Daily Filter: July 30, 2010

Daily Filter: July 30, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you are eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to ...

Links: Happy Birthday, Brotha 2010 Edition

Links: Happy Birthday, Brotha 2010 Edition

A tiny LOST tribute there with wishes for my only bro. Tuesday, August 3, is older brother’s birthday. (I’m the youngest of three. Yes, I rub it in. Yes, he’s the dad of the gal I mentioned last week.) Sending good vibes his way for another great year and many ...

Oblivion Mod Pack: Oblivion Plus

Oblivion Mod Pack: Oblivion Plus

At Fileplanet, we are all about improving our gaming experiences. That’s why we have dubbed our newest Oblivion mod pack, “Oblivion Plus.” Yes, “plus” does mean better. Improved environment textures, new combat features, UI improvements – it’s all in there. So what is better than Oblivion? Oblivion Plus! DarNified UI ...

Battlefield 1943 for PC remains on track, still no release date

Battlefield 1943 for PC remains on track, still no release date

Still waiting for your PC version of Battlefield 1943? Okay, first, we feel obliged to tell you that you should probably check out Battlefield: Bad Company 2. But second, you might want to know that EA is apparently issuing refunds for pre-orders of the title to folks who reserved the ...

Analyst: Call of Duty Online could make $100 million in its first year

Analyst: Call of Duty Online could make $100 million in its first year

Rumors have been flying around about a subscription-based Call of Duty game for some time now — Activision boss Bobby Kotick adores the idea, because he adores money, and the company’s other subscription-based game, World of Warcraft, is quite the cash-printing machine. So why not go down that road? Many ...

Metroid: Other M to Feature ‘Theater Mode’

Metroid: Other M to Feature ‘Theater Mode’

Metroid: Other M will boast a lengthy film as a special feature when it hits stores on August 31. The film, unlocked after the game’s completion, features all of the game’s cut scenes and a few pre-recorded sections of gameplay in a two-hour presentation split up into DVD-like chapters. The ...

PRESS RELEASE: Virtual Play Games Announces Intellivision Lives!

PRESS RELEASE: Virtual Play Games Announces Intellivision Lives!

Los Angeles – (July 30, 2010)-Virtual Play Games, a global Console and PC video game publisher announced this day the release of one of the most recognizable classic games in video game history by bringing Intellivision Lives! to the Nintendo DSTM family of hand-held systems. “Virtual Play Games is very ...

Dragon’s Lair Trilogy for Wii: one step closer to porting Dragon’s Lair to everything

Dragon’s Lair Trilogy for Wii: one step closer to porting Dragon’s Lair to everything

Hey, Mad Dog McCree: Gunslinger Pack, there is a new sheriff in town — the “town” in this case being the set of “Collections of Three Laserdisc Games on Wii.” Digital Leisure and publisher Destineer are partnering to release Dragon’s Lair Trilogy on Wii this fall. Despite the name, the ...

LittleBigPlanet’s Sackboy gets stuck in Limbo

LittleBigPlanet’s Sackboy gets stuck in Limbo

Can’t be bothered to pony up the $15 entry fee for Limbo? Don’t fret, miser — just check out PSN user bra2008′s take on the Summer of Arcade title in the PS3 platformer platform, LittleBigPlanet. As seen in the video below, the level does a nice job of capturing the ...

Richard Garriott wins $28 million in NCsoft suit

Richard Garriott wins $28 million in NCsoft suit

Spacefaring game designer Richard Garriott has been awarded $28 million in his lawsuit against former employer NCsoft. The Austin American-Statesman reports that Garriott was seeking $47 million — a much higher figure than earlier reports — to cover the losses he incurred after being forced to quickly sell his stock ...

Rock Band Weekly: Blondie, Decemberists and many more

Rock Band Weekly: Blondie, Decemberists and many more

There will be no track packs in next week’s Rock Band DLC update. Instead, eight individual songs will be released, demonstrating a wide array of artists. Several bands will even be making their Rock Band debuts, including The Decemberists and dc Talk. It’s an eclectic group of singles on deck ...

Daily Filter: July 29, 2010

Daily Filter: July 29, 2010

Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you are eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to ...

HAWX 2 recruits your friends for multiplayer dogfights

HAWX 2 recruits your friends for multiplayer dogfights

The competitive multiplayer of the first Tom Clancy’s HAWX game was limited to a single deathmatch-type experience. In Tom Clancy’s HAWX 2: HAWX HARDER, there will be a full-on multiplayer mode in addition to the four-player coop abilities of the campaign, survival, free-flight and arcade modes, providing players with the ...

Metroid: Other M’s cutscenes compiled into two-hour motion picture in ‘theater mode’

Metroid: Other M’s cutscenes compiled into two-hour motion picture in ‘theater mode’

Do you feel like living through a full-fledged Metroid experience, but cannot be bothered to do all that item-hunting? No, you could not care less about those stray E-Tanks and absent missile expansions — you care about the deep, rich lore of Samus’ Zebesian struggle. Metroid: Other M will contain ...

Conduit 2 Box Art Released

Conduit 2 Box Art Released

The guns look bigger, and there is more text! Sega released the official box art for Conduit 2 today, and it is saddled with prominent text that states it has “single, split-screen, and on-line combat.” Alongside the release of the box art, Sega also teased that more exciting information about ...

Capcom Posts Dramatic Drop in First Quarter Income

Capcom Posts Dramatic Drop in First Quarter Income

Huge drop in profits compared to this time last year. Capcom have reported a net income of 216 million yen ($2.4 million) for the quarter ending June 30, 2010. Compared with the same period in 2009, this is a 94.8 percent drop. While profits are down, net sales are similar ...

PlayStation Move Starter Pack includes nine demos in the UK

PlayStation Move Starter Pack includes nine demos in the UK

The PlayStation Move is set to launch in the US on September 19 alongside several bundles. The Starter Pack — a $99 bundle including one PlayStation Move controller, a PlayStation Eye camera and a copy of Sports Champions — is apparently going to be a bit different when it launches ...