Monthly Archives: November 2011

Gearbox has released a few, new screenshots for Aliens: Colonial Marines, and the lost is posted below the break, courtesy of the game’s Facebook page. The co-op shooter will be released in 2012 on PC, PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360.

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“Having had good success in some of the industry’s growth areas, and being able to prove that we can keep on developing great games, it is natural that different publishers have been interested in working with us. But there is no need to think about that anymore. We are really excited to be part of Ubisoft, and now more than ever we are fully focused on the most important thing: developing great games.” – RedLynx’s co-founder Antti Ilvessuo, speaking to Edge, about interest elsewhere for the studio. It was announced earlier this week Ubisoft had bought the Finland-based Trials developer.

Frozenbyte has announced a Collector’s Edition for Trine 2 which will be made available in Europe when the game is released in December. To be made available for PC and Mac, the edition contains the full game, soundtrack, an artbook, and the first Trine game. The whole package will be sold for a €19.99/£14.99, and there’s no word on special packaging for the US just yet. The developer also sent over a few new screenshots which you can view below the break. The game is also slated for release on PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Syndicate’s executive producer, Jeff Gamon, has said that multiplayer may have become an ”expectation” in games, but single-player games aren’t going anywhere, either.

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SCEE has announced that as of November 18, a new policy will go into effect regarding the number of Sony devices that can share a game bought through PSN.

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Ubisoft’s announced it’ll release a demo of Rayman Origins on PSN and Xbox Live Marketplace next week, November 9. The taster will include three maps from the Jungle, Food and Ocean worlds, with an additional custom map enabling you to navigate through the worlds also in for good measure. Players who collect nine Electoons will get a new costume.

Game’s out near the end of November for PS3, 360 and Wii. Here’s the latest trailer.

Remedy has defended releasing the next Alan Wake game as an XBLA title than at retail, saying it’ll be “structured” as if it was released on disc.

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Bloomberg’s carrying a profile of Harmonx on its website, confirming it’s working on titles outside of the Dance Central or Rock Band. The tidbit came from Florian Hunziker, the COO of the company in a piece for BB. This year has been the strongest yet for the Boston developer in terms of revenue, bringing in $100 million for the year following the release of Rock Band 3 and Dance Central last year, the latter selling 2.5 million since its release as a launch title for Kinect.

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The first footage of Tekken x Street Fighter will arrive in the new year, series boss for the former Katsuhiro Harada has said on Twitter. When asked when we would see footage of TK x SF in action, all Harada said was “next year.” Besides a concept piece, not much has been heard on the Namco side of things of the collaboration between it and Capcom, although admitted development hadn’t begun back in July.

Capcom’s effort, Street Fighter x Tekken, launches in March for PS3 and 360, with Vita and PC versions to follow.

Ubisoft’s debuted the short TV ad for Assassin’s Creed: Revelations in the US, showing hoods and US sporting stars. Not much else to it other than Ezio makes an appearance at the end. Watch it below. The game’s out on November 18 in the UK for PS3 and 360.

Thanks, CVG.

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You saw ten ways to travel last week. Now it’s time for ten ways on how you can up being killed. Video is after the break. Game’s out at the end of the month for PS3, 360 and Wii. It’s looking very awesome.

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XBLAFans are claiming to have a screen of the front menu for the now-confirmed XBL title from within the Alan Wake universe, known as the still-to-be-confirmed subtitle of Night Springs.

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Capcom Japan’s released the first trailer of the Devil May Cry HD Collection following its initial announcement last month. The release of the video, which only seems to feature cut-scenes from all three PS2 games, came after its release was officially announced for Japan. Get it after the break, via Andriasang. The pack launches on PS3 and 360 next year.

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Got a copy of Modern Warfare 3 early? Is it for Xbox 360? Online-connected? Protip: probably best not to play it until next week at least.

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Why are the Bad Company boys wearing swimming trunks? Patrick Garratt gets the answer, and more, in an extensive interview with DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson.

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Activision has pushed back the PC launch of social network Call of Duty Elite, which releases on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 alongside Modern Warfare 3 next week.

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Federal minister for home affairs Brendan O’Connor has announced the final revision to classification content guidelines, ahead of the introduction of a national R18+ ratings category for video games.

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A new report suggests a large number of self-identified gamers don’t buy games, preferring to share with friends and family.

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After several outings which took the franchise in new directions, the newest Kirby game is intended to be a return to form.

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Gearbox co-founder Brian Martel has suggested reviewers failed to account for Duke Nukem Forever’s context when handing out low scores.

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