Monthly Archives: September 2011

Atlus-published brawler The Cursed Crusade won’t unleash its weighty, gory combat on punters until October 25. Watch this trailer while a single, disappointed tear trickles down your face.

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Lots of stuff happened today on my shift, and Johnny’s as well – even if he was too busy playing the Battlefield 3 beta to bother speaking to anyone.

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Tomorrow, September 29 from 8am BST PS Home will go offline for scheduled maintenance, and once back up, client update 1.55 client will be up and running. Improvements to the Home start up flow, wardrobe and furniture browsing, and much will be applied. Full details of the client update can be found here. Other lovely additions and details can be found on the PS Blog.

Ubisoft has released a new video for Might and Magic Heroes VI. In it, the Duke of Griffin has fallen and the world of Ashan has fallen into war, and an eclipse is coming. Sounds foreboding. You can what it for yourself below. The game is out on October 11 for PC, and upon this day, you must choose your allegiance: blood or tears. Thanks, GameFront.

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Nintendo has released The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition as part of its ongoing 25th Anniversary celebration for The Legend of Zelda. It’s available as a free DSiWare download, but for a “limited time only.” The game allows four player co-op and have been updated to include a new new single-player mode. So, those in the US, Australia and the UK, go ahead and start downloading. Thanks, D’toid.

Gamespot has posted a video for PAYDAY: The Heist. The Green Bridge cinematic trailer can be watched below. The game is expected in October on PSN. Those who ordered all the titles offered through Sony’s PS Play incentive, will receive the game for free upon release.

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Jonathan Blow has said his next project, The Witness, will only be made available on PC and iOS due to consoles being a bit outdated.

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It’s time for more little bits of news in one spot so you don’t have to read as much. Save your lovely brains for zombies instead. They need to eat too, ya know.

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The Humble Bundle is back with the Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle, and once again you can pay what you want. It comes with the turn-based strategy title Frozen Synapse, and is available for Mac, Windows, and Linux. It also includes the soundtrack with your purchase. Those who pay above the average price will also receive the Humble Frozenbyte Bundle, which includes: Trine, Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds: Survivor, the Jack Claw prototype, and a Splot preorder. Charities supported are the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child’s Play.

Humble Bundles have now raised over $2 million for charity. Watch the video below.

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David Cage has said he has no intention of making a Heavy Rain 2, as he is not in the videogame business to “make money.”

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Namco has released a new trailer for Dark Souls in preparation for the game’s launch next week. The video, titled All Saints Day (which is also the name of the song in it by The Silent Comedy), can be watched below. If you missed out on the latest round of screenshots, those are posted through here. The game debuted in Japan last week, and set the charts on fire by moving 279,567 units during launch week.

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Ubisoft has released the launch trailer for Splinter Cell Trilogy HD to coincide with the game’s US release today. The collection features Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow, and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory on one single disc for PS3. It’s been out in the UK since August. Thanks, TheKawabonka.

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DICE was nice enough to unlock the 64-player Caspian Border map for PC beta testers today.

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Bioware community manager Stephen Reid has taken to the official forums to clarify how Early Game Access will work for those who pre-ordered Star Wars: The Old Republic.

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Media Create has released its retail sales list for the week ending September 26, and it finds Dark Souls debuting in the top slot for PS3 with 279,567 copies moved.

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Rockstar Games has announced the L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition will launch on November 8 in the US and November 11 in Europe on PC, Steam and OnLive.

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Activision-Blizzard has announced that Foo Fighters will headline the closing concert at BlizzCon, which takes place October 21-22 at the Anaheim Convention Center.

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Amazon announced its Kindle Fire tablet today for $199 during a press conference held by the firm.

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Sony Ericsson and Square Enix have announced a partnership to bring new games to Xperia Play, starting with Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light in November.

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Sony has posted the update for the European end of the PS Store with lots of things heading your way today and this week, so let’s not waste any time getting you the highlights.

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