Monthly Archives: September 2011

BioWare’s announced on GameTrailers TV this morning the second story DLC for Dragon Age II, called Mark of the Assassin. It’ll star The Guild’s Felicia Day, who’s been involved in making the live-action series for the IP, Redemption. The story sees you try to steal a jewel called the “Heart of the Many” from an impregnable fortress filled with all kinds of traps and enemies. It’ll launch on October 11 for PS3, 360 and PC. Get the first trailer below, via GT.

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CyberConnect2 and Capcom have joined forces to create Asura’s Wrath, blending sci-fi with ancient myths and a steep learning curve. In Tokyo, Brenna Hillier discovers what it’s all about.

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THQ’s released five new screens of Metro: Last Light from Tokyo Game Show. The 4A shooter’s being shown on the showfloor during the event on PC and on consoles, according to the game’s comms boss Huw Beynon. This is definitely a proper knockout game, going by what we seen in Cologne at gamescom. One to definitely watch for.

It’s out next year for PS3, 360, PC and Wii U.

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We’ve all seen real-world advertising into the in-game world. Racing games put real brands onto trackside billboards and collect a pretty penny for the pixels. Often, they’re well-placed and subtle, almost slipping into the background. Other times, they’re really not.

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It’s been all of two weeks since we heard anything from The Secret World, but things are still ticking over on the conspiracy-riddled MMO. We all know about the big picture, three factions facing off over the future of humanity – but what about the smaller elements? The micro, as you will?

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We’ve spoken briefly before about the Pandora Mode to be included in Street Fighter X Tekken – but now, Seth Killian from Capcom has shed some light on this exciting new suicide mission.

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Well, with the floodgates well and truly opened on Epic’s upcoming smash hit Gears of War 3, and the game due out on shelves next week, we’re getting even more details on just what’s in store – plus a bit of a look back at what once was.

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So much of the news out of Tokyo Game Show is so big and serious that we figured we’d kick things off this Australian morning with something a little lighter. A rap video from PopCap, starring Crazy Dave from Plants vs. Zombies.

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TGS is in full swing and all of us here VG247 keep getting buried under our evil RSS feeds.

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Bioware has an update on open beta weekends for Star Wars: The Old Republic, with community manager Stephen Reid stating that all original weekend beta testers will be getting an invitation to participate in future beta weekends.

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Sony has announced Infamous 2: Festival of Blood will land on PSN on October 25 and 26 in the US and UK, respectively. It will run you around the $14.99 mark. The expansion will add Move support which will work with both the stand-alone content and Infamous 2 as a whole. Festival of Blood sees vampires running around the place, and Cole having been bitten himself, must kill the head vampire in order to save both himself and the city.

Rare studio manager Scott Henson has said the developer has “lived up to its potential,” and just because its focus is on family titles such as Kinect Sports, doesn’t mean it has “fallen off the map,” of core game development.

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Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures is celebrating its first anniversary with free money and guns, as you well know, but SOE has also announced the game has garnered over eight million registered players since launch. Along with the cash and weapons, the firm is also adding a new mini-game called Aquatic Assault. Sounds like fun for all. Thanks, MMORPG.

“When bringing Counter-Strike to PS3 and Xbox, we wanted to make sure we weren’t ‘noobing’ it, or dumbing it down. The game has an entry point for new players in its Casual Mode, but it’s not ticking off the top players. We think that if you’re really good with the controller, and you can match the fidelity of movement of the mouse and keyboard, then you’ll hold your own. If not, well, you’ll just be matched with people who play like you. We’re looking at changes that are about adding depth for skilled players, without adding complexity for the lower levels.” – Valve writer Chet Faliszek to Gamasutra.

EA and DICE have released screenshots for Operation Guillotine, a teaser video of which was released for Battlefield 3 over the weekend. The shots are below, and they are absolutely gorgeous. Game’s out next month. Yesterday we hadn’t received the assets from EA yet, so we pulled them from a very helpful OXM. Now, we have them ourselves, so they have been replaced. Continue enjoying.

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SEGA has released a 59 second video for Sonic Generations, showing three Genesis-era levels: Green Hill, Chemical Plant, and Sky Sanctuary. Watch it below. It’s out in November for PS3, 3DS, and 360.

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THQ confirmed during TGS 2011 game designer Tomonobu Itagaki will be a playable character in Saints Row: The Third. While folks will be able to use the character creation feature in the game to look however they wish, Itagaki will be a pre-existing character complete with leather jacket and sunglasses. Itagaki is currently working on Devil’s Third, which is to be published by THQ. Thanks, Gamespot.

There are so many shorts below, we’re baffled. You have been warned.

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Namco has released the complete prologue and first cinematic of Dark Souls. You can watch it below. Dark Souls will be available on PS3 ans Xbox 360 on October 7. Thanks, KoRnFanBob.

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Former Team Ninja boss Tomonobu Itagaki has said developers in the Japanese games industry, especially the younger generation, “shouldn’t be afraid of a slap in the face.”

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