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Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Gets Console Release Date

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Jeff Wade

Fighting game devolpers Arc System Works are winning over a lot of new fans with their take on the Midnight Channel in Persona 4 Arena but a console release for the return of The Midnight Carnival for Guilty Gear X2 Accent Core Plus is set for October, according to Andriasang. Originally announced for a summer release, the game’s console homecoming on PSN and XBLA sees the return of Arc System Works’ first fighting game franchise, complete with all the bells and whistles of online play and HD graphics that one expects. But that isn’t all that’s being packed into this package.

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Tekken Tag Tournament 2’s Online Modes Detailed

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Namco Bandai’s next King of Iron Fist tournament, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, drops late next month and we’re finally getting a look at some of the game’s online modes. Modes like ranked matches, casual play are of course expected but Namco is taking a new approach to the online community with the inclusion of the Tekken World Federation. The federation allows players to track their statistics, including their most frequent moves & fighters, using an elaborate player card. World Tekken Federation also allows fighters to start their own communities to share moves, hints and strategies. Check out all of the

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Latest Assassin’s Creed III Liberation Trailer

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Les Major

While Connor is busy with the Templars on consoles, the first female assassin, Aveline de Grandpré will be continuing the battle in 18th century New Orleans on Sony’s PS Vita. Liberation allows players to experience a full-featured Assassin’s Creed game on a handheld device. Ubisoft promises a true experience including combat, free-roaming navigation and a rich story full of intrigue and twists. Aveline is fighting for freedom in a city on the brink of a rebellion as the Spanish Empire imposes its new rule. The video below shows a couple examples of the touch pad uses in the game that is set to be released

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Zombies Are Invading Counter-Strike: Global Offensive!

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Seung Lee

Valve has teamed up with a mod team over at PlagueFest, a community site that works on mods for games like Counter-Strike: Source and ArmA II, to create a zombie mod for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This content will be available on only the PC version of the game (99% sure here), and you won’t have to wait to test it out, because it’ll release on the same day as Global Offensive. This certainly isn’t the first time that we’ve seen zombies in a first-person shooter. Treyarch’s recent Call of Duty games and ArmA II are the most popular  in the

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Sony Thinks It Is Too Early To Cut Vita’s Price

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

The PlayStation Vita is certainly struggling in Japan with prospects being a little better here in North America. Many potential vita owners have been waiting for a price drop before snapping up Sony’s latest handheld and unfortunately it could be 2013 at the earliest before Sony relents on it’s $249.99 price point. Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida said to EuroGamer, in an interview with GamesCom “At a certain point in the future we would like to address the pricing issue for some of the people who are waiting,”. The hardware maker reported that it had sold 1.8 million PS Vita and PSP

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Persona 4 Golden Limited Pre-order Vita Skin

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Les Major

Persona 4 Golden is coming exclusively to the PS Vita this Fall. Atlus has announced a pre-order bonus skin for your Vita! Manufactured in Japan by Dezaegg, this Vita skin is the same one made available to Japanese fans, including the original title for the game, Persona 4: The Golden. Included are eight exclusive matching wallpapers as well, each featuring a main character from P4G. The game is a remastered version of Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 released for the PS2. Mixing social simulation and dungeon exploring the Golden version features a new character, more voice acting and animated cut scenes. P4G also

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Getting PC Release

Posted on August 16, 2012 by Jeff Wade

Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 is getting a PC release to coincide with it’s console brethren in 2013, according to a recent press release first spotted by German games site JPGames. The port is being done in house at developers MercurySteam, and dark lords willing, could go a long way in fixing the technical issues and slowdown present in the first Lords of Shadows. MercurySteam states that this will be the last Castlevania game that they work on, creating a trilogy along with the recently delayed 3DS title Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate.

