Monthly Archives: December 2011

Namco’s hosting a livestream of its GamesAid-backed Fight Club later tonight. Fighting massive will definitely want to get watching.

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Long delayed MMORTS End of Nations has been quietly trundling along behind the scenes, but that’s all changing. Trion Worlds has launched a new series of developer diaries called Warfront, hyping the game’s imminent beta testing.

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The latest batch of screenshots for Final Fantasy XIII-2 show breathtaking vistas, deeply informative conversations, frantic action and incredibly boring menus.

Head through the break to check ‘em out. Gaze upon the shop interface! Admire the sparse item inventory! This is what we live for. Final Fantasy XIII-2 arrives on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 early next year, following a Japanese release this month.

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Dead Island publisher Deep Silver is holding a holiday celebration, giving away piles of loot including a collection of 10 classic zombie flicks on Blu-Ray; a PlayStation 3 with an airbrushed Dead Island design; a 46″ Bravia TV; and a week’s vacation for two plus custom painted Xbox 360. To enter, head on over to the dedicated competition mini-site, and prove your Dead Island knowledge by answering quizzes. Prizes will be awarded every day until December 25, so don’t forget to check back. Dead Island is available on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360; a new piece of DLC released last week.

Thanks, Ve3D.

It’s silly season, as Pat so eloquently didn’t put it, so here’s a – deep breath now – teaser trailer for a trailer to be shown at the VGAs for a game not to be confused with the prequel of very similar name.

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A new version of Tetris has been released on the App Store, which features a one-touch control system and a new Galaxy mode. To complement this, players now have the option to subscribe to the T-Club for $2.99 per month or $29.99 for a full year. EA Mobile offers a kind of progress leaderboard for the game called Tetris Log, and by forking over this fee you’ll be granted access to exclusive challenges as well as a booster to make your rank climb faster – alongside content unavailable elsewhere, and discounts. It sounds mad, obviously, but the other versions of Tetris EA Mobile has produced have racked up 132 million downloads across all devices, so: it’s clearly a thing.

Thanks, Edge.

A post on the Epic Games forums identifies and promises a fix for users experiencing problems on older Apple devices. Only iPad 1 and iPod Touch devices seem to be affected, and even then, only if a large number of apps are installed, due to a problem with how icons are cached. Chair promises a quick fix, and in the meantime, recommends players restart their device before playing.

Thanks, 1UP.

The first PlayStation Vita commercial is disappointingly less insane than its teaser suggested.

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With a quote that will surely haunt us, EEDAR’s Jesse Divnich has predicted a strong holiday season sales performance for the games industry.

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Now that Mojang has completed the official full release of survival adventure Minecraft, it has a number of goals it wants to tackle.

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I’m in some kind of food coma, ao this gorgeous “screenshot” from Fez – actually a two minute video of zen-like bliss – is exactly what I need. That, and insulin. If you like what you see through the break, you’ll find a few more on developer Polytron’s website. Fez was recently delayed into 2012, and is expected via Xbox Live Arcade. It’s one of those mind-bending indie puzzle platformers, and explores the clash of 2D and 3D space. Adorably.

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Nintendo has updated its eShop, WiiWare, and DSiWare channels for the week, adding the Game Boy classic Adventure Island.

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The market for social games is as large as it has ever been, according to casual king Popcap, developer of Bejeweled, Plants vs Zombies, Zuma and Peggle.

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The Vita version of Street Fighter x Tekken includes at least two exclusive characters – Sony’s mascots, Toro and Kuro. Watch the cats battle it out on stage through the break.

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Next year’s gamescom will be bigger than ever.

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The rumours have been confirmed: EA has officially announced its acquisition of social RPG developer, KlickNation. The developer has been renamed BioWare Sacramento and will join BioWare’s existing social gaming team to form BioWare Social. The team will focus on development of RPGs for social networks and be headed up by former KlickNation CEO Mark Otero.

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One-time BioWare and Pandemic CEO Greg Richardson leads an all-star veteran team in a new mobile gaming venture.

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Following on from yesterday’s battle video, hit the break to see a comparison between Final Fantasy XIII-2′s basic and expert combat modes.

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“Resistance 3 fans should be looking forward to next week. News on Monday,” Insomniac Games teased via its Twitter. DLC? A developer multiplayer session? DLC? A significant patch? DLC? DLC? I think it’s DLC. The PlayStation 3 exclusive released in early September and holds an 83 Metacritic average.

Thanks, GameFront.

Warner Bros. has put out another animated trailer for Gotham City Imposters, and once again it’s all about the Batman vs the Joker clan. You can watch the first trailer in the series through here. The action game which allows you to don the hero’s garb lands on PC, PSN, and XBL January 10. A beta for the game starts this month. Thanks, Monstervine.

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