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Europe EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Brink devs still up in the air about split-screen play 24 Online multiplayer has pretty much made split-screen gameplay its bitch. The function has been abandoned in half the games out there, and in the ones that it is in it makes one wonder how often i... World's largest Lego Mario up for auction 21 Quick, as of this posting you only have 7 dagen and 21 uren to win yourself the largest Lego Mario in the world. In case you're wondering why I'm speaking in Netherlandese (yes, I am well aware t... Europe getting a black Wii bundle, I cry myself to sleep 19 Well it's about time. Everything on my TV stand from my HD DVD player, which is now used as a regular DVD player, to my cable box is black. Except for my Wii. Why oh why did you have to throw off... Muramasa confirmed for Europe on November 13 6 During yesterday's Muramasa: The Demon Blade Twitter party I had a lot of people asking me whether or not I knew when the artistically beautiful Wii game would be coming to Europe. Sadly, I had n... The Getaway 3 and Eight Days not canceled 18 The Getaway 3 is one of those games that seem to have been in development forever, and it was believed that the London-based crime game, along with Eight Days, had been abandoned by Sony so that ... Rumor: 'NFS: SHIFT' PS3 Slim 250GB bundle hitting Europe 10 Sticking to the tradition of not being unable to avoid leaks, it appears SCE is rolling out several 250 GB PS3 Slim bundles in Europe at some point this decade. The image in the header (via Frenc... SH*T JUST GOT REAL: Nintendogs invade Animal Crossing 31 Long time readers of Destructoid know that I live in a sort of alternate reality, a reality where a "hardcore" game is isn't determined by how "mature" or "bad-ass" ... PSPgo costs the same as PS3 in Denmark as boycotts add up 49 Wow. Looking at how much the PSPgo costs in some areas, it's no wonder that the system continues to be a retail pariah. As stores across Europe boycott the all-digital handheld system, it's been ... TGS 09: Europe getting new PlayStation 3 bundles 5 While the standard PlayStation 3 Slim's 120 GB hard drive seems like a reasonable enough amount of space, at least from the perspective of someone who is sort of used to deleting stuff on his Xbo... Deadly zeppelins and Doctor Who: Nivel21's Rotor'scope 12 With the success of Level-5's Professor Layton series (thanks, Lisa Kudrow!) it's not altogether surprising that other puzzle games, like Nivel21's upcoming Rotor'scope: The Secret of Endless Ene... PSPgo is 'almost dead before it has arrived' 66 The PSPgo is not making retailers happy. Earlier this week, we learned that a major dutch chain was refusing to stock Sony's latest handheld, and today fellow retailer ShopTo has declared the dig... Retailer not stocking the PSPgo 51 Despite the fact that Sony will sell downloadable PSP games for the same price as their UMD counterparts, the digital-only status of the PSPgo has still managed to rub some retailers up the wrong... Rumortoid: 250GB PS3 Slim coming in October 34 Back in mid-August Nick "I ride Ruins" Chester told us all of an impending 250GB model of the PS3 Slim that was uncovered thanks to an FCC filing. He then used his Nostradamus like skil... Europe's first ever DSi exclusive game is ... HAIR SALON! 55 HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!AHA!AHA!HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAA! [Via Siliconera] No fair: Europe gets the Gran Turismo PSP hookup 14 We already know that Europe is getting Gran Turismo PSP free with their PSPgo. We'll give that to them, as they always get the shaft. But after seeing the other goodies they're getting, including... Four more PS3 games added to Platinum range in Europe 11 Motorstorm: Pacific Rift, Killzone 2, Resistance 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4. All of these have sold over 400,000 units in Europe, and SCEE has confirmed all of them for their price-discounted Plati... Ju-On's sh*tty European box art 46 If you have a Wii and love Japanese horror, then you're no doubt interested in checking out Ju-On: The Grudge. However, the box art makes it look like the worst game to have ever existed. The Ame... Captain Obvious: God of War: Collection is region-free 17 There were quite a few disappointed faces greeting yesterday's news that God of War: Collection won't be coming to Europe until 2010, if indeed it comes at all. Luckily, however, Sony has provide... Microsoft: Xbox 360 is 1 million units ahead of PS3 63 Sony currently claims an install base of 10 million in Europe, while Microsoft recently revealed a 360 install base of 9 million. Despite this, the Xbox 360 brand holder claims that Sony is doing... God of War: Collection box art, no PAL release in 2009 30 God of War: Collection has cover art now, Look at the cover art. Isn't it pretty or something? North American