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Blizzard will release Diablo III in early 2012
Were you hoping that Blizzard would release Diablo III this year? Well, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime just dashed your dreams by announcing the RPG now has an official release window of “early 2012.”
But it’s not so bad as the tongue-in-cheek press release that accompanied this announcement more than makes up for it:
Despite a sterling record of always hitting its release targets, Blizzard Entertainment today announced that the expected launch window for Diablo III, the next title in the company’s critically acclaimed series of action role-playing games, will be moving into early 2012.
Very amusing. Of course, Diablo III never actually had a late 2011 release date, so it didn’t move anywhere. But it’s nice to pretend. And pretend Mike Morhaime does.
“With every game we make, the temptation is always very strong to launch as soon as possible. However, we didn’t put so many years of work into Diablo III to release a game that was almost ready,” Morhaime said.
In response to the 2012 release date, Blizzard will extend the Diablo III beta, which began on September 20.
Posted in News, PC
Tagged Diablo III
BloodRayne: Betrayal Review: Brutal Might Be a Better Subtitle
The plot behind the BloodRayne franchise is one of those ideas that is both stupidly brilliant and brilliantly stupid. I mean, a half-naked half-vampire kills Nazis in a fantastic display of polygonal plasma… what’s not to love? You may hate yourself in the morning, but you have to admit, that is an awesome premise for a game. It was this reaction from gamers (and a trio of less-than-stellar Uwe Boll films) that caused the series to go dormant back in 2004. But you can’t keep an undead half-vampire down and Rayne has returned in the 2D side-scroller BloodRayne: Betrayal. And yes, she draws plenty of pixelated plasma this time. Sadly, there aren’t any Nazis. (more…)
Posted in PS3, Reviews, Top Story, Xbox 360
Tagged BloodRayne: Betrayal
Daily Scoop: September 22, 2011 – I’m lovin’ it
Whew, we’ve made it all the way to Thursday! So close to being over the hump… and playing Resistance 3 all weekend. Bring it on!
Today’s Deal of the Day at Amazon in video games is Disney’s Cars Toon: Mater’s Tall Tales for just $13.99 for the Wii. I’m pretty sure this was JUST a deal not too long ago. Nothing exciting, I’m afraid!
Today’s Tee Fury isn’t related to gaming, but it is utterly hilarious: (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News
CoD Black Ops Rezurrection Map Pack now available on PC, PS3
This is just a quick reminder that the Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection Map Pack is now available to download from the PlayStation Store and PC download services.
Priced at $14.99 on both platforms, the pack includes reworked versions of the original Zombies maps (“Nacht der Untoten,” “Verruckt,” “Shi No Numa” and “Der Riese”) as well as a brand new map, “Moon.”
Download it today or get yourself pumped for the Double XP Weekend on September 23-25 with the awesome Rezurrection trailer above.
Posted in News, PC, PS3
Tagged Call of Duty: Black Ops
Nintendo Download: TwinBee 3D, Break Tactics, more
Nintendo has updated their trio of online shops with new games and, once again, the collective response of the world is “Never heard of them.”
But if you want to give this week’s new releases a whirl, the 3DS eShop received a “3D Classics” of TwinBee, a Famicom-only vertical shooter that never made it to America back in the day. But thanks to the handheld’s virtual console, gamers can play as it looked originally or in a new 3D mode.
Also available this week is a pair of puzzle-platformers: Aya and the Cubes of Light is available as WiiWare while Escape Trick: Ninja Castle is now on the DSi Shop.
Finally, Break Tactics, a “full-scale tactics game,” is available to download from the DSi Shop.
More information on all of these titles can be found in the Nintendo Download weekly newsletter.
See more of Rachel in the Extended Cut of the RE Revelations TGS trailer
Rachel, and her barely-there wardrobe that is utterly inappropriate for zombie fighting, were introduced in the most recent Resident Evil Revelations trailer. Capcom Japan unveiled an extended version of that video during the Tokyo Game Show giving gamers a more in-depth look at Rachel’s anatomy secret agent schtick.
The new bits in the trailer veer off into some pretty heavy spoilers including the fact that Rachel gets face-raped to death by a tentacle zombie. Whoa!
If you stop and think about the spoiler, it’s actually pretty brilliant. Basically, Capcom played a massive practical joke on the entire world. They introduced a ridiculous, and frankly stupid, character only to kill her off a week later in the exact same trailer in which she was introduced.
Posted in 3DS, News
Tagged Resident Evil Revelations
Daily Scoop: September 21, 2011 – Another Wednesday!
Mmmm Wednesday. Humpday. Another stepping stone on the path to the weekend. Thank you for being gentle! I am in need of a kind touch today…
Anyway, today’s Deal of the Day at Amazon in video games is, once again, a promotional credit deal with the Xbox 360. It’s for the 4 GB model with the Kinect, and the promotional credit is $50. Not too shabby!
Today’s Tee Fury is absolutely squee-worthy. It’s called “Miyamoto’s Angels,” and I’m sure it’s already sold a boatload: (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News, Xbox 360
Resident Evil 4 HD, Burnout Crash! added to XBLA
That headline sounds awfully familiar. And it should, as most of the games available in this week’s Xbox Live Marketplace were added to the PlayStation Store yesterday as well.
The big new release this week is Resident Evil 4, which is now available in HD for the first time. The high definition port will be part of the XBLM’s Games on Demand service, even though a matching retail release never materialized. It’ll be joined by downloadable versions of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II and MLB 2K11.
This week’s Xbox Live Arcade additions include the top-down racer Burnout Crash! and the arcade platformer Rotastic.
More information on both of these titles can be found at Xbox.com (Burnout Crash!, Rotastic).
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged Burnout Crash!, Resident Evil 4