Call of Duty: Black Ops is the most pirated game in 2010. According to torrentfreak.com. Exactely 4,270,000 times since November 2010 for PC only. Incredibile! Including the consoles, there is a total of 5.2 million pirated Black Ops. Bad news for producer, publisher, and the whole game industry.
Source: torrentfreak....
New Super Mario Bros. Sales Record
level85nerd | December 29, 2010 |
Super Mario
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Wii
Famitsu.com has reported that New Super Mario Bros. has crossed the six million sales mark.
Excactely 6,015,255 units from the December 26 data.
It's the most sold game for DS and has done this within four years and seven months after the release May 25, 2006. The Wii version of the game has just reached four million sal...
Uncharted 3 new Gameplay Video
level85nerd | |
PS3
,
Uncharted 3
The game was recently announced (Uncharted 3 announced) and now a new gameplay video was released for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception on youtube. It shows the demo level which is shown to the press at the moment on certain events, but with lack of quality.
Release for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is November, 2011.
PART 1
PART 2
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As said before (link to the news) Tomb Raider 9 was announced. Now the newest sequel may include even a multiplayer.
If a console game is released with singleplayer only, it will end up in used game stores, and can't be successful. Crystal Dynamics is looking for both a senior game designer for multiplayer and a producer for multiplayer, as Gamasutra...
'Pier 17', a new multiplayer map for Crysis 2, was announced by Crytek. It will be a mix of indoor and outdoor fights on a destroyed harbour, you can view the overview from gamestar.de.
Release of Crysis 2 is March 25, 2011, for PC, Xbox 360 und PS3.
Source: gamestar...
One Piece: Unlimited Cruise Trailer
level85nerd | |
Wii
Namco Bandai has just released the newest trailer of One Piece: Unlimited Cruise. Release of the game is Spring, 2011.
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Ubisoft is planning a remake of their first three Splinter Cell parts. This 'Splinter Cell Trilogy' in high definition will also support stereoscopic 3D.
PSnow heard from Ubisoft that the release date of this trilogy would be March 22, 2011. Ubisoft has not confirmed this yet.
The trilogy will be released on a blu ray disk and will include 'Splinter...
Capcom has released the launch trailer of 'Case West', the DLC for their Dead Rising 2. Release is the day after tomorrow, December 27, 2010. Cast West will be released exclusively for Xbox 360 and will cost 800 Microsoft Points (~9€, 10$).
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April 21st, 2011, for PC, Mac, Xbox 360 and PS3. There it is.
Electronic Arts sent out a press release announcing that they would distribute Valve's Retail Portal 2, the sequel of the impressive original Portal, for Mac and PS3.
The game's all-new co-op mode will feature its own campaign and characters, and will force players to both act and think...
Relentless Software just twittered the following:
Buzz! is now available for free on PSN ['Playstation Network', added by Level85nerd]. Don't worry if you haven't got buzzers, you can use a wireless controller. Have a Buzzy good Xmas!
That means if you have a PS3 or just opened your christmas present and just got one, you can download 'Buzz! Quiz...
'The Manhatten Project', the DLC for Ubisoft's R.U.S.E, is out now. Since it's christmas time, and that means it's time for a gift.
The DLC is for free and can be downloaded via Playstation Network, Xbox Live or Steam.
Three new maps for multiplayer and two new game modes are included.
First we have the 'Nuclear War'. All upgrades are available from...
The first DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops is expected to hit Xbox Live on February 18, 2011, for 1200 Microsoft Points, which are roughly 13€ or 15$. The release for PC and PS3 is shortly after.
The DLC 'First Strike' include five new maps with their unique gameplay and new opportunities, for example for sniper. Four of them are normal multiplayer...
Little Big Planet 2 Gold
level85nerd | December 22, 2010 |
Little Big Planet 2
,
PS3
Sony confirmed today that Little Big Planet has gone gold, which means the game development is finished and the game is ready for production.
Conclusion is Little Big Planet 2 will be released in time January 18, 2011, in North America. Europe will get the game on January 19, Australia and New Zealand on January 20, and finally UK on January 21, 2011....
