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Nathan Drake battles Katherine Marlowe in Uncharted 3
Naughty Dog and Sony put on a very popular press event at the Game Developers Conference last week. The subject: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.
Besides showing off the game’s stereoscopic 3D mode, they also introduced the world to Katherine Marlowe, the thorn in Nathan Drake’s side and the villain of Uncharted 3. Check out the trailer above for more on Marlowe or hit the jump to learn a little more about her backstory. (more…)
Posted in News, PS3
Tagged Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Fallen Frontier blazes a trail to PAX East
Moonshot Games was founded by three former members of Bungie back in 2009 and since then they’ve been hard at work on Fallen Frontier. Now, they’re ready to show off their side-scrolling shooter with a new trailer and a playable demo at this weekend’s PAX East event.
Using cartoonish characters against realistic backgrounds, Fallen Frontier looks a little like a cross between Contra and Bionic Commando. Not only does it resemble the classics of yesteryear, but the game checks all the boxes with two-player co-op and a wide variety of weapons.
Moonshot calls Fallen Frontier “an engaging film noir style mystery” about a jaded lawman travelling across the stars to seek vengeance. While it doesn’t have a release date or even confirmation of what platforms it’ll land on (though Xbox 360 button prompts are seen in the trailer), I’m very excited.
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged PAX East 2011
Alice: Madness Returns gets a gameplay trailer, kinda freaky
There’s been some great trailers for Alice: Madness Retruns, but we finally got to see it in action. The beautiful art design we’ve seen in cutscenes has certainly carried over into gameplay, as American McGee’s dark take on Wonderland is beautifully rendered in the trailer above. The game is scheduled for release on PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 on June 14.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Alice: Madness Returns
GK Films acquires Tomb Raider film rights, possible reboot
Hotshot producer Graham King and his GK Films company have acquired the license to prepare a film adaptation of Eidos’ (and now Square Enix’s) prolific Tomb Raider franchise. King himself and Tim Headington are planned to helm the project, with an expected release of 2013. King has worked with former Laura Croft actress Angelina Jolie on The Tourist, but people close to the project suggest it will be a reboot for the franchise, telling an origin story instead of a continuation. GK Films stated their aim is to “create daring new adventures for the young and dynamic Lara Croft.”
Like the Resident Evil film franchise, (which is also getting a new entry), the first two movies did a pretty good job of escaping the video game film curse. In addition to a new game currently in development, Tomb Raider Trilogy HD is releasing for the PS3 on March 22.
[Source: The Hollywood Reporter]
Posted in Etcetera, News
Tagged Tomb Raider
Daily Scoop: March 8, 2011 – Celebrate good times!
It’s the eighth day of March, and you know what that means…it’s my birthday! I’m going to celebrate it like any normal gamer – by spending the entire day at work and then going home to try to wrap up my PAX appointments and squeeze in as much gaming and cake (which is not a lie today) as humanly possible before passing out far too late. And I heard a rumor that Mike Gutierrez was planning on some sort of dinner surprise for me as well – my guess is he’s either going to make one of his famous (and awesome!) meals from scratch or we’re going to order a pizza. Both of those options sound amazing.
Anyway, enough about me! Today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games is Atari’s Test Drive Unlimited 2, which we recently reviewed. It’s $34.99 down from $49.99 on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and $27.99 down from $39.99 for the PC.
No game-related shirts today, but I love this one from Ript Apparel, because it makes me think of the upcoming Cherry Blossom Festival:
So pretty.
Posted in Daily Scoop
Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, Kid Icarus playable at PAX East
The launch of the 3DS is less than three weeks away and Nintendo plans to woo the public with some big playable demos at this weekend’s PAX East event. The console maker plans to showcase playable demo stations for six launch day titles:
- Dead or Alive Dimensions
- Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
- Nintendogs + Cats
- Pilotwings Resort
- Steel Diver
- Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition
That lineup is great and all, but Nintendo is also pulling out the big guns with playable versions of Kid Icarus: Uprising, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and Capcom’s Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.
If you’re in the Boston area, I’d suggest getting in line now.
Presidents of the United States of America catch ’em all
They sat in a boggy marsh with lump, they crushed a peach in their fist and they performed a duet with Sir Mix-A-Lot. But do you believe that The Presidents of the United States of America can also catch ’em all?
The 90s alt-rock gods (in my mind at least) performed their Pokemon tribute song “Can’t Stop (Catchin’ ‘Em All)” at the Pokemon Black and White launch party this weekend in New York City. If you couldn’t make it down to the Nintendo World Store, don’t worry, we’ve got the song right here:
This is definitely one group of Presidents that I’d never want to impeach.
Posted in DS, Etcetera, News
Tagged Pokemon Black/White
Microsoft begins work on next Xbox
That’s right, “begins work,” which likely means the next Xbox is not going to be released anytime soon.
Microsoft has posted multiple job openings on LinkedIn to fill several positions in their Xbox division. These jobs have titles like Hardware Verification Engineer and VLSI Graphics Architect, which may not mean much to someone who’s not a hardware developer, but the job listings include a few tell-tale signs that Microsoft has started working on the Xbox 720 (emphasis added):
Come join a dynamic engineering team and play a key role in the development and verification of the Xbox and future platforms.
[The Xbox Console Architecture team] is responsible for defining and delivering next generation console architectures from conception through implementation.
While it’s possible Microsoft has been working on the third Xbox in secret all this time, it’s not very likely. So don’t expect a big, splashy reveal at this year’s E3 and I wouldn’t hold my breath for one in 2012 either.