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Daily Scoop: May 5, 2011 – Cinco de game-o!

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Nicole Kline

It’s Cinco de Mayo, but for me, it’s really Cinco de game-o – I plan to go straight home after work and do nothing but gluttonously game as much as possible, pausing only to eat and maybe sleep. It’s been too long since I’ve just let go and rocked out! I think I’ve earned a nice, relaxing break.

Not many deals today, other than today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Disney’s Cars Toon: Mater’s Tall Tales for the Wii. It’s on sale for $14.99 from $29.99, and also includes Mater’s Tall Tales cartoon shorts. Sounds like a fun time!

No t-shirts today, but our Editor-in-Chief, John Scalzo, found this Super Mario Brothers Alphabet poster over at Etsy:

So cool!

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Assassin’s Creed: Revelations to star Altair, Ezio, Desmond

Posted on May 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations reveal is fully unlocked and we finally get a glimpse of what we’ve expected all along: Altair and Ezio, together at last!

Game Informer has also revealed that the game will grace the cover of its June issue. We’ll get the full scoop in a few days, but the Game Informer teaser has already surely got Assassin’s Creed fans on the edge of their seats:

You’ll learn how each of the franchise’s major characters — Altaïr, Ezio, and Desmond — play a part in the story, and how you’ll control each of the three as playable characters. Uncover a brand new part of the world as Ezio travels abroad for the first time to explore the wonders of Constantinople at the height of the Ottoman Empire. Learn about all the new features that set Revelations apart, from a brand new weapon and tool that changes the way you’ll fight and traverse the world, to extensive details on the newly customizable multiplayer game. And what exactly is going on with Desmond after the end of Brotherhood?

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations will be available this November.

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Rage gameplay trailer shows off The Shrouded

Posted on May 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

An awesome new Rage gameplay trailer shows off an assault on bunker belonging to The Shrouded, one of the many clans in the game. Check out the wide variety of weapons and the bombing run by a remote control car. Take that you mutants!

Rage is in development at id Software for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. It’ll be available in stores on September 13.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic may slip into 2012

Posted on May 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

Electronic Arts isn’t sure when they’ll release Star Wars: The Old Republic. That’s the message the company conveyed during their quarterly financial report yesterday.

Eric Brown, EA’s Executive Vice President, confirmed that the publisher currently plans to release the game by the end of 2011, but Frank Gibeau, President of EA Games, would not commit to a release date and cautioned that it could slip to the January 2012 – March 2012 quarter.

So if The Force is with us, we’ll be playing The Old Republic by Christmas. But the Sith may have their revenge on this one.

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Mass Effect 3 delayed into 2012

Posted on May 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

Were you super excited to play Mass Effect 3 this Fall? If so, then the franchise’s Executive Producer at BioWare, Casey Hudson, has some bad news for you. Posting on Facebook, he revealed that the release date for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 game has been pushed back into early 2012:

Mass Effect 3 will be released in the first three months of 2012. The development team is laser focused on making sure Mass Effect 3 is the biggest, boldest and best game in the series, ensuring that it exceeds everyone’s expectations.

To say sorry, EA has released a pair of new images, which you can find after the break. (more…)

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THQ releasing uDraw HD, Saints Row 3 in 2011; Drive-By canceled

Posted on May 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

THQ used their quarterly financial call to reveal a bit more about its 2011-2012 release slate.

For this year, the publisher is readying MX vs. ATV Alive for release this month, Red Faction: Armageddon on June 7, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine for August and UFC Personal Trainer sometime this Summer. Towards the end of the year, THQ plans to release Saints Row: The Third and the next WWE game along with bringing their uDraw GameTablet to the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Speaking of Saints Row, after the call, the publisher told Joystiq that Saints Row: Drive-By (the franchise’s 3DS/PSN/XBLA spinoff) was canceled. Bummer.

But 2012 is looking great for THQ as they revealed that they have several major releases planned including the unannounced UFC Undisputed 2012, Darksiders 2, Tomonobu Itagaki’s Devil’s Third, Metro 2033: Last Light and Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium Online.

Finally, the publisher publicly commented on Nintendo’s next console: “[THQ is] excited about the prospect of new hardware next year and look[s] forward to working on that system.” Got an opinion of which of THQ’s 2012 releases will make the leap to the Wii 2/Project Cafe? Let us know in the comments.

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Sony pins SOE attack on Anonymous, makes statement to Congress

Posted on May 5, 2011 by John Scalzo

While the PlayStation Network is still down, Sony has gone on the offensive, detailing exactly what they told the U.S. House of Representatives and pinning the Sony Online Entertainment attack on Anonymous.

According to a new post on the PlayStation.Blog, Sony discovered a file on one of the SOE servers named “Anonymous” with the words “We are Legion.” Perhaps this calling card was left by an unconnected party in an attempt to paint the “hacktivist group” in a bad light. But it doesn’t inspire confidence in the group’s message that “For Once, We Didn’t Do It.”

Kazuo Hirai, SCEA’s Chairman of the Board, would go on to say that the major credit companies have not reported a single fraudulent transaction connected to the PSN information breach. But to be on the safe side, the company has also pledged to offer complimentary identity theft protection to U.S. account holders. This offer was not part of Sony’s original “Welcome Back” program and may have been spurred on by a Senator from Connecticut making the demand for identity theft protection in an open letter to the console maker last week.

Sony still has not confirmed when the PSN will be back online. They would only say that details will be coming “shortly.” Perhaps the promise of a return to service this week was a bit premature. SOE servers remain down indefinitely.

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Daily Scoop: May 4, 2011 – May the fourth be with you!

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Happy Star Wars Day, everyone! In honor of this auspicious day, the details have been released about the Star Wars Blu-rays. You can even pre-order them at Amazon. Hellz yeah!

Now that Nintendo announced the Wii price drop, I’ll stop encouraging you to spend $169.99 when you’ll soon be getting an even better package for $149.99 (that’s what she said?). Sadly, Mortal Kombat isn’t on sale anymore (though the Kollector’s Edition is still $85.99), but Portal 2 is still $34.99 on PS3 and Xbox and $29.99 on the PC. Seriously, if you don’t have Portal 2 yet, what are you waiting for? You might as well just go play some Portal Tetris.

What else…oh! Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Sega’s Valkyria Chronicles for the PlayStation 3 for $22.99. With Valkyria Chronicles 3 coming out, this is the perfect time to jump into the series.

Today’s daily t-shirt pick is in honor of Star Wars Day – it’s Ript’s Say Beep Bop Boop:

That says it all.

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