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New Batman: Arkham City Riddler trailer is kinda disturbing
We heard a few months back that the Riddler would be making an appearance in the upcoming Batman: Arkham City, but we had no clue how dark his portrayal was going to be. The video above captures a more disturbed vision of Edward Nigma, as well as some really brutal traps and machines. Batman: Arkham City releases for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on October 18.
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Tagged Batman: Arkham City
See the BioShock Infinite “Behind Closed Doors” E3 demo
BioShock Infinite cleaned up at this year’s E3 Game Critics Awards winning Best of Show, Best Original Game, Best PC Game and Best Action/Adventure Game.
BioShock Infinite won these awards on the back of a “Behind Closed Doors” demo provided by Irrational Games. Now, Ken Levine and the rest of Irrational has released the demo for public consumption and its easy to see why it won so many accolades.
BioShock Infinite is currently on track for a 2012 release on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. So hopefully we’ll get plenty more gameplay footage where this came from.
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Tagged BioShock Infinite
New Releases: NCAA Football 12, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, More
As the Player’s Association and the NFL slowing grind towards a deal to prevent the cancellation of the 2011-12 season, EA Sports wants to know if you’re ready for some college football as NCAA Football 12 will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 this week. Also available this week is the final entry game adaptation of a Harry Potter movie as EA plans to release Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 for the DS, PC, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360.
The final major release for this week is a game that’s actually five years old. It’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – 5th Anniversary Edition and it includes all the previously released DLC, both expansions and a coupon for $10 off this Fall’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)
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Tagged Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, NCAA Football 12
First F1 2011 gameplay trailer released
The first glimpse at the gameplay of the anticipated F1 2011 has arrived. New gameplay mechanics such as wheel to wheel racing, improved garage, paddock, pit lane and Parc Fermé cinematics are all shown off and looking pretty good. F1 2011 releases for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on September 23.
Modern Warfare 3 to include color blind option
One of the many controversies surrounding Modern Warfare 2 was that in multiplayer, teammates’ names appear over their heads in green while enemy names appear in red. If you’re color blind, this essentially means you’re screwed, doubly so if you enjoy Hardcore game modes (unless of course you like team-killing). As part of the “let’s appease everyone Infinity Ward drove away” initiative in Call of Duty: Black Ops, Treyarch included a color blind option for such players.
The trend continues, as the Sledgehammer blog confirms the feature returns in Modern Warfare 3. In response to a question from Nick, a color blind fan, Sledgehammer Vice President and COO writes, “start honing your MP skills, Nick. You won’t be able blame your red-green deficiency for all that friendly-fire come November 8th.”
Accessibility in gaming is a big new initiative; it’s good to see the bigger names in gaming getting with the program.
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Tagged Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Modders turn COD4 into Star Wars: Galactic Warfare
Do you still have a copy of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for the PC lying around? If the answer is yes, go download the Star Wars: Galactic Warfare total conversion mod right now. The mod recasts Call of Duty 4’s Marines, SAS soldiers and terrorists as Imperial Stormtroopers and Rebel Alliance members in an all-out battle for control of one of seven maps: “Mos Eisley,” “Bespin,” “Bestine,” “Not A Cave,” “Jundland,” “Jundland Dusk” and “Anchorhead.”
So what are you waiting for? Download the Galactic Warfare mod from the official site of developer BlackMonkeys.de now.
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Tagged Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Bethesda reveals Dishonored, a new FPS from Arkane Studios
Bethesda announced that they had acquired Arkane Studios at last year’s QuakeCon. Today, they’re finally ready to talk about the developer’s next project. Arkane Studios, with Raphael Colantonio (Arx Fatalis and Harvey Smith (Deus Ex) at the helm, will be bringing Dishonored to the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2012.
Publisher and developer had very little to say about Dishonored after that, but thankfully, they talked to Game Informer and the magazine plans to put the game on the cover of its August 2011 issue. Along with that cover story comes the first real description of the game:
Dishonored is the antithesis of a edge-of-your-seat roller-coaster ride. It’s a game about assassination where you don’t have to kill anyone. It’s a game about infiltration where you can set up traps and slaughter the entire garrison of an aristocrat’s mansion rather than sneak in. It’s a game about brutal violence where you can slip in and out of a fortified barracks with nobody ever knowing you were there. It’s a game about morality and player choice where the world you create is based on your actions, not navigating conversation trees.
Sounds intense. We’ll learn more when the August 2011 issue of Game Informer hits newsstands, which should be happening any day now.
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Tagged Dishonored
Michael Pachter predicts Duke Nukem Forever sales to disappoint
Industry analyst Michael Pachter is shoring up his sales prediction for the highly anticipated Duke Nukem Forever, and it’s not good. Originally expected to sell roughly three million copies in its first quarter, The Pach is now tempering that expectation to 1.5 million. While that would be a respectable number for most games, it’s seen as quite underwhelming for a series with such a legendary place in gaming, not to mention over a decade of hype. The lukewarm critical reception seems to be responsible for a lot of the game’s troubles.
“We had previously expected Duke to be one of the year’s top sellers due to a high degree of hype and a dedicated fan base, and expected solid profit contribution as the bulk of development had been previously expensed,” said Pachter in a note to investors. “However, the game’s poor reviews (average Metacritic score of 49) likely had a negative impact on sales, causing us to lower our [first quarter] sell-in estimate to 1.5 million units from 3 million units.”
It isn’t all bad for Take Two, who bet on Duke, as L.A. Noire‘s success at retail has been well documented.
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Tagged Duke Nukem Forever