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MotorStorm RC will be free on Vita for limited time

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Excited to dive into the adorable MotorStorm RC on your shiny new Vita? Well I’ve got good news for you! For a limited time, the Vita version is free, courtesy of Scion. Additionally, you’ll “be able to drive a custom RC version of Scion’s iQ which is exclusive to the PS Vita version of the game,” according to the PlayStation Blog.

What are you waiting for? Hurry up and grab your free game! And while you’re in the store, check out all the new DLC that’s just been added to the store for both versions. Vroom vroom!

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PAX East 2012 schedule announced

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Attention gaming nerds! The schedule is up for PAX East 2012. Get thyself over to the site and check out what Tycho and Gabe, errr, I mean Jerry and Mike, have to offer.

What’s on your agenda? As always, I’ve got a slot saved in my schedule for the Rooster Teeth panel, and I’d like to make it to at least one of the Penny Arcade Q&A sessions. And I can’t wait to see the Naughty Dogs at “An Uncharted 3 Story: The Chateau, Creation to Ashes.” And I’m going to weep a bit when I get to “Penny Arcade’s New Rain Slick Precipice Game.” And that’s all just Friday.

PAX East 2012 will be held in Boston from April 6-8.

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Madden NFL 13 Cover Nominees: NFC North

Posted on March 6, 2012 by John Scalzo

Are you ready for some football? How about a long and drawn out fan vote to decide who will appear on the cover of Madden NFL 13? Well, EA Sports has you covered on both.

And we’ve reached the end. With this batch of nominees, the Madden-maker has revealed every division’s nominees for the game’s cover. The 64-player tournament will initially include two players from each team. Beginning March 7, fans can head over to the ESPN SportsNation Facebook Page to decide who will represent each team in the final 32-player bracket.

Today’s nominees come from the NFC North:

Chicago Bears
Jay Cutler or Matt Forte

Detroit Lions
Calvin Johnson or Matthew Stafford

Green Bay Packers
Aaron Rodgers or Clay Matthews

Minnesota Vikings
Jared Allen or Percy Harvin

It looks like EA saved the best for last as the NFC North nominees may be, on the average, the best eight chosen. Especially when that list includes players like Aaron Rodgers (one of the best quarterbacks in the league), Calvin Johnson (one of the best wide receivers in the league), and Matt Forte (one of the best running backs in the league).

So that’s it. We’re done. Get ready to vote on the play-in matches tomorrow and be sure to review all the other nominees. The Madden Curse is hungry!

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Daily Scoop: March 6, 2012 – Time for Mass Effect 3

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Nicole Kline

If you’re anything like Warp Zoned-ers Ryan Littlefield and John Martin, then you’re probably already playing Mass Effect 3. You’ve either called in sick or taken the day off months ahead of time in order to bask in that new-game smell. I hope everyone is having an awesome time! I need to be that excited about a game… well, Borderlands 2 isn’t that far off, amirite?

Anyway, not much in the way of deals today – Amazon’s got their Deal of the Day in video games, which is just Activision’s Guitar Hero 5 Stand Alone Software for $19.99. They’ve also got two brand new weekly deals up – one is Final Fantasy XIII-2 on sale for $44.99 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The other deal is 15% off the Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect, bringing it down to $255.98. Scoop ’em up!

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Ridge Racer Unbounded is bound for a delay

Posted on March 6, 2012 by John Scalzo

Ridge Racer Unbounded was originally scheduled to be released today. But if you visited your local game store this morning, you know that’s not entirely accurate anymore.

According to Namco Bandai, that’s because the game has been delayed until “later in 2012.” The publisher fell back on the typical “additional development time” reason for the delay saying “[we want] to pack the disc with features that will truly make the game sing.” Typical, sure, but they did manage to say it in a really unique way, didn’t they?

Namco Bandai also said that a new release date for Ridge Racer Unbounded (along with pre-order incentives and a full list of features) will be announced “shortly.”

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Digital publishing gets a little more Unreal thanks to Reverb

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Melissa Niedringhaus

Reverb Publishing, a company that offers digital publishing services on PSN, XBLA, PC, and mobile devices to independent game developers, announced today that they have entered into a licensing agreement with Epic Games to provide full source code access to Unreal Engine 3 and technical support along with their publishing program.

The Unreal Engine is known for its high end graphical capability, mature toolset, and scalability across multiple platforms, and is designed to help productivity, so developers don’t have to create their own game engine from scratch.

Reverb believes that by adding the Unreal Engine to their menu of services, they can now help development studios of any size with every step of the process, from production to marketing and public relations.

For more information on the full list of tools and services available from Reverb Publishing, check out their website!

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Lollipop Chainsaw reaches the center of store shelves on June 12

Posted on March 6, 2012 by John Scalzo

Just how many licks would it take to get to the center of a zombie? The world may never know. (And… eww… gross).

But what we do know is that WB Games has set a June 12 release for the Grasshopper Manufacture-developed Lollipop Chainsaw. The sunny and sparkly action game will be coming to the PS3 and Xbox 360 and it’s sure to make this one of the hottest Summers on record.

[Source: Joystiq]

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God of War developer Cory Barlog signs up with Crystal Dynamics

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Cory Barlog, best known for his work on God of War, has been hired by Crystal Dynamics, a Square Enix studio.

Crystal Dynamics is currently working on a Tomb Raider reboot and an unannounced game that fans will endlessly speculate is a new game in the Legacy of Kain series. Hopefully, whichever project Barlog is working on doesn’t involve just adding in a lot of extra QTE. Given the robust nature of the games he’s directed (God of War II and both PSP games), it seems that gamers are in for a real treat here.

Head of studio Darrell Gallagher said: “Cory’s heritage in building industry defining action adventure titles, together with our focus on delivering quality character driven blockbuster entertainment makes Cory a tremendously exciting addition to the team.”

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