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Epic will unveil Unreal Engine 4 at GDC behind closed doors

Posted on February 28, 2012 by John Scalzo

Two weeks ago, Epic’s Mark Rein told the world that the developer would reveal their Unreal Engine 4 sometime in 2012. Apparently he meant “really really soon” as the company has confirmed that the Unreal Engine 4 will make its worldwide debut at this year’s Game Developers Conference.

Naturally, the Unreal Engine 4 will be shown off “behind closed doors” during the March 5-9 industry gathering. Epic is also asking prospective clients to sign a non-disclosure agreement before viewing the UE4 demo, so I’m not getting my hopes up too high about learning something new about the next-generation graphics engine.

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NCAA Football 13 drafts Robert Griffin III for cover

Posted on February 27, 2012 by John Scalzo

Robert Griffin III had a good weekend.

The quarterback from Baylor put on an amazing show at this weekend’s NFL Scouting Combine and, this morning, EA Sports announced he’ll be the cover athlete for NCAA Football 13.

But unlike at the Combine, Griffin will have to share the spotlight when NCAA Football 13 is released in July for the PS3 and Xbox 360 as EA also announced that a fan vote for a second cover athlete will begin on March 12. Voting will take place on the NCAA Football Facebook Page where fans will be able to select one of eight former Heisman Trophy winners to accompany Griffin:

  • Marcus Allen (RB – University of Southern California)
  • Doug Flutie (QB – Boston College)
  • Eddie George (RB – Ohio State University)
  • Desmond Howard (WR – University of Michigan)
  • Barry Sanders (RB – Oklahoma State University)
  • Herschel Walker (RB – University of Georgia)
  • Charlie Ward (QB – Florida State University)
  • Andre Ware (QB – University of Houston)

My money’s on Sanders, but I’d love to see Flutie win.

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Mass Effect 3 goes live action with new “Fight” trailer

Posted on February 27, 2012 by John Scalzo

BioWare has released another trailer for Mass Effect 3, but this one’s different… it’s live action! If you watched last night’s episode of “The Walking Dead,” you’ve already seen it. But if not, prepare to fight and “Take Earth Back” by watching the above video.

Mass Effect 3 will be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on March 6. But you knew that already.

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New Releases: SSX, Binary Domain, Devil Survivor 2, More

Posted on February 25, 2012 by John Scalzo

With Sony’s Vita launch behind us, the rest of the video game world closes out February with a few big releases:

OK, that last one was a joke. You can check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)

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RE: Operation Raccoon City brutalizes the PC on May 18; new trailer released

Posted on February 24, 2012 by John Scalzo

According to Capcom, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will be absolutely brutal. And if this new trailer is anything to go by, they’re right. Allow me to channel my inner Joe Bob Briggs for a second here as I catalog all the carnage…

We’ve got exploding zombies, flaming zombies, stabbed zombies, headshots, kneeshots, throat slashes, ninja-fu, bra-fu, and kicking-a-mutant-in-the-balls-fu. If Joe Bob Briggs were still on the air, I’m sure he’d say “Check it out!”

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on March 20 with a PC version to follow on May 18.

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Sony bringing standalone Killzone 3 Multiplayer to PSN

Posted on February 24, 2012 by John Scalzo

Well this is interesting.

Sony and developer Guerrilla Games have announced that a standalone download of the Killzone 3 multiplayer mode will be added to the PSN next week. Not surprisingly, it’ll be titled Killzone 3 Multiplayer. But surprisingly, it’ll be completely free.

And don’t assume this is some stripped-down demo version either. Killzone 3 Multiplayer is the real deal and contains the Guerrilla Warfare, Warzone and Operations game modes, as well as the original Killzone 3 maps and all the DLC maps.

But of course, there’s always a catch. In the case of Killzone 3 Multiplayer, it’s that level progression will stop once youreaches Sergeant I. So if you want to advance past that point (or take a crack at the four exclusive Trophies the download offers), you’ll have to pony up $15.

But still, as I said, this is very interesting indeed.

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New Amazing Spider-Man trailer reveals Rhino, June 26 release date

Posted on February 24, 2012 by John Scalzo

When you think of Spider-Man’s greatest villains, The Rhino is not usually a name that comes to mind. So naturally, developer Beenox gave him the Bane treatment in their game adaptation of The Amazing Spider-Man.

In addition to a very menacing Rhino and a creepy soundtrack, the new trailer above also reveals that The Amazing Spider-Man will be available in stores on June 26 for the 3DS, DS, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360.

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Jet Set Radio grinding onto PSN, XBLA this year

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Nicole Kline

This tiny teaser trailer over at Sega’s blog announced that an HD remake of Jet Set Radio will be the next Dreamcast game to come to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this year. Who isn’t excited about this?

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