Posted on June 5, 2012 by Andrew Minott
Heart of Apocalypse (Now) the game?
Spec Ops: The Line‘s demo is available currently on Xbox 360 and PS3 in anticipation of its June 26 launch.
Jump into the sand-filled boots of Captain Martin Walker to brave the desert-reclaimed Dubai in search of an elusive Colonel Konrad. If you paid attention in English class, you know where this is going.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Andrew Minott
Today Riot Games released a brief guide (in plain English, not legalese) officially informing the League of Legends community that they fully allow not only the production and uploading of League of Legends content on video sites such as YouTube and Twitch.tv, but also the collection of advertising revenue associated with such content by the producers. This was done to remove any ambiguity regarding the legal problems that could potentially arise from someone broadcasting (and making money from) intellectual property that is owned by someone else.
In the past few months, the number of popular professional players who occasionally stream their games live online has increased dramatically, even receiving front page news coverage on Riot’s LoL site. And the public launch of a full Spectator Mode last month has also increased the amount of amateur commentary tracks to be found on YouTube. Today’s official announcement puts to rest any concerns that such content producers could possibly be committing any kind of copyright infringement, especially in light of controversies surrounding the embattled Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the United States, and similar legislation currently under discussion in other countries.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Sony has released the first trailer for upcoming action role playing game Soul Sacrifice. This Vita title is hardly your average high fantasy fare, sure it features heroes adorned in leather armor sporting broad swords but it’s magic system is what sets it apart. Instead of the usual magic points represented by a meter on screen that were used too, Soul Sacrifice requires the player make a sacrifice in order to use their magical abilities. These sacrifices can range from a limb to a human life.
The game has Artie been confirmed for North American release but no time frame has been given. The fact is being produced by Keiji Inafune of Mega Man fame is more than enough reason to get us excited. Check out the trailer for yourself and will have more as soon as it’s available! i
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
The long and agonizing ( and by longing I mean about 12 hours) wait forthe next batch of free content for PlayStation plus and various other PlayStation store add-ons has come to a close. As announced at their E3 press conference 12 full games were added PlayStation plus this morning including new release Virtual Fighter 5: Showdown. If you haven’t played Infamous 2, Little Big Planet 2 or Warhammer 40K: Space Marine they are also there.
Demos for Sorcery and The Pinball Arcade were also added today, as well as add-on content for Atelier Meruru, Dragon’s Dogma, Street Fighter X Tekken & more.
Check out the full list below.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
The lead designer of the newly announced ZombieU for the Nintendo Wiiu, Gabrielle Shrager, debuted the first gameplay footage from the title this afternoon.
One of the hooks that sets the ZombieU apart from other modern horror games is that your character only has one life. Once your avatar has met its untimely demise you’ll be warped to the body of another survivor in a similar situation, so death isn’t necessarily a game over, but this is an interesting mechanic.
Once you’ve been warped into your body your task becomes to track down your former survivor. You’ll have to defeat them in order to recover your backpack, which acts as the gains inventory.
The idea of no death penalty is interesting, but Ubisoft still hasn’t outlined how exactly players will reach the end of the game. Hopefully we’ll find out more as the development of ZombieU continues. Check out the first gameplay video after the jump.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Matthew Regier
The smooth flowing cinematic fighting experience, Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown has touched down upon the Xbox Live Arcade, and the Playstation Network. It has been a few years since the initial release of Virtua Fighter 5: ONLINE and Final Showdown is truly a more polished version updating the graphics, adding two new characters, new stages, and balancing other characters while adding in some new moves to mix it up for veterans while still managing to be friendly for new players.
Players who played Virtua Fighter 5: ONLINE and are switching over to Final Showdown will notice that the character models are a lot less blurry and that the stages are as bright and vibrant as ever, Enhancing the cinematic combat and giving the game a very crisp colourful look. There are over 20 stages ranging from a construction zone within a city or out in the desert in a tall wooden fest. With each stage being different from one another, over different geographies, one thing is certain that you will not get bored of the options available.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Even our handhelds are safe from Konami’s re-imagining of the Castlevania series with the announcement of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate for the Nintendo 3DS.
