Monthly Archives: December 2011

2K aired a brand new trailer of BioShock Infinite tonight at the VGAs tonight, showing another side to Columbia not shown before. The video showed a mix of old clips from the previous two gameplay demos airing over the past year, as well as new content. We’re stoked for this, quite simply. Get the video below the break.

The Irrational epic launches in 2012 for PS3, 360 and PC.

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HOLD. THE. PHONE. Did Joker just tease something called Batman: Arkham World? He may have.

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Cliff Bleszinski announced Epic’s latest title in the works tonight during the VGAs, called Fortnite.

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Remedy’s unveiled Alan Wake’s American Nightmare at the VGAs, showing the writer even more out of a comfort zone.

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Bioware’s announced Command & Conquer: Generals 2 during tonight’s the VGAs, confirming a 2013 release for PC only.

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The bomb has been dropped big time: The Last of Us has been announced at the Spike VGAs for PS3, coming as a brand new IP from Naughty Dog.

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Boom. Tony Hawk’s said – actually genuinely said – that Tony Hawk Pro Skater will come in HD to digital platforms next year.

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“Itagaki might have left, but the hatred for Tekken is still around in the team [laughter]. So when we see Street Fighter X Tekken and those kinds of games… We’re coming out with Dead or Alive. We don’t need to rely on anything else to present Dead or Alive as a strong fighting game in the genre. We don’t need that kind of thing to prove ourselves. We understand that Tekken has… It opened the way for 3D fighting games, we understand that it has a long history, we respect that history, but we’re coming in as a challenger to those 3D fighting games. We’re there to represent and take them on.” – Team Ninja studio head Yosuke Hayashi to VentureBeat.

Level-5 has said it has a number of possibilities in mind for the Ni no Kuni franchise, and doesn’t plan on the PS3 title Wrath of the White Witch being a one-off.

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“I don’t think we’re averse to making sequels. I just think we haven’t had a real mega breakout hit. If Brutal Legend had done five million copies we’d probably still be working on Brutal Legend 2 right now. It would have been a slam dunk for EA to immediately sign it. So, I wouldn’t rule it out but there’s still this passion and hunger to make new shit here that I absolutely love. Tim is so good at attracting really creative talent. These four games – they’re so different, they’re so creative, they’re so out-there, and they don’t come from Tim. They come from the brains of other people who are here at the studio. And that’s super-cool, so I’d hope we can keep doing that.” – Iron Brigade project lead Brad Muir to Eurogamer on the possibility of sequels in Double Fine’s future.

NIS America has released 33 shots of Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention, its enhanced remake slated for Vita. Scheduled to hit Japan with the system’s launch, it will release in the west during spring 2012. You can view the entire gallery over on Gematsu.

A charity album feature original music titles such as Mass Effect, Dead Space, Bioshock and others, has been compiled to benefit the Sweet Relief organization, which supports career musicians having trouble paying the bills and such due to illness, age, or disabilities.

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Wanna look at the first shot of the new Alan Wake game for XBLA? Sure you do, and IGN has graciously posted it onto the net for all to see. We’ve got it for you below as well. The game will finally be revealed tonight during the VGAs , which of course Johnny and myself will be live blogging. Dedication and all that.

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Metal Gear Solid: Rising has been formally re-unveiled at the VGAs, confirming initial E3 rumours that Platinum Games is developing the title.

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NPD analyst Anita Frazier has told Eurogamer that Rayman Origins sold a little over 50,000 copies during the month of November in the US. While she wouldn’t reveal where it landed on the chart, she did tell the site that Sonic Generations hit 26 on the chart, and through she failed to provide uni sales for the title. For context, Super Mario 3D Land sold over 625,000, and while Frazier didn’t say where it landed on the full-chart, it wasn’t in the top 10 for the month. Rayman Origins was release in the US on November 15.

Iron Brigade’s project lead Brad Muir has said not to expect as many game releases back-to-back from Double Fine in 2012, as the firm plans on implementing a more “staggered release schedule.”

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Cryptic has is celebrating the free-to-play launch of Star Trek Online with a video of the updated opening cutscene all new players will experience after creating a character. Watch it for yourself below. STO goes F2P on January 17.

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Indie Royale has a fourth offering for your indie game needs, called the Xmas Bundle, and it’s now available for pre-order.

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A couple of SWTOR videos you may wish to have a look at have been unleashed onto the net. One is a Sith Inquisitor progression video, which was part of Bioware’s weekly site update, and the other is beta footage of space missions in the game. The later is posted below, courtesy of MrButtons, via Evil Avatar.Both are posted below. SWTOR is out December 20.

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Somehow we missed this little nugget posted over on OPM the other day, but we’re making up for it by posting it for you today. The site lists nine various things in Skyrim you may or may not have known you could pull off in the game. There’s a couple on there we’ve yet to try ourselves, but then again, we aren’t too far into the game because we just can’t stop exploring. Through the link, you will find videos showing you how to: use your shield as a weapon, get a follower that never dies, and how to find this rather awesome Daedric staff that produces random effects each time it’s used. We won’t give the rest away. You’ll need to head on through the link to see the list for yourself. [pic]