Month: August 2012
Trine 2 Expanding With Goblin Menace
Frozenbyte is expanding Trine 2 with an all new campaign featuring six unique levels, new skills that are also useable in the base game, and all the general improvements and tweaks will be available to all players. Trine 2 features platform puzzler action allowing you to swap instantly between three different characters. “Trine 2: Goblin Menace is an […]
The Expendables 2 Videogame Available Now On XBLA, PSN and PC
Expendables 2 just hit theatres and to coincide with that release the video game is on XBLA, PSN and PC now too! Available for 1200MSP on XBLA or $14.99 for the PSN or PC version, the game features four playable characters from the movies roster. Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren) and Hale Caesar (Terry […]
Report: Onlive Purchased By Third Party, 50% of Staff Gone
One of the pioneers of instantly streaming games, OnLive has been purchased by an unknown third party if reports from Joystiq are correct. 50% of the service’s staff were apparently let go as of 10AM this morning and said employees were seen leaving the company’s headquarters carrying moving boxes full of various supplies & possessions. […]
Zombies Are Invading Counter-Strike: Global Offensive!
Valve has teamed up with a mod team over at PlagueFest, a community site that works on mods for games like Counter-Strike: Source and ArmA II, to create a zombie mod for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This content will be available on only the PC version of the game (99% sure here), and you won’t have […]
Sony Thinks It Is Too Early To Cut Vita’s Price
The PlayStation Vita is certainly struggling in Japan with prospects being a little better here in North America. Many potential vita owners have been waiting for a price drop before snapping up Sony’s latest handheld and unfortunately it could be 2013 at the earliest before Sony relents on it’s $249.99 price point. Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida […]
Persona 4 Golden Limited Pre-order Vita Skin
Persona 4 Golden is coming exclusively to the PS Vita this Fall. Atlus has announced a pre-order bonus skin for your Vita! Manufactured in Japan by Dezaegg, this Vita skin is the same one made available to Japanese fans, including the original title for the game, Persona 4: The Golden. Included are eight exclusive matching wallpapers as well, […]
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Getting PC Release
Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 is getting a PC release to coincide with it’s console brethren in 2013, according to a recent press release first spotted by German games site JPGames. The port is being done in house at developers MercurySteam, and dark lords willing, could go a long way in fixing the technical issues and slowdown present in the […]
Ghost Recon Online Enters Worldwide Open Beta
Announced at Gamescom 2012, free to play title Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online has entered open beta! You can start playing today by signing up at: www.ghostrecononline.com Ubisoft has in game events and updates planned to support the third person shooter. GRO gives players the option to choose between three different classes of Ghost (Assault, Specialist […]
Just Dance 4 Busts Out Full Track List
Featuring more than 40 tracks from a variety of genres Ubisoft revealed the full song list recently to Just Dance 4! Planned for release on October 9th for Wii, Xbox 360, and PS3, the game is also set to be a launch title for the Wii-U. The Wii-U version adds an up to 5-player gamplay […]
Mann VS Machine Update Launches On TF2
Released on August 15th, Team Fortress 2 now has a co-op mode allowing players to take on waves of robots! With at least one new map and new achievements, the added mode features robots based on the games classes. At the end of each wave you’ll be able to upgrade your character’s abilities and weapons. Team Fortress […]
Rock Band Blitz Full Track List Released
I’ve seen lots of posts comparing Rock Band Blitz to the classic Amplitude, and if that turns out to be an accurate representation of the game I’m very much okay with that! Being released on August 28th on PSN and the next day for XBLA it looks like a fun addition to the series for […]
Neo Geo X Gold Entertainment System Announced
Neo Geo is making a return this December in the form of a portable with pre-loaded titles that can also be connected to a TV. The system itself comes with 20 games which is appropriate for the Neo Geo’s 20th anniversary celebration, a joystick gamepad, handheld device, and a ‘Neo Geo X Station’ to charge the handheld and connect it […]
Avengers: Battle For Earth GamesCon 2012 Trailer
Avengers: Battle For Earth has me sitting on the proverbial fence. One one side, the comic nerd in me, wants this game so badly because a Marvel Comics game has never been able to be played this way. There-in lies the other side of the fence. The Kinect Only has always been a hit or […]
Celebrate The Olympics With NBA 2K13
It’s the 20th anniversary of the USA’s “Dream Team” for the Basketball event at the Olympics, and 2K Games is celebrating by including the 1992 and 2012 teams in NBA 2K13. Jay-Z, the executive producer behind 2K13, states that he made the decision to have these two crews in the game so that people could […]
Skylanders: Giants Chills Out With This New Character
Activision has a monster on their hands. Skylanders are becoming as collectible as Pokemon. The original title boasted a lofty 32 different characters – 4 from each of the 8 elements. That doesn’t even include all the variants that are out there of these collectible video game characters. Skylanders are popular and they are selling […]