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Anomaly 2
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Here's an hour of Battlefront III

by: John - posted: 5/6/2013 5:00 AM - Add a Comment
There were many stories on Star Wars: Battlefront III last year. Some developers even claimed that the game was 99% done and all they had were bug fixes to do when the game was cancelled. Well, now you can actually see the game as PtoPOnline has recorded his play through with a build of the game on Twitch. 

I'm sure there will be many folks who watch this and crave for the release of the game. It's unfortunate that the game was cancelled when it was so close to being shipped and we'll probably never know why the powers that be pulled the plug on it at its current state. But, for now, enjoy what would have been.

Fuse Digital Comic explores character backgrounds

by: Mike - posted: 5/5/2013 3:39 PM - Add a Comment
Insomniac is getting the word out about their first multiplatform title Fuse. With the newest announcement, players can delve into the backstory of all four characters, as well as the first big story mission, in a digital comic.

Radical Interactive has the reins on this comic, adding more depth to the intel docs found within the game, they said.

Check out the trailer below for a look into the characters' lore.


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Team up with Overstrike 9 on May 7

by: Mike - posted: 5/5/2013 3:30 PM - Add a Comment
Insomniac Games and EA announced that a demo for the upcoming cooperative shooter Fuse will be available May 7 on Xbox Live and PSN.

Players can team up with one other friend in split screen mode, or three others online, but also play alone as the four characters of Overstrike 9 squad. Each of the characters will work together in the demo to find the source of Fuse –– the alien substance that grants supernatural powers –– in an arctic weapons depot.

For an in-depth look at our cooperative session with Insomniac CEO Ted Price, head here to see Fuse in action before it releases May 28.

 

World of Tanks Blitz on Wargaming TV News Block

by: Nathaniel - posted: 5/3/2013 2:00 PM - Add a Comment
Wargaming TV's News Block has uploaded a new video to YouTube that features a whole lot of new information on World of Tanks' mobile little brother, World of Tanks Blitz.  It also features some new info on World of Warships and Gas Powered Games' relationship with Wargaming.

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Techland announce Hellraid

by: Nathaniel - posted: 5/3/2013 1:35 PM - Add a Comment
We've all played first-person shooters, and we've all, at some point in our gaming lives, thought, "Enough with all this shooting!  I want to hit things with a sword and/or shoot magic at the supernatural and can't just spend two more years of my life lost in Skyrim.  I've only got one chance left with my boss and significant other and I need to save it for GTA V."

Well, Amalgamofeverygamerever, I have some good news for you: Techland, makers of Dead Island and Call of Juarez, have heard your call and present Hellraid.  Hellraid is a single-player first person hack-and-slash game with ranged weapons and magic that also features a four-player co-op mode that sounds an awfully lot like it's a wave-based "horde mode."

Hellraid will be available for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC later this year.  To learn more, follow the jump.  You can also visit hellraid.com, and facebook.com/hellraidgame.

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Tower Defense + CCGs = ...what?

by: Russell - posted: 5/3/2013 11:08 AM - Add a Comment
I'm no stranger to collectible card games such as Magic the Gathering and Yu-gi-oh, nor am I a stranger to tower defense games (most of the time it's in Warcraft 3, but I digress).  However, I don't think I've ever seen a tower defense game mixed with a CCG.  That's basically what Prime World: Defenders is.

Prime World: Defenders is your typical classic tower defense game, except your towers, spells, traps, and so on are magic cards that you have to collect, upgrade, and use strategically.  Each victory will net you some new cards to use.  If this sounds right up your alley (I know it's up mine), you can pre-order it on Steam, and doing so will get you 20% off, early access to the beta, and three rare cards to start with: Energy Cannon, Fireball, and Emblem.  More info can be found at http://playdefenders.com.
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News Roundup - 05/02/2013

by: Jeremy - posted: 5/3/2013 7:50 AM - Add a Comment

New Remember Me trailer make me remember what I love about videogames

by: Nathaniel - posted: 5/2/2013 1:25 PM - Add a Comment
Let's see... New IP? Check.  Female protagonist with something approaching normal proportions? Check.  Cyberpunk?  Check.  Future setting? Check.  Nearly a full checklist of "things that get me excited about an upcoming game release?"  Check.  

