Monthly Archives: September 2011

Fancy getting a pink 3DS from the UK or US following this morning’s formal announcement in Tokyo? It’s not going to happen, at least for now.

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GAME Australia’s reward scheme has reportedly been the subject of complaints lodged with the Australian Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (ACCC).

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Ghostlight have released details on the European Persona 2: Innocent Sin Collector’s Edition, and it is full of goodies. The UMD game comes encased in a double-sided inlay box, which contains a t-shirt, soundtrack CD, six cards which are double-sided art cards, and an A3 poster. The t-shirt is only available if you order from the Ghostlight store. A release date as yet to be announced.

Check out a full-sized image of the package below. Thanks, Siliconera.

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Nintendo’s announced today that Mario Kart will release in the UK on December 2, with a launch the previous day in Japan on December 1 confirmed at the company’s 3DS event this morning. Also dated, Super Mario 3D Land: that’ll drop in the UK on November 18, two weeks after it releases in Japan on November 3.

EA Sports’ releases NHL 12 today in the US, and for the first time ever, those who purchase the title will be able to play as a female.

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If we take anything away from the latest DMC demo, it’s that Capcom really wants you to believe this is the real deal. Defensive? Not a bit of it.

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Insomniac may have had Resistance 3 just come out, but the focus now shifts towards Ratchet & Clank: All4One; Sony’s released a brand new trailer for the co-op platformer. The clip, the latest in a gameplay video series, shows how single-player rolls into the scheme of things within the game, dropping some story hints as well. Get the video below, via Joysitq.

All4One’s out on October 18 in the US and October 21 in the UK for PS3.

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Sony’s announced details of the next PlayStation Access event in Bristol, confirming that Uncharted 3, Starhawk and Ratchet & Clank: All4One, as well as the recently-released Resistance 3, will all be playable on the first-party front. Third-party titles that will be playable include Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, FIFA 12, Dark Souls, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations and Goldeneye 007: Reloaded.

The event takes place from September 29 until October 1, with Lethal Bizzle peforming on both Friday and Saturday. More info on getting tickets for Access can be found on its Facebook page.

EA’s gone live with the FIFA 12 demo on Xbox Live Marketplace. Weighing in at 1.42Gb, the demo is for Gold members currently. You can queue it up from Xbox.com to your 360′S download queue here. The demo drops on PSN in the US tonight and in Europe tomorrow.

FIFA 12 launches on every platform under the sun on September 30 in Europe, with a release in the US three days earlier.

Helicopters are awesome, especially those in combat, as you’ll see after the break. It’s a ten minute gameplay video from Assault Horizon from the 360 version, showing off the basis of flying a heli in the. Get to it after the break.

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon launches on October 14 for PS3 and 360.

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As Gears of War 3 prepares to launch next Tuesday worldwide, 20,000 stores will open for midnight launches worldwide, Microsoft’s announced.

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You’d think with it being a first-person shooter now, Starbreeze is looking to throw everything and the kitchen sink out of Syndicate in terms of nostalga from the originals. Quite the contrary, actually.

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G4‘s uploaded 15 minutes of footage from the first DLC of The Gunstringer. Entirely an FMV-only live action affair, Wavy Tubeman Chronicles sees you investigate Tubeman after stealing some sort of time machine. Go check out the video after the break.

The Twisted Pixel Kinect western releases in the US today and in the UK on Friday.

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Square Enix has registered a domain called FinalFanasyXIII-3.com. As noted by Joystiq, Corporation Service Company was who signed the domain, but its done domain registrations before for the publisher. XIII-2 was first uncovered before its formal announcement via a domain registration back in January. You probably should’t read too much into this, though: it’s probably a bit of safekeeping from domain squatters by Square.

FFXIII-2 launches in January for PS3 and 360.

And the bombs begin to drop from Tokyo ahead of a Vitatastic drop tomorrow and Thursday. Keep up to date in video and text form.

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Nintendo cut the ribbon on TGS week, which means we’re now officially in for it.

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Steam has opened pre-loading for tomorrow’s release of Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad.

Those who order before the game unlocks in 15 hours’ time will save ten percent on the cover price. The standard edition goes for $39.99 undiscounted.

The PC-exclusive shooter is the sequel to the notoriously hardcore Ostfront 41-45. The series boasts a more realistic depiction of World War II-era warfare, and calls for patience, tactical thinking, and communicative team work.

Thanks, Blue.

Nintendo fired the starter’s gun on Tokyo Game Show season with the 3DS Conference 2011, announcing a pink 3DS, Monster Hunter 4, a new Fire Emblem, and more.

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A handy infographic helps explain why you just can’t stop flinging enraged avians at increasingly pitiful pigs.

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Outspoken LucasArts staffer Clint Hocking has strongly criticised the industry trend of annual sequels.

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