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Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright gets European release in March
Get ready to have your fandoms collide! Well, at least European gamers can get ready. Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is set to be released for the 3DS on March 28 in Europe. You’ll get a chance to solve cryptic puzzles while also digging into the details and yelling “Objection!” in the courtroom. With Layton and Phoenix Wright together, do any mysteries or crimes stand a chance?
Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is due to come to North America sometime this year.
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Tagged Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Animated Batman: Arkham movie will be released this year
According to Hollywood Reporter, there’s a Batman: Arkham Asylum animated film coming, which will be based on the Arkham video game franchise. Jay Oliva, who is building a shared continuity of DC animated films beginning with this month’s Justice League: War, will direct the film. The new Batman: Arkham film is considered a “stand-alone, continuity-free project,” and is due to come out as a Warner Bros. home release sometime in 2014. Oliva was quoted as saying: “We can do original content, we can do New 52 [based on the New 52 DC line] stuff.”
As of right now, it’s unknown if the film will be based on Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, or Arkham Origins.
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Tagged Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Origins
Here are the minimum requirements for TitanFall’s PC version
Vince Zampella, the co-founder of Respawn, announced the specs for TitanFall on PC on Twitter, and they’re actually not as scary as I thought. What you’ll need:
- Operating System: 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
- Processor: AMD Athlon X2 2.8GHz or Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
- Memory: 4GB RAM
- Video Card: 512MB VRAM, Radeon HD 4770 or GeForce 8800GT
My shiny new computer should be able to run this game, no problem. He also mentioned the possibility of a Mac release (post-launch) on Twitter as well.
TitanFall drops on March 11 for PC, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Nintendo is bringing a slew of indie games to the 3DS/Wii U eShop
There are tons of amazing indie games coming to Nintendo’s 3DS and the Wii U through the eShop – and some are even coming out for both. Retro City Rampage: DX is coming to the 3DS tomorrow, with Siesta Fiesta and Moon Chronicles following in March, and Treasurenauts in May. Those titles join Jett Rocket 2 and Edge, which are already available, and Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse, which is due out this quarter.
And the Wii U has an even longer list. Unepic, Knytt Underground, and CastleStorm are available now, with Wooden Sen’SeY coming out this month. And, of course, we can’t forget Shovel Knight, which is coming to both systems on March 31.
Hit the jump for a full list of all the available upcoming indie games on the 3DS and Wii U eShop. (more…)
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Tagged Retro City Rampage, Shovel Knight
Call of Duty: Ghosts Onslaught DLC Pack comes to PC, PS3, PS4 on February 27
Activision has announced that the Onslaught Map Pack for Call of Duty: Ghosts will be available for PC, PS3, and PS4 owners on February 27. Like last month’s release on the Xbox Live Store, the pack will be priced at $14.99 by itself or as part of the $49.99 Season Pass.
The Onslaught Map Pack will include four new maps for the game’s multiplayer mode (“Fog,” “BayView,” “Scrapyard,” and “Ignition”) as well as a new episode (“Nightfall”) for Extinction, the game’s alien-centric cooperative mode.
More details about Onslaught’s new maps can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Call of Duty: Ghosts
Daily Scoop: February 5, 2014 – Happy hump day!
Man, this crazy weather is really making this week drag on! But we’ve hit hump day, which means we’re halfway to the weekend. What games are you planning on playing?
There’s not much happening today in terms of deals, but I’ve scrounged up what I can. Steam has SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition for $4.99, and they’ve also announced a discounted subscription plan for DarkFall: Unholy Wars. There’s a great deal happening at GOG.com as well – right now, you can pick up Battle Worlds: Kronos for 50% off ($14.99). Scoop ’em up!
The good news is, I do have a few video game t-shirts for you! (more…)
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Fusty Game’s Hover: Revolt of Gamers aims to be a next-gen Mirror’s Edge
Developer Fusty Game and publisher Midgar Studio have released the first trailer for their new project, Hover: Revolt of Gamers. It takes the premise of Mirror’s Edge and gives it a Borderlands-style cel shaded look with dazzling techno-bubblegum colours. Also, the freerunning and grinding is reminiscent of Jet Set Radio or InFamous, but in a first person style.
The action takes place in a futuristic city filled with flying cars, bright neon lights and pumping electronica… just how the future should be! Players score points by jumping, grinding, running and bending their way through the city’s space-age architecture. The characters form part of Gamer Team, using their stunts and tricks to upset the dictatorship currently grasping the city in its iron grip, destroying its propaganda along the way.
Hover: Revolt of Gamers is still in an alpha build at the moment, so while no release date has been set, it is currently planned for a PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Wii U release. Excitingly, the game will also support Oculus Rift, and hopefully Sony’s much rumoured PS4 headset peripheral too.
TIGA accuses EU commission of hindering UK games industry
It has not been a great time for the UK games industry, losing the likes of Blitz Games in 2013 and, more recently, Ghost Games UK being hit by a number of layoffs. Activision has also revealed it is considering closing its Leeds-based games studio Blast Furnace.
Now, the trade association known as TIGA (The Independent Game Developer Association) has firmly pointed the finger at a European Commission investigation into planned tax breaks for the industry. The new legislation was introduced to move the UK more in line with other countries where the games industry is flourishing, such as France and Canada. However, Joaquin Almunia, the EU competition commissioner, thwarted the plans introduced in 2013, which would have offered 25% tax relief on up to 80% of a game’s budget if the money was spent in the UK. Almunia argued that there was no need for aid to be given to the industry as there was, according to an EU report, “no obvious market failure.” The competition commissioner conceded he was also worried that if the UK plans were pushed through, it could start a chain reaction across Europe.
TIGA shot down Almunia’s comments, and TIGA’s chairman, Dr. Richard Wilson, said, “We have strong anecdotal evidence that this is now harming our industry.” He also lambasted the European Commission for dawdling on the matter, with no definitive deadline or time schedule for a decision to be made on tax relief. “They could reply tomorrow, next month, in six months or 12 months,” he added. “This has really gone on for a long time now.”
For the sake of Blast Furnace and other UK studios, it had best be sooner rather than later.
[Source: BBC]
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