consumers will have that cover art on their shelves before the year is out, but unfor... Russian priest designs an MMOrthodox RPG 9 My friend Matthew recently joined the Eastern Orthodox Church, and being the worst kind of lazy pseudo-intellectual, I usually prefer asking him questions about it rather than doing any of my own... Italy will help Assassin's Creed 2 sell 9 million copies 21 Ubisoft has high hopes for Assassin's Creed 2, and given the illogical success of the first game, who can blame them? The stab-happy sequel is expected to surpass 9 million sales, and Ubisoft is ... Sony thinks you'll go for the PSPgo's price 42 I'm sold, but I don't know that everyone else is willing to pay the asking price for the UMD-less PSPgo system, set to launch in October. Sony's European president Andrew House seems to feel pret... Europe getting big pre-order bonuses with Assassin's Creed 2 16 Ubisoft is showing Europe some love with a couple of limited editions for Assassin's Creed II. The game will be available in "White" and "Black" editions with different goodie... Xbox 360 boasts nine million users in Europe 16 2009 is a bad year for consoles, with downward spirals seen all over the world. The Xbox 360, however, seems to be insisting upon not failing this year, with increased growth and a freshly reveal... European BlazBlue has new characters and swag 34 Europeans, rejoice! Your long wait for BlazBlue finally has some sort of reward on the horizon, with the gorgeous fighting game confirmed for a PAL release in the first quarter of 2010. PQube has... Germany is now Europe's biggest game market 11 Despite being one of the most inhospitable game markets in Europe, ban-friendly Germany has somehow taken over the United Kingdom to become Europe's biggest. Yep, the country that invented the te... BlazBlue confirmed for Europe, fans to design box art 25 If Christopher Walken were to walk in on the artists drawing the artwork for the North American or Japanese box art for BlazBlue, the first thing he would say is it "needs more Bang." L... Europeans getting Metroid free with Metroid Prime Trilogy 28 Often getting the short end of the stick when it comes to release dates, bonus items and even games themselves, Europeans are going to have an opportunity to get a little something from Nintendo ... Midway UK and France bought for ... One Euro? 12 We knew Midway's demise was a sad and shameful whimper, but today is the day where its dignity truly died. It's been revealed that Midway's managing director for Europe Martin Spiess has bought t... Sony's response to Euro PSN frustrations: Blame publishers 21 European PlayStation Store users, like European users of any videogame platform, are frustrated. It's the same old story -- Europeans get shafted with games arriving late, or simply not at all, a... Ex-Midway Newcastle artist spills on studio's last weeks 6 In an attempt to stave off impending closure, Midway Newcastle spent its last month working on and, more importantly, pitching Necessary Force to potential buyers. Unfortunately, they were unsucc... Bethesda to publish Wii-racer Wheelspin 19 Awesome Play just nabbed an awesome publisher. Earlier this morning, we learned that Bethesda Softworks would be publishing Awesome Play’s Wii-exclusive title Wheelspin in Europe. It’... Sony allows Impact, others, to produce LBP toys and such 10 Call them Plushboys. Toy News Magazine is reporting that SCEE has pegged Impact as the manufacturer of a thrilling line-up of LittleBigPlanet, uh, things that includes everything from plush toys ... Section 8 coming to Europe, beta is too 9 Section 8 will be at the UK-based Multiplay M Festival and its sort of a big deal. For the first time in the history of mankind, non-media affiliated Europeans will be allowed to play the Xbox 36... Resonance of Fate gets US/EU simultaneous 2010 release 17 Resonance of Fate, the RPG collaboration between tri-Ace and Sega, has been confirmed for a 2010 Western release and is due to arrive in North America and Europe at the same time. According to Se... Confirmed for GamesCon: Kojima, Molyneux 11 The Leipzig Games Convention, or GamesCom, is right around the corner, set to kick off on August 19th in Cologne, Germany. Europe's major videogames trade show is already big, but two major names... Want a NyxQuest release date? Have this intro video instead 6 Ok, ok, I have to admit that the intro to Over the Top's NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits (embedded after the break) is about four days old by now. But, here's some logic: if I haven't seen it, then the... Metroid Prime Trilogy coming to Europe later 16 Many times we here at Destructoid don't pay enough attention to Europe, and that's mostly because other than housing some really great developers Europe gets the butt end of the gaming world's st... Square Enix and Eidos restructure to make Square Enix Europe 11 It seemed like only a few months ago when, after being