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December 2nd, 2009 at 05:40pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Yesterday’s announcement that TNA Impact!: Cross the Line would be heading to DS and PSP by way of SouthPeak Games (a game left over from the collapse of Midway Games) wasn’t exactly a shock to ardent followers of the franchise. The question of whether or not TNA would pursue additional games on current-gen consoles (360/PS3/PC), however, remained up in the air. We spoke with a TNA representative last evening who told Joystiq that the company is “working on a long-term solution” for the development of said games.
“We absolutely want a long-term partner for video games, and it’s super important to TNA to have a long-term partner for games on the current consoles like 360 and PlayStation,” the rep said. And though he admitted (after much prying, in fairness) that development of that next TNA game on 360/PS3 is “kind of open to the market” in terms of a developer/publisher, the company “likes SouthPeak as a partner now” and “would like to continue to work with them.” For now though, SouthPeak will only retain the right to publish the TNA back catalog and the upcoming handheld title.
TNA seeking ‘long-term partner’ for future 360/PS3 TNA Impact! games originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 1st, 2009 at 06:00pm
Under PSP
Truth be told, loyal readers, we kind of already told you about SouthPeak Games scooping up the right to publish the Midway-developed TNA Impact!: Cross the Line for the PSP and DS. So when the company recently announced that it would be publishing Cross the Line “later this Winter,” we weren’t exactly flabbergasted.
However, when SouthPeak’s Q1 2010 financial report revealed the aforementioned last month, it wasn’t clear whether the game publisher had secured rights to future TNA Impact! games or not. Speaking with representatives for SouthPeak this morning, we were declined comment on who owns said rights “other than what’s in the [press] release.” We’ve followed up with TNA and will update this post if we hear back.
SouthPeak publishing TNA Impact! on handhelds ‘later this Winter’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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By Mister-X
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November 24th, 2009 at 07:30pm
Under Xbox 360
Timegate has released a title update for Section 8, which should fix several bugs in the game and tweak a few things. The main fixes include improved matchmaking, a fix for faulty Achievements and improved tank controls. AI bots will now also follow and defend human players, and the update also fixes latency problems and lost stats. There’s a host of other smaller tweaks and changes as well, which you can read about on the Section 8 forums.
Likely not fixed by the patch, a precipitous drop in players since November 10.
Section 8 update fixes matchmaking, Achievements, more originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: achievements, patch, section-8, southpeak, southpeak-games, timegate, timegate-studios, update
By Mister-X
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November 20th, 2009 at 06:30pm
Under DS
Having not played Renegade Kid’s first survival/horror-FPS on the Nintendo DS back in 2007, Dementium: The Ward, I had few expectations going into my recent hands-on with the game’s sequel, the aptly titled Dementium 2. I knew that the first game enjoyed critical acclaim for more than adequately bringing survival/horror tropes to Nintendo’s handheld, and ultimately scored pretty well with reviewers, but ever since Metroid Prime Hunters I’ve been wary of first-person mechanics on the DS.
Thankfully, when first faced with manipulating Dementium 2’s main character, it became quickly obvious that the game’s slow pace helps to account for any discomfort issues that might arise from the control scheme. Over the course of 45 minutes, I put together puzzles, traveled between two dimensions multiple times, and even fought a boss who tried to throw up on me from the ceiling (what a jerk!). Though its content and storytelling seems to be a carefully crafted amalgam of games from the three or so genres it mashes up (fps, adventure, survival/horror) – a handheld Half-Life meets Silent Hill on Monkey Island, almost – the time I spent with a preview build of Dementium 2 earlier today felt like the beginning of what could be a very interesting game.
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Hands-on: Dementium 2 (DS) originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: dementium, dementium-2, fps, hands-on, horror, renegade-kid, southpeak, survival, survival-horror
By Mister-X
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November 17th, 2009 at 07:45pm
Under DS
Having gotten the obligatory joke out of the way in the first post about SouthPeak’s Crime Scene, we’re now free to look at, you know, the game and stuff. And it certainly delivers on the promise of the title! It’s basically a crime scene on the DS for you to explore. You have to comb through whole rooms, collecting fingerprints, footprints and other evidence. You get to tweeze – and swab.