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Celebrate The Olympics With NBA 2K13

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Seung Lee

It’s the 20th anniversary of the USA’s “Dream Team” for the Basketball event at the Olympics, and 2K Games is celebrating by including the 1992 and 2012 teams in NBA 2K13. Jay-Z, the executive producer behind 2K13, states that he made the decision to have these two crews in the game so that people could settle “one of the greatest sports debates of our time.” I’ve never heard people hype up the 2012 team, and probably for good reason. You just can’t compete against people like Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Scottie Pippen. Although, Pippen appears to be

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Metal Gear Rising Revengeance Adopts Dog and Release Date

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Jeff Wade

Metal Gear Rising
Early this morning, Konami premiered a trailer for the latest title in the Metal Gear saga. Metal Gear Rising Revengeance finaily has a concrete release date after years of lingering in devolpment limbo, with the previously mentioned 2013 release date now seeing Raiden slicing into stores February 19. In a mostly repurposed trailer from E3, Konami showed the more emotional side of the upcoming action extravaganza by showing the bond between a cyborg and his mechanical mutt.

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Dead Space 3 Scares Up Release Date and Trailer

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Jeff Wade

Gamescom brings a brand new trailer for the upcoming Dead Space 3 that looks to assuage fears that there won’t be any scares in the game with plenty of quick cuts to hulking monsters. This notes the first time that fears have been calmed by giant dismembered beasts swaying toward you in a predatory fashion. Dead Space 3 will hit the PC, PS3 and 360 on February 5 in the North America and February 8 in Europe. Addationally, it was announced that Dead Space 3 comes with the now requisite first run copy bonus with a limited edition that includes exclusive weapons and armor. [youtube id=”GNGGMexuIdg”

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PSOne Classics Come To Vita With Firmware 1.8

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

During GamesCom Sony took the wraps off of firmware version 1.8 for the PlayStation Vita. Before you groan and mumble *not another firmware update* you should know that this update adds a few highly requested features including the ability to play PS One classics on the system. Starting in two weeks, on August 28th, you’ll be able to play FFVII and Tomb Raider II on the PS Vita. These two classics were announced during Sony’s E3 press conference this past June. We’re not sure why they don’t just open up the ability for all available PS ONE classics to be

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Killzone Mercenary Coming To PS Vita

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

The Killzone franchise is coming to the PlayStation Vita in the near future (presumably 2013) with the announcement of Killzone Mercenary. Sony showcased a brief live action/gameplay trailer during their media presentation. This is just pure speculation but the live action showcases a mercenary making his way through what seems to be an industrial facility. On the gameplay front we see the same character (we presume) performing brutal neck snaps and ranking up experience points for every kill. Could this be an indication of the series awesome multiplayer making the jump to the Vita? Perhaps Mercenary devaites from the established

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Call of Duty Black Ops II GamesCom Multiplayer Screens

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Black Ops II
Call of Duty: Black Ops II is going to be one monster of a game, we already know that. I mean, Microsoft is streaming multiplayer footage on Xbox Live and surely thousands of people will tune in just to catch a glimpse of the action. Well, Activision is bringing the action right to us in the form of screenshots as well. In this latest gallery of multiplayer screenshots we get a look at a few of the weapons including a set of dual pistols, a submachine gun with a red-dot-sight attachment and lots of action as players defend/assault control points.

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Sony’s Battle Royale Delayed Until November

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Kratos, Nathan Drake and company will have to wait a little while longer before they will be brawling it out on the PS Vita and PS3. PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale has officially been delayed until November20th in North America and 21st/22nd for Europe. The announcement comes after a mysterious post on the PlayStation Blog confirming the delay was pulled. Not before eagle eyed fans could take screen capture outing the delay. Sony says that the extra time will give the development team time to polish the game based upon feedback they received during the closed beta. In part the

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Sleeping Dogs Won’t Be So Sleepy With Six Months Of DLC

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Seung Lee

It’s a recent business practice that I can’t stand: creating “new” content for purchase immediately after a game releases. Capcom has been guilty of doing this for a while (see Street Fighter x Tekken), and now Square-Enix is going to join in on the trend. Sleeping Dogs will have six months of planned DLC, which is already frustrating to hear. I can appreciate wanting to extend the lifespan of your game, but not when the DLC in question seems to consist of nothing but clothing packs and weapon packs. You can expect a number of downloads for Sleeping Dogs, such

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