Monthly Archives: July 2011

Sony has trailered the Survivor Edition for Resistance 3, so you will want nothing more than to hand the store clerk your wallet and be done with it.

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The day has gotten a bit brighter for UK fans of Super Meat Boy, because it has been announced that the game is getting to special editions at retail. Head on below the break for all the squeal-worthy details.

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Boom. Team Bondi boss Brendan McNamara has claimed that Rockstar is currently looking at LA Noire’s famous facial technology MotionScan for its future batch of titles, including Grand Theft Auto V.

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As if you needed any more Battlefield 3 in your boring life, EA’s released a short, minute-long video of the multiplayer.

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A couple new shots from the Legacy DLC for Dragon Age II popped up on the game’s official site. Each was mixed in with shots released during EA’s Summer Showcase, which took place at the beginning of the month. Legacy is due on PC, PSN and XBL on July 26.

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Valve’s now released a new content pack for the soldier class on Team Fortress 2. Known as Dr. Grordbort’s Victory Pack, it’ll include two new weapons, the Cow Mangler 5000 and the Righteous Bison, and a couple of hats. Everyone wins. There’s more details on it here.

While you’re at it, help us destroy the Eurogamer scum.

Team Meat’s Edmund McMillen has said he went with Steam for distribution of The Binding of Isaac because past experience with the service was “amazing.”

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Deep Silver has announced a pre-order exclusive for Dead Island on Steam, which is available for pre-purchase on the service starting today.

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Capcom has released a 42 second video for Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, which shows off a, literally, shocking new weapon Frank West will be wielding against zombie miscreants. Watch the trailer below, courtesy of IGN. Dead Rising 2, releases for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in early October.

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Rumors of Bane being present in Batman: Arkham City have been making the rounds for a while now, and thanks to the latest issue of the Arkham City comic book series, the possibility is looking more likely.

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Namco Bandai’s launched more than two handfuls of short gameplay clips of Tales of Xillia. The videos show Jude, Milla, Leia, Rowen, Elise and Alvin. For those importing it, it’s out this September for PS3. Namco hasn’t announced a western release as yet.

Thanks, Andriasang.

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As his company’s name suggests, nothing can halt Relentless Studios co-founder Andrew Eades. Despite cancelling his Develop presentation, the battler found time to talk to Lewie Procter about the shape of things to come.

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Activision’s announced two more dates for the US following confirmation of an April 2012 launch for Prototype 2 in the country. Silicon Knights’ X-Men Destiny will release on September 27, while Beenox will launch Spider-Man: Edge of Time on October 4. As noted, Prototype 2 was confirmed for an April 24 release last night.

Thanks, Joystiq.

Ubisoft announced this morning that Uplay Passport will cost £7.99 or 800 MS points for those who’ve bought a second-hand Ubisoft game and want to access online components. The scheme will be free for those who bought titles first-hand from the publisher. Announced last week, it’ll begin rolling out with Driver: San Francisco in September.

Eightwayrun‘s gone up with a ton of assets for Soul Calibur V ahead of showings at ComicCon. There’s 19 shots in game and six pieces of character art. The stuff confirms Ivy for a return, as well as introducing new character Zwei. Go hit the shots up at the link.

SCV’s out next year for PS3 and 360.

Ubisoft’s released a minute-long trailer of Rayman Origins from ComicCon, pretty much showing off the awards it won at E3 as well as the “unofficial” awards. Ancel’s amazing-looking platformer is pretty much the reason why you haven’t seen BG&E2, but going by the E3 showing, that’s not as much as a bad thing as you think it is. Get it below.

Origins releases this November for PS3, Wii and 360.

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We have to admit, this is properly amazing-looking.

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Thursday, Thursday, it’s Thursday! Go celebrate it’s Thursday by reading these shorts and punching a man in the face. Don’t do that. Well, read the shorts, but don’t punch a man in the face. Punching a man in the face is wrong, m’kay?

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South Australian attorney-general John Rau has explained how he intends to wipe out the MA15+ ratings category for games in his home state: stickers.

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IGN’s gone up with the latest dev diary for RAGE. The video sees key id devs Tim Willits, Kevin Cloud and Matt Hooper touch upon the game’s vast world, the Wasteland. Multiplay modes Combat Rally and Legend of the Wasteland are also briefly touched upon in the clip. You can get it below the break.

RAGE releases on October 4 in the US and October 7 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC.

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