Mirror of Fate is a prequel to the recently announced Castlevania lords of Shadow 2 and casts the player in the role of multiple characters. I again promises to feature many different magical abilities and signature weapons that the series is known for, and as a first for a handheld Castlevania game, Mirror of Fate will use 3D art instead of the traditional 2-D artwork used in previous handheld entries.
No release date was available at the time of writing but we hope to hear more as E3 continues. Check out the teaser trailer after the jump.Read More
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Sega’s latest fighting game, Virtual Fighter V: Final Showdown, is now available on PlayStation network and Xbox live. This version of Virtual Fighter V is based upon recent changes that were brought to the arcade version and includes 19 characters, interactive arenas, a new training mode and eight player online matches.
The game is priced at 14.99 USD (OR 1200 Microsoft points) and clocks in at around 2 GB. Sony revealed that the PlayStation 3 version of the game will be free for PlayStation plus members starting this afternoon. What are you waiting for? When I get into the arena and fight!
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Atlus has finally revealed the North American release date for Persona 4: Arena, the 360/PS3 fighting game featuring characters from the Persona universe. the game will be available on August 7, 2012, making it an excellent treat for the end of the summer.
As an added bonus the game will include both the original Japanese and English language tracks.
The game was developed by long time fighting game developer Arc System Works whose previous works include the Guity Gear and BlazBlue Series. I know a number of people on staff here broken joysticks are excited to play Persona 4 Arena. I’m pretty new the Persona universe, but if Guilty Gear and BlazBlueI are any indication I’m sure all of this game as well.
Check out the games E3 trailer after the jump.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kirk Williford
Ubisoft revealed more details for Zombi U, their Wii U-exclusive zombie title aimed at the hardcore audience.
According to Ubisoft, “One bite and you’re dead”. The game features elements that employ use of the Wii U Gamepad, such as unique HUDs, hacking of doors, and aiming into the sights and scopes of various weapons.
No release date was given.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kirk Williford
Nintendo showed off their newest version of Paper Mario today at E3, titled Paper Mario: Sticker Star, as well as Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon.
Paper Mario works by collecting stickers throughout the world, which are used as battle commands. Luigi’s Mansion looks to play like the previous Luigi’s Mansion game launched in 2001.
Both games were confirmed for a Holiday 2012 launch.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kirk Williford
Nintendo announced during their E3 Press Briefing a new title for Wii U, called NintendoLand.
Developed to be the “game that makes you understand the Wii U,” Nintendoland is a party game that features your Mii exploring a Nintendo theme park, loaded with attractions and games to play that tie to various Nintendo franchises.
Nintendo aims for the game to be fun for both multiplayer and single player gamers, and will tie in closely with Miiverse, Nintendo’s online community infrastructure.
Promising Asymmetric gameplay, Nintendo did an on-stage demo of Luigi’s Ghost Mansion, one of the multiplayer attractions found in the game. This minigame features 4 players on Wii Remotes in a maze trying to find and successfully drain the health of a ghost, being controlled by a single player on a Wii U gamepad.
The game looks like a compilation of various Wii U tech demos we saw introduced at last year’s E3 Briefing.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kirk Williford
The previously announced Lego City for Wii U now has a subtitle: Undercover.
Using the Wii U gamepad, players will be able to access special elements of the game, like communicating with mission leaders and finding criminals.
You’ll also be able to assume various roles via disguises.
The game has the known humor element that all Lego games have, and appears to be an open-world, HD title.
In addition to the Wii U version, a 3DS version was confirmed.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kirk Williford
Nintendo confirmed today that the Wii Fit franchise is coming to Wii U.
Wii Fit U will feature new ways to burn calories via new mini games, as well as the ability to upload data from a “Fit Meter”. The game can be fully played on the Wii U Gamepad, allowing for exercising to continue.
My body is ready.
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Posted on June 5, 2012 by Kirk Williford
Warner Bros. and 5th Cell announced the development of Scribblenauts Universe today, available on Wii U.
The game plays like you’d expect a Scribblenauts game to, only in high-resolution. However, the world is more connected and available to explore this time around — and now features a new multiplayer mode.
The story will finally reveal to gamers what’s behind Maxwell’s magical notebook.
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