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Most Recent: PS3
SOCOM 4 multiplayer beta opens for PlayStation Plus users today
It’s on. While many of us will be knee deep in Crysis 2, more tactical shooter fans, third person enthusiasts, and PlayStation elitists will be overcome with joy to play the multiplayer beta for SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy Seals. PlayStation Plus subscribers get a little value added today when the PlayStation Store updates with the download.
The beta includes all four game modes on two maps, in both standard and classic matchmaking. Plus subscribers will be joining the lucky players who got to participate in the private beta, where a few custom types were also available. Hopefully we’ll get to play those, too.
The beta for Killzone 3 purchasers begins next week, followed by an open beta for all PSN users the week after that, and the full version of SOCOM 4 releases for the PlayStation 3 on April 19.
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Tagged SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs
Sony outlines PlayStation 3 2011 3D strategy in awesomely long graphic
Click the graphic to the left. Seriously, do it. There, you’ll find a list of some of the bigger experiences coming in 3D to the PlayStation 3 throughout the year, as well as interesting statistics. Did you know 20% of the downloads for the Killzone 3 single player demo were in 3D? Either there’s more 3DTV’s out there than we thought or only technophiles are into Killzone.
The other, and my personal favorite stat, was how in one week alone, over 83,000 technopervs downloaded Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2011: The 3-D Experience Exclusive Sneak Peek. That’s a lot of sticky DualShocks.
Sony is billing 2011 as The Year of 3D on the PlayStation 3 System. That’s a far cry from The Year of the PS3, but I suppose it’ll do.
Crysis 2 launch trailer urges you to be the weapon, save New York
Amidst media fanboyism and controversial comparisons, Crysis 2 is indeed out today for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. Accompanying the game’s release is a launch trailer, sporting some of the dramatic moments of the story, praise from publications, and even some gameplay, probably running smoother than most of us will actually experience. Personally, I’m looking forward to tearing open the game tonight myself and getting lost in the multiplayer, hopefully getting a full review out by the end of the week.
Mass Effect universe expanding with more comics later this year
If you enjoyed last year’s run of Dark Horse’s adaptation on Bioware’s Mass Effect series, or their work to recap the original game on the PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 (which we thought worked), you’re getting more crossover goodness in 2011. On a panel last Friday about Video Game Comics, Dark Horse representative Jeremy Atkins revealed that a new series is indeed in the works, due out later this year. They also confirmed that a comic series for Star Wars: The Old Republic is in the works, and writers from Bioware will be the ones penning the story.
The increasingly popular journey from video games to comics has been a rough one in the last few years, but from what I’ve gathered the Mass Effect crossover was a nice exception to the disappointing rule. Hopefully we won’t be let down and the new comics will pleasantly supplement the universe, along with Mass Effect 3 when it hits PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 this holiday season.
Stacking DLC coming early next month
Stacking is one of our favorite digital titles to have kicked off 2011, so we’re understandably delighted to learn that the game will be getting a DLC add-on entitled The Lost Hobo King. This episode sees Charlie helping his artistically-inclined hobo friend Levi and his Uncle Rufus find the fragmented pieces of the lost crown so that Rufus may ascend to the throne of Hobo. The all new environment and story come with new challenges, hi-jinks, over fifteen new dolls, and trophies/achievements. No word on pricing or specific dating, but the pack will come to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in early April.
That’s pretty soon, so if you haven’t checked out Stacking yet, be sure to get the demo or read our review linked above.
Ratchet & Clank: All-4-One gets a story trailer
Are you just itching to learn some story details about Ratchet & Clank: All-4-One? Well take a look at the trailer above and have your curiosity satisfied. The Ratchet & Clank series has always been known for its story and it doesn’t look like Insomniac plans to disappoint their fans with All-4-One.
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Tagged Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
PixelJunk Shooter 2 Review: Delve Deeper with this Sequel
PixelJunk Shooter 2 is the latest downloadable PlayStation Network game from Q-Games. This multidirectional shooter is a sequel to the first game, which was one of my favorites of 2009. Shooter 2 was promising, touting new game mechanics and a continuation of the simple storyline they’d started in the first game. But could it live up to the long wait, and fill the shoes as the first official PixelJunk sequel? (more…)
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Tagged PixelJunk Shooter 2
Prey 2 purported to be a mash-up of lots of popular games
On the heels of the live action Prey 2 trailer, UK magazine Game Reactor has even more details for us. According to MTV’s Multiplayer Blog, the game will feature parkour like Mirror’s Edge, environmental scope akin to Assassin’s Creed 2, combat similar to Killzone, a loot system kindred to Borderlands, and thankfully that’s all they said in the article, because I’m out of synonyms for “like” at this point. Oh, and a Human Head Studios producer said, “If the first ‘Prey‘ was the Luke Skywalker version of the story, ‘Prey 2‘ is Boba Fett’s story.”
So we’ve got parkour in a giant environment with bad-ass combat and loot systems, and we’re also going to be switching gears from the equivalent of the whiny farmer to the bounty hunter? It sounds too good to be true, until you consider they’re canning any multiplayer in favor of focusing everything on a “more robust single-player campaign.” The idea there is they don’t want to compete with all the other great multiplayer games out there – but can they compete with the single-player campaigns? With this intense amount of video game culture all tossed together like the Prince rolling up a giant Katamari ball, it’s either going to be a beautiful star in the sky or a complete disaster.