Crime Scene is one of the few M-rated games on DS — joining an elite club comprising games like Resident Evil: Deadly Silence, the Dementiums, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, and, of course, Touch the Dead. With that rating, it may turn out to be a more realistic, serious take on crime than the other cop games on DS.
Investigate a Crime Scene trailer originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: adventure, crime-scene, forensics, southpeak
By Mister-X
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November 16th, 2009 at 11:30am
Under Xbox 360
After oodles of 2009 delays, this is one that really hurts. We’re talking about a “getting bit on the finger by Charlie” level of pain here. Are you braced? OK. Two Worlds II — which is not Two Worlds: The Temptation — has been delayed by SouthPeak until the spring of 2010, according to GameSpot.
The bigger question, of course, is, “What joke are we going to make about Two Worlds II being delayed?” We’ve gone back and forth, because we’re worried about being too mean. We soon realized though that if you picked the joke, we wouldn’t have to feel so guilty. Do our dirty work right after the break.
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Two Worlds II pushed into spring of 2010 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: rpg, southpeak, two-worlds-ii
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September 10th, 2009 at 05:45pm
Under Xbox 360
Unless your title begins with Halo or Gears — or ends with Duty — it’s hard to get your shooter recognized on the Xbox 360. It seems that the cats at SouthPeak understand this, and have come up with a particularly sneaky contest. You see, the contest asks fans to design the official shirt for the game. Naturally, the winner will receive a fabulous prize, in this case a 32″ HDTV, an Xbox 360 and a copy of Section 8.
The ingenious part is this: It’s a contest, which is designed to generate interest in the game. But the goal of the contest is to design the official shirt, which will also be used to generate interest in the game. Pretty sneaky, SouthPeak. The contest opens September 11 and closes on September 30. For more details, head over to the official contest page.
Market Section 8, win an HDTV and a 360 originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: section-8, southpeak, timegate
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August 28th, 2009 at 09:00pm
Under Xbox 360
First off, as the headline eloquently suggests, Section 8 has been blessed with a release date. The game will hit North American shelves on September 4, the UK and Asia / Pacific regions on September 11 and the rest of Europe on September 18. So there’s that. In other mechanically enhanced soldier news, TimeGate has announced its plans to open a clan and stat portal for the game.
The clan portal will allow users to access lots of special features, including automatically updating clan tags, establishing clan hierarchies, and reviewing the stats of new applicants. Meanwhile, the stats page will (obviously) list comprehensive stats for the game, including career statistics, records achieved in a single “life,” as well as the number of badges earned and feats accomplished. Leaderboards can also be organized by overall stats or restricted to just those within an individual clan. Finally, both Xbox 360 and PC players will enjoy “mutually exclusive” stats, which should hopefully avert any potential “mouse vs. keyboard” flame wars.
The stats page, located here, will launch next week alongside the North American release of the game.
Section 8 dated, clan and stat portal detailed originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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August 21st, 2009 at 02:45pm
Under Xbox 360
We have to admit that we really dig the concept of Section 8. First, you’ve got power-armored super soldiers that drop into the battlefield from 15,000 feet — kind of like ODSTs without those pansy drop pods. Players can run across the battlefield in seconds, jump 20 feet in the air, and even have a tank hot-dropped right into the action.
We liked what we saw of the game at GDC, and now everyone can get their hands on the game, thanks to a demo that just dropped (geddit?) onto Xbox Live Marketplace. The demo allows players to try out the game’s multiplayer mode. It’s similar to Battlefield, in which points are earned by performing team objectives, only with a twist. The objectives aren’t determined by game type, but pop up dynamically during gameplay. One minute you might be disrupting an enemy caravan, and another you could be escorting a VIP to your base.
Check out the video above for a quick explanation, then download the demo and give it a try.
[Thanks, scott!]
Section 8 demo slams onto Xbox Live originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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