Monthly Archives: November 2011

Kingdoms of Aamlur: reckoning rejects the RPG convention of picking your class before you’ve had a chance to play the game.

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Two new games have been added to IndieRoyale’s Difficult 2nd Bundle.

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Capcom has an impressive number of alternate costume DLC packs on the way for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, and if you haven’t got a pre-order in yet, you could score yourself a freebie.

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The latest word on Ubisoft’s Wii U exclusive shooter Killer Freaks from Outer Space is that it was once set to feature the French publisher’s most recognisable characters.

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Nintendo of Europe has officially unveiled Monolith Soft’s much-requested Wii RPG, Pandora’s Tower.

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Below the break you will find snippets of news regarding some nice sales going on, along with mod tool information, and the ability to pre-load and get Heavy with Saints Row: The Third. In other words, the shorts post today is a bit Steam-centric.

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“In the original BioShock, the entire game lived in one corner of [a] graph – few enemies, all at close range — so the Electro Bolt and shotgun were perfect. BioShock Infinite is going to have much greater ranges and, potentially, far more enemies, so we’re greatly increasing the spectrum of encounters that are possible, and that requires the player use a broader set of tools. That being said, it may be a given player will try to find a way to close down those distances and stick with Electro Bolt and shotgun, but I don’t think that’s going to be anywhere near as effective a strategy this time around. They were too devastating in BioShock, we admit that, but we’re not going to solve it by simply nerfing those weapons; we’re doing it by changing the types of encounter you’re going to face.” – Irrational’s Ken Levine to the PS Blog (via Joystiq).

Bioware has released a new video for Star Wars: The Old Republic, detailing the various nifty things the Sith Inquisitor and the Republic’s Trooper can do.

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EA has tweeted that it is has banned “hundreds of offending” Battlefield 3 accounts this weekend and have wiped the stats of those boosting or using exploits.

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Call of Duty VP of production, Daniel Suarez, has explained exactly what caused Call of Duty: Elite’s outage, how Beachhead Studios are going about fixing things.

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Figures released by the ESA, and shown during the 9th Annual Digital Entertainment Conference by NOA president Reggie Fils-Aime, show that 72% of US households play video games. In 2007, the figure stood at 67%, with gains and declines happening over the past four years of console and/or PC gaming usage. While types of games weren’t noted, it’s assumed these figures also include mobile and social titles as well. The number of households with game consoles has gone from 43.1% in 2010 to 50.5% in 2011, which broken down, has Wii in 31.2% of households, Xbox 360 in 14% of homes, and PS3 in 10.6% of US households. Thanks, IndustryGamers.

“When everyone agrees that there’s a change coming, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the change or the outcome is easy to predict. What maybe seemed like foolproof bets even a matter of weeks ago now seem a little less certain. Nintendo needs to make decisions not only by instinct and experience, but also based on where the market is, and a determination of where the market might be headed. New forms of games are growing, but not necessarily at the expense of other forms of games.” – NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime at the19th Annual Digital Entertainment Conference attended by IndustryGamers.

Microsoft has some deals in the works for Black Friday. Get acquainted with the selected savings from the firm and others below the break.

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A report on Kotaku states that MyResistance.net, the official site for Insomniac’s Resistance series, has been taken offline due to visitors being handed a fresh pile of malware scripts when visiting. According to the report, a forum user alerted the developer, and the entire site was taken offline for maintenance. Neither Insomniac nor Sony have confirmed the report as of press time. Stay tuned for updates.

It never ends, does it?

With EA expanding its Origin service to include third-party titles, analysts have weighed-in on whether the service stands a chance at competing with Steam’s 35 million user accounts and 1,400 strong game library.

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Ubisoft has released the launch trailer for its animated short, Assassin’s Creed: Embers. Created by UbiWorkshop, the film will be included as a bonus in signature and collector’s editions of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. Announced back in July,Embers is the final epilogue to Ezio’s story, and Ubisoft suggests players watch the entire thing after finishing Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. This will not only help players fully understand Ezio’s complete story, but also not spoil things for them in the process.

There’s no word just yet on whether the events in Embers tie-in with the Assassin’s Creed coming in 2012. If we were gamblers, we’d lay our chips on red, though. Watch the video clip below, and mind, it may or may not spoil things for you.

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Maps featured in Battlefield 3′s Back to Karkand DLC will apparently become “part of the same rotation as the base maps” once available, according to a statement given to Joystiq.

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Xbox Live’s head of marketing, Robin Burrowes, has said Xbox Live’s popularity has grown considerably since its launch in November 2002, and continues to grow exponentially by gaining a new user every two seconds.

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October 2011 saw a 1% increase in sales yoy to $1.08 billion compared to $1.07 billion the year prior, according NPD’s monthly US figures.

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Nintendo has announced that 3DS has sold 1.65 million units in the US in eight months on the market.

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