TrueAchievements news archive for August 2010

  • Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition [CONFIRMED]

    UPDATE: The BBFC has detailed the contents of the Ultimate Edition of Dragon Age: Origins. As expected, they include Awakenings and all other DLC. Dragon Age: Origins Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening

    Posted 13 years ago 79

  • Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days DLC

    Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days hasn't been out for all that long really. Regardless, the first DLC packs are available now on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. There's two packs, one called 'Multiplayer Masks'

    Posted 13 years ago 28

  • Rock Band DLC for 31st August

    Coming to the Rock Band Store next week is a new Country pack! The tracks are: Dierks Bentley-“What Was I Thinkin’” Eric Church - "Hell on the Heart” Jamey Johnson - “Women” Josh Turner - “Would You

    Posted 13 years ago 54

  • Xbox 360 D-Pad Being Reworked [UPDATED]

    UPDATE: It looks like Joystiq was right on the money, I hope they give their source delicious amounts of cookies and milk. Major Nelson just updated his own blog with pictures and videos of the new c

    Posted 13 years ago 208

  • Super Meat Boy - Release Date Announced

    Team Meat have announced today that their hilarious and bizarre platformer Super Meat Boy is coming to the Xbox Live Arcade on October 20th. The game will be the "main course" of Microsoft's upcoming

    Posted 13 years ago 44

  • Pinball FX 2 Release Date Announced

    The second game to be announced as a part of Microsoft's upcoming Game Feast promotion (think Summer of Arcade, but less Summer-y), ZEN Studios have today announced that Pinball FX 2 will be hitting

    Posted 13 years ago 29

  • Mafia II - Jimmy's Vendetta DLC Details

    2K Games have announced that the post-launch DLC pack for http://www.trueachievements.com/Mafia-II-xbox-360.htm - entitled Jimmy's Vendetta - will be releasing on September 7th, for a price of 800 MS

    Posted 13 years ago 54

  • Monday Night Combat Patch On The Way

    Uber Entertainment have been monitoring and listening to player feedback regarding their XBLA title, Monday Night Combat, and have identified a host of bugs, glitches and exploits which will be patch

    Posted 13 years ago 36

  • Tron: Evolution Collector's Edition Detailed

    Disney has confirmed that Tron: Evolution will have a Collector's Edition, much like the many other AAA titles (Fable 3, Fallout: New Vegas, Halo: Reach, to name a few). However, what makes this a tr

    Posted 13 years ago 42

  • Borderlands Game of the Year Edition Announced

    Gearbox has official announced the often rumored Game of the Year edition for Borderlands. This edition of the game will include the full retail game (whew!) and all four pieces of downloadable conte

    Posted 13 years ago 84

  • Xbox LIVE Gold Membership Price Increase

    Major Nelson has made a post on his official blog regarding changes in the Xbox LIVE Gold Membership price structure, and it's not mentioning any price drops. Major Nelson gave the following statemen

    Posted 13 years ago 405

  • Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Car List [RUMOUR]

    A German website has purportedly revealed the full vehicle listing for EA's upcoming racer Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. This was allegedly gained through some sloppy HTML coding at the official websi

    Posted 13 years ago 34

  • Dead Rising: Case Zero Delayed [Japan only]

    Edit: Okay, panic over! Over on their official blog (http://www.capcom-unity.com/jgonzo/blog/2010/08/30/dead_risi...), Capcom have confirmed that the game will still release tomorrow in North America

    Posted 13 years ago 74

  • Deal of the Week: August 30th, 2010

    Another themed week for the latest DotW, seeing offers on a handful of alien-related items on the Marketplace, including a price drop on three XBLA games! Exclusively for Xbox Live Gold members. Firs

    Posted 13 years ago 44

  • Dead Rising 2 - Psychopathic Wedding

    MSXBoxWorld has posted a new video up from Dead Rising 2. It features the return of the psychopathic boss fights, and they have not lost a beat at all. This video shows, what is presumed to be, a cut

    Posted 13 years ago 81

  • Telltale Teases Crossover Game

    Set to reveal its newest game at PAX, Telltale released a small teaser trailer for their next game. It is going to be a cross-over game, involving some very unlikely characters. http://www.youtube.co

    Posted 13 years ago 88

  • Blacklight: Tango Down Patch

    The hugely popular Blacklight: Tango Down has receieved an XBLA patch from UTVIgnition to correct a few issues in the game, and to add several new features into the game. Jared Gerritzen Lead Designe

    Posted 13 years ago 37

  • Red Dead Redemption Liars and Cheats DLC

    Rockstar Games have announced a release date for the latest DLC for Red Dead Redemption, Liars and Cheats. Liars and Cheats will be released September 21st for 800 MSP. The first DLC pack, Outlaws to

    Posted 13 years ago 76

  • Bioshock 2 DLC Available August 31st

    Possibly the last piece of DLC for Bioshock 2, Minerva's Den, will be available August 31st for 800 MSP. This DLC is focusing on the single player campaign by introducing new locations and characters

    Posted 13 years ago 95

  • New Look Avatar Unveiled

    Remember a short while back when Matt Hull (now http://www.trueachievements.com/Glawackus.htm) wrote up an article on how the Xbox LIVE avatars were due to undergo some changes in order to allow them

    Posted 13 years ago 198

  • Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds Gameplay

    There's much kicking and punching fresh from Marvel vs. Capom 3: Fate of Two Worlds available on the internet tubes. That's quite a title, I may have to pull a Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light an

    Posted 13 years ago 31

  • FIFA 11 Under The Hood

    EA's devs have decided to share with us the insights and affects of the improved stamina and fatigue system that FIFA 11 will be carrying under all the fancy graphics. In the demonstration video all

    Posted 13 years ago 16

  • Halo: Reach 'Deliver Hope'

