May 30, 2012

THQ Promises To ‘Turn Up The Attitude’ In WWE 13

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Did a 1990s nostalgia movement begin without someone alerting me? THQ is looking to recapture the excitement of the WWE Attitude era from the late 90s – early 00s with the release of WWE ’13 this fall for the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3.

THQ promises that prominent attitude era super stars like Stone Cold Steve Austin will return for WWE ’13. Perhaps we will also see The Rock in this game? He did make a pretty awesome appearance at Wrestlemania this past April.

WWE 13’s single player campaign will be centered completely on the Attitude Era and will focus on eight to be announced super-stars from that time. THQ promises a full roster reveal, multiplayer details and more in the coming months.

 

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Battlefield 3 To Receive The Premium Treatment With New Service

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Electronic Arts is following in the footsteps of Activision’s successful Call of Duty Elite service by offering a premium service that provides 5 expansion packs (including the already released Back To Karkand) with a two week headstart over the general public, as well as priority server access and strategy videos. Is all of this worth $50 a year?Read More

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Spyhunter Returns After 11 Year Absence

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Spy Hunter, the classic arcade driving franchise from now defunct publisher Midway will be introduced to a new generation of gamers on the 3DS and PS Vita thanks to Warner Bros Interactive.  This marks the first entry in the franchise in more than a decade, the last game also titled Spyhunter was released in 2001 for the PS2.

In Spy Hunter  you take the wheel of the G-6155 Interceptor Super Car equipped with nitrous boosts, high tech gadgetry and of course explosive weaponry.  Alongside the announcement of the game Warner Bros released a brief trailer. If you want to see a souped up car suddenly sprout twin rocket launchers and a gatling gun this trailer is for you. Sadly it lacks any real game play footage.Read More

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Game Of Thrones | Review

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Eric Bastelak

Winter has come my friends. Game of Thrones, an RPG set in George R.R. Martin’s phenomenal universe, is here. I made it clear when I first discovered this game that I’m a huge fan of The Song of Ice and Fire, I adore the universe and was excited to explore it. With its ever growing popularity, thanks to the amazing HBO series, the stage has been set for Game of Thrones. However, one question still looms, can it live up to the hype?Read More

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Insomniac Announces New Ratchet & Clank Game

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Andrew Minott

Today Insomniac Games announced that subsequent to the upcoming HD remake bundle of their decade-old series, they will be launching a new downloadable title this holiday season called Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault.

Intended to provide an experience more like the classic PS2 games, FFA will bring a return “to the series’ classic feel, camera, controls and weapons.” The game will also include some kind of unspecified multiplayer component. Like 2008’s Quest for Booty, Full Frontal Assault will be available only as a downloadable title on the Playstation Store.

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CD Projekt RED’s Cyberpunk RPG Announced

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

CD Projekt RED announced that it is developing a new game based on Mike Pondsmith’s venerable Cyberpunk 2020 RPG (originally known as Cyberpunk 2013 when it was first released in the late 1980s). As is typical of this sort of thing, Cyberpunk is set in a future dystopia where the United States is a borderline police state run by ruthless, nearly omnipotent corporations (the rest of the world isn’t doing too hot either).
Speaking at CD Projekt’s Summer Conference, co-founder Marcin Iwinski promised that the RPG will follow in the Witcher series’ footsteps. It’ll be non-linear, morally ambiguous, and “mature.” Unlike the Witcher series, the upcoming cyberpunk game will allow players to create unique characters with different classes. Presumably this means that you will be able to hack and sleep your way through the game or, alternatively, spend your time tasering protestors on behalf of a company using homeless people in their human-animal hybrid experiments.

So far we don’t know what platforms it will be released on (given CD Projekt’s history, it’s a good bet that it’ll be released for the PC) or when it will see the light of day. We’ll keep you posted.

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Crusader Kings 2: Sword of Islam DLC Announced

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Paradox Interactive has just announced the Sword of Islam DLC for Crusader Kings 2. The main selling point of this DLC is that, for the first time in the history of the series, you’ll be able to play an Islamic dynasty. Finally, you can experience building up a powerful dynasty (only to see it crushed by the Mongols) from an Islamic perspective. Paradox hasn’t released many details about how the Muslims will play differently than European Christians, but the latest developer diary promises “lots of specific new mechanics for the Muslims, creating a whole new experience for the player, where laws, marriage, holdings, traits, titles and more work entirely different.”

This DLC will come out alongside the 1.06 patch for the game which adds new features like “ an expansion of the map into Mali-Songhay, differentiation on strong and weak claims, new plot,” and a more in-depth combat system. You can watch a trailer for the Sword of Islam DLC after the jump.Read More

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Little King’s Story Returns On PlayStation Vita

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Konami’s Little King’s Story series returns this summer with the announcement of New Little King’s Story for the PlayStation Vita. Unlike the last game in the series New Little King’s Story will be available as a digital purchase alongside a retail release.

In New Little King’s Story players take the role of King Corobo who must reclaim his kingdom from the evil Devil King. Not much else is known about the plot of the game, but more details should be forthcoming. Check out gameplay details and the first story trailer after the jump.Read More

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Warlock: Master of the Arcane Giveaway

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

The sinister cabal that pulls my strings like a puppet has told me that the time has come to initiate Operation Warlock Wednesday. To celebrate this auspicious occasion, we’re giving away copies of Warlock: Master of the Arcane. If you are unfamiliar with Warlock, it’s a turn based strategy game set in the Majesty universe. Our benefactors want you to think of it in terms of Civ 5 with werewolves, giant rats, and sorcery. In truth, it’s a buffet of dark knowledge that corrupts all who partake.

Never mind, I was thinking of something else. Warlock pretty much is Civilization with mythical bestiary and magical powers. Also, it was donated to us by Paradox Interactive, rather than the Illuminati.

As per our M.O., You will find Steam keys for the game hidden in our articles, Twitter, Steam group, or Facebook page.

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Doom 3 BFG Edition Coming To Consoles This Fall

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

ID Software’s landmark FPS Doom 3 will be released on the Xbox 360 and PS3 this fall with full trophy/achievement support. The BFG Edition of Doom 3 also packs in the first original doom titles and the Resurrection of Evil expansion packs that was released in 2005.

Achievements and 3D support aren’t the only new features for this edition of Doom 3.  Activision has also included an additional 7 act add-on to the campaign titled “the lost missions”. The original Doom 3 multiplayer experience will be ported to Xbox Live & PSN as well, but no solid details were provided at press time as to what improvements have been made.

Update: Activision has released a trailer which we have included after the jump.

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