We’re in the red zone for pre-E3 bullshit. A week before the show is usually when we get a dumptruck full of fakes, bogus retailer listings and LinkedIn resumes confirming everything but the return of the Dreamcast. This, however, is so bizarre I’m compelled to share it. Because someone may be having a little fun here.
Reports are circulating that Kingdoms of Amalur creators 38 Studios has shut down Big Huge Games, the developers who helped build the hit action RPG that came out earlier this year. If this is true, the shuttering of an entire studio would be the biggest bit of fallout yet from the 38 Studio/Rode Island financial imbroglio.
Kotaku has obtained this photo of an advertisement for Guild Wars 2, seen at a Fry’s retailer in Texas.
In yet another evolution of Xbox rumour, The Verge reports today that Microsoft’s game console will be adding full web-browsing functionality with a special version of their Internet Explorer software.
MCV is reporting that they’ve found confirmation of a Lego: Lord of the Rings game in the brochure for the new LOTR toys.
Allgamesbeta has posted three more shots from Beyond Good & Evil 2, which match the look of the image that turned up yesterday.
The Verge is reporting today that Microsoft will be adding new functionality to the Xbox 360 that tracks users’ physical activity across multiple Kinect games. The report also says that there will be a sensor accessory — codenamed Joule — that will track your heart rate while playing. Stats on your activity, measured against various fitness goals, will live in the cloud.
Interesting. According to a report on Bloomberg, originating from the South Korean media, MMO publisher Nexon is interested in a takeover of Electronic Arts.