Crysis 2 will be released on March 25, 2011, for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
And now EA shows us a new trailer of the destroyed New York, and the features of the Nanosuit, mankind's last hope against the aliens.
I played Crysis 2 myself at 'Gamescom', Cologne, Germany in mid August, and it was pretty good. The multiplayer is all new and the key...
Today the DLC of Battlefield Bad Company 2 called 'Vietnam' has been released via Steam and EA Store for PC. The release date for Xbox 360 and PS3 is December 21, 2010.
The DLC, which includes new weapons (e.g. flamethrower), vehicles, maps and achievements, will cost 1200 MS (Xbox LIVE) or 12,99€ (PC / PS Network).
EA has also released the launch...
Lara Croft for iPhone
level85nerd | |
iPhone
,
Lara Croft
Ideaworks Game Studios has released the action adventure 'Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light' in the Appstore!
There are 2 versions, one for iPhone / iPod Touch (5,49€ / ~ 7$), and another in HD for the iPad (7,99€ / ~ 10.50 $).
Lara and her friend Totec face huge dungeons, ruins and stuff, full of traps. Besides that, you can play in co-o...
Blizzard's new MMO 'Titan'
level85nerd | December 17, 2010 |
PC
Blizzard Entertainment works on a new MMO. Now Frank Pearce, Blizzard senior, confirmed in an Interview at the VGA's: The name of the new MMO will be 'Titan'.
That means the leaked release list is no fake. There were new games and under releases Titan was listed. The game will be released at the end of 2013, as the list sa...
If you want to play the DLC for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2, you shouldn't watch this because it contains spoiler.
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World of Warcraft is a fast-selling record holder - again.
2007: The Burning Crusade became the fastest-selling PC game with 2.4 million copies on its first day.
2008: Wrath of the Lich King got the title with its 2.8 million copies in 24 hours sold.
2010: Now Cataclysm now holds the record. 3.3 million copies in 24 hours, impressive.
"We had to bring...
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood has gotten a new and free DLC for multiplayer called Animus Project Update 1.0, including one new game mode and one map.
The mode, 'Advanced Alliance', is an advanced version of 'Alliance' and is a lot rougher and more challenging.
The map Mont Saint-Michel is on an island at the French coast (Normandie) including cliffs...
The VGA (Videogame Awards) showed us a lot of new games coming (for example Uncharted 3). By the way 'The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim' was announced.
The game iscoming for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 11, 2010. It'll use a new engine for graphics, and a new gameplay engine as well. And this is VGA'S trailer of it:
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Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Announced
level85nerd | December 14, 2010 |
PS3
,
Uncharted 3
The hero Nathan Drake and his friend Victor Sullivan go to the Arabian Desert, looking for the 'Atlantis of Sands'. But soon they'll find a lot of dark secrets about this city and the adventure begins.
That's the story of the announced Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, release date for PS3 is November 1, 2011. Here's a new trailer they've just showed...
Here is a new episode of Call of Duty: Black Ops Mythbusters series. The guys test flamethrowers, and tomahawks against helicopters.
You should definitely watch this, it's even better than the first episode (which was posted here)
Source: defendtheho...
So Notch has announced the beta status for Minecraft for December, 20. The price will be raised to 14,95 Euro (~20 $), so buy it for 9,95 Euro as long as it las...
Today EA announced Mass Effect 3, and with it a bit of the story:
Robots attack the Earth, and Commander Shepard has to stop them.
Yesterday the game showed up in the Electronic Arts Store accidentally, but it was removed immediately. So the announcement today was not very surprising.
Release will be end of 2011...
Here is Fight Night Champion's whole list of the 54 licensed personalities appearing in the game. 13 Of them are new:
Boxers New To Fight Night Champion:
"Butterbean" Eric Esch
Chad Dawson
Cristobal Arreola
Danny Jacobs
David Haye
Erislandy Lara
Fernando Vargas
James Leija
Kendall Holt
Kevin Kelley
Peter Manfredo Jr.
Tim Bradley
Zab Judah
The full...
EA announced a DLC for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. And now here's the trailer for it.
The DLC contains: Dodge Viper, Bentley Continental and Lamborghini Murcielago for cops and driver....