    Halo: Reach draws ever closer. It's the unreleased game which probably needs the least introduction. Nevertheless, Bungie have put out a new live action video aimed at working Halo fans up into a fre

    Posted 13 years ago 76

  • Xbox LIVE Update Addresses Headset Sound Quality

    This autumn will see a Dashboard update launched in preparation for the arrival of Kinect in November. As well as addressing whatever issues need to be patched up for Kinect, it has been said that th

    Posted 13 years ago 91

  • Shank Achievements Bugged

    The very recently released Shank has hit a stumbling block which affect the availability of achievements and cinematic quality respectively. Whilst not a game breaker for everyone, most of us like ou

    Posted 13 years ago 69

  • DJ Hero 2 Setlist Confirmed

    The current trend seems to be unleashing your new rhythm games setlist upon the gaming world in a similar manner to which a Samurai would unsheathe his sword. Activision and DJ Hero 2 are the next to

    Posted 13 years ago 49

  • Portal 2 - Two Gameplay Trailers

    Aperture Laboratories is proud to show you the following presentation of its two newest products: the Aerial Faith Plate and the Repulsion Gel. Please enjoy the following videos illustrating how the

    Posted 13 years ago 28

  • Dragon Age Gets to Witch Hunting

    The ending of Dragon Age: Origins was certainly an interesting one, depending on which ending you got during your playthrough. But regardless of which ending you got, one thing was never clarified: w

    Posted 13 years ago 149

  • Snoopy Flying Ace's New DLC is Out

    The first second batch of DLC for sleeper hit has hit the marketplace today. The DLC, titled "Suppertime of Destruction", costs a meager 400 MSP and adds plenty of new content to the "dog" fighting g

    Posted 13 years ago 25

  • THQ Asks Metro 2033 Fans For 'Patience'

    When the long awaited 'Ranger Pack' DLC was announced for Metro 2033 fans of the game were pleased to finally be offered a long awaited expansion to the game. Soon after, in preparation for the updat

    Posted 13 years ago 54

  • FIFA 11 Be A Goalkeeper Tutorial

    EA have released a tutorial video which offers a look into how the 'Be A Goalkeeper' mode is going to work in their upcoming sphere kicking simulator, FIFA 11. Up until now the goalkeeper has always

    Posted 13 years ago 52

  • Saw II: Flesh and Blood Dated

    Saw II: Flesh and Blood is more or less finished and Konami have detailed that the title will go on sale October 19th, just in a nick of time for Halloween. Saw II: Flesh and Blood will you see you p

    Posted 13 years ago 79

  • Toy Soldiers Invasion DLC

    Signal Studios have announced on their official Toy Soldiers website via a mock newspaper headline that the next batch of DLC is to be titled Invasion, and should arrive on the Xbox Live Marketplace

    Posted 13 years ago 23

  • Forza 3 (Ultimate Collection) Rumoured

    The internet is a big place. A very big place. If you happen to swing by the Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classificationwebsite, therein lies the source to a rumoured Forza 3 (Ultimate C

    Posted 13 years ago 41

  • Saints Row Double Pack Confirmed

    It's been a minor rumour for a while, but Volition have confirmed that the Saints Row Double Pack is legit, featuring both Saints Row and Saints Row 2 in the one box (though both games come on separa

    Posted 13 years ago 43

  • Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter Gets a Date

    Majesco, publishers of all things serious, have finally given Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter a release date. Sequel to , our old friend Sam is here to bring some non-committal ultra violence ba

    Posted 13 years ago 20

  • New Portal 2 Screens and Co-Op Trailer

    A couple of Portal 2 goodies surfaced at Gamescom, including some oh-so-shiny screens and a brief look at the game's new co-op mode, which has you controlling two robots working together to solve the

    Posted 13 years ago 37

  • XBLA Wednesday: August 25th, 2010

    This week, coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game - 800 MSP SCOTT PILGRIM is the ROCK-N-ROLL ACTION LOVE-STORY for the 8-BIT GENERATION. Scott Pilgrim is a lovable loser an

    Posted 13 years ago 104

  • DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue Announced

    Hothead Games originally announced DeathSpank as an episodic series, so it shouldn't be too much of a surprise to hear that the next game in the series has just been announced and primed for release

    Posted 13 years ago 62

  • Vanquish Demo Dropping Soon

    Vanquish, the upcoming shooter from Platinum Games, recently had a demo dated during an interview with Gamespot. Atsushi Inaba, producer of Vanquish, said that a demo of the "completely developed" sh

    Posted 13 years ago 40

  • 'The Lair of the Shadowbroker' Coming to ME2

    Bioware announced the next piece in it's Mass Effect 2 DLC plans, titled "Lair of the Shadowbroker". This piece of DLC will have you fighting your way through Illium and the Shadowbroker's lair, as w

    Posted 13 years ago 119

  • Crackdown 2 - Toy Box DLC Announced

    Your work isn't finished yet, agent. Microsoft have today announced the contents for the first piece of Crackdown 2 - the "Toy Box." Much like the original game's DLC, the content will be available i

    Posted 13 years ago 53

  • Deal of the Week: August 23rd, 2010

    This week's DotW sees a price drop on two pieces of http://www.trueachievements.com/BioShock-2-xbox-360.htm DLC and two Avatar Marketplace items from the game, exclusively for Xbox Live Gold users. F

    Posted 13 years ago 76

  • Left 4 Dead - The Sacrifice DLC Announced

    Revealed via the latest episode of GameTrailers TV, Valve have confirmed the contents and release window (heh... I know...) for the latest batch of L4D DLC, entitled "The Sacrifice." The DLC will be

    Posted 13 years ago 207

  • Fable III: Pub Games Alternative

    Head of Lionhead Games, Peter Molyneux, has announced that Pub Games, a pre-release to Fable II that allowed players to start collecting cash for their in-game character by playing gambling mini-game