I'm really digging Remember Me.  Hopefully it will live up to the hype I can't help but build up in my sad, stunted, man-mind.  This game first got on my radar last month.  Now, it pretty much owns my radar and is leasing it back to me at my own great personal hardship.  Such is life.

The following trailer features the game's Creative Director, Jean-Maxime Moris and lots of gameplay footage.  Oh Capcom, please just shut up and take my money.

And don't forget: Remember Me lands on retail shelves on June 4 in North America and June 7 in Europe.  It will be available for the PS3. Xbox 360, and PC.


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Dark screenshots and and super-generous minimum PC specs released today

by: Nathaniel - posted: 5/2/2013 12:50 PM - Add a Comment
What does a vampire need stealth for?  They're generally portrayed in popular culture as being stronger, faster, and generally better than baseline humans.  A vampire should be able to take what it wants with no regard for consequences or its own personal safety beyond the typical vamp concerns of sunlight, garlic, holy water, and silver.

Such is not the case in Kalyso's upcoming stealth-action-vampire game called Dark.  Dark is set for release this summer for the PC and Xbox 360 and features vampires that must rely on the shadows to survive.  Today's new batch of screenshots shows off the game's quasi-cell shaded look.  I'm assuming it's thanks to that art style that the just-released minimum specs for Dark are so relaxed and groovy.  They are: Windows XP SP2, a 2.0 GHz Dual Core, 2 GB System RAM, 5 GB free HDD, a DirectX compatible sound card, a Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT/ATI Radeon HD 4670/Intel HD Graphics 4000, 512 MB RAM.  

Even my PC, which was cobbled together for 150 dollars from my neighbor's menagerie of left-over PC components meets that.

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Tiny Tina's assault on Dragon Keep is the next Borderlands 2 DLC.

by: Nathan - posted: 5/2/2013 12:35 PM - Add a Comment
A lot of Borderlands fans have been wondering what the next downloadable story content for the game would be since being teased at PAX East. Well today Borderlands 2 writer Anthony Burch tweeted the following photo in which a poster for "Tiny Tina's assault on Dragon Keep" can be seen in the background. 

The tweet was deleted shortly after but not before many people screen grabbed it and now its making its way around the net. Sure the DLC reveal could have been "accidentally" leaked but knowing the sense of humor the Borderlands dev's have when it comes to this game makes me think this was a clever way of teasing the DLC. 

No date or price yet has been released but the seasons pass for the game said that all content will be out by the end of June so I would say to expect it around that time. 
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Space Hulk: developer Q & A

by: Nathaniel - posted: 5/2/2013 12:06 PM - Add a Comment
Space Hulk is a videogame based on a board game, but rather than some crappy ship sinking simulator or intro to the economics of the 1%, Space Hulk is based on the Sin of Damnation campaign from the 3rd edition board game.  The Space Hulk board game, if you don't know, is part of the wide Warhammer 40K franchise.  Basically, Space Hulk is a videogame based on a board game based on a tabletop strategy game that itself has spun off several videogames.

The Space Hulk videogame offers a 12-mission single-player and co-operative campaign, a level editor, and multiplayer modes that allow players to control either a space marine or a Genestealer.  It will be available for the PC, Mac, and mobile devices sometime later this year.  The following developer Q & A should clear up any other questions you have.  If not, visit www.spacehulk-game.com.
 

Say hello to Katarina, the not-so-friendly ghost (The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing)

by: Jeremy - posted: 5/2/2013 8:47 AM - Add a Comment
Reverb Games has released a new trailer for their upcoming game, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing. The gothic-noir / steampunk action RPG, based on the classic literary character from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, is heading towards PC’s everywhere later this month.

The new trailer, shown below, highlights your companion in the game: the ghostly Katarina. She is as lethal as she is beautiful and seems to keep you in line as much as she watches your back. After putting a little bit of time into a preview build of the game, I can say that she definitely makes your adventure interesting. The AI that controls her really plays the role well, akin to something similar to one of your trusty pets in the Torchlight series. We’ll have a full preview of the game next week and look for a live stream of the game sometime this weekend. We’ll post more details on that later this week.
 