This news trailer of Test Drive Unlimited 2 shows the world of the game.
For people who don't know Test Drive Unlimited, it's a Massively Open Online Racing. You can join or create driving clubs (like guilds) or compete other drivers alone in a huge environment.
It also contains a single player story mode; core racing modes online are: Championship,...
"Forscience" aka "Athene" did it again. He's the first player who has reached level 85, and he was the first who had reached level 80 as well.
This video shows himself doing it.
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Square Enix has announced Tomb Raider 9.
We don't know anything about release date or platforms, but we know the story.
You play as a young Lara Crost on a ship getting into a storm, finding yourself on an unknown island.
This new game, just titled 'Tomb Raider' will be a rebirth of the original Lara Croft, says Game Informer. They have an exclusive...
This Video shows the unboxing of the collector's edition of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, which will be officially released at midnig...
Donkey Kong Country Returns Event
level85nerd | December 05, 2010 |
Donkey Kong
,
Wii
When Donkey Kong Country Returns was released in UK, Nintendo had an idea:
The first 20 people, who carried real bananas with them, could trade them for the game!
Source: G...
Treyarch works on the forth patch for Call of Duty: Black Ops:
• Resolved several issues with parties getting disbanded unexpectedly.
• Updated handling for UPnP-enabled routers to improve matchmaking conditions where users had strict or moderate NAT types. Also added in-game communications so that all players are aware of their NAT type...
Team Fortress 2 will be changing a lot. Valve has announced a public beta for new additions and other things. To join the beta you must have a copy of TF2. The changes are so far:
Three Natascha variants:
-40% damage
-25% damage, -25% health
Spin-up/down time increased, slowdown-on-hit effect falls off over distance.
Map changes:
cp_granary: new...
As a community unlock for the event 'Your Fortune Awaits' from World of Warcraft, Blizzard shows their newest trailer of Cataclysm, and with it some new impressions of the world.
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As you can see christmas time has arrived in Battlefield Heroes. That means, there's an advent calender for each day, featuring christmas outfits and new weapons and gadgets. For example a new scope for soldiers/gunners to zoom in and to shoot more accurate.
Source: G...
Today the VIP Map Pack 7 for Battlefield: Bad company 2 was released. It contains the following maps:
• Cold War
• Harvest Day
• Oasis
• Heavy Metal
The DLC it's free for PC and VIP players (console player who bought the game new, not used).
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Blizzard just released the making of the the cinematic trailer of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.
(The original trailer was posted before: the trailer)
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LittleBigPlanet 2 Controllinator Trailer
level85nerd | November 28, 2010 |
Little Big Planet 2
,
PS3
This trailer shows new ways for controlling in Little Big Planet 2. You can fly now, drive, and many more features. The release is November 27, 2010.
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Crytek announces: Warface
level85nerd | November 27, 2010 |
PC
Crytek announced their new Free 2 Play shooter: Warface. The game uses the Cry Engine 3 and is, as said before, free to play. Key features are PvP, but also Coop gameplay and PvE.
Unfortunately the game was only announced for Asia (South Korea). Whether it will be released in Europe/US isn't really sure.
“Our passion is to always deliver the best...
Disney Micky Epic (Wii)
level85nerd | |
Wii
This launch trailer was released for Disney Micky Epic for Wii. For the people who don't know this game yet, it's a pretty good jump 'n' run game with Mickey as playable main characte...
The Unreal Engine from Epic Games is pretty old. Games like Unreal Tournament 3 and many more were using this engine, but it'll still be updated. The newest features are shown in their new tech demo, main aspects are light, verdure and weather.
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Gamestar shows us the new LAUNCH trailer of Nail'd includung some in game scenes. At the Gamecom 2010 (in Cologne, Germany) I could play a demo on Xbox 360, and I was very impressed by the fast action, jumps, and beautiful maps.
Release of Nail'd for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 is November 26, 2010.
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Codemasters just released the first gameplay trailer for Operation Flashpoint 3: Red River. The game will be released in mid 2011 for PC, PS3 and Xbox360.
