Monthly Archives: October 2011

The new cover for Australian gaming magazine PC PowerPlay has apparently confirmed that Mass Effect 3 is going to have a multiplayer component.

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Gaijin Games has announced the sequel to Bit.Trip Runner, known as Bit.Trip Presents: Runner 2, Future Legend of Rhythm Alien. The game, which will still have Bit.Trip protagonist CommanderVideo, will have the same retro 80s-like look to it, but will also have new 3D visuals as well. Runner 2 will launch on PSN and XBLA next year, with previous titles in the first series appearing on iOS and Nintendo platforms, including DS, 3DS and Wii. Get a teaser video of sorts below the break.

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You can take Kojima out of Metal Gear, but you can’t take the Metal Gear out of him, it seems.

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The desert is vast, but you’re not alone on your Journey. Production lead Robin Hunicke takes Nathan Grayson by the hand and leads him into the sands.

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The Australian Classification Board has listed Mistwalker’s acclaimed Wii RPG The Last Story, despite the Big N playing coy on the subject of a local release.

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XSEED has defended upcoming PSP adventure Corpse Party from “visual novel” criticisms.

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Those who pick up Trendy’s cross-platform multiplayer effort Dungeon Defenders on Steam will net some need cross-promotional goodies courtesy of Portal and Team Fortress 2.

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Check out the Ninjutsu available to Ryu in the upcoming 3DS version of Shinobi. That’s “ninja powers” for those of us less excited by correct usage of Japanese terms.

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“Gimmick” is just a word for tools of immersion which haven’t caught on yet, according to Harmonix senior designer Brian Chan.

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Edmund McMillen has released a flash-based taster of his rogue-like shooter The Binding of Isaac, and teased a weighty upcoming update.

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The free-to-play rejigging of a classic shooter IP, Tribes: Ascend goes into beta next month.

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Invitations sent to games media suggest Stacking, Iron Brigade and Brütal Legend developer Double Fine has a number of new reveals to make this week.

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PC gamers troubled by ongoing hardware incompatibility issues should take some comfort from a new patch which adds more graphics options to RAGE.

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The shorts post is rather long today, so we’re going to go ahead and race to the finish with it.

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OnLive has announced it is to bring six additional indie titles to the service this fall: Orcs Must Die, Limbo, Magicka, Bastion, Space Chem, and Avadon: The Black Fortress. According to the press release, via Joystiq: “OnLive has long been a supporter of independent publishers. Simply put, they’re making some really great, innovative games these days.” The service’s library already includes: Braid, Trine, World of Goo and The Maw.

Turbine is to release a Mithril Edition of Lord of the Rings Online, which looks to be a rather nice deal if you’ve yet to try it out. It will run you $29.99 and includes the game discs, a starter guide, keyboard map, 2,000 Turbine Points for spending in the in-game store, an exclusive Steed of the Horse-lords mount, and a quest pack covering the Trollshaws, Eregion, Moria and Lothlorien. Heck, the mount alone would cost you around $20 in the store anyway, so this is a bit of a bargain as the whole package is valued at $50. Seriously, Turbine, you’re killing my bank account with all these horses.Check it out here. Thanks, Massively.

An unnamed source has told GigaOM.comMicrosoft’s using an updated version of Silverlight dev tools with Xbox TV. According to the source, the toolset – codenamed Lakeview – is not only still in development, but is still being modified, which is causing the developers behind the Xbox TV app to retest on a weekly basis. Lakeview, once perfected, could also be used by third-parties to create more 360 applications. The site is also rumoring that the new TV features, which are expected to roll-out with the latest dashboard update, will go live on Black Friday – or the day after Thanksgiving in the US.

A proported leaked memo from PayPal has the new dashboard releasing on November 15. Thanks, NeoWin.

Big Huge Games has kicked off a new video series called Inside Reckoning, and its inaugural episode focuses on the Narrative Design for Kingdoms of Amalur. In the video, narrative team members Erik J. Caponi, Andrew Auseon and Tom Murphy discuss the world of Amalur, and how much impact R. A. Salvatore’s story had on the RPG’s “creative direction.” Reckoning releases on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in February. Thanks, Blue.

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Sony Ericsson and EA want to give you four free Xperia Play games. So, if you have the phone, instructions on how to the get the following games free can be found here: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Dead Space, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, and Need for Speed: SHIFT. You have until January 15, 2012. Thanks, D’toid.

AT&T announced that when pre-orders for iPhone 4S went live on Friday, it received over 200,000 pre-orders within the first 12 hours. Numbers for Verizon and Sprint were unavailable to Reuters at post time, but both firms were also taking pre-orders. It has also been reported that Apple has already sold out of its initial stock in the phone, and a 1-2 week waiting list has been implemented. Analysts expect the firm to sell around 27 -28 million iPhones in the October-December quarter. iPhone 4S lands in stores on October 14.