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Serious Sam HD gone gold

Serious Sam HD developer Developer Digital announced via Twitter that Croteam’s Serious Sam high def re-incarnation has gone gold — however, as fate would have it, that particular tweet has since been removed. Another tweet reveals that you’ll be able to pre-order the digital copy of the game next week. We’ll see if that one sticks on Twitter or not.

Valve denies L4D 2 demo revealed DLC

Yesterday we reported that the Left 4 Dead 2 demo included references to unannounced DLC, two of them, to be precise, but Valve’s Chet Faliszek has stated that those names are placeholders only, in case they decide to release DLC. Faliszek said,

If you’re reading in the forums and you’re reading about the “Miracle” DLC or whatever, that’s test code. To get tested through Microsoft certification we had to do test scenarios with DLC. We haven’t actually come out internally with what we’re going to do yet.

Seeing that Left 4 Dead has received DLC packs, there’s no indication that the sequel won’t. After all, DLCs are big business, just look at Bethesda and Fallout 3.

Left 4 Dead 2 DLC hinted?

The Left 4 Dead 2 demo appears to have hints in the code of two unannounced DLCs for the game, titled “Miracle Pack” and “Apocalyptic Pack”. CVG claims that the two names appear next to the survivors in the code, but I guess we’ll all know once Valve makes things official. There’s no reason not to think DLCs will be finding its way to L4D 2.

Super Mario voice actor confirms new Mario game

Charles Martinet, the legendary voice actor behind the voice of Super Mario, spilled the beans on a new Mario game, saying his latest gig involved voice acting for a new Mario game that is not New Super Mario Bros. Wii or Super Mario Galaxy 2 — both of which are announced and will ship this year and next year, respectively. He wrote on his Twitter page, “Mama Mia!!!! I’m going to Seattle this week to record a new Mario game! Woo Hooo!!!!! I can hardly wait!!!!1″, followed by another tweet saying, “Awesome new Mario Game! And it’s not NSMB Wii, and it’s not Galaxy 2, but it’s going to be crazy fun!”. As usual Nintendo doesn’t comment on rumors, but you can always guess.

Nvidia Tegra to be used in next Nintendo DS

Nvidia’s Tegra chip, which includes CPU and graphics in the same, lower powered chip, is rumored to be featured in Nintendo’s next DS update. The Tegra chip can already be found in Microsoft’s Zune HD, which can, among other things, play 3D games and stream HD video. The basic Tegra chip configuration runs at 600 MHz, while the two chips found in the DS run at a meager 67 MHz and 33 Mhz. The rumors suggest that the new DS might wait and get the next generation of Tegra chips, which are due in about a year from now.

Crytek UK working on original FPS

When Crytek bought Free Radical, developers of Time Splitters and Haze, most expected the newly named Crytek UK studio to continue the Crysis franchise, however, according to studio boss Karl Hilton, they’re doing something completely different: an original FPS. There are no other details regarding the game, however, we’re pretty sure it’ll have at least a “Cry” in the title.

Will Wright’s latest studio working on 3 unannounced projects

In early April we let you know that Will Wright, the guy behind The Sims, Spore and co-founder of Maxis, would be departing the studio he helped build to focus on his newest studio Stupid Fun Club. At the time we had no idea exactly what the studio would work on first and not much has changed since. Although today we now at least know that Stupid Fun Club is working on something.

Mr. Wright himself recently sat down with VentureBeat to let us know that Stupid Fun Club is working on three separate projects which could come to life in “six months to a year”. He elaborated by saying that these projects range from the internet to toys but didn’t say much further.

So, within the next 6-12 months we should be seeing more of Stupid Fun Club.

Modern Warfare 2 delayed?

Recent rumors have suggested that the upcoming and highly anticipated shooter Modern Warfare 2, would be delayed up to two weeks. While Activision hasn’t announced anything yet, retailers are still listing November 10 as the official release date. The rumors on the other hand, are suggesting November 20 for consoles and November 24th for the PC version. We’ll wait for a confirmation from Activision, as this may very well be bogus.

Wii price cut all but confirmed

Several rumors have been suggesting that Nintendo will lower the price on the Wii from $250 to $200 in the upcoming weeks, rumors from major retailers who all received the new price point on the game console. Nintendo however, has remained tight-lipped as usual, not commenting on anything.

Major retailers like Best Buy, Target and Toy ‘R Us have all sent out memos with the new price point — $199 — and all suggest that the official announcement from Nintendo will be on September 25, this Friday. We’ll have to wait and see and get a confirmation from the Big N.

