August 2012

New PS3 Dragon’s Dogma Demo Coming Soon & Competition Details

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Les Major

A new PS3 exclusive Dragon’s Dogma demo will be available starting next week. Capcom notes the demo will feature the game’s Prologue and have access to in-depth character customization before adventuring out to take on the Hydra to collect one of it’s heads to return to the castle. As with the original demo, character save data will carry over into the full main game. The demo will be available on August 15th in Europe and in North America on August 21st.

Beginning August 9th, the Pawn Community website, The Gran Soren Times, will be hosting a new competition. Players will be able to submit in-game screenshots taken using the photo sharing feature in Dragon’s Dogma into three different categories.

A new ‘Easy Mode’ update is also currently available on both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game.

Read more for additional details on the contest.

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Max Payne 3’s Local Justice Pack Now Available for PC

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Les Major

Rockstar Games has announced the new Local Justice Pack is available now for the PC version of May Payne 3. The pack contains three new maps for the multiplayer portion of the game, a new weapon and a few other additions. Currently the pack is available at a discount price of $5.99 for one week only!

Check after the break for the full release details from Rockstar as well as info on additional DLC that is now available for the PC version.

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Blizzard Recommends Changing Battle.net Password After Breach

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Les Major

Due to a recent breach on Blizzard’s internal network the company is recommending users change their Battle.net account passwords. The actual password info accessed was scrambled, and this recommendation is just a precaution. It seems no personal information was accessed says Blizzard.

Blizzard also notes that secret question answers may have been accessed as well as mobile authenticators. Automated propts are planned to inform users of change their secret questions and update their authenticator software.

After the break you can find the full securty update from Blizzard.

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Hell Yeah! To Be Released This September

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

SEGA will release their latest digital title Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit™ will wreak havoc on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network on September 25th and 26th on each service, respectively. The game will be priced at $14.99 USD/ 1200 Microsoft points upon release. In Europe and Australia the game will cost  1200MSP/£9.99/€12.99/AUD$19.95.

Alongside the announcement of the game’s release SEGA released a brand new trailer showing off the customization options for the main character and his vehicle. Ever wanted to blast away cartoonish foes wearing a top hat? In Hell Yeah! you can! There are 50+ different hats to unlock and collect in this shooter/platformer.

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First look At Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee HD And Naming Contest

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

Just Add Water unveiled a screenshot for the upcoming Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee HD remake today, on its official Facebook page. Unlike most HD editions of old games as of late, Abe’s Oddysee is being rebuilt from the ground up.

The game’s first demonstration will be shown at Eurogamer Expo, sometime during the 27th-30th of September, at the Earls Court in London. The biggest news is that at the convention, the developers will be revealing the most popular name for the game that fans voted on (that’s if you submitted an idea before tomorrow’s deadline). If you want to vote, check out the following link. Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee HD (which probably won’t be the title) will be out sometime next year!

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Call of Duty: Black Ops II Multiplayer Playable at GamesCom

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Call of Duty fanatics will be able to test drive the multiplayer for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, a full three months ahead of release, at GamesCom 2012. If you’re going to the show, be sure to check out the game’s booth in 6 (Booth A21 and A31), for your chance to be the first in the world to earn a killstreak in Treyarch’s upcoming futuristic shooter. This booth will be available from August 15-18.

Black Ops II‘s multiplayer was unveiled earlier this week, with a two minute reveal trailer. If you’re like me, then you probably won’t be able to just magically teleport over to Germany. Not to worry, though, Activision and Microsoft have teamed up to stream footage from the booth over the three days that it’s open. The same footage will also be available on TwitchTV and the official Call of Duty website.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II will be released in the states on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC on November 13th, 2012. Visit the game’s official website here.

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Online Multiplayer and Wallace Wells DLC Coming To Scott Pilgrim

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Les Major

Ubisoft’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World released way back when on August 25, 2010, for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, will be receiving a new DLC pack this month. This new download, which will cost 400 Microsoft Points, includes online multiplayer and Wallace, presumably as a playable character. This information comes from majornelson.com, which dates the Xbox 360 version’s release for August 19th. Ubisoft PR rep Alex Monney stated that details for the PS3 version are on the way.

With Wallace Wells as a playable character, it’s assumable that much like the Knives Chau DLC, he will have his own ending in the game. Wallace is Scott’s roommate from the comic series, so he should make for an interesting addition to the game’s cast. It’s also worth mentioning that the colored version of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life is being released this week.

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Warning: You May Be Flustered By This Dead Or Alive 5 Trailer

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Seung Lee

I won’t say what exactly you’ll be taken back by, because there’s actually quite a few things in this trailer for Dead or Alive 5 that caught me by surprise. I will say, however, that there’s rap, giant breasts (as to be expected of a Dead or Alive game), and an actual semblance of a plot.

