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A cop, a wrestler, and a porn star walk into the Saints Row 3 voice cast
It sounds like the beginnings of a bad joke, doesn’t it? And yet, that is the perfect description of the newly announced voice cast for THQ’s Saints Row: The Third.
Daniel Dae Kim, known to Saints Row fans everywhere as the voice of Johnny Gat, will reprise his role in The Third. In the new game, Gat has become “the face of high class crime,” which is a far cry from Kim’s appearances as Jin on “Lost” and Chin Ho on “Hawaii Five-0.”
The wrestler is none other than Hulk Hogan. The Hulkster will fill the (thankfully) yellow boots of Angel De LaMuerte, a legendary professional wrestler. According to THQ, Angel was “betrayed by his former tag-team partner Killbane, now the merciless leader of the Lucadores street gang.” To exact his revenge, he teams up with the Saints.
Finally, the porn star is none other than Sasha Grey. Surprisingly, the “Entourage” star won’t be playing a porn star (THQ refers to her as just “Actress Sasha Grey” in the press release). Instead, she’ll lend her voice to Viola DeWynter, the mastermind behind The Syndicate’s financial empire.
So anyway. A cop, a wrestler and a porn star walk into a bar and the bartender says…
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, Saints Row: The Third
James Bond will officially return! GoldenEye 007 Reloaded announced by Activision
We first saw the leaked screenshots for an HD edition of GoldenEye 007 yesterday and they were pretty impressive. Today, Activision has officially announced GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, an HD remake of last year’s GoldenEye 007 remake on the Wii. They’ve also released the first trailer for the game, which you can view above.
Once again developed by Eurocom, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded will be available on the PS3 and Xbox 360 this Fall. The re-remake is being built with an all-new engine and will include PlayStation Move support.
Reloaded will add several new features that weren’t found on last year’s Wii game including “Mi6 Ops Missions,” a challenge mode that asks players to complete different Assault, Elimination, Stealth and Defense objectives.
But what about the multiplayer? Well, Activision has promised to include four-player splitscreen and plans to double the number of online players (from 8 to 16). The multiplayer mode will also include “more maps, weapons, characters and game modes than ever before.”
Oh yes, James Bond will definitely return.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
El Shaddai pushed back to August
Ignition’s ambitious biblical beat ’em up, El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, had originally been scheduled for a July 26 release on the PS3 and Xbox 360. Unfortunately, the development gods (via Twitter) have declared “let there be a delay” and the game, which is based on the apocryphal Book of Enoch, will now be released on August 16…
the rumors are true… El Shaddai’s U.S. date slips to 8.16.11, but “Don’t Worry, Everything’s Fine.”
Destructoid caught up with the developers at Ignition and got them to elaborate slightly on the delay. Apparently, “unforeseen logistical issues” are being blamed for the delay.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
Daily Scoop: Wednesday, July 20 – Every day should end with kittens
On my way home from work yesterday, I passed by a kitten adoption that was going down right on the street from someone’s car, and I got to hold two 1-month-old kittens. They were so sweet and tiny and lovable! And if I didn’t have two jealous cats, I probably would have brought one of them home. As it stands, I had to make due with just cuddling them. And I think everyone would be happier if their evening commute included holding sweet baby kittens!
Anyway! Back on track! Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is Nintendo’s Kirby’s Epic Yarn for the Wii! It’s on sale for $29.99, which in the grand scheme of how often big Nintendo classics actually go on sale, is a pretty good deal. Pick it up if you like cute things and haven’t been able to love on any kittens lately!
Also worth noting is the crazy PSN sale happening right now. The most insane part of it is that you can get Borderlands and all of the expansions for $14.99, which is absolutely absurd. Buy this immediately if you do not have this game! It’s complete and total robbery, as in you are robbing them blind. This is a steal at twice the price! They’ve also got deals on two other 2K games – BioShock 2 and Mafia 2. You can get the DLC bundles for $10.99 and $14.99, respectively. Damn.
