We will have a full report on the gaming themed press event we attended in San Francisco this weekend. In the meantime check out the nuggets of gaming news that popped up on the Interwebs today:
- Sony Online has officially announced PlanetSide 2, the sequel to its sci-fi first person shooter MMO. The game doesn't have a launch date yet.
- Electronic Arts has announced that the PC Digital Deluxe version of the upcoming RPG Mass Effect 3 will be an exclusive of its Origin download service.
- id Software's main programmer John Carmack has predicted that mobile gaming technology will soon surpass the tech of current generation game consoles.
- Limbo, the critically acclaimed Xbox Live Arcade platform game, will be released for the PS3 July 19 and for the PC via Steam on August 2.
- The possible (but not yet confirmed) hardware requirements for the PC version of Battlefield 3 have been posted.
- io Interactive is "interested" in reviving its third person action-strategy game Freedom Fighters for a second installment.
- Want to see the full 15 minute demo of BioShock Infinite that was shown behind closed doors at E3 2011? Now you can.
- For some odd reason someone in Hollywood thinks making a movie based on Space Invaders is a good idea.
- The "PAX 10", the 10 indie games that will be shown at Seattle's Penny Arcade Expo in August, have been revealed.
- Happy Cloud, a new PC game download service that allows people to start playing a game while the rest of the game is being downloaded in the background, will launch in beta form on July 18.
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