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Stana Katic is the voice of Talia al Ghul in Batman: Arkham City

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Chris Urie

Stana Katic (from Castle) has officially been added to the all-star voice cast of Batman: Arkham City. It will be her voice mixing words with Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy when the game is released on October 18.

“Talia is such a complex character and it was great to voice her in Batman: Arkham City,” said Katic. “I was amazed at all the detail put into the project and it’s great to see how excited the fans are about the game.”

And we definitely are excited. Arkham City will be five times larger than Batman: Arkham Asylum, and feature tons of new characters from the Batman Universe… including more than a few villains.

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Hungry for more brains? Here’s a new House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut trailer

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Chris Urie

Not only does House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut have a hoard of subtitles, it also has more zombies than you can pistol whip. This HD remake, out October 25, features even more of your favorite zombie-dismembering operatives, Agent G and smart-mouthed Detective Washington. They’re back in two additional levels, so Washington definitely has some unfinished swearing to do.

Sega has plenty of other new features planned including an exclusive crossbow weapon, a new “baby mutant” enemy type, a Hardcore Mode (mutants can only be killed with headshots) and improved boss fights in all levels.

Who smells zombie brains? I do!

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L.A. Noire could have been even bigger

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Chris Urie

Team Bondi co-founder Brendan McNamara told the relaunched PSM3 that they had to nix the Bunko and Burglary desk from L.A. Noire because it wouldn’t all fit onto one Blu-ray.

“We had a Bunko and Burglary desk – bunko is fraud and burglary is just people robbing houses and stuff – we had eleven full cases for that, which we wrote and did the design for to a certain extent – we even did the art for them too, but it just got to a point where we were never going to fit it on one Blu-ray,” McNamara said.

Evidently there was also a mechanic planned where if you failed a case, you would be chewed out by your boss and demoted to doing smaller cases out in the world until you were called back to the main story missions.

“It just becomes super prohibitive at that point. I think there might have been a better arc if we did do that – you get more of a chance to introduce different things – but in terms of the overall experience I think we did pretty well.”

I think our very own Nicole Kline would agree in her review.

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Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Comic-Con trailer released

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Chris Urie

It is officially time to get excited. There is a new Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword trailer! I don’t know about you, but I just got chills. The new trailer treats your eye holes to images of floating islands, feathered transportation, and a new cast of characters.

The past few Nintendo systems I have bought were solely to play Zelda games. Damn, now I have to get a Wii Remote Plus.

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Soul Calibur V wants your name in the game

Posted on July 22, 2011 by John Llewellyn Martin

A tale of souls and swords… and you! Well, at least a name of your choosing. Namco Bandai Games America is holding a promotion that lets fans name a non-player character in Soul Calibur V, the next iteration in the weapons-based fighting series.

All you have to do is go to soularchive.jp/npc_recruitin, fill out a character name and fighting style, and answer a few questions related to Soul Calibur. Some of the questions include your favorite tactics, whether or not you prefer online play, and they even ask if you think the game’s director, Daishi Odashima, is annoying. So if you’ve ever wanted to fight a character named “FUZZYDEATHBUNNY” who wields a snake sword, you have until 11 PM on August 5, 2011 to make that dream a reality.

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Warp Zoned Podcast: Episode 15

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Warp Zoned Staff

The Summer heat is definitely making everyone delirious in Episode 15 of the Warp Zoned Podcast. Podcast Producer Ryan Littlefield is joined by Editor-in-Chief John Scalzo, News Editor Mike Gutierrez, Senior Editor Nicole Kline and Contributing Writer Chris Urie in a show for the ages! The group ping pongs from topic-to-topic including…

  • what they’re playing;
  • what they think of EA’s plan to close down a dozen multiplayer servers in August and if such a practice will continue after “online pass” codes become the norm;
  • and how every game gets a big special edition these days.

If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the podcast as everyone seems to be a little off balance. So listen to Episode 15 of the Warp Zoned Podcast, if you think you’re up to it. And don’t forget to send in your questions and comments to mailbag [at] warpzoned [dot] com or mention us on Twitter (@WarpZoned)!

Download Episode 15 Now.

And be sure to check back next week for Episode 16!

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Daily Scoop: July 22, 2011 – A challenger appears!

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Nicole Kline

So as everyone knows, I don’t have an Xbox 360. In fact, I’ve never owned any Xbox products, ever. I’ve been thinking about getting one, and I’ve officially started a “help Nicole get an Xbox 360” fund (which right now has about $150 in it). I’ve been debating on which one to get, and had almost settled on this puppy – until yesterday. Amazon announced the Xbox 360 Limited Edition Kinect Star Wars Bundle, and I totally lost it. A console that looks – and sounds – like R2D2?!?! And I only need $300 more! WOO!!

Anyway, onto the deals! Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is Logitech PlayStation 3 Vantage USB Headset for $19.99. Logitech makes great products, so if you’re looking for a good headset to use while playing Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, I recommend this one.

No t-shirts today, folks. It’s too hot to wear a shirt, anyway! The heat index right now is 111 degrees. DO NOT GO OUTSIDE. Ever again. Or at least until it drops about 20 degrees.

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Gotham City Impostors invade Comic-Con in new trailer

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Chris Urie

Gotham City Impostors has taken many people by surprise. Evidently, Monolith and WB Games have taken Team Fortress 2 and tarted it up with a Batsuit, utility belt, and a dash of Loony Toons. I think until more is known about this upcoming downloadable first person shooter, we are just going to have to be left scratching our heads. But at the very least, we can headbang to the new trailer.

Gotham City Impostors will be available in Winter 2012 for $14.99 (or 1200 Microsoft Points).

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