News Roundup - 05/01/2013

by: Jeremy - posted: 5/2/2013 7:32 AM - Add a Comment

One Defiance gamer will win a "special place" on the Defiance TV show

by: Randy - posted: 5/2/2013 1:33 AM - Add a Comment
EVE Online players are, as we speak, submitting stories to seed EVE TV shows, comic books, and novels. 

Meanwhile in Defiance, one lucky gamer will get a transmedia experience as their video game character's likeness is artistically rendered into a "special place" in the TV show. One can only hope that special place is in the pale alien lady's hot tub room.

When it comes to declaring a winner, very little luck will be involved. From April 30 (the contest already started) to May 12, the person earning the most ark salvage per hour during their time played over the contest's duration will win.

What I take that to mean is: you can't just log in for an hour, make a bajillion ark-salvage bucks, or whatever, and then log out hoping you'll win. You'll have to complete a Most Wanted: Competitor and Most Wanted: Rogue's Gallery pursuit as well. That means killing mutants, raiders, 99ers, and plenty of other undesirables on your path to video-game-TV-show-crossover fame.

The official sign-up site hints that this is only the first opportunity to do this. You'll have more chances to get your game character digitally remastered for the TV series in the future. Sure would up the ante if one of those times has you transformed into a bath bead in Stahma Tarr's hot tub.

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New Fuse trailer tells a different side of the story

by: Mike - posted: 5/1/2013 10:53 PM - Add a Comment
A new trailer for Insomniac Games' upcoming four-player cooperative shooter Fuse details the enemies' side of the story, and their fear of Overstrike 9, the team players will take control of to shoot, kick and explode their way through the enemy roster.

We got the chance to sit down and play Fuse with Insomniac CEO Ted Price at GDC, so head here to read our thoughts on it after watching the trailer below.

Fuse releases May 28 for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.
 
 

Theater of War mode adds new angles and challenges to the Eastern Front

by: Mike - posted: 5/1/2013 10:45 PM - Add a Comment
Relic Entertainment decided that a single player campaign and competitive multiplayer aren't enough, so they're adding another mode to Company of Heroes 2: Theater of War Mode.

This new content allows players to see the conflict from multiple angles, and hear the story from different sides, by themselves or cooperatively.

Theater of War also presents players with challenges. This is more of an arcade version of the game, with commanders that play with a certain style, or overwhelming enemy numbers or firepower.

Players can control the Soviet Red Army or Germans at the outset of World War II in 1941. Both of these factions has nine unique missions to complete in Theater of War mode, as well as additional content post launch.

Company of Heroes 2 releases June 25 for PC.
 

Call Of Duty: Ghosts now available to pre order

by: Nathan - posted: 5/1/2013 3:14 PM - Add a Comment
Just like clockwork every year a new Call Of Duty game has been announced and as you would expect, you can pre-order the game from Gamestop and get some bonus items as well. Gamestop is now taking pre-orders from the game online and in-store and for those who do you can get an exclusive poster. Also for the first time you can get an exclusive Call of Duty: Ghosts themed in-game weapon came for use in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2 when you pre-order.

For more information go to www.gamestop.com/ghosts

Call of Duty: Ghosts will be available for current and next gen platforms on November 5th 2013


 

New trailer confirms Call of Duty: Ghosts

by: Jeremy - posted: 5/1/2013 12:17 PM - Add a Comment
Rumor no more: Call of Duty- Ghosts is a real thing and coming this Fall courtesy of Infinity Ward. Hot on the heels of the new site John mentioned a few days back, Activision has released a teaser trailer for the next installment in the blockbuster series which will be fully unveiled on May 21, 2013. The new game will deliver a whole new world, new characters, and a new experience. The game is being revealed at the Xbox: The New Generation event being held in Redmond, Washington to reveal the next Xbox console.

