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News: IO "satisfied" with Kane & Lynch 2
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August 31, 2010
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Tags: Amp, Denmark, Dog Days, Eurogamer, Genre, Kane, Preconceptions, Spokesperson, Tom Stratton
Genre preconceptions caused divide.
IO Interactive has claimed to be “satisfied” with the reaction to Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days.
Eurogamer awarded a below average 4/10, but others have gone higher.
“I would say we are satisfied with Kane & Lynch 2, which in its final form ended up being as we had imagined it,” studio spokesperson Tom Stratton told Eurogamer Denmark this afternoon.
Blog: Eurogamer.net Podcast #34
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August 31, 2010
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Tags: Bangs, Bank Holiday, Blog, Capcom, Controversy, Dragon, Dragon Quest Ix, Eurogamer, Gamesindustry, Host Tom, Leo, Mafia, Nonsense, Pearson, Staff Writer, Tom Bramwell
Mafia II! Dragon Quest IX! With special guest Leo Tan from Capcom.
We’ve had Leo Tan from Capcom on the podcast before, but when he immediately asked to be on it again and we had no one else booked, it was an offer we couldn’t refuse.
Leo joins host Tom Bramwell and new GamesIndustry.biz staff writer Dan Pearson to discuss the issues of the week – or at least the two-day period that elapsed between podcast recordings thanks to an inconvenient bank holiday.
That means we get stuck into the controversy around Eurogamer’s 4/10 Mafia II review, while Leo harks us back to … Continue Reading
News: XBLA "Game Feast" this October
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August 31, 2010
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Tags: Arcade, Blog, Developer Team, Feast, Game Boy, Game Meat, Microsoft, New Game, Release Date, Team Meat, Xbox, Xbox Live
Super Meat Boy leads the platter.
Microsoft will hold a new Game Feast promotion for Xbox Live Arcade this October.
Developer Team Meat spilled the beans while announcing a 20th October release date for XBLA game Super Meat Boy.
“Super Meat Boy will release on XBLA as the ‘main course’ of The Game Feast, a new promotion MS is doing this October (because ‘fall of arcade’ just sounds wrong),” the developer wrote on its blog.
News: UK Charts: Mafia II takes top spot
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August 31, 2010
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Tags: Amp, Business Week, Ears, Game Launch, Jokes, Kane, Mafia, Music, News Uk, Redemption, Top Charts, Uk Charts, Uk Game, Xbox, Xbox 360
All the obvious jokes already don.
Mafia II has taken over from Kane & Lynch 2 at the top of the UK Charts.
According to chart compiler GfK Chart-Track, it’s the biggest UK game launch since Red Dead Redemption, which must be music to the ears of 2K – especially since RDR was one of mother-publisher Take-Two’s, albeit as part of the Rockstar label.
The Xbox 360 version did 52 per cent of the business in Mafia II’s first week, while PS3 was responsible for 41 per cent of sales and PC just seven per cent.
Review: Valkyria Chronicles II
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August 31, 2010
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Tags: Armchair General, Briefing Room, Central Hub, Chronicles Ii, Clock Tower, D Centre, Doric Columns, Fairytale Castles, Foot Spire, Magical Kingdom, Malice In Wonderland, Military Barracks, Military School, Military Sim, Orderly Arrangement, Playpens, S Central, Stone Decoration, Tactical Rpg, Valkyria
Malice in Wonderland.
Lanseal Academy is a Disneyland boot camp. A 200-foot spire at the centre of the military school’s grounds jabs at the clouds, while far below a moonfaced clock tower leans heavy on ancient Doric columns. The building is seasoned with the intricate stone decoration of so many fairytale castles, an unlikely centerpiece for an institute designed for little more than turning tweens into cold-eyed soldiers.
Around the citadel, where your character, Avan, has enrolled in the hope of discovering the mystery behind his brother’s recent death in the grounds, tanks roll to and fro, while a timpani of blanks … Continue Reading