    Posted 13 years ago 69

  • Rock Band 3 - Entire Setlist Confirmed

    While a lot of the list was leaked the other day, I've held off from writing about the Rock Band 3 setlist until there was definitive confirmation from Harmonix about it. Well today's that day, HMX r

    Posted 13 years ago 282

  • Rock Band DLC for 24th August

    Next week, coming to the Rock Band Store: Disturbed – “Another Way to Die” Disturbed – “Asylum” Disturbed – “The Animal” Crash Kings – “Mountain Man” The Veer Union – “Seasons” * We Are the Fallen –

    Posted 13 years ago 86

  • Carmine Looks Set To Survive

    Mircosoft Games and Epic have been raising money for charity and allowing us gamers to decide the fate of the third Carmine brother in Gears Of War 3. After a fantastic debut at Comic-Con 2010 and to

    Posted 13 years ago 237

  • Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Dated, DLC Confirmed

    Konami has stamped the latest iteration of the Castlevania series, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, with a release date. You'll be slaying the undead with your beloved Vampire Killer on October 5th (if

    Posted 13 years ago 45

  • Transformers Quadruple Experience (4x) Weekend

    Briefly, the folks over at Transformers: War for Cybertron were kind enough to post up on their official facebook page the following: Big XP weekend coming this Friday (8/20) through Sunday (8/22) as

    Posted 13 years ago 45

  • Gamescom Day 2 Overview

    Today was a very different beast from yesterday at Gamescom – the doors opened to the general public for the first time. This meant that the halls went from relative calm to complete insanity! As wel

    Posted 13 years ago 40

  • Gamescom 2010 - Call Of Duty: Black Ops

    Following on from an exclusive interview with Hank Keirsey, the Black Ops military advisor (full interview Q&A to follow) we got to see more action from two additional levels of the game. As with the

    Posted 13 years ago 71

  • Gamescom 2010 - Ubisoft Presentation

    Day 2 of Gamescom, and we managed to secure ourselves access to Ubisoft’s private press presentation for their next 3 big titles – Driver: San Francisco, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Ghost Recon

    Posted 13 years ago 37

  • Another Bonus XP Event for Gears of War 2

    Exactly like he did with the Comic-Con 20x XP event, Epic Games' Rod Fergusson has announced that the XP bonus for the upcoming Gears 2 event will be decided by the fans - or rather, by the number of

    Posted 13 years ago 314

  • Suda51 Announces Sine Mora

    Goichi Suda - better known as Suda51 - is at Gamescom this week, and has just announced what his newest game is, and more importantly that it will be gracing our favourite console. http://a.imageshac

    Posted 13 years ago 42

  • Gamescom 2010 Report

    Hey TAers! hankford and I have been privileged to spend today at Gamescom 2010 in Cologne, Germany, and we wanted to tell you a bit about what we’ve been up to so far… The event itself is enormous –

    Posted 13 years ago 55

  • The Entire Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Setlist

    With the release of the game a mere six weeks away, Activision have finally revealed the entire setlist for the upcoming Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. The sixth iteration of the franchise is focusin

    Posted 13 years ago 278

  • Portal 2 Release Date Announced

    While Portal 2 was originally slated for a 2010 release, Valve announced just before E3 that it would be delayed until next year. The internet subsequently cried. But today at Gamescom, Valve have ju

    Posted 13 years ago 67

  • Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 Screens and Info

    Don't worry, it's not a sequel to the hilariously awful retail Bionic Commando, but to the old school XBLA game Bionic Commando: Rearmed. Calm down! Capcom have released a handful of screenshots and

    Posted 13 years ago 29

  • Avatars Redesigned For Kinect

    In an interview with Xbox 360 The Official Magazine, Nick Burton, senior programmer at avatar creators Rare, has said that avatars will "become more realistic" and will be considered the 'Avatar 2.0'

    Posted 13 years ago 103

  • Ubisoft Reveals Fighters Uncaged For Kinect

    Ubisoft have announced that Fighters Uncaged, a Kinect-exclusive, will be available in November 2010. Developed by AMA Studios, it boasts that it will have "the excitement of real fighting", whilst t

    Posted 13 years ago 38

  • Two More Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Characters Confirmed

    Capcom have today opened their media presentations at Gamescom over in Cologne, and one of the biggest nuggets of news they're released in the confirmation of two more MvC3 characters: Capcom's Viewi

    Posted 13 years ago 38

  • FIFA 11 Gameplay Trailer

    EA Sports dropped us a nice little gameplay video that shows us more than their teaser trailer. I suppose that is why they called the previous video a teaser. This video emphasizes the player persona

    Posted 13 years ago 52

  • Kane & Lynch 2 DLC Detailed

    The game is only out in the United States. The European and Japanese regions are still waiting for it to release. Does that stop Square Enix from announcing the Kane & Lynch 2's DLC plans? Not at all

    Posted 13 years ago 47

  • Crysis 2 Limited and Nano Editions Detailed

    The game may have been delayed, but that does not stop EA from announcing the Limited and Nano Editions for Crysis 2. Each edition will have more than the standard edition and will come in special pa

    Posted 13 years ago 23

  • NBA2K11 Debut Trailer

    2K Sports released the first trailer for NBA2K11. It will feature Michael Jordan on the cover and allow players to try and come out on top in 10 famous games from Jordan's career. The trailer is inte

    Posted 13 years ago 43

  • Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Gameplay

    Criterion Games has posted a nice new video emphasizing Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit's "Autolog" feature. The player vs. player challenge system appears to update you with the activity of your friends

    Posted 13 years ago 38

  • Brink Shows Off its SMARTs

    Splash Damage published their latest developer diary on the S.M.A.R.T. game engine they have developed for their new game Brink. S.M.A.R.T. stands for Smooth Movement Across Random Terrain. The engin

