Category Archives: Warner Bros.

Rocksteady initially looked at introducing multiplayer early in development of Batman: Arkham City, studio game director Sefton Hill has said.

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To celebrate the “undying” love between Juliet and the head of her boyfriend Nick, a new Lollipop Chainsaw has been released depicting said love. Hint: it involve killing zombies. Watch it below, complete with Italian subtitles. Lollipop Chainsaw is slated for a summer release on PS3 and Xbox 360.

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Warner has said it’s to look into why players who’ve bought the full version of Gotham City Impostors on PS3 are locked out from the full game.

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The next major update to DC Universe Online has players taking on the primary antagonist of the MMORPG’s entire first year.

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Warner has released its full-year financials for 2011, and reported a revenue increase of 9% $12.6 billion thanks to sales of to Batman: Arkham City, Mortal Kombat, and “several”Lego titles. Arkham City has now shipped 6 million units worldwide since October, and Q4 results for its Film and Entertainment sector, which includes video game sales, saw a 7% increase in revenue year-over-year to $3.9 billion. Revenue across all sectors for full-year 2011 was $29.0 billion, which is an 8% increase year-over-year.

This week’s Famitsu is reporting that Grasshopper’s Lollipop Chainsaw will launch in May in Japan. No exact date is given. Western publisher Warner is yet to provide a date narrower than 2012 for Europe. As well as reiterating yesterday’s news about the uncut limited edition, Famitsu also mentioned platform-specific pre-order outfits for Japan, such as the waitress outfit on PS3 and rider’s outfit on 360.

Thanks, Siliconera.

CD Projekt has released a set of packshots for the Enhanced Edition of The Witcher II on PC and Xbox 360, as well as the Dark Edition for Xbox 360.The Enhanced Edition for PC will include all of the new cut-scenes along with the extra storyline added for the Xbox 360 release. Check them all out below. Both versions are out in April.

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This week’s Dengeki has revealed Lollypop Chainsaw will be kept to a CERO D in Japan for the game’s regular edition. Want a way around the censorship? Buy the limited edition: it will be given the CERO Z rating, meaning it can go onto the market uncut. The limited edition will come with the option to pick between the modes rated D and Z. The magazine also said that both the English and Japanese voiceovers will make it into the Japanese version of the game.

No release date yet for the zombie slasher, but it’ll come out on PS3 and 360 from Warner. Thanks, Siliconera.

CD Projekt’s released the first developer diary for The Witcher II on Xbox 360 following the game’s April release announcement a few weeks back. The video details the new content coming for the story and gameplay, how its bringing over improvements from the PC version to the console version and how it’ll be an adaptation of the PC SKU rather than a straight up port.

Get the video over at Joystiq. Witcher II 360 launched on April 17 worldwide from Warner in the US and Namco Bandai in Europe.

The US PS Blog has posted a video featuring near two minutes of gameplay of Mortal Kombat for Vita, the first showing its gotten since it was announced. Proper button-bashing at its finest, but also wiping the obscuring blood with the touch-screen. That’s your £230 put to work right there. Get the video below the break.

Thanks, FeaturePreacher.

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Warner’s announced that Scribblenauts Remix has been downloaded a million times since it launched last year. To celebrate, a fre Valentines Day update has gone live for the 5th Cell puzzler, where you’ll get a Valentines-themed playground level that will encourage players to create Valentines-themed inspirations.

You can get it from iTunes for either iPhone or iPad for 69p.

Valve has announced the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection for PC is now available on Steam, and it is 15% off until February 9t. Developed by Other Ocean and NetherRealm Studios, the collection comes packed with Mortal Kombat, Mortal Kombat 2 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Go add it to your queue.

Warner has announced North American pre-order details for Lollipop Chainsaw, such as five unique outfits for Juliet. Offers for various retailers and shots of the content are posted below, along with a trailer.

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Warner and DC Entertainment have announced Gotham City Impostors will be available in the US on PSN and PC February 7 and on February 8 on PSN and XBL in Europe. The beta has been running since last week on consoles in the US and went live today on PSN in Europe. Originally slated for a January release, earlier this month the title was moved to February in order to test it a bit more.

Major Nelson’s confirmed XBLA RPG superhit Bastion’s been reduced in price by 50 percent to 600 MS points. The offer for the Supergiant RPG is on for this week only. Quite frankly, if you haven’t bought it already and you miss this, there’s something very wrong with you. Go do that now.

Get it from Xbox.com here.

Mortal Kombat developer NetherRealm hopes to expand its horizons beyond the famed fighter series in the coming years.

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The free to play revolution isn’t killing premium subscriptions, Turbine believes, but it’s forcing providers to give consumers flexibility.

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Nintendo’s confirmed it’ll launch Warner Wii U and 3DS title Lego City Stories this year. The game’s timeline, being made by Traveller’s Tales, was narrowed down in Nintendo’s Q3 financial results briefing. Also down for a 2012 launch is Luigi’s Mansion 2 and Mario Tennis, while Paper Mario and Animal Crossing are ‘TBA’.

Thanks, NWR.

Warner and DC Entertainment have announced the Gotham City Impostors console public beta is now available on PSN and the Xbox Live Marketplace. Those interested in joining the Xbox 360 version can sign up here for a chance to receive a key. The PS3 version is available in the PSN and can be downloaded without a key. The trailer for the beta is posted below, courtesy of Pixel Nation. Gotham City Impostors is slated for a February release.

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Turbine is planning to release a new expansion to Lord of the Rings Online this fall called Riders of Rohan, and it will add mounted combat, making it one of the few MMOs to include the mode.

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