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David Vonderhaar (Game Design Director) and Cesar Stastny (PC Lead Developer) told via tweet news for the hotfixes of Call of Duty: Black Ops (PC, PS3 and Xbox360). It seems that they gonna add two gametypes for multiplayer:
"Hardcore HQ [Headquarters] and CTF [Capture the Flag] will be first to be added in next hotfix"
Source: DavidVonderhaar,...
The MMORPG WoW gets a new Addon: Cataclysm.
And with it, there will be worldwide launch events. Following countries will celebrate: US, UK, France, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Holland and Taiwan.
For example, there will be costume contests, free giveaways and much more on December 6, 2010.
Release of Cataclysm is December 7, 2010.
Source: VG...
A teaser for the Spike Video Game Awards this year was very interesting. The video showed a zombie walking with the words: "Infected? Report it!"
The Spike Video Game Awards will be on December 11, 2010. And maybe Left 4 Dead 3 will be announced the...
Two patches were released via steam (one for singleplayer, the other for multiplayer) for CoD: Black Ops:
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Multiplayer
- CPU performance improvements
- Server browser bug fixes and tweaks to populate faster and do full refresh less often
- Fixed crash when viewing leaderboards if player has more than 99 friends
- Fix for locked...
Fallout: New Vegas: Dead Money (Addon) will be released on December 21 and will cost 800 MS points (~10 euro).
Releases today:
• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
• Harry Potter 7
• Need for Speed: Hot Purs...
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
level85nerd | November 17, 2010 |
PC
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings will be released May 17, 2011. The date may vary for some countries.
I played the first 'The Witcher' and really liked it. The game had a great story, nice gameplay, and good graphi...
Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed was announced by EA. This new announcement Trailer shows a first impression what the game will be about.
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On youtube, there are the first 15 minutes of the game Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (with skipped intro). Attention: big spoiler!
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Quick note: Fallout: New Vegas were sold 5 million times so far, which generated a profit of 300 million...
Battlefield Play4Free
level85nerd | November 05, 2010 |
Battlefield
,
PC
As said before (Link to the news) a new Battlefield was announced today!
It's Battlefield Play4Free.
This game is very close to Battlefield 2, but with weapons, classes etc. from Battlefield: Bad Company 2, improved engine and maps from Battlefield 2, and a buy-your-weapons style like Battlefield Heroes. Closed beta starts 30th november....
Sonic Free Riders Trailer
level85nerd | November 02, 2010 |
Xbox360
There's a new trailer of Sonic Free Riders, coming November, 10, exclusive for Xbox 360 Kinect. Keep an eye on the multiplayer game modes.
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Video Game Museum in Italy
level85nerd | |
Off Topic
The ViGaMus, Europe's first video game museum will open its doors next year in Rome, Ita...
GoldenEye: 007
level85nerd | October 31, 2010 |
Wii
The launch trailer of GoldenEye 007 (Wii and Nintendo DS) was revealed. The game will be released November, 5.
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The Lord of the Rings Online
level85nerd | |
PC
If you live in the US, you can play Lord of the Rings: Online for free (to ~ level 25, after that you have to pay for additional quest packages).
The european release for the free-to-play version is on November,...
900MB large is the newest (Client R9) patch for Battlefield: Bad Company 2. There are bug fixes and a lot of improvements. For example better hit registration or balance changes (on the Carl Gustav rocket launcher). Downloaded it just via auto updat...
Today Ubisoft announced that Assassin's Creed - Brotherhood went gold for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3! Release will be on November 16, 2010....
This video shows a world event (yet only on Beta Servers), which will start soon.
The sky gets dark, and deathwing will fly all over the place burning everything: players, NPCs, even level 1 frogs.
If you are burned by him, you'll get an achievement.
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Here are the first 17 minutes of the new Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (an addon to the original game).
...
Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarn, which contains the zerg campaign, will be released in 2012, not in 2011. ...
Reminder: The demo of Need for Speed: Hot pursuit comes tomorrow for the US and the day after tomorrow in europe via PSN....
Yesterday this trailer of Diablo 3 was released at Blizzcon 2010. It shows the PvP system of the game, meaning 1v1 and 3v3 Arena-system fight.
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I've just read the news:
Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam, an addon, is going to cost 14,99 US Dollar...