    Posted 13 years ago 55

  • First Guardian of Light DLC Free for 30 Days

    Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, henceforth referred to as LCATGOL, has had a bumpy road to release. The lack of online co-op for the 360 version until September 28th, nullifying the "timed excl

    Posted 13 years ago 58

  • Halo: Reach ViDoc and Firefight Screens

    Bungie released a couple of new videos today. The first is a ViDoc titled "A Spartan Will Rise." It gives unfamiliar players an introduction into Noble Squad. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPWo77wmK

    Posted 13 years ago 95

  • Dead Space 2 Gameplay and Screens

    EA and Visceral Games just released some new screenshots and gameplay trailer after their press conference. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocg9zvaq5TY It almost looks like the game is transitioning a

    Posted 13 years ago 62

  • Kinect European Release Date

    Microsoft is over at the gamescom event and showing off some of their smaller titles. You know, those titles like Halo: Reach and Fable III. Small titles. Also showing off it's line-up is the Kinect.

    Posted 13 years ago 36

  • Dragon Age 2 Release Date

    EA has just announced during gamescon that Dragon Age 2 will be hitting the United States on March 8th, 2011 and the UK release will be March 11, 2011. EA also showed off a new trailer with the annou

    Posted 13 years ago 43

  • Battlefield: Bad Company 1 Patch

    Quick background, DICE believed they fixed an issue with getting the "I am Bad Company" achievement in Bad Company 1. The issue was related to a patch not unlocking in the game regardless if you had

    Posted 13 years ago 64

  • Ten More Rock Band 3 Songs Revealed

    With Rock Band 3 touting 83 tracks on disc, Harmonix have revealed a further ten of what these will be. This means we now know what around half of the on disc tracks will be. Here's the latest reveal

    Posted 13 years ago 108

  • Windows Phone 7 Launch Games Announced

    Microsoft have today revealed the launch line-up for the upcoming Windows Mobile 7 devices, and boy, is it a great list! But first, for those of you unaware, here's a brief description of the LIVE fu

    Posted 13 years ago 93

  • Smackdown vs. Raw 2011 Cover Revealed

    THQ announced today that eight different WWE Superstars will be features across multiple front covers. Which region you purchase the game in will determine which Superstars will be on your cover. Cov

    Posted 13 years ago 45

  • F1 2010 Gameplay Trailer

    Codemasters released the first gameplay trailer for their upcoming racer F1 2010. The full 24 car grid is featured in this trailer racing it out in Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne and Circu

    Posted 13 years ago 51

  • Gun Loco From Square Enix Announced

    Square Enix announced today a new third person shooter titled Gun Loco. This new title will be set on a remote prison planet that is inhabited with the solar system's craziest criminals, or as we'd l

    Posted 13 years ago 59

  • XBLA Wednesday: August 18th, 2010

    It's the last week of the Summer of Arcade, with: Lara Croft and the Guardian of the Light - 1200 MSP Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is the first ever co-op multiplayer action/adventure game fe

    Posted 13 years ago 32

  • Brink Pre-Order Gifts & Developer Diary

    Splash Damage has teased some of the new pre-order bonuses you could receive for Brink. The game doesn't come out until the Spring 2011, but that can't stop you from getting excited for the game. Eac

    Posted 13 years ago 16

  • Lord of the Rings: War in the North Trailer

    Snowblind Studios has released a new trailer for their upcoming Lord of the Rings title War in the North. It shows a lot of killing. Slaughtering of orcs and a battle with a troll. Not exactly gamepl

    Posted 13 years ago 37

  • Penny Arcade Begins Wrapping Up Canned Narrative

    For those that missed it months ago, the folks behind Penny Arcade: On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness , Hothead Studios had quietly let it slip that the episodic Xbox Live Arcade Games was canc

    Posted 13 years ago 28

  • MindJack Gameplay and Tutorial Video

    MindJack is one of those games that gets announced, with a little summary of the story line about the game, and then goes dark for a while. Square Enix has very little information about it and their

    Posted 13 years ago 25

  • Red Faction: Battlegrounds Coming to XBLA

    Much like Capcom's Dead Rising 2: Case Zero, THQ have today announced that their upcoming Red Faction: Armageddon will also get a downloadable XBLA game before release to entice gamers. Entitled Red

    Posted 13 years ago 28

  • Medal of Honor Campaign Details

    Gametrailers TV have a lengthy episode dedicated to the campaign in the upcoming Medal of Honor. You can see it for yourself in the external link at the bottom of this article. The campaign has three

    Posted 13 years ago 41

  • Fable III Novel Announced

    More Fable III related news folks. It's coming thick and fast of late. This latest slice of news is regarding a Fable novel entitled, 'The Balverine Order'. The literature is penned by Peter David, t

    Posted 13 years ago 50

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops Includes Zombies

    Josh Ollin, Treyarch's community manager, has confirmed via a Twitter posting that Zombies will appear in Call of Duty: Black Ops; All 4 existing #CoDWaW Zombies maps will be included in Hardened & P

    Posted 13 years ago 158

  • HAWX 2 Demo Inbound

    Oh, that was an awful pun. Painful rhyming aside, a single player demo for Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 will hit the Xbox Live Marketplace on August 16th. The demo will come loaded with two single player miss

    Posted 13 years ago 24

  • Crysis 2 - Release Date Announced

    New York-set futuristic FPS Crysis 2 has finally been given a solid release date, set for release in North America on March 22nd and in Europe on March 25th. Crytek (also developing Codename: Kingdom

    Posted 13 years ago 31

  • NHL 11 Demo A Few Days Away

    If you've been wanting to size up this years NHL offering from EA, then your chance will soon arrive, as the NHL 11 demo is set to be released August 17th (US) and August 18th (EU). This was announce

