Enemy Down - News - 30 Second Rundown: Sony Buys Ghostbusters & BlizzCon Tickets

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30 Second Rundown: Sony Buys Ghostbusters & BlizzCon Tickets

Tickets for BlizzCon go on sale on May 16th, Atari has sold the Ghostbusters game to Sony

Posted by SmellyMoss on May 6th 2009 14:46

In a bizarre turn of events, Sony have bought the Ghostbusters game from Atari. The highly anticipated title is set to hit shelves on June 19th and will now be a PS2 and PS3 exclusive at launch. Atari still plans to release Xbox, Wii and PC versions of the game in the future. Find out more from CVG.

Team Fortress 2 has an update around the corner and the TF2 blog over at Valve is filled with all kinds of golden nuggets about the Sniper Update. It says, "In an effort to reduce some of the aggravation that other players feel towards the Sniper, we chose the goal of designing an unlockable that encouraged the Sniper to get a little closer to his target." Read the entire post here.

BlizzCon tickets go on sale on May 16th. Blizzard is also offering a Pay Per View stream of the event for $39.95 USD. The Blizzard site has the goods.

The Fallout 3 Broken Steel DLC is now available on Xbox Live. The DLC gives the game a new ending and costs 800 MS Points. Wait... what? Gives the game a new ending?! Wow, the possibilities are now truly endless with DLC. Wanna make a quick buck? Just tack on another ending!

According to Eurogramer, Treyarch could set their next Call of Duty game in the Cold War. Rumour has it that Cuban, Soviet and African music is being licensed for the title. The next CoD title, Modern Warfare 2, is out on November 10th, 2009.

Infinity Ward have patched Call of Duty 4 on the Xbox after players were caught hacking the title. “Multiplayer in Call of Duty 4 is once again mod & hacks free," according to Community Relations Manager Robert Bowling.

Here's a deal: pre-purchase Battlestations: Pacific on Steam and you get Battlestations: Midway for free.

Quake Live is getting an update very soon according to id Software. Upcoming features include new maps, tournaments, new leaderboards and... get ready for it... private games! Our wildest dreams have just come true and we didn't even have to vote for Pedro.

Space Invaders Extreme, Arkanoid Live and Zombie Wrangers have all been released on Xbox Live Arcade this week. The three titles will run you down 7 smackers.

Three brits made the quarter-finals of the FIFA Interactive World Cup in Barca this past weekend. Unfortunately for AdamW, ChrissyB and Danny Taylor that was as far as they would get. Congrats on making the knock-outs and the 5th to 8th place finishes. French player Bruce Grannec defeated Mexican player Ruben Zerecero to grab the 2009 FIWC title.

Achievement hacking in Gears of War 2 will now get you banned from Xbox Live according to Major Nelson. Good to see Microsoft taking steps to keep Live cheat free. Too bad they can't do anything about the racists.

EA CEO John Riccitiello believes that the current generation of consoles are here for long haul. Last week Ubisoft stated they're anticipating a new generation of machines soon and are investing in R&D. When asked about the subject in a conference call with investors Riccitiello said, "I think there's always going to be new aspects - new handhelds, and new peripherals, and new things that are coming out - that involve investment from companies like ours. And there is I think an increased rate of change provided for by first parties. I would look at, frankly, the iPhone as a new platform in the handheld industry." Coincidentally, EA is rumoured to be a takeover target for Apple.

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