Paradox Interactive Hosting A War of The Roses Live Stream

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Paradox Interactive announced today that their latest title, A War of The Roses, will receive the livestream treatment this Wednesday on Twitch.Tv. The livestream will feature the president of Paradox Interactive as well as a several developers from Fatshark, the game’s developers. A War of Roses is a 15th century  war game that pits two rival branches  of the Royal House of Plantagenet against each other. Players will control their commander through a third person perspective, leading them into battle in either a single player campaign or online multiplayer where new upgrades and abilities can be earned through a points

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Microsoft Posts “Secret” Avatar Motocross Screens

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Microsoft’s official XBLA blog, Play XBLA, posted some interesting “secret” screenshots this morning showcasing an unannounced title featuring Avatars. The two screenshots show the Xbox Avatar’s riding motorcycles in a dessert environment complete with palm trees and another has an avatar performing a handstand while flying through the air.

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12 Minutes of Grainy Halo 4 Beta Footage Leaked

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Halo 4 is going to be one of the biggest games at Microsofts E3 conference, scheduled to take place in just a week’s time. Fans of Halo got a bit of an unexpected treat over the weekend with an eleven minute video of the game’s multiplayer beta leaking online. If you can stomach shakycam footage filmed off of a CRT monitor, then you two can enjoy footage from Halo 4’s internal multiplayer beta.

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CEO: Speeding Up Development Vital To Capcom’s Success

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Capcom’s recent crop of games, namely Street Fighter X Tekken and Operation Raccoon City haven’t exactly lived up to lofty expectations, either financially or critically depending on the game that you are talking about. With the news that DMC: Devil May Cry has been delayed until 2013, how can the developer turn things around? Capcom Chairman, Kenzo Tsujimoto believes he has the answer.

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Halo 4 Pre-Order Bonuses Revealed

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Halo 4 is going to have a huge impact come Election Day, this November. If you’re thinking of picking up Master Chief’s latest ass kicking space adventure you might want to take these newly revealed Pre-Order bonuses into consideration. As is usual with gaming now-a-days Amazon, EB Games and Play.com all have different bonuses up for offer. EB Games (confirmed only for Canada at the moment) – Camo battle rifle & Festive Armor Amazon – Web Armor Skin Play — DeadEye Helmet Gamestop (US) – Forrest Armor Skin. Source

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Alan Wake’s American Nightmare | Review

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Andrew Minott

This week, on Night Springs…. Now available on PC, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, a quasi-sequel to Remedy Entertainment’s 2010 third-person adventure Alan Wake, is so concerned with name-dropping and referencing its predecessor that it never really finds a strong voice of its own. While this game is not true DLC for the original, neither the premise, the dialogue, nor the combat will make sense to those who have not completed Alan’s initial story. Nor, I suspect, would they care.

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Atlus Releases New Gungnir Screenshots

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Atlus has released a whole series of screenshots from the North American version of their upcoming strategy RPG game Gungnir. Gameplay is divided between two different phases, event scenes and strategy battles using the traditional Strat-RPG formula similar to other titles in the genres. In between these two phases players have the ability to buy new weapons and armor to upgrade their party. Interestingly the game also includes a special “easy mode” for new players to the genre. It is nice to see Atlus include mechanics for players who might pick up Gungnir without being entirely in the know. Check

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New Zone of the Enders Annnounced

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Jason Bassett

Today at the Zone of the Enders HD press event, it was revealed that a brand new Zone of the Ender’s is currently under developed by Kojima Productions. Additionally, Konami announced a prized special edition of Zone of the Enders  that includes a remixed soundtrack, glossy booklets for both of the remade titles, and the ReBOOT Book, which features dialogues between Hideo Kojima and art director Yoji Shinkawa looking at the remake’s development. No major details have been announced for the new Zone of the Enders, including plans for E3.

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Demon Souls Online Support Extended Amidst Popularity

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Are you still enjoying being slain by impossibly tough creatures in Demon’s Souls? Enough people are obviously still playing the game as Atlus announced that they will be extended server support for the foreseeable future in North America. The servers were originally scheduled to go offline on May 31st 2012, just seven short days from now. The game’s spiritual successor Dark Souls is still quite popular on both the PS3 and Xbox 360 as well. Although Dark Soul does not appear on the Top 20 list of most active Xbox games there are people on my friends list playing it

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Cast A Spell Using Your Hands In Harry Potter For Kinect

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Just because the long running series of films ended last year doesn’t mean Warner Bros can’t returnsto the Harry Potter universe with this fall’s release of Harry Potter Kinect. This latest trip to Hogwarts promises to revisit key moments from the entire eight book series. Just how will Kinect spread the magic of Hogwarts? Players will be able to cast spells using physical gestures or by calling out the spell’s name using Kinect’s built in microphone. Along with the announcement of the game Warner Bros released several screenshot which you can check out after the jump.

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Red Orchestra 2 GOTY Edition Update Released

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

The Game of the Year Edition of Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad has just been released on Steam. As we reported previously, this free update includes numerous tweaks, in addition to a new map and two new gameplay modes. The new “Action” and “Classic” modes sound promising, because Red Orchestra 2’s vanilla gameplay falls somewhere in between fast paced shooters like the Call of Duty series and slower, more tactical shooters like the Arma series or the original Red Orchestra. To commemorate this update, Red Orchestra 2 is free to play this weekend. Additionally, it is 75% off on

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Jet Set Radio Returns To PS Vita, Xbox & PS3

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

SEGA Europe and SEGA of America announced in a joint press release that SEGA’s Dreamcast classic Jet Set Radio will be returning on the PlayStation vita some time later this year. JSR Will also be released on the Xbox Live and PlayStation Network as well. This isn’t a straight port of Jet Set Radio either. All versions will render the vibrant version of Tokyo gamers have come to love in high definition. SEGA also confirmed that the original soundtrack from the Dreamcast version will be returning in this version. Om the PS Vita SEGA has implemented camera integration as well

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Jagged Alliance: Back in Action & Yesterday Giveaway

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Today we are giving away two copies of Jagged Alliance: Back in Action and one copy of Yesterday (courtesy of Kalypso Media and Focus Home Interactive respectively).  You will find Steam keys for the game hidden in our articles, Twitter, Steam group, or Facebook page. Furthermore, if you are interested, you can read Eric’s review of Yesterday here.

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Namco Bandai Details European Q2/Q3 Lineup

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Namco Bandai have announced their Q2/Q3 lineup for Europe. What can those of you on the other side of the Atlantic during the dog days of summer? Some games that have already been released here in North America like Sniper Ghost Warrior V2 and the excellent Tales of Graces will be released alongside new games like Inversion and Tekken Tag Tournamnet 2. Check out the full list after the jump.

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