Monthly Archives: August 2011

Eat, Sleep, Play has announced a new release date for Twisted Metal. The game will now arrive on PS3 February 14, or Valentine’s Day, whichever way you prefer to mark it on your calender. An exact European release date will be announced at a later date, but it will be released sometime in February over there as well. Earlier this month, the game was delayed because the team wanted to give it some extra TLC. You can watch a video below of David Jaffe announcing the date yourself below. [pic]

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From Software has said players will not be limited to just using Kinect in Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, they will also use the standard controller as well. However, the implementation of Kinect has added some cool features to the control scheme.

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It’s Deus Ex day tomorrow. Who’s pumped? I am. Surely you are too? Of course you are.

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Gearbox CCO Brian Martel has said the developer is looking to scare the player a bit with Aliens: Colonial Marines, but at the end of the day, it’s more of a co-op shooter than a horror title.

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If a Walmart flyer is any indication, the 4Gb Xbox 360 with Kinect bundled in will drop from $299 to $249 next week.

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Natsume has announced that those who pre-order Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns for DS at participating retailers will receive a limited edition collectible plush Alpaca. Quantities of the stuffed Alpaca are limited, so you best hurry. The game, which has now gone gold, is set for release on September 20, and is also slated for 3DS, with a release date to be announced “shortly”. However, GameStop has a place holder of October 11 set for the 3D version.

Hi-Rez Studios has announced the Recursive Colony expansion to Global Agenda will be released in early fall and will be available to all players with no purchase required.

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Activision has sent word that Dropkick Murphys will be provide the opening night performance at the Call of Duty XP event next weekend.

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Black Bean Games and Milestone have released a few screenshots and a short preview trailer featuring in-game footage for World Rally Championship 2.

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Bethesda has announced that Lonesome Road, the fourth add-on pack for Fallout: New Vegas, will be available for download on Steam , PS3 and Xbox 360 on September 20.

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Sega’s formally announced Sonic CD following an earlier slip-up this week by Major Nelson.

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Just a heads-up to let you know Bethesda has released former retail and pre-order exclusives as DLC for Brink.

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Treyarch’s posted a job listing on its website and Gamasutra for the studio’s next game, calling for a multiplayer level designer with “an expert understanding of the Call of Duty game universe.” And that doesn’t sound like it’s for a Black Ops map pack. Sounds like if you put two and two together and you’ll get Treyarch doing next year’s CoD. This’ll shock the total number of 0 people.

Thanks, OXM.

Gameloft has a third installment in its military shooter series on the way, titled Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation, and according to buzz around the net, it’s the one firm’s best mobile games yet.

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Devolver Digital and Croteam have a new trailer out for Serious Sam 3: BFE, and it shows the various weapons and moves our muscular hero can use to introduce his enemies the angel of death. Yesterday, the game’s release date was confirmed for PC on October 18, along with some nice Steam pre-order discounts and additional goodies. Watch the video below courtesy of That VideoGame Blog.

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Bethesda PR and marketing boss Pete Hines has confirmed that there will be same-sex marriages in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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The PC and Mac versions of Trine 2 will launch in Europe in Q4 this year, its been announced, although there’s no word of where the PS3 or 360 versions are at. It was previously delayed until “late summer” back in March The game will launch at retail and at digital via Focus Home Interactive, with the game’s soundtrack being bundled with the collectors’ edition.

Via EG.

Konami’s released out of its Tokyo press conference this morning the Tokyo Game Show trailer for Neverdead, as well as new screens. The trailer pretty much introduces the Japanese voice cast for the Rebellion third-person actioner, but there’s also some Megadeth too as a bonus. Go nuts with the video after the break. Screens are at Andriasang.

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Atlus has opened a new teaser site in Japan, but not much else. The site contains the URL p-atlus.jp with a yellow background and Persona-style front. By the by, Persona 4 was heavy on the yellow. Are we about to see Persona 4 Portable announced? Considering the past three games in the series have now made their way to PSP – the second is releasing this fall in Europe via Ghostlight – we wouldn’t be surprised. We hope so anyways.

Thanks, Andriasang.

Konami’s confirmed this morning at a press conference in Tokyo that its to bring four new titles to Tokyo Game Show next month as part of its line-up for the event.

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