September 17, 2012

Fable: The Journey Demo Hits The Xbox Marketplace Today


Posted on September 17, 2012 by Joshua Rust

Fable: The Journey has been under fire from the start of its announcement with Kinect. I’ll be the first to say I was skeptical at first. I think as gamers we haven’t had those “core games” brought to Kinect the way it was first advertised by Microsoft. But when one of their bigger titles got announced as Kinect only, the internet went up in flames.

I’m not saying that I will or won’t like this Fable game. I’ve liked all of them to a degree so far, but I a willing to give this one a chance. So, can you all do the same? After all, you can try the demo that has launched today on the Xbox Marketplace. At the time of this article, I’ve yet to download it yet but will be doing so soon.

You can find the Fable: The Journey (at 1.22 GB) demo by clicking this link. Let us know what you think after you’ve played it!


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LittleBigPlanet PS Vita Has A New Trailer For You


Posted on September 17, 2012 by Seung Lee

Tarsier Studios (the team behind Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic) and Double Eleven (which hasn’t really made too much of a name for itself, yet) are coming together to create LittleBigPlanet for the Vita, with an all-new story. The developers have also released a new trailer for the game, which you can watch by reading more. Rest assured, it makes LBP on the PSP look like rubbish.

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Insomniac Games Shows Off Fuse Trailer & Details


Posted on September 17, 2012 by Joshua Rust

Fuse, formerly Overstrike, is being developed by Insomniac Games. This makes their first title to make the leap over to Xbox 360 (still hoping for Resistance…). A lot of new information, including an interview at CVG and a trailer, has been released for your eyes!

Ted Price, CEO of Insomniac sat down for an interview with CVG. Here is what he had to say about it.

Fuse demonstrates what Insomniac does best: outlandish and gruesome weapons design, over-the-top action and a touch of humor. We’re especially excited to see how players utilize lethal teamwork by combining their Fuse weapons to stop a deadly arms race.

This is a personal issue for me, because I really like playing games with high-impact weapons”. “Where you feel like you’ve done a lot of damage, and you’ve ruined that enemy’s day, and we weren’t doing that with the weapons we had before. Even though in the video they looked cool, they weren’t turning people on here and they weren’t turning people on that we had come in and play the game.” When the team made the change to center on fuse and its offensive potential (rather than what were essentially just four support abilities), “it was like a breath of fresh air around here, because we finally got to let loose and experiment, go much further.

Keep reading after the jump for the video!

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Sonic Adventure 2 & Nights into Dreams Release October 2nd


Posted on September 17, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Sega continues their recent trend of releasing HD ports of previous generation classics with the release of Sonic Adventure 2 HD and Nights into Dreams HD early next month. Both of these games will be available individually for $9.99 on Playstation Network and Xbox on October 2nd & 5th respectively.

Similar to the DX Addon for the HD Port of Sonic Adventure the sequel will have an optional $5 add-on. The “battle mode” addon allows players to gain access to the previously GameCube exclusive multiplayer modes. Nights Into Dreams also has its own expansion content, Christmas Nights, an add-on that was originally available through gaming magazines and special orders. Unlike Battle Mode Christmas Nights will be available free of charge.

I cannot wait to rip up the streets of San Francisco in City Escape, even just for old time’s sake. Sure, the game might be dated but that level makes the $10 entry price worth every penny!


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Dragon Age III: Inquisition Made Official


Posted on September 17, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Rumors have swirled around a third Dragon Age game for months and now we finally have official details. Over on the Bioware Blog Mark Darrah announced that the game has been in some form of production since work on Dragon Age Origins concluded in 2009 and will involve veteran Bioware staff as well as some newcomers.

The game, titled Dragon Age III: Inquisition, will be powered by DICE’s insanely powerful Frostbite 2.0 engine and this will allow players to customize their character armor. Bioware is not ready to talk about the story of the game just yet, and in the past they have said that they didn’t want to announce Dragon Age III until they had “something to show”.

No specific platform was listed for DAIII but presumably it will be coming to Xbox 360, PC and PS3, just like the previous games. Given the rumored late 2013 release of DAIII AND the next Xbox, could Bioware give Microsoft’s latest hardware a boost out of the gate?


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Borderlands 2 DLC May Visit The Sand Dunes Star Wars Style


Posted on September 17, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Speaking at GearBox Software’s Community Day CEO Randy Pitchford gave us a bit of tease as to the content of the upcoming Borderlands 2 DLC. He says that the DLC is insired by the sand cruisers in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Apparently Randy has always wanted to skid along the sand, and just maybe we’ll get to share in this experience digitally with him.

He said:

“I’ve always wanted to ride a sail barge and drive a Sand Skiff, I’ve always wanted to do that, and we’ve got some cool stuff that’s along those lines.”

The original Borderlands received 3 downloadable episodes and GearBox plans to continue this tradition by releasing 4 expansions to Borderlands 2 by next June. Borderlands 2 releases tomorrow for the Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3.


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