    Posted 13 years ago 20

  • Fable III Limited Edition Wireless Controller

    ... I kid, I kid! Molyneux's mug is nowhere to be seen on the Limited Edition controller. Launching October 5th at $59.99, you'll be able to play your way through Fable III suitably attired. http://w

    Posted 13 years ago 61

  • Red Dead Redemption Double XP Weekend

    Starting today and ending at midnight (12:00 EST) on Sunday, August 15th all of your experience in Red Dead Redemption will be doubled. [clap] Rockstar is celebrating the release of the Legends and K

    Posted 13 years ago 72

  • Rock Band DLC for 17th August

    Next week, coming to the Rock Band Store: The Black Keys - “Strange Times” The Black Keys - “I Got Mine” The Black Keys - “Your Touch” Neon Trees - “Animal” Neon Trees - “Sins of My Youth” Neon Trees

    Posted 13 years ago 24

  • Fable III Gameplay Insight

    As the release date for Fable III lumbers slowly ever closer (26th October (US/AU), and 29th October (EU)), Lionhead Studios unveil, at last, some detailed gameplay footage from the title. The gamepl

    Posted 13 years ago 52

  • Irrational Games Announces Bioshock Infinite

    Irritational Games - the genuises behind BioShock (but not the sequel) and seminal PC classic System Shock 2 - have finally revealed their new project, entitled Bioshock Infinite. Their Project Icaru

    Posted 13 years ago 159

  • COD: Black Ops - Prestige & Hardened Editions

    So you saw the http://www.trueachievements.com/newsitem.aspx?newsitemid=169... the other day and thought "Wow! What Collector's Edition can I pre-order?" Seems a bit odd that that was your first thou

    Posted 13 years ago 88

  • Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Screens

    EA have offered up a batch of screenshots for Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit. I have great memories of this game from the days when I played on the Playstation 1, and this reboot of the series in it's '

    Posted 13 years ago 85

  • Test Drive Unlimited 2 Delayed

    Atari have announced that Test Drive Unlimited 2 is going to take that little bit longer to get into eager gamer's hands, dropping the release window back to Q1 2011. Atari have said they are giving

    Posted 13 years ago 26

  • Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Features New Bands

    Activision have released a statement which reveals that Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock will feature eleven new bands whose music has 'never before appeared in a Guitar Hero game'. In a game featuring

    Posted 13 years ago 123

  • Rock Band 3 Road Challenges Detailed

    Harmonix have posted a new entry to their website regarding new features coming to Rock Band 3. Titled Road Challenges, Harmonix say it will combine Quickplay's simplicity with the "narrative scope o

    Posted 13 years ago 44

  • Five New DiRT 3 Screens

    Codemasters have released five new screenshots from upcoming racer DiRT 3. The teaser trailer we covered a short while back generated a fair bit of interest and these screenshots look impressive. If

    Posted 13 years ago 36

  • Borderlands - Claptrap's New Robot Revolution

    You may have read about the leak the other day, but Gearbox have today officially announced the details for the upcoming fourth DLC pack for http://www.trueachievements.com/Borderlands-xbox-360.htm,

    Posted 13 years ago 122

  • DB: Raging Blast 2 to Include Exclusive Anime

    Despite the show ending well over a decade ago, Dragon Ball still has a pretty sizeable fanbase, who will no doubt be pleased to hear that the upcoming Raging Blast 2 game will include a brand new ep

    Posted 13 years ago 29

  • Dead Rising 2 EU/AUS Release Brought Forward

    As if the European-exclusive Outbreak Edition of the game wasn't enough, on top of the recent news that http://www.trueachievements.com/newsitem.aspx?newsitemid=164..., Capcom have just announced tha

    Posted 13 years ago 42

  • Rumour: Gearbox Developing Duke Nukem Forever

    Oh Duke, you'll never cease to put a smile on my face. Fresh out of the rumour mill is the news that Duke Nukem Forever is apparently still in the making, being handled by none other than http://www.

    Posted 13 years ago 81

  • Microsoft's Kinect Can't Read Sign Language

    You may remember a short while back a news article I wrote up and posted regarding Kinect's alleged ability to read and interpret sign language owing to a patent application filed by Microsoft. Unfor

    Posted 13 years ago 73

  • BlazBlue: Continuum Shift DLC

    At a fan event in Japan it was announced by BlazBlue developers Arc System Works that there will be a second DLC pack unleashed for BlazBlue: Continuum Shift which adds a new character to the title.

    Posted 13 years ago 13

  • Costume Quest Announced

    Last month, when asked if he was working on a sequel to 2009's Brutal Legend, Tim Schafer said that his studio, Double Fine, are working on a total of four games. Four games seems like a lot, you may

    Posted 13 years ago 42

  • Fallout: New Vegas Voice Talent Announced

    Bethesda have today revealed their lengthy, impressive cast list for the upcoming Fallout: New Vegas, with plenty of top class talent announced for the highly-anticipated game. As if you didn't alrea

    Posted 13 years ago 53

  • Free Naughty Bear DLC

    If you like the twisted world of Naughty Bear, you'll love this bit of news. The latest slice of DLC titled (rather boringly) Naughty Bear - Episode 8 is available right now on the Xbox LIVE Marketpl

    Posted 13 years ago 45

  • Dragon Age: Origins - Golems of Amgarrak DLC

    Good week for Dragon Age fans, huh? If the huge http://www.trueachievements.com/newsitem.aspx?newsitemid=169... and the rumoured Ultimate Edition wasn't quite enough to get excited about, then you'll

    Posted 13 years ago 29

  • Red Dead's Legends & Killers DLC Released

    Today sees the release of the second batch of RDR DLC, the Legends and Killers Pack for Red Dead Redemption. As previously reported, the content costs 800 Microsoft Points and adds an additional ten

