Monthly Archives: October 2011

Deep Silver and Piranha Bytes are offering RPG lovers a port in the storm with their pirate-centric swashbuckler Risen 2: Dark Waters. Stace Harman jumps aboard and speaks to Deep Silver’s Daniel Oberlerchner.

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The cost of the PC version of LA Noire on the Australian Steam portal has suddenly inflated.

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Netherrealm is just as wistful as gamers about the prospect of a new “Mortal Kombat VS” crossover game.

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A classification listing has lifted the lid on a heretofore unrevealed game, this time uncovering a surprising platform jump for an extablished exclusive.

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Explore the glorious and exotic “outside” from the comfort and safety of your couch with FIFA Street.

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Wrath of Heroes and Warhammer Online developer BioWare Mythic believes the future will be kind to both traditional subscription-based MMOs and the rising tide of free-to-play games.

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Battlefield 3 PC version requires the most up-to-date version of EA’s digital distribution and management suite, Origin. If you’re wanting to have a crack at the shooter ASAP, you’ll want to update your client in advance.

Battlefield 3 unlocks at midnight for US residents, while Europeans and Australians have a few days left to wait.

Thanks, Gamefront.

In honour of Kinect’s first birthday and the release of Dance Central 2, Harmonix and Microsoft are throwing a massive DLC sale. The entire catalogue of Dance Central DLC has been discounted, with savings ranging from 25% off to bundle packs at less than half the price of regular track purchases.

The sale runs till November 5, so get your skates on.

Thanks, Joystiq.

DICE built a whole new engine – Frostbite 2.0 – for Battlefield 3, because it was one of the few ways the developer could make it “unique” without putting players off.

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World of Warcraft’s upcoming Mists of Pandaria expansion is no walk in the petting zoo, according to Blizzard’s Chris Metzen.

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In time for the release of the portable version of Cars 2, Sony has announced a new hardware bundle.

As detailed on the US PS Blog, the $159.99 bundle contains a a black PSP-3000, a 2 GB Memory Stick PRO Duo, a copy of FIFA 2012 on UMD and a voucher to download Cars 2: The Video Game from the PlayStation Network.

The bundle will go on sale on November 15. The Avalanche-developed Cars 2 goes on sale a week earlier on November 8; it’s also available on DS, iOS, Mac, PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Nintendo Australia has announced the new Lavender Pink 3DS will be available locally from November 17.

The handheld is already available in the standard Flame Red, Aqua Blue and Cosmos Black flavours, and goes for AU$249.95.

Hit the break for a(nother) look at the shiny new shell.

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EDGE has gone live with the first review of Super Mario 3D Land, the first core Mario title for the 3DS, awarding it eight out of ten.

The notoriously critical mag praised the game’s use of “some of the best, most subtle use of 3D” the console has seen so far, and called it “fresher than any handheld Mario in years”. It was less impressed with the grab-bag power up gameplay.

Super Mario 3D Land launches in November, exclusively for 3DS.

Thanks, CVG.

EA Canada’s latest portable foray into footer is looking pretty shiny on Sony’s new handheld.

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Jumping on board an increasingly prevalent industry trend, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning roped real-world actors into ping-pong ball covered suits to build its cinematics.

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Here’s a thing you might not know about Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception’s multiplayer. If you run and gun straight at someone and then melee them, you can punch them to death. In the balls.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will sell twice as many copies as Battlefield 3, according to Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter.

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Fans will be able to get their hands on the Xbox 360-exclusive console version of indie smash hit Minecraft at MineCon next month.

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Gabe Newell believes rising game prices isn’t what drives would-be customers to piracy.

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WikiGameGuides has uploaded a rather solid comparison of Battlefield 3′s Xbox 360 version, with and without the HD texture pack installed. The comparison gives you a proper idea about how much of a difference installing the texture pack results in. To be honest, it’s quite noticeable. The texture pack weighs in at 1.5 GB and will ship on Battlefield 3′s second disc. The game releases later this week for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. You can watch the video below.

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