Jaffe: Twisted Metal in development for 18 months

David Jaffe has revealed that Twisted Metal has been in development by Eat, Sleep, Play for around 18 months.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution is “a fresh start on the franchise”

Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s game director Jean-Francois Dugas has said that the development team behind the game are “dedicated to re-creating” the Deus Ex experience “for a new generation of gamers” that missed out on it previously.Speaking with Gamespot, Dugas said that as action RPG, the game has a “compelling narrative”, a “great cast of characters” and will allow you to play it the way you want.

Mass Effect 2 getting Equalizer Pack DLC today

BioWare’s announced more additions to the Cerberus Network for Mass Effect 2 in the form of new gear.

Mega Man Zero Collection hitting DS in June

Capcom has announced that the Mega Man Zero Collection for Nintendo DS will land in stores on June 8.

New Vanquish screens are action incarnate

If Vanquish was a food, it’d contain 1000000% of your daily value of gunsplosion action punches.
Also, a bit of calcium.

MGS: Peace Walker nabs 40/40 in Famitsu

Stop the presses! Famitsu’s given top marks to the latest entry in a big-name videogame franchise!What’s that? The sky is blue? Woah. No way.No, no, dear reader. We haven’t come down with a serious case of “how the world works” amnesia.

Police stops Splinter Cell PR stunt in New Zealand

When you start pointing fake plastic guns at civilians like you’re Sam Fisher, it’s not going to end well.

Police in New Zealand had to be called in after a man ran about the district of Viaduct Basin in Auckland pointing a weapon at people, who had to take cover as he was covering the area and aiming the weapon.

Nolan North: Uncharted 3 is “common sense”

Uncharted 3 is an almost certainty, yes? Nathan Drake himself Nolan North isn’t going to come out and say it, but he tells us to use “common sense” on it.

“I’m not supposed to talk about that,” North said on the most recent episode of the PlayStationChat podcast when asked if a sequel from Naughty Dog was inevitable.

“I’ve been told I can’t say one way or another. But I will ask a question back: Do you think it would be financially responsible of Sony to not make a third game that has made hundreds of millions of dollars for their company?

“You’ve just got to use your common sense. What do you think? I’m not supposed to say one way or the other. I would encourage everyone to tap into their common sense.”

North further added: “I’m sure if we all used our common sense, I’m sure that decision from Sony will be very, very soon.

“Not that I would know anyway. I would think that we would just have to hope that our senses are finely tuned into how the industry works. Not that I’m saying anything one way or the other. You should understand that… You should all think about what would be sound decisions.”

So it’s “common sense” to assume there will be Uncharted 3, then? Would it be “common sense” to see it at E3 as well, eh? Please do, Sony.

Via PSU.

Uncharted 2 “the perfect example” of storytelling, says Crysis 2 writer

Halo? “Bullshit”. Modern Warfare 2? “An immense disappointment”. Uncharted 2? According to Crysis 2 writer Richard Morgan, it was “the perfect example” of storytelling in games.

“There is absolutely no reason why you can’t weld a really good narrative to a really cool shooting game,” Morgan told NowGamer.

“Uncharted 2 is the perfect example…it’s tongue-in-cheek, but it’s a compelling story and it’s a very straight-forward gameplay dynamic.

“Crysis 2, fine, it is fundamentally about firefights – about shooting stuff – but so was BioShock. The whole point about BioShock was the texture that made it.

Crysis 2 releases this Holiday season for PS3, 360 and PC.

Gears of War 3 formally announced

Gears of War 3 has just been formally revealed live on US TV.The announcement was made by Epic Games’ lead designer Cliff Bleszinski on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. A teaser was also shown, confirming an April 2011 release.It brings to an end nearly half a year of speculation as to when we’d see the final chapter in the Gears trilogy. Last September, Epic president Michael Capps said if Gears 3 happened, it’d be on the next-gen consoles.

Conviction started out much different than final product, says producer

Splinter Cell: Conviction’s creative director Maxime Beland has revealed that the original idea of the game was lot different than it turned out.Speaking with GamePro, Beland said that originally, the team wanted to make an “anti” Splinter Cell game.

Ubisoft drew inspiration from Uncharted, Max Payne for Conviction

Splinter Cell: Conviction’s game director, Patrick Redding, has revealed the development team’s inspiration for the game to OXM, citing games like Max Payne and Uncharted.Chatting about gameplay elements and invisibility, Redding said looking at other popular games gave the team an idea of what the player spent their time doing.

Red Dead Redemption is “our most ambitious game to date”, says Rockstar

Rockstar’s UK general manager Neil Stephen has said that Red Dead Redemption is the developer’s “most ambitious game to date” and “incredibly beautiful” at that.Speaking with MCV, Stephen revealed that game is also Rockstar’s biggest release of the year.“Red Dead Redemption is our most ambitious game to date and our biggest release this year,” said Stephen.

Splinter: Cell Conviction’s Mark & Execute feature detailed

Pumped for Splinter Cell: Conviction? We are, and you should too. This new video showing off its Mark & Execute feature proves it.

It shows how the concept of the feature works out in the game. Pick a weapon that has the ability to pick off more enemies or effectively have more power in a gun that has less marks? It’s up to you.

The footage is below, thanks to IGN.

Splinter Cell: Conviction releases next Tuesday in the US for Xbox 360, with a release a couple of days later on April 16.

“Big Peace Walker announcement” coming on Wednesday, says Kojima

Are you on the edge of your seat? Get even edgier by Wednesday for a “big” Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker announcement, according to Hideo Kojima. The MGS creator is holding a press conference for the game then, but did tweet that something will be going down during aforementioned media briefing. “On Wednesday, there will be a big Peace Walker announcement. I don’t think you can understand the enjoyment of Peace Walker until you’ve played it, but I believe you’ll feel a hint of sorts about ‘where is it a new Metal?’. ”All we’ll say is your guess would be as good as ours as to what the announce will be.Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is out on June 18 in the UK for PSP, with a US release a week earlier on June 8.
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Killzone 2, inFamous, Resistance 2 joining PS3 Greatest Hits in US

Killzone 2, inFamous and Resistance 2 are set to join the ranks of the Greatest Hits collection for PS3 in the US.

Ubisoft CV points at SC: Conviction for PS3

Splinter Cell: Conviction is coming to PlayStation 3. At least, that’s according to a CV from someone working at Ubisoft.Before the information was removed, a lead software engineer at Ubi Montreal, Marc Demers, had the game listed for “360, PS3, PC”.

Dead Space 2 footage from PAX East is a go

Did you watch the Dead Space 2 PAX East panel yesterday? You didn’t? Bad people, you missed the first ever footage of the Visceral horror sequel.But we forgive you.

Bungie: All platform options are open to the developer

With the release of Halo: Reach looming in the not-so-distant future, Bungie’s Brian Jarrard was asked if the developers had put any thought into which platforms it plans to create games for next.

Large patch for Aliens vs Predator released on Steam

Rebellion has released a massive patch for Aliens vs Predator over on Steam, and it’s full of fixes.One of the main additions is that players no longer need Steam to run dedicated server files, along with the dedicated server now able to use DLC maps, like Swarm which was released last week.