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South Park: The Stick of Truth’s Super Bowl commercial stars Mr. Hankey
Well, that ad doesn’t star Mr. Hankey, because it’s a little too risque for our front page. The amazing thing in that TV spot, in my opinion, is the quick glimpse of zombie Chef. But you can see “The Return of Mr. and Mrs. Hankey” and “Ginger Kid Nazi Zombie,” the bonus “too hot for TV” trailers, after the jump.
South Park: The Stick of Truth will be out on March 4 for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.
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Tagged South Park: The Stick of Truth
Airtight’s Murdered: Soul Suspect also coming to Xbox One
Murdered: Soul Suspect is an upcoming action-adventure game from Square Enix. First revealed at last year’s E3, it’s been recently announced that it will be available on Xbox One – and you can read an in-depth hands-on article at Xbox Wire. They describe it as a “supernatural detective thriller” and go into detail about how you play as Ronan O’Connor, the renegade cop (get it? Ronan/Ronin?) who has to solve his own murder.
But Airtight also Tweeted today that there will be more news and another trailer tomorrow. Could this announcement be that the game is also coming to PlayStation 4?
Murdered: Soul Suspect is due out later this year and is currently confirmed for PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Hyper Light Drifter will be out by the end of the year
Hyper Light Drifter, the stunning indie game that took Kickstarter by storm last year, will not be coming out in July as estimated. Heart Machine, the developers, made an announcement on Friday, saying they were not going to “rush the project.”
The team had originally planned to make a much smaller game, but the amount of funding they received (they got $645,158, which destroyed their $27,000 goal) means they are making a much larger game. The plan is to have the beta available to backers in June, and to release the game “at the end of the year holiday season.” Steam and PC will be released first, with other platforms (including the PS4, Vita, Wii U, and Ouya) to follow.
Hit the jump for an amazing preview sprite that was also included in the update. (more…)
Arcadecraft will finally be available for PC “soon”
Arcadecraft, the arcade simulator in which you can create and run your very own arcade, is finally coming to PC. The game has had some success on Xbox Live Indie Games, selling 65,000 copies, and now developer Firebase Industries is ready to take the PC crowd by storm.
According to Firebase’s announcement, these new features will be available in the PC version:
- Mouse Control Support
- Keyboard Control Support
- Xbox 360 Gamepad Support
- 16:9 Resolutions from 1280×720 to 1920×1080
- Higher resolution textures and UI art
- New Character Models with Redone Animations
- Selectable Characters
- All of the Xbox 360 content updates released so far are included
- More than 100 arcade machines to place
- Sim from 1980 to 1987
There’s no release date yet, but you can click on the image above to pre-order it on the Humble Store. If you don’t know what Arcadecraft is about, hit the jump to see the reveal trailer for the Xbox 360 version. (more…)
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Tagged Arcadecraft
Rumor: New Duke Nukem game developed by Interceptor in development
A new Duke Nukem might be coming our way, according to some rumors. DSO Gaming is speculating that the new game will be developed by Interceptor, a studio that had previously worked on a “free remake of Duke Nukem 3D that would be powered by Unreal Engine 3,” which went from being on hold to not being released.
Frederik Schreiber, the CEO of Interceptor, had some very specific ideas in mind for Duke, including making him less silly and more of a serious badass. “Give us a Duke game without strippers, a great sinister villain than can break Duke (Think Bane from [The Dark Knight Rises]), a slightly older, and way more badass/gritty Duke, and a galactic plotline that can be taken seriously, and I’m Sold!”
The article ends with an update, seemingly confirming just what form the new Duke game will take: “This new Duke Nukem game will be called Duke Nukem: Mass Destruction and will be a top-down action RPG that will be powered by Unreal Engine. Thanks Mark!”
More details can be found in this image, which comes from a (now-offline) teaser site and gives plot details and states that the game will be available on PC and PS4. Hopefully this is not just an elaborate hoax – Duke fans don’t need anymore disappointment.
Plague Inc: Evolved infects Steam on February 20
Plague Inc., the popular mobile game that simulates the spread of diseases, is graduating from the mobile realm and coming to the PC (via Steam) in the form of Plague Inc: Evolved. The evolution has tons of new features, including:
- Infectious Multiplayer – Cooperative and competitive gameplay modes let you team up to fight the cure with friends, or compete in a race to kill the world.
- Contagious Content Creator – Hit the lab and develop your own custom scenarios – creating new plague types and worlds. Bring your deadliest ideas to life and share them with Steam Workshop.
- Blinding Graphics – Including full 3D disease models taking you closer to your plague than ever before, city-cams showing humanity’s struggle at street level, and the body scanner highlighting the full effect of your mutations, organ by organ.
- Deadly Data – Predict government responses with priority indicators, geek out with loads of new stats and graphs, and analyse your best strategies with end-of-game replays.
Plague Inc: Evolved will be available on Steam Early Access on February 20.
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Tagged Plague Inc: Evolved
New Releases: Bravely Default, Fable Anniversary, The Lego Movie, More
This week’s New Releases Report kicks off with the long-awaited 3DS RPG Bravely Default. If you like your RPGs Japanese and old school, you’ll want to give Bravely Default a look. And in fact, the game is a semi-sequel to another throwback RPG, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light. And speaking of throwback RPGs, Microsoft plans to release Fable Anniversary, their Xbox 360 remake of Fable and Fable: The Lost Chapters, this week.
Also available this week is the “Videogame” adaptation of The Lego Movie. You can hear a Lego version of Chris Pratt say “awesome” a lot on the 3DS, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Xbox One.
Finally, a trio of PC simulation games will soon be available for your purchasing pleasure including Civilization V: The Complete Edition, Airport Simulator 2014, and Professional Farmer 2014.
Posted in 3DS, News, PC, PS3, PS4, Vita, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged Bravely Default: Where the Fairy Flies, Fable Anniversary, The Lego Movie
Releasing’s as easy as breathing… Rambo: The Game to be released in EU in February
He’s no tourist and Reef Entertainment has announced that John Rambo will make his grand return to video games next month. Rambo: The Video Game will be released throughout Europe on February 21 for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. The game will be released in North America sometime in March (Amazon says March 25).
Rambo: The Video Game will follow everyone’s favorite one man army as he tears his way through a game adaptation of First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II, and Rambo III. To create the most authentic Rambo experience possible, Reef has packed Rambo: The Video Game with voice clips featuring Sylvester Stallone as Rambo and the late Richard Crenna as Colonel Trautman from all three films. The publisher will also include musical selections from each movie’s soundtrack in the game.
If you live in Europe, you can pre-order Rambo: The Video Game now. In addition to the game, you’ll receive two three-inch Rambo action figures based on the character’s appearance in First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II.
Nothing is over! But sadly, this news article is.