    Posted 13 years ago 43

  • Mafia II Demo Available Now

    Mafia II is set for release soon, and to help you decide whether to buy it or not, 2K have released a playable demo for the game, up now on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. The demo offers you chance to de

    Posted 13 years ago 54

  • Gamer Spotlight: Randomnutta

    Welcome to another installment of Gamer Spotlight. This latest installment arrives to us from the deep south. Think Southern Hempisphere south. From the great island that helps keep the Indian and Pa

    Posted 13 years ago 67

  • Shaun White Skateboarding Trailer

    Hot on the heels of those screenshots from Tony Hawk: Shred, comes a video from Shaun White Skateboarding in a true show of oneupmanship. Running with the tagline "Transform Your World," Ubisoft seem

    Posted 13 years ago 28

  • XBLA Wednesday: August 11th, 2010

    Summer of Arcade is in to week four, with: Monday Night Combat - 1200 MSP Monday Night Combat is a class-based, third-person shooter … and the most popular lethal sport of the future! It blends inten

    Posted 13 years ago 41

  • DICE Defend Playable Taliban Faction

    Recently Medal of Honor has drawn a degree of criticism for allowing gamers to opt to play as the Taliban fighting against US soliders. However producer at DICE Patrick Liu, (remember the multiplayer

    Posted 13 years ago 224

  • Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Collectors Edition

    Ubisoft have unveiled their rather great looking collectors edition package for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. It's up now on Ubisoft's own shop, so the details are concrete. All of the items below c

    Posted 13 years ago 54

  • Ace Combat Assault Horizon Announced

    Namco Bandai have today announced the seventh iteration in the Ace Combat series, set for release next year. Ace Combat Assault Horizon is being developed by the same Project Aces team behind previou

    Posted 13 years ago 55

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer Teaser

    Perhaps one of the most hotly anticipated upcoming mutliplayer titles (unless you work for Infinity Ward), Call of Duty: Black Ops has released a multiplayer teaser trailer online which reveals some

    Posted 13 years ago 112

  • Tony Hawk: Shred Screenshots

    For a game due out later on this year, scraps of information surrounding this title have been surprisingly sparse thus far. However, Activision have unveiled some screens for the upcoming Tony Hawk:

    Posted 13 years ago 46

  • Remedy Wish To Make Alan Wake 2

    Speaking exclusively to Eurogamer, head of franchise development at Remedy, Oskari Häkkine, discussed the potential for a sequel to Alan Wake in the future. Despite Remedy owning the intellectual cop

    Posted 13 years ago 44

  • Deal of the Fortnight: August 9th, 2010

    Holy cow, Batman! Breaking convention, Microsoft's latest Deal of the Week offer will extend for two whole weeks, starting today (August 9th) and lasting until August 22nd. This week's fortnight's de

    Posted 13 years ago 66

  • Anyone for, erm, Cargasm?

    In Bedford, UK, reside two companies, Candella Software Ltd and Saga Wonderworks, and they are pleased to announce that Cargasm is coming to Xbox 360. That's right, Cargasm. I'll do my best to side s

    Posted 13 years ago 56

  • Split/Second DLC Is En Route

    Split/Second is set to get revved up again with the introduction of four, count 'em, four packs of DLC. Three of these will arrive in August, whilst the fourth and larger DLC pack arrives in Septembe

    Posted 13 years ago 32

  • Kinect 250GB Bundle [RUMOUR]

    Only a short while ago, Microsoft confirmed that there would be a Kinect bundle launched allowing you to buy the console and Kinect hardware simultaneously. The console part of this package would con

    Posted 13 years ago 83

  • EA Willing to Sell You 156 DLC Items

    Some news has surfaced this morning of EA taking DLC to the extreme for the as yet unreleased title NHL 11. There's around a staggering 156 items of DLC currently up on the marketplace. http://www.mu

    Posted 13 years ago 346

  • Kinect Embraces Sign Language

    Kinect is a real divider of gamers. Those who love it and will pounce on it day one, those who may given time and proof of concept, and the arguably more vocal camp who despise it. Let's bear this in

    Posted 13 years ago 47

  • Lara Croft Arrives With No Online Co-Op

    Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, now referred to by the far catchier LCATGOL, is the final piece of Microsoft's Summer of Arcade promotion. Ms. Croft's first downloadable title will be available

    Posted 13 years ago 71

  • Rock Band DLC for 10th August

    Just a few tracks next week, these are: Ministry – “Stigmata” Ministry – “Thieves” Ministry – “Jesus Built My Hotrod” These tracks will be available for purchase as “Ministry Pack 02” for 440 MSP and

    Posted 13 years ago 24

  • FIFA 11 Teaser Trailer

    EA released a teaser trailer for FIFA 11. Expecting action? Expecting game saving dives? Expecting the keeper to clothes line a striker? We will have none of that here, good sir! http://www.youtube.c

    Posted 13 years ago 29

  • Operation Flashpoint: Red River Information

    Codemasters has today released some Operation Flashpoint: Red River info and screenshots. This is the next chapter and is set to "deliver an authentic and intensely personal US Marine Corps infantrym

    Posted 13 years ago 17

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution Screenshots

    There's some slick looking screenshots available now of Deus Ex: Human Revolution for your viewing pleasure. We've been hearing and seeing so much about Deus Ex: Human Revolution (formerly Deus Ex 3)

    Posted 13 years ago 45

  • goHastings is Having a Used Game Sale Blowout

    GoHastings.com, a huge used game internet sales website, has just begun a used game clearance sale. You can get up to 60% off an extremely large list of games. External link takes you to the sales si

    Posted 13 years ago 54

  • Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, Vulture Trailer

    The Vulture is just a misunderstood villain. He does not want to suck out your life force, he just wants to live again. Besides, it isn't like you are using your life for anything useful. Vulture cou

