Author Archives: Stephany Nunneley

A few developers have weighed in on the Xbox One reveal, with many citing confusion over why we have to have Kinect 2 enabled all the time, and why the main focus was on the television aspect of the console – and not the games.

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Share in GameStop have been up and down most of the week, with many attributing the decline in share price to Microsoft’s rather unclear stance on used game sales.

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Nintendo has released a set of screenshots for its mini-game title Game & Wario, showing off various aspect. The gallery is below. Game & Wario releases in US on June 23 and in Europe on June 28.

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Microsoft has unlocked Netflix this Memorial Day weekend to XBL Silver members, meaning if you are a Netflix subscriber you won’t have to also be a Gold member to use the service. The offer is available to those in the US, Canada, U.K., Ireland, Brazil, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. More though Xbox Wire.

If you haven’t picked Tomb Raider up yet and you are wanting it for PC, head over to Green Man Gaming where for the next 22 hours its 66% off – or around $17. Purchasing it will net you a key to unlock it on Steam, and if you enter a code Siliconera posted, it will knock it down even further to $13.60. The code may expire soon, so hurry.

Shin Megami Tensei 4 has a new video showing you the way of the samurai, skills which will come in handy when you are fighting powerful demons in expansive dungeons. Whatever you choose to do in the game will also alter it, and you can bask in some of the epic story arch and branching plot lines as well. ATLUS will release the game on 3DS in July.

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A listing for a Halo Bootcamp popped up on the Korean Game Rating Board today, mentioning both Halo 3 and “PC online game” in the same breath.

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An Xbox One patent filed by Microsoft could see the firm implementing Achievements for watching certain TV programs using the new system.

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Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers will be released in Europe in September. The dungeon crawler was released on 3DS in North America back in April, and NIS America is handling the European publishing. You can expect it on September 13. Thanks, Nintendo Life.

Sony has released a set of inFamous: Second Son screenshots. Like with the Killzone: Shadowfall shots we posted earlier, a couple look familiar, but some don’t. Have look anyway. Second Son is in development at Sucker Punch and is expected as launch title for PS4. You can find out all the details on it culled from the June issue of Game Informer here.

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Sony has released some screenshots for Killzone: Shadowfall. I think a couple in there are new, as I haven’t seen them on the site. The previously seen ones have been added to the gallery as well so they are all in one place. Shadowfall was announced during the PS4 reveal in February and is a launch title for the new system.

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Xbox One will not only use Kinect for voice commands, but the camera will also talk to you and let you know if there is someone in the room it doesn’t recognize, and will ask the person to identify themselves.

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Left 4 Dead 2 has been patched with updates which apply to both the Windows and Linux versions of the zombie infested shooter. One of the bigger fixes is to a Jockey exploit, the bastard, which will no longer allow players to insta-kill him when shoving the jerk mid leap. Other fixes include restoring sounds and the like. The full thing is posted below courtesy of PCgamesN. As usual, the patch will apply when you fire up Steam.

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Capcom has released a trailer showing Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara’s Dwarf class. The character has high hit points, high constitution, and loads of strength. They can also wield an ax and shield, making them a typically resplendent tank. Check it out below. Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara is due in June on PSN, Xbox Live Wii U e-Shop, and PC for $14.99.

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Son of Nor developer StillAlive Studios has added Oculus Rift support to the game, as if support for mind control device Emotiv EPOC wasn’t enough to whet your whistle. The video below features the action-adventure game’s producer Chris Polus casting spells, exploring and solving puzzles along with the announcement of Rift support. Watch below. With five days left on Kickstarter, the project has garnered $93,846 in funding towards the $150,000 goal.
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A six-person committee formed by the International Trade Commission has ruled that Xbox 360 doesn’t violate a patent owned by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility.

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Sir, You Are Being Hunted has a new video available, and it shows off one of the game’s biomes. Big Robot’s Jim Rossignol walks you through the mountain region. It looks rather lovely and if you are heading to Rezzed in June, you will be able to see it first hand. The playable alpha for Kickstarter backers is getting close as well, according to RPS.

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DeNA has announced partnerships with Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast to create free-to-play mobile games G.I. JOE: Battleground and Dungeons & Dragons: Arena of War.

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LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is now available for Wii. The game was released last year on other platforms and sales reached over 3.5 million. The game can be purchased through retail or through the eShop for €49.99 / £39.99. Check out the launch trailer below showing off all sorts of neat Wii U features and cuteness.

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Bohemia Interactive has released a new update for the Arma 3 Alpha, and in version 0.58, new dedicated combat and stealth radio protocols have been added along with tweaks to lighting and audio. Also, multiplayer dedicated server administrators now have access to a “separated executable” to host such servers more conveniently. Have a look at the entire changelog here, and to automatically update to the new version, just log into Steam.