Monthly Archives: August 2011

If you thought the earlier shorts post was large, wait until you get a load of this one. Okay, we lied. It’s smaller – but not by much.

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It looks as though last week’s rumor is true – some Walmart store have indeed dropped the price of 3DS a few days early before the cut is supposed to officially go into effect.

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Sony has updated the US PS Store a bit early today, and it’s full of goodies, so let’s get you highlighted.

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Rocksteady’s Dax Ginn has explained to GamesRadar how detailed Batman: Arkham City’s open-world will be, and how despite the scope of the game’s world being much larger than the last outing, on street level, the game will have just as much detail as you could really ask for.

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Irrational’s Ken Levine has discussed Move support for BioShock: Infinite with the PS Blog, as well as his opinion on Vita.

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Activision has released a new Modern Warfare 3 trailer, and it features spec ops co-op gameplay and introduces an all-new survival mode. The video contains plenty of action, guns and explosions, giving you a proper look at the mode. It also reminds you that the title will get its multiplayer world premiere at the upcoming Call of Duty XP event. Modern Warfare 3 releases on November 8 on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Watch the trailer after the break.

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Kalypso Media has released a demo of Tropico 4, which includes four tutorial missions and one campaign mission, where players will assume the role of the newly elected El Presidente who must build his island’s economy from a financial backwater to a world class economic superpower. Tropico 4 is set for release at the end of August, and for links to where you can download the demo, hit the page break.

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Yes, you read the headline correctly. There will be a demo released for Flying Wild Hog’s Hard Reset before the game is launched in September.

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Burn Zombie Burn studio doublesix games, has announced Strike Suit Zero which is a new deep space, arcade shooter.

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Just a friendly reminder that demos for Madden NFL 12 and Driver: San Francisco are out today on XBL and PSN in the US. UK folks will get the demos on Xbox 360 and PS3 tomorrow with the usual updates.

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NetherRealm has released a character vignette for the final Mortal Kombat DLC character, Freddy Krueger, which is live today on XBL and later this evening for US PSN users. UK gets it tomorrow. The video posted below the break, courtesy of Evil Avatar, presents a look into how Freddy became part Mortal Kombat. Turns out, he’s fighting in order to return to the dream realm from which he came, using his “demonic razor gloves” to take down anyone standing in his way. Nifty. Watch the video.

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Relic artist Matt Kuzminski has posted a look at the multiplayer DLC pack coming in a future update to Dawn of War II: Retribution in which the Ultramarines will be the focus.

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While BioWare has previously stated it “cannot commit to any timeframe” for The Old Republic’s retail availability in territories like Australia and New Zealand, it has said the game isn’t region locked; therefore, if those in Oz would like to import, they can absolutley do so.

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No need to dilldally, we’re doing it now.

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Assets and IPs belonging to Team Bondi has been sold off, according to Develop.

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The third Humble Indie Bundle has surpassed $2 million in sales. If you head on over to the official site, you’ll notice there are only about 8 hours left to get in on the bundle, which if you lay out $6 you’ll get all sorts of goodies. Best hurry now. Thanks, Joystiq.

Ubisoft’s confirmed on the EU PS Blog that the Splinter Cell Trilogy will release on the European PlayStation Store from tomorrow. The trio – which involves the original, Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory – will cost either €9.99/£7.99 separately or €29.99/£23.99 in a bundle. PS Plus users will get a 20 percent discount on SC1 and a ten percent discount for Pandora Tomorrow. The games will also support 3D and trophies. A Blu-ray release will come later down the line.

Pando Networks has completed a UK study which has revealed download speeds and completion rates across the country are “far slower than many broadband providers advertise.”

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Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood was the big winner at the German Bundesverband Interaktive Unterhaltungssoftware awards.

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Deep Silver has released a video for Dead Island, showing how the different protagonists of the game need to work together in order to survive the zombie infested island of Banoi. Co-op players will need to use different skillsets to complement each other in battle in order to survive the hordes of zombies awaiting them around every corner. The co-op mechanic in the game allows for up to four players with drop-in/drop-out mechanics throughout the whole game. The Techland actioner has also officially gone gold, and will in stores on September 6 in North America and September 9 in the rest of the world. Watch the video below, courtesy of Ve3tro.

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