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Madden NFL 13, Walking Dead Episode 3, Rock Band Blitz, more added to PS Store
As has been their custom all Summer long, Sony dumped another massive amount of games onto the PlayStation Store yesterday.
This week, PS3 gamers can download digital versions of Madden NFL 13 and Record of Agarest War Zero. Several previously bundled HD remakes can also now be had separately from the store including Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD, Ratchet & Clank, Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando, and Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal.
Wait, we’re not done yet! Also available this week is Harmonix’s controller-based rhythm game Rock Band Blitz, The Walking Dead: Episode 3 – “Long Road Ahead” from Telltale Games, Activision’s Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, and the PlayStation Move party game Lights, Camera, Party.
Sony also added a lone PS2 Classic to the store yesterday, Double Fine’s psychotic platformer, Psychonauts.
Finally, Vita owners will also get a chance to download Madden NFL 13 and the PSone Classics on Vita patch is now live, but it’s not exactly perfect. Vita support has officially been added to just thirteen PSone games.
A complete list of this week’s new game add-ons can be found at the PlayStation Blog and more information on all of these new games can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PS3, Vita
Tagged Madden NFL 13, Rock Band Blitz, The Walking Dead, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD
Wii U will be playable at PAX Prime 2012
Nintendo has announced that if you’ve got a ticket to this weekend’s PAX Prime expo, you’ll be able to demo eight different Wii U games during the big show.
The lines are sure to be long, but expo attendees who brave them will be able to play…
- New Super Mario Bros. U, the latest 2D Mario game
- The long-awaited Pikmin 3
- The minigame collection Nintendo Land
- The superhero squad sim from Platinum Games, Project P-100
- The Wii U-enhanced Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge
- Scribblenauts Unlimited, the hi-def sequel to the popular DS series
- The Wii U-enhanced Trine 2: Director’s Cut
- …and ZombiU, Ubisoft’s zombie epic
PAX Prime will take place this weekend (August 31 – September 2) at Seattle’s Washington State Convention Center.
Posted in News, Wii U
Tagged New Super Mario Bros. U, Ninja Gaiden 3, Nintendo Land, PAX Prime 2012, Pikmin 3, Scribblenauts Unlimited, The Wonderful 101, ZombiU
CoD Black Ops II getting two special editions: Hardened and Care Package
The special edition packages that Activision has created for the Call of Duty series over the last few years have managed to raise the bar for all special editions. This year appears to be no different.
The Hardened Edition will come packed with the following goodies:
- Bonus In-Game Content: Nuketown Zombies & Nuketown 2025
- Xbox 360 CLAW Avatar Prop & Zombies Avatar Costume
OR PS3 Multiplayer Theme & Zombie Theme - Limited Edition Challenge Coins
- Official Soundtrack by Jack Wall With Theme by Trent Reznor
- Collectible Steelbook
- Exclusive Weapon Camo
- Exclusive Player Card Backgrounds
Pretty nifty, but this year’s big bundle is the even more impressive Care Package Edition. It’ll include all of the Hardened Edition content, as well as an MD-27 Dragonfire Drone with Remote Control, all packaged in a massive foot locker. Flight enthusiasts, you have been put on notice!
Pricing details have yet to be announced, but you can get a closer look at the Hardened and Care Package Editions after the break.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Home is where the Hearthfire is in Skyrim this September
Bethesda will be bringing elements of domestic bliss to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim with “Hearthfire,” a newly announced add-on for the already massive RPG. The DLC will be available to download first on Xbox Live on September 4 for 400 Microsoft Points ($5). PC and PS3 versions will presumably come later.
Rather than a full-fledged expansion, “Hearthfire” adds a little bit of Minecraft and The Sims to the world of Skyrim. Players will be able to purchase a plot of land and build the house of their dreams (or the shack of their dreams, if that’s what they prefer). Fans of Curb Appeal and Trading Spaces can further decorate their new abode with furniture and knick-knacks built using the new crafting table feature.
And once they have a threshold to walk over, players can even move in their spouse and adopt (and raise) children. Let’s just hope they don’t get eaten by a giant…
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Lollipop Chainsaw becomes bestselling Grasshopper Manufacture game
Suda 51’s Lollipop Chainsaw has been unable to crack the NPD’s list of bestselling games since it was released in June. However, that hasn’t stopped it from becoming the most popular Grasshopper Manufacture-developed game ever.
The developer revealed the news this weekend during a “Summer Appreciation Event” in celebration of the game. All told, Grasshopper Manufacture, and publisher Kadokawa Games, have shipped over 700,000 copies of the title worldwide. I guess a lot of people love the idea of a teenage cheerleader cutting down zombies with a chainsaw.
For comparison’s sake, Grasshopper’s previous game, last year’s Shadows of the Damned, sold less than 25,000 copies in its first month of availability in the US.
[Source: Andriasang]
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Lollipop Chainsaw
Weekly Warp-Up: GTA5 Edition
No, that’s not a typo. Welcome to the Weekly Warp-Up, your weekly wrap-up of the biggest and the best articles posted at Warp Zoned this week…
We still don’t know when Rockstar Games plans to release Grand Theft Auto V. And we still don’t even know which platforms it’ll appear on (but ten bucks says a Wii U release is in the works). However, we did get some idea of what the game will look like this week as Rockstar released ten new GTA5 screenshots.
Pick your poison: “Business,” “Leisure,” or “Transport.” Better yet, check out all three.
Are you ready for more of this week’s biggest news stories? You can find them after the break. (more…)
Posted in News
New Releases: Madden NFL 13, Ratchet & Clank Collection, God of War Saga, More
Summer is almost over, but that just means there’s still one more week for publishers to put out a few more Summer games.
An August tradition, this week’s biggest new release is Madden NFL 13. The EA Sports mainstay will make it to the Xbox 360, PS3, Vita, and Wii this week, with a Wii U version scheduled for release later this year.
Also available this week is a quartet of Sony-published PS3 collections including the Ratchet & Clank Collection (which is available on the PS3 for the first time), the God of War Saga, the InFamous Collection, and the Journey: Collector’s Edition.
Finally, peripheral maker Mad Catz has jumped into the game publishing business with Damage Inc: Pacific Squadron WWII for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
Wait, I almost forgot one… Sandman: Whispered Stories, a budget PC title, is also new in stores this week.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Vita, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged Madden NFL 13, Ratchet & Clank Collection
Sony Pictures registers 14 domains relating to a “Console War Movie”
How exactly do you make a movie out of the console war? I have no idea, but Sony Pictures Entertainment is going to try.
The film giant (which shouldn’t be confused with Sony’s video game arm, Sony Computer Entertainment) has registered 14 domain names to promote a “Console War” movie. The domains include:
- console-war.net
- console-warmovie.com
- console-wars.net
- console-warsmovie.com
- consolewar-movie.com
- consolewar-movie.net
- consolewar.net
- consolewarmovie.com
- consolewars-movie.com
- consolewars-movie.net
- consolewarsmovie.com
- theconsolewar-movie.com
- theconsolewar-movie.net
- theconsolewar.net
- theconsolewarmovie.com
- theconsolewars-movie.com
- theconsolewars-movie.net
- theconsolewarsmovie.com
Currently, none of the domains resolve to a workable website and, presumably, any personnel decisions relating to the film have yet to be made. But as outlandish as this sounds, there could be a good film here. The Social Network, which was long thought of as “that Facebook movie,” was nominated for multiple Oscars and telemovie Pirates of Silicon Valley nicely chronicled the rivalry between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs as it stood back in 1999.
[Source: Fusible]