3
to Xbox 360 during development, and suggested that most third-party
multiplatform studios are opting to use Sony's console as their lead
platform.

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May 12, 2011
SOE thank's you for your patience as we continue to work around the clock to restore our game services. We know this has been a frustrating time for you and appreciate your understanding as we work to confirm the security of our network.
In light of the recent outage of Sony Online Entertainment's game services due to April's cyber-attack, we are committed to compensating our loyal player base for the inconvenience caused by the data breach and lost game time while we improve our security measures.

We are currently in the process of an extensive upgrade to our network to further protect your information from future attacks. It will likely be at least a few more days before we restore our services, and when we come back online, here is what you can expect for each of our game services.

First and foremost, all impacted players will receive 30 days of game time added to the end of the current billing cycle in addition to one day for each day the system is down. Additionally, many games are offering a variety of in-game items and special events to welcome players back once our services resume (per the outline below). This is true for both PC and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system based products.

DC Universe™ Online: Batman™ and Two-Face™ Inspired Masks and 30 Marks of Distinction
Free Realms®: Free daily items (7 to collect)
Clone Wars Adventures™: Count Dooku v2 Outfit
EverQuest®: A series of events, including Double XP, Double Rare Mob …

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Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo's E3 press conferences dated

-Destructoid- E3 11 is kicking off June 7 to June 9 and as
always, Destructoid will be down in Los Angeles in full force bringing
you a constant barrage of news, previews, video interviews and much
more!

There are several press conferences taking place starting off
with Microsoft on Monday, June 6 at 9:00AM. The Xbox 360 has been pretty
light on first party games this year so perhaps we'll finally see some
much needed announcements.

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