Dead or Alive 5 is set to release for the PlayStation 3 on September 25th in the states, 27th in Japan, and on the 28th in Europe. American and Japanese Xbox 360 owners can also expect the game to release on the same dates as the PS3 version. The release date for the European 360 version is still unknown. Oh, and by the way, do yourself a favor and don’t read the comments on the video below. It’ll save you precious brain cells.

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Skyrim Dawnguard Now Available On PC

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Les Major

As of August 2nd, the first expansion for Skyrim is available via Steam. Dawnguard focuses on giving your Dovahkiin the choice between joining the Dawnguard order, or becoming a Vampire Lord. This vampire-themed content adds new equipment, skills, perks for both vampires and werewolves, and new locations.

Dawnguard can be purchased for $19.99 USD. The expansion was first released for the Xbox 360 on June 26th. There’s still no news on when the PlayStation 3 will be receiving it. Visit Skyrim‘s official site here.

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Namco Bandai And Sega Team Up For.. Drumming In Yakuza 5?

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Seung Lee

The Yakuza games have always had a plethora of minigames to lure players away from their main objectives, and it looks like that’ll also be the case in the fifth main installment of the series. Now, I haven’t played all of the Yakuza games, but I do remember there being a rhythm game of sorts in 3. There’s no info yet on what exactly all of the minigames will be in Yakuza 5, but we now know that one of them will be a joint collaboration between Namco Bandai Games and Sega.

Andriasang managed to get a hold of this week’s Famitsu, a popular Japanese gaming magazine, and learned about this new minigame. Taiko: Drum Master was an arcade drumming game, developed by Namco (this was before the merge with Bandai), that was then ported over to the PlayStation 2. An arcade machine with this game will be available to play in Yakuza 5, with songs such as Mappy Ondo and Shinsekai Yori (just as clueless as you are as to what these songs are). Let’s just hope that it won’t be too difficult to play, considering that it IS Japan after all..

Now, I haven’t mentioned this yet, but Yakuza 5 isn’t even confirmed for release outside of Japan. It’ll be out in December ’12 for the PS3 over there. As for when the rest of us will get it, we’ll have to see. Considering that all past four main installments of the series have made it to the rest of the world, it’s safe to say that us non-Japanese fluent people will be able to return to the Land of the Rising Sun next year.

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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale PaRappa the Rapper Video

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

With the public beta for SuperBot Entertainment’s PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale almost upon us, the PlayStation blog has unveiled a video that shows off some neat tricks for a fan favorite from the original PS era, PaRappa the Rapper. His playstyle draws from his love of music, skateboarding abilities, and rapid kung-fu moves.

PaRappa’s impressive mobility makes it easy for him to get in close and wail on his opponent(s). This is great because he’s primarily a close range fighter. One of our paper-thin friend’s specials has him dropping a boombox (Boxxy Boy from the two games) and generates AP. This move, however, can also be used by the opponent(s). PaRappa’s level 1 attack is a quick, but short range flip kick from his skateboard. His level 2 attack has him riding on his skateboard (FYI, he can be controlled during this) for a distance on the screen. Lastly, we have the level 3 attack, which changes the screen to a concert, reminiscent of his game. The cool thing about this move is that it’s one of the few screen clearing specials in the game!

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Digital Releases for MGS HD Collection Coming Soon

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Broken Joysticks

The Metal Gear Solid series saw an HD compilation released back in November ’11. Now, for those of you who haven’t bought the triple pack that had Metal Gear Solid 2, 3, and Peace Walker, a digital version will also be available.

The first two games available will be Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, releasing separately on August 21st. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker will be released the following week, on August 28th. If you can hold off on buying them separately, you can collect all three games on the 28th in a PSN-exclusive bundle. There’s no info right now on the pricing for the individual items. Read more for the official press release.

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Skyrim’s 1.7 Patch Is Finally Coming To Consoles This Week

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Seung Lee

It’s August 8 as I write this article. Why is this little fact important? Well, the latest title update for Bethesda’s Skyrim is version 1.7, and it’s going to be hitting the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 tomorrow. Specifically, 360 Skyrim players from all across the world can expect the patch tomorrow. For the PS3 version, the patch will only be hitting the states on the 9th. The European version of 1.7 will be out the following week.

What exactly does 1.7 do? That’s a good question; it fixes a number of glitches such as general memory and stability optimizations. That’s not all, the 360 version will receive fixes for Spanish, German, French, and Italian shouts. Check out the Twitter announcement regarding patch 1.7 here.

P.S. Still don’t have any info on the PS3 release date for Dawnguard. It’s coming though, don’t worry.

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