    Posted 13 years ago 15

  • Batman: Arkham City Minor Details

    In the promise to bring all of you raving community members demanding Batman: Arkham City information, I present to you two morsels of wonderful information. The first is that Batman: Arkham City wil

    Posted 13 years ago 32

  • Man vs. Wild Trailer & Gameplay Videos

    First off, how did I ever miss this trailer announcement!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19_dyTxbxI Second! Did you guys see that awesome granitic intrusion on that rock face at the 0:40 mark!? I m

    Posted 13 years ago 43

  • New Vanquish Trailer

    Sega has released the latest trailer for Vanquish. Remember we had the announcement trailer a while ago. Quick refresher: crazy ass shooter playing in a robotic suit. Remember now? Okay, let me give

    Posted 13 years ago 24

  • Red Dead Redemption: Legends & Killers Trailer

    Rockstar released a trailer showing off some of the new features of the upcoming "Legends & Killers" DLC. It shows off and reveals some new information including some of the new map locations. http:/

    Posted 13 years ago 22

  • Plants vs. Zombies XBLA Trailer

    I wish I could take credit for that magnificent strapline but it comes straight out of PopCap's Xbox Live Arcade trailer for their latest game Plants vs. Zombies. There have been requests for some vi

    Posted 13 years ago 21

  • True Crime: Hong Kong Delayed

    The release of True Crime: Hong Kong has been altered by publisher Activision according to a Activision Blizzard financial report. Activision Publishing has moved the anticipated release date for its

    Posted 13 years ago 26

  • Halo: Reach Goes Gold

    It's now official, Halo: Reach, the final game of the series as it stands, is now finished and ready for mass production. Joseph Tung, executive producer at Bungie spoke to the Sydney Morning Herald

    Posted 13 years ago 66

  • New Borderlands DLC Leaked

    There are these people out there that like to read PC patch notes. I'm not talking about just reading the notes presented, but digging around for the real patch updates. One such user, named Legendre

    Posted 13 years ago 76

  • DJ Hero 2 Multiplayer Footage

    I would like to dedicate this next news story to the popular TrueAchievement. Activision has released a new video showing off the multiplayer modes available in DJ Hero 2. They want you to "inspire"

    Posted 13 years ago 24

  • Batman: Arkham City Details Emerge

    Let the slow drip of details surrounding Batman: Arkham City begin! Earlier today it was announced that the game following up Rocksteady's smash hit Batman: Arkham Asylum would be titled Batman: Arkh

    Posted 13 years ago 132

  • BioShock 2 - Minerva's Den DLC Announced

    2K Games have announced today that, comes fall this year, BioShock 2 will receive a DLC pack extending the single player experience with 'narrative driven' content. Up until now previous DLC for the

    Posted 13 years ago 32

  • FIFA 11 Cover Revealed

    EA announced today that their latest installment of the FIFA franchise, FIFA 11 will feature one of Real Madrid's midfield. Please give a warm round of applause to Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite! U

    Posted 13 years ago 66

  • New Kane & Lynch 2 Trailer, Lynch is Crazy

    Square Enix dropped a new clip from Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days onto the internet. It focuses in on Lynch and his more positive personality aspects. You know, the parts of him that cuss and threaten and

    Posted 13 years ago 9

  • Red Dead Redemption Goes Bug Whacking

    The snappily titled Title Update 1.03 is, as you may have noticed, available now for Red Dead Redemption. It's your usual update detected automatically upon game load when connected to Xbox Live. The

    Posted 13 years ago 30

  • Fable III and Kinect Off To A Rocky Start

    It's long been known that Microsoft are touting Lionhead Studios as being at the forefront of innovative design and creation for their forthcoming project, Kinect (formerly Project Natal). Fable III

    Posted 13 years ago 51

  • Modern Warfare 2 Demo Released

    If TrueAchievements.com was a TV news show, this would be the 'and finally', news piece of the broadcast. I'll explain further... Since late 2009 have you been caught in two minds as to whether to sh

    Posted 13 years ago 99

  • Win a 250GB Xbox 360 Halo: Reach Bundle

    Good people of TA! Thanks to our friends at Gladriel, we are delighted to announce the biggest contest prize in TA history... We are offering the winner of this contest a 250GB Xbox 360 Halo: Reach B

    Posted 13 years ago 1043

  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The Zombies

    The man who brought us the cinematic masterpiece Shaun of the Dead has just announced that he has put the undead into his latest movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World's video game tie-in. The zombie mode

    Posted 13 years ago 47

  • Halo: Reach Bringing Back Halo 2 Classics

    Those of you who need their weekly fix of Halo 2 multiplayer maps can no longer hook-up that local LAN connection between you and 3 teddy bears! IGN is reporting that two Halo 2 classic maps will be

    Posted 13 years ago 40

  • Zombrex Dead Rising Sun Production Stills

    Capcom has released some new production stills from their short film "Zombrex Dead Rising Sun". http://www.thebitbag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/DSC....jpg http://www.thebitbag.com/wp-content/uplo

    Posted 13 years ago 18

  • EA's Online Pass is Redeemed 60% of the Time

    EA just had their Q1 financial conference call and COO John Schappert mentioned that "sixty to seventy percent of online connected users" had redeemed their code from NCAA Football 11 and Tiger Woods

    Posted 13 years ago 60

  • Plants vs. Zombies Release Date

    Briefly, PopCap has announced that their PC and iPhone hit Plants vs. Zombies will be battling it out on Xbox Live Arcade on September 8th. The game will cost you 1200 Microsoft Points. This game bri

    Posted 13 years ago 24

  • Mass Effect 3 Will Consider Over 1,000 Decisions

    Perhaps, Bioware is aiming for the "butterfly effect" with Mass Effect 3. I am betting that the hype train has just left Bioware station today. PC Zone, in their last publication, has some interestin

