Monthly Archives: September 2011

With spiritual successor Dark Souls gearing up for a sequel from Namco Bandai Games, Atlus USA have confirmed that they’ll be continuing to operate the servers for hardcore action RPG Demon’s Souls into 2012.

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What do you want to know about Hitman Absolution? How much has IO refined in the game from Blood Money? What can you expect from the game as a long-time fan and a first-time player? And just how bald is 47 this time round? Can he even more balder?

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Suda51 has confirmed that while he came up with the idea for Diabolical Pitch, he’s handed development over to a separate team within Grasshopper Media. Therefore, it was that team who has come up with this intriguing little teaser trailer for the demon-smashing baseball interpretation called Diabolical Pitch.

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Hanging out for Tropico 4 on Xbox 360? Keep a-hangin’, publisher Kalypso Media has confirmed to Joystiq that the game planned for “mid-September” will now be arriving in mid-October.

Specifically, the game should start hitting shelves from October 18th, even though the PC version’s out already. We hear that “although it isn’t radically different in terms of visuals from its predecessor, it’s a better and more focused experience,” in case you were wondering.

We’ve gotten our hands on a new blood-stained trailer for The House of the Dead Overkill: Extended Cut, and this one’s set in a hospital. Not really sure what else needs to be said really.

If you’re of a squeamish disposition, maybe give this one a miss, otherwise – get your gore on!

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Vigil Games is bringing Death to the Wii U. Literally. Where the original Darksiders focussed on horseman War, the sequel will focus on his brother, Death. The hack’n'slash is a launch title for Nintendo’s new console, and it’s a refreshingly unusual choice.

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If you’ve ever played any Sims game, you’d know that – honestly – creating your little computer person is just about as much fun as controlling their little lives. Fortunately, EA know that too, which is why, in the lead-up to the new expansion pack, the company has released a demo for The Sims 3: Pets – and it’s all about Create-A-Pet.

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The numbers don’t lie. There’s been a noticeable decline in console sales – both hardware and software – in recent years. Where are they all going? Simple: More and more are getting their gaming fix from Facebook.

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Other than the good news coming out of the EG Expo today, I had something amazing happen to me today as well.

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CCP has told Develop it’s already working on tech for the next generation of consoles and future PC tech.

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Don Poole, a former Naughty Dog employee who worked as an environment modeler for the firm, has suggested Uncharted may have been a fantasy game if not for Sony feeling pressure form the success of shooters on Xbox 360.

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Snuggle up to this second batch of shorts.

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Insomniac has released a new video for Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, which shows the boss sequence starring the Z’Grute, which is not treating the city of Luminopolis very kindly. Watch it below. Al l4 One’s out on October 18 in the US and October 21 in the UK for PS3.

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Direct-feed footage of Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online, which is the first footage of the MMO, has been released. It shows some of the in-game graphics, CGI, and a group pf players running about the land. The Wii version is out during 2012 in Japan. Direct feed shots, which we posted earlier, are through here. Thanks, RPGsite.

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2K has released the first developer diary for XCOM, which answers the question: “What is XCOM?”

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It looks as though plans for a sequel to Enslaved: Odyssey to the West are no longer in the cards, according to Ninja Theory’s Tameem Antoniades.

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CD Projekt revealed extra information regarding The Witcher 2 and version 2.0. during its fall conference today, mainly focusing on the new tutorial system and the Dark settin.

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Activision has sent over a friendly reminder that Rezurrection, the zombie-filled DLC for Black Ops, is now available on PC. It was released via the PS Store yesterday in Europe, and is out today in the US for PS3. The DLC was originally included in the Hardened and Prestige Editions of the game, and includes the Moon level, four re-mastered levels of Zombie lore: Nacht der Untoten, Verruckt, Shi No Numa and Der Riese, the Zombie factory that started it all, an enhanced Zombies Soundtrack including three tracks never before available for purchase.

MTV has an exclusive video up for Batman: Arkham City, which focuses on The Joker along with his minions and backstory. You can view it here. The site also has the entire list of villains confirmed for the game so far, so be warned if you don’t what any extra information. Again you have been warned. The PS3 and Xbox 360 version of the game is out October 18 in North America and October 21 in the UK. The PC version has been delayed into November.

Tommy Wiseau, he which wrote, produced, directed and starred in the cult classic film The Room, has said he would have no problem whatsoever with directing a movie based on a video game.

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