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BioShock Infinite’s ‘Columbia’ to be detailed at PAX East

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Ah, PAX. It’s so close! But announcements like these make it seem so far away. The first public discussion of BioShock Infinite will be taking place this Friday from 5-6 PM in the Manticore Theatre at this year’s Penny Arcade Expo (East). Irrational Games’ Creative Director Ken Levine, Art Director Nate Wells, Lead Artist Shawn Robertson, and Senior Effects Artist Stephen Alexander will sit down to discuss the highly imaginative setting for Bioshock Infinite, the floating city of Columbia. The team will be spilling the beans on the creative process, how they arrived at a floating city, and inspirations for the game. I’d imagine they’d be taking questions as well.

If you want to be heard, be sure to line up early as this one’s expected to fill up almost immediately. You can also stop by the Irrational Games booth in the north lobby of the convention center (they might just mean near the 2K section, which is 950 and 936 at the Expo Hall) to get yourself some free swag, talk to the devs, and get them to sign your stuff. From 10-11:45am on all three days you can enter a raffle to win one of three splicer masks. It’s certainly going to be a special event, but if you ask me, floating cities are so 90’s Final Fantasy.

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Operation Flashpoint shifts focus with new Red River trailer

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

It’s not the war they wanted, but the war they must fight. After the Marines were dispatched to suppress an insurgency force in Tajikistan, they now have to go toe to toe with China’s infamous People’s Liberation Army. What began with your stereotypical contemporary American operation now has our forces “confronted by a foe equal in technology but vastly superior in numbers.” Some of the animations may look a little dated, but the game certainly delivers on its promises of realistic and immersive gameplay. Check out the new trailer for Operation Flashpoint: Red River above.

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution coming August 23

Posted on March 8, 2011 by John Scalzo

Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the latest entry in the critically acclaimed series, has finally been given a release date by publisher Square Enix. North American gamers will be able to pick up the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 title on August 23 while UK gamers will have to wait until August 26.

The news comes courtesy of developer Eidos Montreal’s Twitter feed. Ironically, if the game had met it’s original release date, it would have arrived on store shelves today, March 8.

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Free DLC for PES 2011 coming March 15

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

Soccer fans, you got the best kind of DLC coming your way – the free kind. Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 will contain a free pack on March 15. Team updates include Winter transfers and movements up to the end of the January transfer window for 135 Club teams, Spain’s new team kit and Sweden’s national team’s away kit. Also included are ten new boot styles from Adidas, Nike, Puma and Umbro. Sounds like some nice free swag, compliments of Konami.

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Alice: Madness Returns gets a gameplay trailer, kinda freaky

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Mike Gutierrez

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.

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Hackers beware! CoD: Modern Warfare 2 getting patched

Posted on March 7, 2011 by John Scalzo

Hackers beware, your days of hacking Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to shreds on the PS3 are numbered. Robert Bowling, Infinity Ward’s Community Manager, has revealed on the company’s official forum that a “title update [that] will address security issues that have affected online play” will be made available to PS3 players worldwide on March 8. PC and Xbox 360 owners will also receive the patch, however a release date has not determined.

Keeping out the hackers isn’t the only purpose of this patch, according to Bowling it’ll also “address a small geo exploit on the map Fuel, which players exploited in order to get inside a rock on the outskirts of the map.”

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Battle: Los Angeles gets downloadable game

Posted on March 6, 2011 by John Scalzo

Few movies get turned into games nowadays, but Konami has decided to buck that trend and bring a game based on Battle: Los Angeles to the PC, PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this month. Developed by Saber Interactive, the game will be a first person shooter where players will “fight alongside characters from the film and defend the city of Los Angeles from attacks from unknown forces.”

While the game may be scaled down to fit inside a downloadable package, the action looks and sounds like anything but (just check out the trailer above):

Battle: Los Angeles is a high-end fast and frantic first-person shooter game that will take players through a single player campaign that mirrors the upcoming feature film. Players will assume the role of a Marine fighting against a worldwide alien invasion that has the city of Los Angeles as the major battleground and focal point for the game. Players will battle unique and varied enemies, using an arsenal of weapons throughout the game like an assault rifle, sniper rifle, rocket launcher, frag grenades, and a turret gun as they navigate the streets of Los Angeles avoiding fierce and relentless attacks. Aside from high-caliber fire fighting combat, destructible environments have been included using the Havok Destruction Module, which will allow players to destroy scaffolding structures, vehicles and overpasses to eliminate enemy forces. With unlockable content, trophy support, and 5.1 surround sound, Battle: Los Angeles will pull players deep into the heart of the battle to save mankind.

Battle: Los Angeles opens in theaters on March 11.

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Call of Juarez: The Cartel trailer rides into town

Posted on March 6, 2011 by John Scalzo

While Techland blew everyone away with their Dead Island trailer a few weeks ago, the developer is also hard at work on Call of Juarez: The Cartel for Ubisoft. The Cartel brings the Call of Juarez series into the present day with a gangland tale of drugs set amidst the franchise’s familar western trappings.

In fact, the game begins with the creation of a posse (including Ben McCall, a descendant of Ray McCall from the original Call of Juarez) that plans to hunt down the drugrunners that are terrorizing the US.

The third Call of Juarez will include three-player co-op throughout a “deep and gritty storyline” that touches down in Los Angeles, Arizona, New Mexico and Juarez. A variety of missions (including punitive raids, witness protection, undercover stings and car chases) will keep things interesting on the dusty trail along with a “twist” to the co-op that Ubisoft plans to reveal soon. If I had to guess, I’d say that’s a very big hint that one of the law enforcement agents will secretly have been working for the cartel the entire time.

But I don’t know for sure. However, I do know that Ubisoft plans to reveal more about the game’s multiplayer modes in the near future and plans to release Call of Juarez: The Cartel this Summer for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.

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