Monday, February 28, 2011

Consoles for free if you book Homefront

The shooter published by THQ, Homefront, will be the first player to land on the cloud service OnLive the same time as other versions of the title hit stores. To celebrate the event, OnLive launched an unprecedented promotion. If you book the game on OnLive between February 25 and March 15 (via IndustryGamers) will now PlayPass you can play for free to Metro in 2033, while from March 15 will receive a coupon code with a discount of $ 99, valid for the purchase of micro-console OnLive (OnLive Game sysem, available in North America at a price of $ 99).

The cover of Virtua Tennis 4

Back to tennis ... SEGA SEGA has released what will be the official packshot UK territory for Virtua Tennis 4, the last chapter of the famous tennis simulator. It is therefore plausible cover of which will appear in stores in Europe. You can find it below in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 with a lot of support and Kinect Move:

Atlus: "No to Catherine in the West"

According to the publisher Atlus, the company does not currently scheduled for publication in the west of Catherine puzzle game. The game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 debuted in Japan a few days ago with an initial position in the top ten software, but Atlus does not seem willing to take the time to play with paint erotic horror in the West.

"Catherine is a game reserved for the Japanese market and there are currently no plans to publish the title in North America," said Atlus to Beefjack (via Edge).

The Conduit 2 multiplayer video

Split-screen four-player local and twelve players online SEGA has just released a new gameplay video of conduit 2, which in this case shows us sequences of multiplayer modes either locally with a split-screen four-player, online with games they can join a maximum of twelve people. The sequel to the controversial FPS released in 2009 for Wii points right on the multiplayer, and in particular on the number of modes, to make the necessary leap in quality and to ensure that owners of Nintendo intense and engaging online experience, thanks to this' headset that will probably be bundled with the product.

Layoffs for United Front Games

The study, based in Vancouver United Front Games has confirmed the dismissal of an unspecified number of employees of the company. The downsizing of the study comes ins eguito allla cancellation of True Crime: Hong Kong, a project canceled by publisher Activision for the lack of competitiveness in the segment of the game open world.

"Due to the cancellation of True Crime several employees were fired," said the developer in a statement given to Joystiq (via Edge). Although the company has refused to talk about the number of employees involved, the developer's LinkedIn profile shows that 25 staff members have left United Front in recent days.

Free DLC for Sarious Sam HD

The Fusion pack available for those who have both episodes of the game devolver Digital and Croteam have announced the publication of a free DLC, the Fusion packs for those who have both episodes of Serious Sam HD or, alternatively, the Gold Edition of the game. The package combines all levels for the campaign and multiplayer with those of The First Encounter The Second Encounter, allowing players to experiment with modes such as "Beast Hunt" and "My Burden" using maps of the first episode.

Modern Warfare 3, the announcement at GDC

Activision could announce Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 during the upcoming Game Developers Conference. According to reports from That Videogame Blog (via Edge) some e-mails sent to the press contained a link to findmakarov. com (Makarov was one of the villains of Modern Warfare 2). The site in question appears in a countdown that will end in just over two days.

Infinity Ward should be the main developer of this new installment of Activision, but according to rumors emerged in recent months, the authors of Modern Warfare might have been joined by Sledgehammer and Games from Raven Software.