Monthly Archives: September 2011

We’ve reached the third part of Namco Bandai’s ongoing series of trailers showcasing the prologue to Dark Souls, and things are surely heating up.

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The PSP absolutely dominated the Japanese software charts this week, but the 3DS maintained a precarious hold over hardware.

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I am beginning to wonder if I will ever see something other than my computer screen and a diabolical RSS feed after 5pm ever again.

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According to NPD, the month of August saw American physical sales up 3 percent over the month prior, but sales were still down 23 percent year-over-year to $669.9 million.

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The demo for Hard Reset was released yesterday, and if you have yet to try it out, you can watch the actual, final game build being played in the video posted below. Maybe it will help sway you. It’s about 20 minutes long, and is brought to you by the fellas over at GameFront. Hard Reset hit PC later this month.

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Square Enix has released a large batch of gorgeous screenshots for Final Fantasy XIII-2, as well as a company Q&A with the game’s director, Motomu Toriyama.

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Time for another round of shorts. Don’t worry, this is a quickie.

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“I’d say that we’re putting the third game in a series that in many ways helped to define a console generation. Not completely, but if you look at the art style in Gears, and the cover system – I think a lot of games were positively influenced by it. To have that influence on the business is incredibly flattering, both for myself and everyone who works at Epic. [However] we need to remain humble and cautiously optimistic about every part that comes out and hope that it has an impact on the industry. If we ever come out and say: ‘this is gonna change your life, it’s gonna change you’re children’s children’s lives’ – gamers aren’t gonna buy it. They’ll think we’re just a bunch of asses who’ve gotten cocky and complacent. – Cliff Bleszinski to OXM.

Deep Silver has announced a late September release for Dead Island’s Bloodbath Arena DLC. Those who purchased the Special Edition of the game should already have a code for the content to enter upon release. Bloodbath Arena contains a single-player and multiplayer “Horde-style challenges in four different arenas,” and experience points gained through the DLC will carry over the main campaign mode. Leaderboards will be available in the DLC pack as well as a new weapon called the “brain wave bomb.”

Dead Island is out in the UK tomorrow. Thanks, VoodooExtreme.

Those looking forward to Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and have 22 minutes to spare, may wish to check out the walkthrough posted below, courtesy of IGN. The RPG, a joint labor of love between indystry vets Todd McFarlane and Ken Rolston along with fantasy novelist RA Salvatore hits shelves on February 7 for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Thanks, EvilAvatar.

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As if the lovely sand art video for Uncharted 3 wasn’t enough for you today, Sony has released the TV spot for the game, which you can view below the beak. The advertising campaign kick offs tonight, so those in the US should start seeing this commercial on the soon. The debut of it will occur during the 2011 NFL Kickoff game tonight between the Packers and Saints. Uncharted 3 is out November 1.

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Sterne Agee’s Arvind Bhatia has estimated Rockstar will have spent $105 million on Max Payne 3 by the time development is complete. According to is estimates, if the figure is correct, the game would have to move 4 million units just to break even. The analyst came up with the figure based on the two prior versions in the series selling 7 million units combined, and added in the opinion that “Max Payne 3, has greater potential for success than either of the two prior versions.” He concluded that the title will likely move 4 million units easily has it is “highly anticipated and has potential for upside surprise.”

Max Payne 3 is out in March 2012. Thanks, IndustryGamers.

During the Citi 2011 Technology Conference today, Activision COO Thomas Tippl said to expect six “proven property” releases from Blizzard over the course of the next three years.

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The Call of Duty: Elite beta has been encouraging camaraderie between other CoD players, Activision has observed.

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Oh boy. Hello opened can. I would like you to meet this pile of worms I am trying to shove inside of you.

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Ubisoft has announced The Smurfs & Co, its Facebook game has more than 10 million monthly active users. The social network game is based on the comic book brand, and allows anyone to play as a Smurf in the quest to “build wondrous towns and uncover special ingredients that Papa Smurf needs to create a magic potion to erase Gargamel’s memory.” New game features and special in-game contests are being added regularly, including a full screen option and a user-generated screenshot contest with prizes in several different categories. The game has also been the number one licensed-based social game on Facebook since it launched on July 29. To play The Smurfs & Co, go here.

Square Enix has detailed The Missing Link DLC for Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and sent along screenshots and a teaser video for it as well. Spoilers below, just so you know.

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Ahead of TGS next week, Capcom has introduced Yasha, one of the playable characters for Asura’s Wrath.

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Atlus has released the first trailer for Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena from Arc System Works. The game is slated for release in Japanese arcades in early 2012, and during summer 2012 on PS3 and Xbox 360. It will also be playable during TGS next week. Thanks, Gematsu.

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Going to switch it up a bit by dropping a Radiohead image. Did you really expect another Thom Yorke-only one?

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