The game will release for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on November 5, 2013. It will also be available for the next generation of consoles as well. You can read the full press release on the next page and check out the teaser trailer for the project below:
 
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News Roundup - 04/30/2013

by: Jeremy - posted: 5/1/2013 7:47 AM - Add a Comment

Pre-order Anomaly 2, get a second copy free

by: Sean Colleli - posted: 4/30/2013 7:48 PM - Add a Comment
11bit Studios just announced that Anomaly 2 is available for pre-order on Steam, with a release date of May 15th. If you pre-order the scifi tower defense game, you get a second digital copy for free, presumably to gift to a friend--instant multiplayer! While you're making up your mind on whether to jump on this deal, check out the new story trailer below.
 
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Artyom is Redeemed in Metro Last Light

by: Sean Colleli - posted: 4/30/2013 7:33 PM - Add a Comment
Artyom has had to travel a rough road, but he might find redemption in Metro Last Light. This trailer shows off a good summary of the game's story and environments, with some pretty freaky irradiated beasts as well. It looks like Deep Silver has really improved their engine and art design, which is saying something considering how bleakly gorgeous Metro 2033 was.
 

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Diablo 3 on the PS3 is available for preorder

by: Nathaniel - posted: 4/30/2013 1:36 PM - Add a Comment
If you've been dreaming of the day you could play Diablo 3 on your couch instead of your computer chair - and you're not one of those weirdos that connects their PC to their HDTV - then you were probably pretty excited to learn that Blizzard was porting the game and its classic hack-and-slash-and-loot-and-hack-and-slash gameplay to everyone's favorite Sony console (all other Sony consoles not included).  

It's available for pre-order right now.  Visit us.blizzard.com for details.  Everyone who pre-orders Diablo 3 will get the Infernal Helm that grants extra XP to players - because nothing says "pre-order bonus" like skewing the game's learning curve.  Other retailers will have other bonuses, but you'll just have to find that stuff out for yourself because Blizzard isn't telling.

You can learn more after the jump, and you can visit us.battlenet.net for even more details.

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News Roundup - 04/29/2013

by: Jeremy - posted: 4/30/2013 7:44 AM - Add a Comment

EVE Online TV series in the works, players to submit stories

by: Randy - posted: 4/30/2013 12:06 AM - Add a Comment
With half a million active subscribers and nearly 10 years under its belt, EVE Online has got some stories to tell. Not stories about the non-player characters and developer-written lore, but players' stories--stories seeded, grown, and harvested right in the sandbox. True stories of scams and heists, alliances and backstabbing, heroics and cowardice, all of it completely legitimate and 100 percent allowed on EVE's politically brutal, Darwinistic stage.

Now, thanks to deft maneuvering by CCP, EVE Online's developer, some of those stories will now inspire books, comics, TV series and films set in the EVE universe.

CCP has been in talks with filmmaker Baltasar Kormakur and his creative team. Kormakur is a critically acclaimed actor and director straight out of Iceland, known for directing 2012's Contraband starring Mark Wahlberg and Kate Beckinsale. (No, I didn't see it either.) Kormakur is currently in post-production of 2 Guns, starring Denzel Washington and, again, Mark Wahlberg. But Kormakur is now pretty stoked about heading up a TV series for EVE Online.

As we speak, EVE players are submitting their true stories (which are debatable) for consideration. Voting begins May 1 and ends May 15. The top five most up-voted story submissions are walking away with some nice prizes. The number one story nabs the writer a round trip ticket to Reykjavik, Iceland, including airfare and hotel accommodations, a visit to CCP headquarters to shake hands with senior developers, and a 10-year subscription to EVE. That last item is worth $1,800 alone. Oh, that, and the fact that their story may spawn an EVE TV show episode. No big.

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This Watch Dogs trailer is out of control!

by: John - posted: 4/29/2013 7:31 PM - Add a Comment
So Watch Dogs looks pretty damn awesome. The game that took last year's E3 by storm is ever inching closer to a release. The game's going to be out on the PC, 360, PS3, and as a launch title for the PlayStation 4. With that, here's a new trailer that was released today showing off some really cool action. The main character isn't just good with electronics, he's pretty bad ass with guns as well. Can't wait to see this up close in a month.