bought out by Square Enix, Eidos boss Phil Rogers was making remarks about how excited he was that the Eidos brand name would remain intact ... Tecmo Koei wants fresh IP in Europe 11 The merger between Tecmo and Koei brought about one interesting new development that I hadn't been expecting -- a fresh and rather large interest in Europe. The newly formed Tecmo Koei Europe is ... Microsoft inks a deal to bring Canal + content to Xbox Live 9 French media giant Canal + has inked a deal with Microsoft to provide some of its content to Xbox 360 owners, but I would imagine that the offer is only available to Gold customers. The deal come... Fragile confirmed for UK release, also gorgeous new screens 16 There are few games coming out this year that I am more excited for than I am for Fragile: Farewell Ruins of the Moon. European gamers will be delighted to hear that it's now coming their way too... Latin is awesome: Memento Mori gets a release date 13 Here's a note for any aspiring developers in Destructoid's readership: if you want me to cover your game, just give it a Latin title. Latin is a powerful marketing tool: it lends any product it t... Sony: Europeans consider 'features' and not 'price' 46 Like a petulant child making up excuses to get out of taking a bath, it seems Sony will say anything to dodge the issue of a price cut. A particular favorite tactic of Sony's is to speak for the ... Over the Top's Icarian has been renamed NyxQuest 10 Say goodbye to Icarian: Kindred Spirits, and hello to NyxQuest. Madrid-based developer Over the Top sent out an e-mail this morning explaining that, for some mysterious reason, the game's name ha... Midway Newcastle reveals Necessary Force with a new trailer 17 Yesterday, I reported a story from British newspaper The Guardian about Midway Newcastle's two week deadline: if they don't find a buyer by the end of the month, they'll have to close up shop. In... Midway Newcastle: two weeks to find a buyer, or lights out 5 According to an (excellent) article posted this morning on The Guardian, Midway Newcastle has until the end of the month to find a prospective buyer. Midway has been hemorrhaging cash for the pas... Over the Top's Icarian isn't Kid Icarus, still looks great 7 Jonesing for a bit of Kid Icarus Wii information? Well, you can't have it. Because it doesn't exist.Instead, in an interesting bit of post-E3 confluence, here's a trailer for an upcoming WiiWare ... E3 09: Ubisoft announces Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn 8 Yesterday, during Ubisoft's boring-as-balls press conference, Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn was announced. According to Jim, who liveblogged the event, the crowd seemed to like the sound of t... Ghostbusters PlayStation 3 demo coming to Europe soon 10 If you’re a PlayStation 3-equipped European with a fancy for Ghostbusters, get excited: you’ll be able to try out the game this month. The official European PlayStation blog has confi... PAL version of inFAMOUS now has English voiceovers 9 The other week, we talked about how inFAMOUS would not be shipping with an English voice option in certain European territories, something that was met with disdain by the largely English-speakin... Ghostwire brings 'augmented reality' to the DSi 5 Swedish studio A Different Game has come out of the woodwork to announce the DSi's very first 'augmented reality' title, Ghostwire. The game intends to use the DSi's in-built camera functionality... Venetica has a making-of video, looking bloody sexy 9 I've been interested in Deck13's Venetica ever since it was announced, as I'm a sucker for a good action RPG and the premise of a young woman who happens to be the daughter of death sounded like ... inFAMOUS gets no English voice track in Europe 54 Sucker Punch has today revealed that the European release of inFAMOUS will not be shipping with an English voice track in certain parts of Europe. While the UK will obviously be getting an Englis... inFAMOUS gets no English voice track in Europe 54 Sucker Punch has today revealed that the European release of inFAMOUS will not be shipping with an English voice track in certain parts of Europe. While the UK will obviously be getting an Englis... Dynasty Warriors 6 Empire dated for Europe 19 Europe is a miserable swamp full of cowards, sex pests and liars. That's why Europeans will be pleased to hear that one sliver of light is entering their dark and filthy lives when Dynasty Warrio... EU demanding refunds for broken games 39 A new European Union proposal could very well determine the future of videogame development, claims a new report from the BBC. The EU is demanding that games be made to march in step with other p... Bomberman used to promote anti-Nazi violence? 26 A German ex-politician has been charged with invoking violent acts against fascists after producing an anti-Nazi poster with a picture of Bomberman on it. 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