Sonic Adventure DX gets multiplatform rating gets filed

A new rating filing has popped up on the Classification Database for Sonic Adventure DX: Director’s Cut. The game is a remake of the original Sonic Adventure game which was later released on the Nintendo GameCube and PC.

The multiplatform filing can only lead an assumption for an Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network release, although nothing official has been said by SEGA yet.

via PushSquare

Fallout 3 trophies now on PlayStation Network

A number of Fallout 3 trophies have made their way onto the PlayStation Network today, prior to the upcoming DLC package release. Bethesda Softworks’ Ashley Cheng claimed that the publisher was aiming to release the DLC before the end of September, although this news may indicate an earlier release than previously planned.

Here’s a list of the trophies available:

• Aiding the Outcasts (silver)
• The Guns of Anchorage (silver)
• Paving the Way (silver)
• Operation Anchorage! (gold)
• Into The Pitt (silver)
• Unsafe Working Conditions (silver)
• Free Labor (gold)
• Mill Worker (silver)
• Death From Above (silver)
• Shock Value (silver)
• Who Dares Wins (gold)
• Devil (bronze)
• True Mortal (bronze)
• Messiah (bronze)
• The Local Flavor (silver)
• Walking With Spirits (silver)
• A Meeting of the Minds (gold)
• Bog Walker (silver)
• Not of This World (silver)
• Among the Stars (silver)
• This Galaxy Ain’t Big Enough… (gold)
• Alien Archivist (silver)

via Kotaku

New 360 dashboard compressing files?

Users on forums everywhere are reporting that downloaded files on the Xbox 360 while using the new dashboard come at smaller sizes. For example, Call of Duty 4 comes in at around 200MB smaller, and Battlefield: Bad Company comes in at a whopping 1.6GB smaller. The reason behind this may be due to new file compression formats.

In case you have the new dashboard and want to make room for your HDD, you need to reinstall the games in order to take advantage of the compression. Here’s a small list of games, via GamersReports, that are smaller in size:

• Call of Duty 4 0.2GB smaller
• Call of Duty: WAW 0.1GB smaller
  
• Gears of War 2 0.4GB smaller
  
• Halo 3 0.6GB smaller
  
• Battlefield: BC 1.6GB smaller
• SFIV 0.4GB smaller
  
• Left 4 Dead 1.3GB smaller

via GamersReports

Shadow of Destiny PSP port coming to US, à la ESRB

An ESRB listing of the Shadow of Destiny port for the PlayStation Portable reveals that the game will be getting a North American release. The game was rated Teen for Alcohol Reference, Animated Blood, and Violence. Nothing official from Konami says anything about the release, but at least we know that it’s definitely on its way.

The Japanese version is set to debut on October 1st, so it could be possible that it’ll be released not too far after. Unfortunately, no word on a European or Australian release yet.

[Thanks, Leland!]

Rumor: PS3 Slim bundled with Madden 10 next month

Here we go again, more PS3 Slim rumors — Buzz circulating the internet suggests that the PS3 Slim bundle is, in fact, coming to market this August bundled with Madden NFL 2010.

This rumor comes to us from the 1UP.com’s latest podcast in which David Ellis has been quoted to say:

It’s gonna be in August. Everything I’ve heard says it’s coming in August, it’s tied with Madden.

And, to add even more heat to the flame, Ellis said that this may have been the cause for Activision’s much publicized threat against Sony. Apparantly, the megapublisher was mad that Sony had opted to bundle an EA game with the console as opposed to an Activision one.

Take this as you will but at this point it remains just a rumor. We’ll have to wait until next month before we find out if a PS3 Slim is actually on its way to market.

Rumor: New WoW expansion races leaked?

The latest Public Test Realm patch 3.2.0 in the World of Warcraft not only includes the upcoming Crusaders’ Coliseum, but also textures for upcoming Halloween events. Some of these textures were leaked by MMO-Champion, and reveal to be Goblin and Worgen masks. Now, note that these are the only two masks that were in the texture. Even if the patch itself is merely a PTR, it still holds some significance.

Goblins are a neutral race in the game, meaning they don’t hold allegiance to either the Horde or Alliance, so it’s possible that they can be the very first multi-faction race. As for Worgens, one can only assume that they will be Alliance exclusive, or also be another multi-faction race.

Remember though, it’s all speculation, so don’t get your Warcraft undies in a bunch. Hopefully more information will be revealed in this year’s BlizzCon.

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