Battlefield 3 To Receive The Premium Treatment With New Service

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Electronic Arts is following in the footsteps of Activision’s successful Call of Duty Elite service by offering a premium service that provides 5 expansion packs (including the already released Back To Karkand) with a two week headstart over the general public, as well as priority server access and strategy videos. Is all of this worth $50 a year?

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Spyhunter Returns After 11 Year Absence

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Spy Hunter, the classic arcade driving franchise from now defunct publisher Midway will be introduced to a new generation of gamers on the 3DS and PS Vita thanks to Warner Bros Interactive.  This marks the first entry in the franchise in more than a decade, the last game also titled Spyhunter was released in 2001 for the PS2. In Spy Hunter  you take the wheel of the G-6155 Interceptor Super Car equipped with nitrous boosts, high tech gadgetry and of course explosive weaponry.  Alongside the announcement of the game Warner Bros released a brief trailer. If you want to see

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Game Of Thrones | Review

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Eric Bastelak

Winter has come my friends. Game of Thrones, an RPG set in George R.R. Martin’s phenomenal universe, is here. I made it clear when I first discovered this game that I’m a huge fan of The Song of Ice and Fire, I adore the universe and was excited to explore it. With its ever growing popularity, thanks to the amazing HBO series, the stage has been set for Game of Thrones. However, one question still looms, can it live up to the hype?

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Insomniac Announces New Ratchet & Clank Game

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Andrew Minott

Today Insomniac Games announced that subsequent to the upcoming HD remake bundle of their decade-old series, they will be launching a new downloadable title this holiday season called Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault. Intended to provide an experience more like the classic PS2 games, FFA will bring a return “to the series’ classic feel, camera, controls and weapons.” The game will also include some kind of unspecified multiplayer component. Like 2008’s Quest for Booty, Full Frontal Assault will be available only as a downloadable title on the Playstation Store.

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CD Projekt RED’s Cyberpunk RPG Announced

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

CD Projekt RED announced that it is developing a new game based on Mike Pondsmith’s venerable Cyberpunk 2020 RPG (originally known as Cyberpunk 2013 when it was first released in the late 1980s). As is typical of this sort of thing, Cyberpunk is set in a future dystopia where the United States is a borderline police state run by ruthless, nearly omnipotent corporations (the rest of the world isn’t doing too hot either). Speaking at CD Projekt’s Summer Conference, co-founder Marcin Iwinski promised that the RPG will follow in the Witcher series’ footsteps. It’ll be non-linear, morally ambiguous, and “mature.”

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Crusader Kings 2: Sword of Islam DLC Announced

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Paradox Interactive has just announced the Sword of Islam DLC for Crusader Kings 2. The main selling point of this DLC is that, for the first time in the history of the series, you’ll be able to play an Islamic dynasty. Finally, you can experience building up a powerful dynasty (only to see it crushed by the Mongols) from an Islamic perspective. Paradox hasn’t released many details about how the Muslims will play differently than European Christians, but the latest developer diary promises “lots of specific new mechanics for the Muslims, creating a whole new experience for the player, where

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Little King’s Story Returns On PlayStation Vita

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Konami’s Little King’s Story series returns this summer with the announcement of New Little King’s Story for the PlayStation Vita. Unlike the last game in the series New Little King’s Story will be available as a digital purchase alongside a retail release. In New Little King’s Story players take the role of King Corobo who must reclaim his kingdom from the evil Devil King. Not much else is known about the plot of the game, but more details should be forthcoming. Check out gameplay details and the first story trailer after the jump.

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Warlock: Master of the Arcane Giveaway

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

The sinister cabal that pulls my strings like a puppet has told me that the time has come to initiate Operation Warlock Wednesday. To celebrate this auspicious occasion, we’re giving away copies of Warlock: Master of the Arcane. If you are unfamiliar with Warlock, it’s a turn based strategy game set in the Majesty universe. Our benefactors want you to think of it in terms of Civ 5 with werewolves, giant rats, and sorcery. In truth, it’s a buffet of dark knowledge that corrupts all who partake. Never mind, I was thinking of something else. Warlock pretty much is Civilization

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Doom 3 BFG Edition Coming To Consoles This Fall

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

ID Software’s landmark FPS Doom 3 will be released on the Xbox 360 and PS3 this fall with full trophy/achievement support. The BFG Edition of Doom 3 also packs in the first original doom titles and the Resurrection of Evil expansion packs that was released in 2005. Achievements and 3D support aren’t the only new features for this edition of Doom 3.  Activision has also included an additional 7 act add-on to the campaign titled “the lost missions”. The original Doom 3 multiplayer experience will be ported to Xbox Live & PSN as well, but no solid details were provided

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Second Guild Wars 2 Beta Weekend Announced

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

MMO players mark your calendar as June 8th marks the next public beta weekend for NCSoft’s Guild Wars 2. Thousandds of people who pre-ordered GW2 will be able to enjoy the game’s beta for 48hrs from Noon PST Friday afternoon until midnight Monday morning. One cool little tidbit that Arena passed along via press release was that existing characters from the last beta event will carry over to the June 11th event.

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Dust 514 Dev Diary 2 Released

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Andrew Minott

CCP Games have released a new developer diary video for Playstation 3 exclusive DUST 514. The MMO crossover is still scheduled for a launch in late 2012, and you can still sign up to be considered for the beta at www.dust514.com/beta. “Part two again features the creative minds behind the game – Producer Thomas Farrer and Art Director Richard Dimond – this time focusing the discussion on the deadly mercenary soldiers in the game. The video also touches on the fitting system, which allows players to equip and utilize different sets of armor, weapons and more on the battlefield.”

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CD Projekt RED Teases New RPG Property

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Andrew Minott

Confirming previous information that The Witcher creators CD Projekt RED were developing a futuristic RPG title, the developer has teased a piece of concept art in anticipation of a full announcement planned for tomorrow during their Summer Conference. Tomorrow at 1pm Eastern time, you can check out www.facebook.com/thewitcher to view their live stream of the event, but for now you can follow the jump to get a first taste of their new game.

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The Soundcheck | Iron Maiden 6-Pack

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Jesse Lord

Now that I’m all rested after taking a nice vacation last week with my lovely wife, I’m back and ready to play catch-up with the weekly DLC releases!  You’ll also notice that I’ve settled on a name for these features – you can now call these posts “The Soundcheck!” So for last week’s DLC we got a mega-pack of Iron Maiden epics under the appropriate title “Maiden Epics” in the Rock Band store.  The tracks are as follows:

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Confrontation/Yesterday Giveaway

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Hello everyone. I hope our American readers had a (happy/ debauched/somber/exciting/uneventful) Memorial Day weekend. I know I did. That being said, we have two fine titles to give away today courtesy of Focus Home Interactive. The first is a copy of the point and click adventure Yesterday (you can read Eric’s review  here). We also have two copies of Confrontation, a tactical RPG based on the miniature skirmish game of the same name. As per our M.O., You will find Steam keys for the game hidden in our articles, Twitter, Steam group, or Facebook page.

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What is Infinity Ward planning for the Future?

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Jason Bassett

Infinity Ward is now looking for people to work on next generation projects. According to a job posting on Activision’s website, Infinity Ward is looking for a  Senior Network Engineer to work on upcoming next generation projects. The job description reads: Come work with the game industry’s brightest to design and implement high level network code for an exciting unannounced title for next generation console systems. This role is for experienced programmers that have a passion for games and experience with online infrastructure design and development. Is Infinity Ward looking to bring the next Call of Duty onto next generation hardware?

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