Posted on July 19, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Wild Hog Games, developers of the cyber punk FPS title Hard Reset have released an online art collection of renders from the game. Clocking in at over 120MB this digital art book features several high quality renders from in-game art assets.
Hard Reset is currently 75% off during the Steam Summer sale and the first DLC package for the game Exile launched for free and will be available in Steam in the coming days.
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Daniel Shannon
Well, yesterday’s plot didn’t work out so well, and the Steam Sale marches on. I’ve been thinking about ways to stop this ravager of wallets. Perhaps I’ll start a Kickstarter project to bring an end to these deals. The basic concept is that I will build some sort of giant magnet as well as a “mancannon.” We’ll suck out Valve employees with the magnet and shoot them into the Puget Sound with the mancannon, forcing Gabe Newell to end this madness. I’m estimating that this will cost several million dollars and can only hope that EA’s Senior Vice President of Global Ecommerce, David DeMartini, will donate a few million to help get this started.
That being said, you may see today’s deals below.Read More
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Activision has lifted the veil a bit to show us the behind the scenes work that is going into Black Ops II. In a brand new trailer featuring Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor and the co-write of The Dark Knight David S. Goyer.
If you’d like a look at the creative process behind of the of the biggest FPS franchises in gaming history, this is a great place to start. The Villains trailer from two weeks ago will be shown in select theaters before The Dark Knight.
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Daniel Shannon
Registrations have begun for Quakecon 2012. As always the annual bring your own computer LAN party will be free to attend, though there are a few paid options, including a swag pack (featuring both an official QuakeCon 2012 and a Dishonored t-shirt). In addition to the LAN party, the event will feature the annual keynote address by John Carmack, opportunities to play both Dishonored and Doom 3: BFG edition. Additionally, there will be panels featuring people like Marty Stratton from id Software, Ted Price of Insomniac Games, and Chet Faliszek and Tom Leonard from Valve Software.
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Jesse Lord
Oh, 1999. You held so much promise. I started my sophomore year of college, got settled in my dorm room, and started the school year off right – in my friend’s room playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater on the Playstation. From that moment on my love affair with the series began, and unlike my move away from skateboarding in real life after college, I remained faithful to my virtual skateboarder avatars for a long time, until the series just got plain silly (noseblunt grind on a dinosaur’s tail over a helicopter gap, anyone?). So you could imagine my glee to discover that the original, the legendary, the amazing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was being reskinned in HD (cleverly titled Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD) and was set to be released on XBLA as a part of this year’s Summer of Arcade, the little skater punk fan in me did cartwheels.Read More
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Daniel Shannon
Harmonix has announced the release dates for Rock Band Blitz (or as we like to call it, because it uses a controller rather than instrument peripherals, Frequency 3/Amplitude 2). It arrives on the PlayStation Network on the 28th of August and will retail for $14.99. Blitz will roll onto Xbox Live Arcade on the next day and retail for 1200 Microsoft Points. Rock Band Blitz is apparently compatible with thousands of songs in the Rock Band Music store and all of Blitz’s songs will work with Rock Band 3, which is promising if you are a fan of the Rock Band franchise (and Amplitude). Read on for a trailer and a list of all tracks announced so far.Read More
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Daniel Shannon
Bohemia Interactive just released a nebulous teaser trailer for their upcoming real time strategy game/ vehicle simulator hybrid Carrier Command: Gaea Mission. As the name suggests, this is a remake of 1988’s Carrier Command. The basic gist of the game is that the players’ main base is an aircraft carrier used to launch assaults on various islands and, naturally, the enemy carrier. In addition to playing it like an RTS, you can assume direct control over any individual unit dispatched from your carrier.
You wouldn’t learn any of this from the teaser trailer below, so we’ve also added a link to the more informative demonstration from E3.
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
Tony Hawks Pro Skater HD has 720’d its way on to Xbox Live and will be available on the PlayStation Network later today ,Activision has confirmed. It can be yours for 1200 Microsoft points or $15 USD if you’re playing along at home on a PlayStation.
This latest Tony Hawk includes rebuilt content from Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 from 2000. It’s not just new textures either, the level geometry has been cleaned up and improved and Activision has even included online play and leader boards.
Anyone up for an online match of HORSE? Our full review of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD will be live in a few short hours!
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Daniel Shannon
Paradox Interactive has kicked off what it dubs the “Six Games and Rock’n’Roll Tour.” The Swedish publisher and some developers will be embarking on a “coast to coast tour” of the United States, showcasing five previously announced games and one mystery game. Highlights from the tour are available on their tumbler page. The first stop was New York City, where they showed off the upcoming Salem MMO. You can watch the just released trailer for that title (complete with sinister naked Russian sorcerers) and read the game lineup after the jump.Read More
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Daniel Shannon
Mechwarrior Online Developers Piranha Games have been very busy this week. First, they released a video showcasing the upcoming free-to-play game’s latest Mech, the Centurion. This medium sized Mech is sort of like the T-34 of Mechs, boasting a good mix of speed, armor, and firepower. You can watch the video with some pretty gameplay footage below.
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Additionally, Piranha games, Nvidia, and Infinite Game Publishing (the publisher of Mechwarrior online), are hosting a MechWarrior Online Community Day in Santa Clara, California at 5 p.m. on July 27th. The event, an invitation only affair, will let the chosen few join the developers for drunken debauchery, beer, pizza, and some Mechwarrior Online lanning. There will be a tournament, prizes, and chances to play around with unrevealed Mechs as well as the newfangled Razer Blade laptop. Read on to see how you can score an invite to this event.
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
20 staff members from Capcom Vancouver (formally Blue Castle Games) have been laid off the studio confirmed via their official twitter account. After publishing 4 Dead Rising titles in two years (Dead Rising 2 & Off the Record where standalone titles and Case: West/ Case: Zero where downloadable) it is understanding that they would want to work on a brand new IP. It is unknown if these lay off will affect the development of their as yet unannounced game.
Capcom did issue a statement to Joystiq sometime after the intial tweet from Capcom Vancouver. It read as follows:Read More
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Posted on July 19, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards
James from Insomniac Games published a guest post over at the PlayStation Blog outlining some brand new features coming to their latest game, Rachet and Clank: Full Frontal Assault. While the game returns to the classic third person, behind the player, combat we’re all used too – Insomniac has also introduced a new tower defense mechanic.
In addition to the addition of tower defense mechanic, which will hopefully be further detailed in the future, the game also adds the ability to chose between 3 different heroes – Ratchet, Clank, or Captain Qwark and an online mode.
Head over the PlayStation Blog for additional info, or check out a few new screenshots after the jump.Read More
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