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Author: John Scalzo
New Tomb Raider art is survivor-tastic
Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider reboot will appear on the cover of the June issue of PlayStation: The Official Magazine. The preview marks the beginning of a worldwide media blitz for the Crystal Dynamics-developed game and you’ll likely become very familar with the image to your left (click it to see a larger version).
This newly released piece of art once again shows Square Enix’s decision to emphasize the reboot’s focus on survival. Lara is dirty, injured (check out those do-it-yourself stitches!) and carrying a makeshift bow and climbing gear. We still don’t have any idea what the tombs in the new Tomb Raider will look like, but the game clearly has the “gritty reboot” thing down.
Tomb Raider doesn’t have a release date just yet, but we do know it’s in development for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Hopefully, we’ll learn more at E3.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Tomb Raider
Next Assassin’s Creed will offer Revelations
Do you love the Assassin’s Creed series? If so, then Ubisoft wants you to visit the game’s Facebook page and help spread the word about the fourth game in the series. Sharing the news on Twitter, Facebook and through email will increase a counter on the page. After the counter reaches 100%, Ubisoft plans to post an “exclusive sneak peek” about the currently unnamed game (it’s at 19% as of 2 PM, Saturday).
If you’d prefer not to wait, the Internet sleuths at NeoGAF (via Wired Game|Life) have dug through the Flash file and discovered the game’s title: Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. They’ve also uncovered the name “Altair” in Arabic script, so we may be returning to The Crusades after two adventures in Italy.
No other details about the game have been announced, but Ubisoft confirmed that a new Assassin’s Creed game would be released sometime in 2011.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Redbox to offer game rentals nationwide in June
Redbox, those ubiquitous red kiosks that offer DVD rentals for $1 per day, will begin renting games nationwide on June 17.
Redbox began a test of video game rentals in selected cities back in August and the company is now ready to expand video game availibility to 21,000 machines nationwide. The rental selection will include “top releases [and] popular family and kids titles” for the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360, so don’t expect them to stock the latest games from Atlus or XSEED. At $2 per day, game rentals will be slightly more expensive than DVD rentals.
“Redbox will make discovering the latest games as easy as a trip to the local grocery, convenience or drug store,” said Joel Resnik, Vice President of Games at Redbox.
You can check the game availability of your local Redbox machine at Redbox.com/games.
New Releases: MotorStorm Apocalypse, Thor, More
May 3rd, 2011… a day that will be remembered as the day the world should have ended. The day Duke Nukem Forever would have been released. OK, it’s not quite that bleak, the Duke is still on track for a June return. But still…
Anyway, this week still has plenty of world-ending events as Sony will release MotorStorm Apocalypse for the PS3. Sadly, due to the ApocalyPS3, online play through the PSN might not be in the cards on launch day.
Sticking with the end of the world theme is Asgard’s herald of the heavens, The Mighty Thor! He’ll headline his first film this Friday, but you can also check out the tie-in game, Thor: God of Thunder, on the DS, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 this week.
Check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)
Posted in DS, News, PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged MotorStorm Apocalypse, Thor: God of Thunder
Portal 2 DLC #1 will be free on PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Valve didn’t waste any time in dropping the official announcement of downloadable content for Portal 2 as they revealed the “DLC #1” pack today.
First of all, the “#1” in the name is great news because it means that Valve is planning even more Portal 2 DLC for the future. But the best news of all is that Portal 2 DLC #1 will be available for free when it’s released on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 this Summer.
And what will we get for our (lack) of money? According to Valve, Portal 2 DLC #1 will offer “new test chambers for players, leaderboards, challenge mode for single and multiplayer modes, and more.” Pretty awesome. And did I mention it’ll be free?
3DS collection of Bit.Trip series announced
Aksys Games is bringing the Bit.Trip series (and its chiptune soundtracks) to the 3DS in an eye-popping new compilation.
Bit.Trip Saga will include all six games in the Bit.Trip series: Bit.Trip Beat a Pong-like game; Bit.Trip Core, an overhead shooter; Bit.Trip Void, with its growing Snake-like blob; Bit.Trip Runner, a platformer; Bit.Trip Fate, a scrolling shoot ’em up; and Bit.Trip Flux, which brings all the elements of the previous five games together in a Frankenstein-like concoction.
Bit.Trip Saga doesn’t have a release date yet, so we’ll have to wait to find out when CommanderVideo will make the jump from WiiWare to the 3DS.
Sony evaluating “goodwill gesture” for PSN users
With the PlayStation Network still down and seemingly no end in sight, Sony has begun to investigate ways they can say “We’re sorry!” to gamers.
The latest update on the PlayStation.Blog confirms that user’s download history, friends list, settings, Trophies and PlayStation Plus cloud saves will be unaffected by the network outage.
The update also revealed that Sony wants to provide a goodwill gesture to gamers for their patience in dealing with the PSN outage and while they’re not ready to announce what it is just yet, the company is currently evaluating several different options. Though they did say that DC Universe Online and Free Realms players would receive some kind of compensation for the downtime as part of Sony’s “make good” plan.
Posted in News, PS3, PSP
Tagged ApocalyPS3 2011, DC Universe Online
EA announces Need For Speed: The Run
Shift 2: Unleashed has been in stores exactly a month and even though it doesn’t carry the Need For Speed name, EA still considers it a Need For Speed game. So it comes as a bit of a surprise that they’re already announcing the next title in the series: Need For Speed: The Run.
The Run is an “illicit, underground race” from San Francisco to New York City where you not only compete against the other drivers, but you put your life at stake as well. Essentially, it’s OutRun / Cruis’n USA with a plot (which EA says is “a new level of immersive storytelling with cutting edge performances”). The Run will run on EA’s Frostbite 2 engine and make use of the Autolog to track every twist and turn of the race through “dense urban traffic, icy mountain passes and narrow canyons at breakneck speeds.”
“This is the year that Need For Speed goes to the next level,” said Jason DeLong, Executive Producer at EA. “We think that Need For Speed: The Run is going to surprise people with its intense, thrilling story and big action feel. But the game would be nothing without hot cars and crazy-fast chases. So that is what we’re delivering — explosive racing that will have players flirting with disaster at 200-miles an hour.”
Need For Speed: The Run is being developed by EA Black Box and it’ll be available for the 3DS, PC, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 on November 15.