No game-related shirts today, but I have a fondness for today’s Tee Fury, which is called “Master’s Ruin,” and is described as a He-Man/Sailor Jerry mashup: (more…)
Posted in Daily Scoop, Etcetera, News, PS3, Wii
Limbo, Final Fantasy Tactics PSP added to PSN; big sale on Borderlands GOTY bundle
The atmospheric puzzle-platformer Limbo was added to the PlayStation Store yesterday. It’ll be joined by light gun shooter Fast Draw Showdown, the zombie defending sim Dead Block, and a pair of NeoGeo classics: Baseball Stars 2 and The King of Fighters ’95. Both NeoGeo titles can be downloaded on the PSP as well.
Also available this week is Kyuiin, a wild PSone Import where you control a sentient vacuum in a side-scrolling shooter battle against dirt. On the PSP side of things, Square Enix has added Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions to the PlayStation Store.
Finally, if you’re a Borderlands fan, or even if you’re not, you might want to know that all Borderlands content will be 50% off this week. And if you’ve never played Borderlands, the store has an even better deal: The Borderlands: Game of the Year bundle for just $14.99! That’s the original game and all four expansions, a package that goes for $60 regularly. Whoa!
Hit the jump for more details on all of this week’s releases and check out the PlayStation.Blog for a complete list of this week’s add-on content and PlayStation Plus perks. (more…)
GoldenEye 007: Reloaded screenshots emerge for HD consoles
Activision hinted at it, then they registered it, then they suggested they may be bringing it to Comic-Con. Now it seems more likely: last year’s GoldenEye 007 for the Wii is probably coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (and maybe PC) as GoldenEye 007: Reloaded. Gaming Everything stumbled on a series of screenshots, one of which you see left, depicting a high definition port of last year’s remake of the legendary GoldenEye 64. Head on over for a nice set of juicy images that you’re not supposed to see.
The game’s looking pretty good and will most likely be out by the end of this year. I haven’t gotten a chance to check out the Wii version, but I imagine it’ll be pretty awkward to play a reimagining of one of Nintendo’s most celebrated titles on my PS3.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded
Activision announces star-studded voice casts for Spider-Man: Edge of Time, X-Men Destiny
Activision has dug deep into their corporate pocketbook to pull out the Hollywood voice talent that’ll headline Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men Destiny this Fall.
Spider-Man: Edge of Time will star Josh Keaton as The Amazing Spider-Man and Christopher Daniel Barnes as Spider-Man 2099. They will be joined by Val Kilmer as Walker Sloan (a mad scientist in the 2099 universe), Laura Vandervoort (Lisa on “V”) as Mary Jane Watson and Katee Sackhoff as the Black Cat. Interestingly enough, her “Battlestar Galactica” castmate, Tricia Helfer, voiced the character in 2008’s Spider-Man: Web of Shadows.
For X-Men Destiny, Activision has enlisted the voice talents of three sci-fi veterans. Milo Ventimiglia (“Heroes”), Jamie Chung (Sucker Punch) and Scott Porter (“Caprica”) will play three all-new mutant characters: Grant Alexander, Aimi Yoshida and Adrian Luca.
“These amazing casts of talented Hollywood actors help bring the rich storylines of Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men Destiny to life,” said Vicharin Vadakan, Director of Marketing, Activision Publishing. “Players this fall will get to control the destiny of their own mutants or save Spider-Man and through this voice talent feel like they are part of the action.”
Playable demos of Spider-Man: Edge of Time and X-Men Destiny will be available at this weekend’s Comic-Con in San Diego.
Posted in 3DS, DS, News, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, Spider-Man: Edge of Time, X-Men Destiny
Darksiders II developer calls PS3 a “pain in the ass”
The PlayStation 3 has come a long way since launching in 2006. It has built a substantial library of blockbuster exclusives, the PSN has grown close to parity with Xbox Live, and most titles coming out look just as good if not better than their 360 counterparts. That doesn’t mean they’ve gotten any easier to make, though.
Speaking with Eurogamer, Darksiders II Game Director Marvin Donald described the PS3 as a “pain in the ass to work on.” Donald went on to say, “there are some things you just can’t do, or you have to do differently. Yeah, it’s a pain.”
It’s hard to argue with the results the PS3 architecture has produced, but I think we all hope that the PlayStation 4 will be a little easier to develop on.
Posted in News, PS3
Tagged Darksiders II