Mark of the Ninja to get Steam Release October 16

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Jeff Wade

Did Mark of the Ninja sneak by you when it released last month on XBLA? Well the 2D stealth hit is about to make an apperance on PC, via the ninja distribution platform of choice Steam. Klei got in touch with Rock, Paper, Shotgun today to announce the game in an entirelly unstealthy and unninja like way. Lead designer Nels Anderson confirmed that the port would not be using Games for Windows Live and that it will contain tweaks to take full advantage of the new platform. The move was not completely unexpected, as the ninja’s hinted at their announcement by an appearance in the Steam registry. PC

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown Demo Invades Steam

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Jeff Wade

A demo with two missions for Firaxis’ upcoming XCOM: Enemy Unknown hits Steam today, offering a taste of the battle against alien invasion ahead of its October 9 release date. Firaxis’s XCOM reboot, not to be confused with 2K Marin’s delayed FPS game, returns to the series’ strategy roots, with plenty of research, experimentation and turn based battles to go around. The reboot plans to address the original game’s steep learning curve while maintaing the depth that made it so loved.

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Is Dust 514 Coming in October?

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Jason Bassett

It seems as though Jack Tretton of Sony just gave away a very important video game timeline that has been part of the minds of gamers everywehre. When does Dust 514 come out? Well, Tretton was on Fox Business on Friday, September 14 and gave away a hint that we may have almost missed. In the video (featured below) Tretton goes on to talk about the falling numbers that has hit Sony. Towards the end of his explanation, he goes on to talk about a new Free to Play title named Dust 514. He then goes on to talk more

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Injustice: Gods Among Us Trailer From TGS 2012

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Joshua Rust

First off, I want to state that I’m in no way a DC fan. Even with that statement, I can’t deny that Injustice: Gods Among Us looks absolutely cool. I haven’t heard of the complete roster list yet, but here are a few that are confirmed for this game so far: Superman, Solomon Grundy, Nightwing, Wonder Woman, Batman, The Flash, Harley Quinn and Catwoman. Here is the new trailer of Injustice: Gods Among Us from TGS 2012: [youtube id=”qO-ieU8RI30″ width=”600″ height=”350″] Injustice: Gods Among Us is expected to launch April 2013.

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New Resident Evil 6 Trailer From TGS

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Joshua Rust

Resident Evil 6 is getting a lot of hype here recently, and rightly so. This game looks amazing and if you haven’t checked out impressions for Resident Evil 6, you can do so here. With that being said, here is the new trailer straight out of this years’ Tokyo Game Show: [youtube id=”l38VMj-ARx4″ width=”600″ height=”350″] If you haven’t played the demo yet, here is the link for the Xbox 360 version. Anyone else excited about Resident Evil 6 when it launches on October 2nd?

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TGS: Tales of Xillia 2 Gameplay Footage

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Les Major

Namco Bandai Games released some new gameplay footage of their next game in the “Tales of” series at the Tokyo Game Show on Thursday. Tales of Xillia 2 is the direct sequel to Tales of Xillia and the eighteenth game in the series. Tales of Xillia 2 is set in a world named Elenpios, which currently remains in harmony with Liese Maxia. However, due to the two world’s differences in culture and terms of opinion, they also remain in opposition. Elenpios is a highly technological world where the residents live in prosperity.

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CFL Game in the Works but Won’t Be Released

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Les Major

According to a recent report by Kotaku, and later picked up by Yahoo! Sports, a game based on the Canadian Football League is not only in the works but could be released anytime. Electronic Arts however has no intention of releasing the game. According to the report in June of 2012 “some developers built a working CFL game internally, with uniforms and helmets skinned using NCAA Football’s TeamBuilder tools.”

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Sleeping Dogs DLC Coming In October

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Joshua Rust

Sleeping Dogs has been a big hit with Square Enix & United Front Games. So much that there are at least four new DLC packs coming out in the month of October. Details of the upcoming single player story driven DLC will be announced at New York Comic Con on October 14th – which will also release this October. As for the other DLC packs, keep reading after the jump to learn more!

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Learn The Fundamentals In This Carrier Command: Gaea Mission Trailer

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Joshua Rust

Strategy games have been pretty much hit or miss when it comes to the console market. Bohemia Interactive is looking to hit the mark when they release Carrier Command: Gaea Mission this year. Here is a trailer showing you the fundamentals of war: [youtube id=”bvnnKAD1d9I” width=”600″ height=”350″] Carrier Command: Gaea Missionis set to release September 27th in Europe and October 2nd in North America. How do you feel about strategy games on consoles? Will you be picking this up when it comes out?

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Rock Band 3 DLC For September 25th

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Joshua Rust

Another week, another slew of incoming songs for the faithful fans of Rock Band 3. This week sees a release of some of the songs off theGreen Day: Rock Band game. All of them except “Oh Love”. “Green Day Pack 03” – 680 MSP “Brain Stew/Jaded” “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” “Warning” “Minority” “Oh Love” O Individual tracks will cost 160 MSP “O” will have the Key/Pro Key charts included. Look for these songs when they hit the marketplace Septembe 25th, 2012. Anyone planning on purchasing any of these tracks?

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Prototype 2 Review (PC)

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Jason Bassett

When the original Prototype came out a few years ago, it brought one of the most bloodiest games out on gaming platforms to date. The game was featured around a guy named Alex Mercer and was a researcher for project Blacklight. When he found out the bad things that were happening with his research, he decides to go out on his own to try to stop the threat. However, things go wrong and now he’s a walking mutant bent on destroying the the corporation and government that made him this way.

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Minecraft Is Getting Bats In Caves With Update 1.4

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Seung Lee

Bats have always been known to be real pains in the neck when exploring through a cave (Pokémon fans can probably attest to this). However, the bats that’ll be in Minecraft‘s spooky 1.4 update for October won’t actually do anything to you (well, they might frighten you). They’re only going to be active during the night, and will escape if you disturb them. Don’t expect any amazing loot to drop if you slay a bat, either.

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TGS: New Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Screens

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Les Major

Our friends over at Capcom have released some shiny new screenshots for their upcoming game Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on the Nintendo 3DS and I have to say the look stunning. I’ll just share one of the photos below for you to see and you can click over to the Capcom Unity Blog to see the rest of them. If this is what can be expected of the game when it’s released in North America in March of next year then colour me super excited!

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