US News Wrap, August 30 - What Happened Today
It's time to get you wrapped up on what occurred during my shift.
There's a few bits in there from Pat, who is visiting DICE in Sweden at the moment as well.
- Hirshberg: Not all studio analysis periods are “a fait accompli”
- THQ to publish Make Something Unreal winner The Haunted: Hell's Reach
- SOE wants Star Wars: Galaxies to go out with a bang
- The Sims Medieval: Pirates and Nobles contains new story, treasure hunting, birds
- House of the Dead: OVERKILL Extended Cut contains Creeping Flesh
- EA games returning to Steam: “Never say never,” says Intat
- Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection gets a video
- Gearbox: “Soon, we’ll talk about,” the next Duke Nukem game, “but not today”
- Madden NFL 12: Touch down in US, reviews rounded-up
- Dead Island comic prequel now available on the Marvel website
- Iwata: “I certainly do not think that Wii was able to cater to every gamer’s needs”
- Kinect bundle comes with Child of Eden download code
- Rhythm Thief & the Emperor’s Treasure announced for 3DS
- Kamiya tweets that Bayonetta 2 will be showing up in a magazine
- Valve concerned with getting DotA 2 right, will worry about monetization later
- Quick Quotes: Bioware on the action moments in Mass Effect 3
- 343 sometimes had to do more than just tweak Halo: Anniversary’s visuals
- Resistance: Burning Skies has a Norman Rockwell vibe just before it’s smashed by Chimera
- Tuesday Shorts II: Gears 3 controller, Left 4 Dead, Gunstringer demo, The Kore Gang
- US PS Store and Plus Update – Revelations MP beta date, The Baconing, GoW:Origins demo, CoD sale
Activision is doing what it can for studios with cancelled projects.
We still have this as Hell's Ranch in our minds for some odd reason.
Make sure you play this game before it is gone for good.
Yar matey and all that.
Because more gore is a good thing.
Never say never, regarding EA's bigger games coming back to Steam.
It's out today on the US PS Store by the way.
More Duke in our future.
Madden 12 is out in t he US today, and here are some review scores.
Check out the digital comic for this.
Nintendo still doesn't understand why Wii games are considered casual.
The title says it all really.
Sounds like a fun puzzle game with a bit of rhythm.
Bayonetta 2? Maybe. We may be being teased.
Another reason Valve is okay in my book.
100 percent action is not always a good thing.
Just a few pieces of missing fog and pillars here and there is nothing to complain about.
We never liked Rockwell paintings anyway.
Shorts galore.
A date for the Assassin's Creed: Revelations Plus multiplayer beta, a God of War: Origins Collection demo, The Baconing, and the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection are the big highlights as well as a Call of Duty DLC sale.