    Posted 13 years ago 341

  • New Backbreaker Update

    Today, 505 Games and NaturalMotion Games has announced that a new update to their title Backbreaker is now available for download on the Xbox Live. The update is titled "Greathouse" and will introduc

    Posted 13 years ago 13

  • New Mortal Kombat Screens

    Haven't had your fill of blood and guts today? Feel like you're just going to knock that guy in the cubicle next to you in the nose just to see him bleed? Well, perhaps you should not view this next

    Posted 13 years ago 40

  • Fable III Opening Cinematic

    Care to see the opening strains of Fable III? Of course you would. This has been released by Lionhead in the last hour or so. Every world needs it's heroes and rebels, and the world of fowl is no dif

    Posted 13 years ago 49

  • Need For Speed: Shift 2

    As EA attempted to filter the Need For Speed series down into 'specialised' areas, one outcome for this was the well received Need For Speed: Shift. The success of the title was undoubtedly in no sma

    Posted 13 years ago 51

  • TrueAchievements Launches Price Comparison Service

    For some time now I've wanted a way to find games online that are 1) cheap 2) decent enough to play 3) have a high TA score So I've tended to look at a retailer's website, see what's on sale, then co

    Posted 13 years ago 234

  • Dead Rising 2's Fortune City has a Map

    Capcom has updated their fake website for Dead Rising 2's Fortune City. For those unfamiliar with the game, the sequel will be set in a town similar to Las Vegas but called Fortune City. You can clic

    Posted 13 years ago 50

  • Hellion Locations Trailer

    Polish developer Flying Fish Works has released a new trailer for their up-coming game Hellion: Mystery of the Inquisition. Hellion is a game set in the 13th century during the beginnings of the Inqu

    Posted 13 years ago 17

  • EA Announces Create

    EA's Play Label has announced a new game called Create. According to EA this is a game that will reward players for imagination and being creative. It is a puzzler that is requires the player to be c

    Posted 13 years ago 46

  • Monday Night Combat Developer Video

    I am curious as to how Monday Night Combat will play out. It looks like it wants to be a Team Fortress 2 clone only it wants to be smoother, wittier, and more violent. Uber Enterainment has posted a

    Posted 13 years ago 21

  • Bioshock 2 Single Player DLC Available Today

    2K Games wants you to know that the newest piece of DLC is available now for Bioshock 2. Titled the "Protector Trials," this new single-player campaign add-on will cost you 400 Microsoft Points to en

    Posted 13 years ago 21

  • New Mass Effect 2 Weapons Pack Out Today

    One of the more dramatic pieces of DLC discussed for Mass Effect 2 is now available for downloading. The "Firepower Pack" is available to download for 160 MSP. This weapons package provides Commander

    Posted 13 years ago 48

  • Red Dead Redemption: Legends & KIllers DLC Dated

    Rockstar has announced today that Red Dead Redemption's first piece of paid downloadable content will be available August 10th for purchase. That purchase? It will cost you 800 MSP. Going to need to

    Posted 13 years ago 26

  • Gamer Spotlight: Abylities

    Greetings and welcome to the latest edition of Gamer Spotlight! Today's special guest comes from the great European nation of England. Just to make sure he didn't get out of line, I reminded him coun

    Posted 13 years ago 75

  • Create Your Very Own Fable 3 Villagers!

    Lionhead Studios has announced today that you can create your very own villagers that could be imported into Fable 3, at a later date. Pre-ordering the game will net you a redemption code that allows

    Posted 13 years ago 45

  • Guitar Hero 5 & Band Hero DLC for August

    The next few weeks worth of DLC for both Guitar Hero 5 and Band Hero have been revealed. The tracks are: August 3rd – The Used Track Pack "The Taste Of Ink" "The Bird And The Worm" "Pretty Handsome A

    Posted 13 years ago 32

  • BlazBlue:Continuum Shift Limited Edition Announced

    BlazBlue will get the three edition treatment at its upcoming retail release. The three options staring back at you from the retail shelf will be the Standard Edition, Limited Edition, or a "speciall

    Posted 13 years ago 34

  • XBLA Wednesday: August 4th, 2010

    Summer of Arcade continues this week with: Castlevania: Harmony of Despair - 1200 MSP Dracula returns in Castlevania® Harmony of Despair, the first exclusive Xbox LIVE Arcade Castlevania game. Featur

    Posted 13 years ago 61

  • Europe is Getting Dead Rising 2: Zombrex Edition

    Previously we had reported that North Americans were getting that fancy Zombrex Edition for Dead Rising 2. Each region got their own specialized limited edition package and it let players bicker abou

    Posted 13 years ago 48

  • Deal of the Week: August 2nd, 2010

    Fan of Forza Motorsport 3? Then this a great week of deals for you! Fan of achievements? Cheap week. Yep, this week's DotW is a price reduction on five of Forza 3's car and track packs, specifically:

    Posted 13 years ago 50

  • PSA: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Servers are Up

    This is a Public Service Announcement, the servers for Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 are now online. The ranked servers had previously gone down a few months back. It was assumed at the time that when Mid

    Posted 13 years ago 41

  • New Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Gameplay Video

    Capcom has put out a new gameplay video of Marvel vs. Capcom 3 showing off some of the recently announced characters. It depicts a team of Captain America, Iron Man, and Thor against Chun-Li, Trish,

    Posted 13 years ago 38

  • Colin McRae DiRT 3 Debut Trailer

    With the X-Games now officially under way, DiRT 3 has been revealed to the masses. ESPN aired the initial trailer as part of it's opening night X-Games coverage, and now, thanks to the power of the i

    Posted 13 years ago 45

  • Medal of Honor Joins Forces With Linkin Park

    First order of business, erase this articles strap line from your memory. Now, when you've all quite finished groaning, settle down and we'll begin. EA have announced a partnership with Linkin Park a

    Posted 13 years ago 83

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