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Most Recent: Xbox 360
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim DLC expansions coming to Xbox 360 first
In a move sure to surprise no one, Bethesda announced today that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim‘s first two DLC packs will be available first on the Xbox 360. It will be arriving on Live a full 30 days before being available elsewhere.
“If you’d like to be the first to break new ground in Skyrim,” the press release says, “Xbox Live is the only destination that won’t keep you waiting.”
Who isn’t tired of timed exclusivity? Raise your hand, so I can punch you.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
New Halo: Anniversary Multiplayer Maps, Stereoscopic 3D Mode announced
Halo Fest has been host to some announcements about Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary already. According to Major Nelson, 343 Industries announced three new maps, all of which are playable at Halo Fest. The maps are “Timberland,” “Prisoner,” and “Installation 04.” Also playable are several fan favorite maps, including “Damnation” and “Beaver Creek.”
The game will also be available in stereoscopic 3D, for those gamers fortunate and rich enough to own a 3D television. For those of you at Halo Fest, you can check it out in action this very weekend. For anyone who doesn’t already know, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary will be available November 15 for the Xbox 360.
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged Halo: Combat Evolved, PAX Prime 2011
Quantum Conundrum revealed by Square Enix
Square Enix has finally released the details on one of the new titles they’ve been working on, entitled Quantum Conundrum. Squenix has been working with Airtight Games and the co-creator of Portal, Kim Swift, to make this “quirky and engaging first-person platform puzzle game.” Set for release in early 2012, the game will be coming to the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
The game sounds pretty amazing so far:
In Quantum Conundrum, players take on the role of a young kid dropped off on his uncle’s doorstep for the weekend; his uncle just so happens to be the brilliant, eccentric inventor, Professor Fitz Quadwrangle. Upon entering the Professor’s vast manor home retrofitted with crazy technology to test his latest hypotheses, players quickly realize their uncle has gone missing. Fortunately, players soon gain access to Professor Quadwrangle’s latest invention, the Inter-Dimensional Shift Device, which, at the press of a button, will shift the world around them to an entirely new dimension. In order to find him, players must use the newly found IDS Device to dynamically change the world to and from a variety of different dimensions to progress through the complicated Quadwrangle Manor. While on the journey, becoming adept at utilizing the various dimensions will help them trek from one bizarre and challenging room to the next. It might sound easy enough, but it is a tall order for a kid in a giant puzzle of a manor!
If you’re at PAX this weekend, be sure to check out their exclusive panel on Saturday, August 27 at 7:00 p.m. in the Pegasus Room.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged PAX Prime 2011, Quantum Conundrum
Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 3 announced – FOR REAL
No, this is not a drill, or a joke, or a test of any sort. The third episode of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, HAS JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED. If you knew me very well, you would know that I do not joke about these things, and that this is a thing that I have been wishing for. The Penny Arcade team will be joining forces with Zeboyd Games to make this happen. Episode 3 will launch in 2012 on “as many systems [as possible].”
Robert Khoo – who mentioned on Facebook that they had quite a few new projects coming out – said, “We originally had the idea of an NES-style RPG last year, but we couldn’t find the right people to do it. After we saw Zeboyd’s Breath of Death VII and Cthulhu Saves the World, we knew we didn’t have to look around anymore. Zeboyd was a perfect match.”
Now please pardon me whilst I faint. *vapors*
Posted in Mobile, News, PC, Xbox 360
Tagged PAX Prime 2011, Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3
Halo 4’s Warthog pulls into Forza 4’s garage
Dubbed “car porn” by more than one commentator, Forza Motorsport 4‘s Autovista Mode is a Kinect-powered look inside some of the world’s coolest cars. And also some of the coolest cars that aren’t even of this world. That’s right, the new Warthog that the Master Chief will drive in next year’s Halo 4 will be available to ogle in Forza Motorsport 4.
Turn 10 has stressed that you won’t be able to drive the heavy duty vehicle in the game, but if you want a closer look at the Chief’s ride, the trailer above is definitely for you.
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged Forza Motorsport 4, Halo 4, PAX Prime 2011
THQ wants you to pick who graces the cover of UFC Undisputed 3
THQ and sports promoter Zuffa, LLC are letting fans pick who gets to be on the cover of UFC Undisputed 3. Voters have from 6 AM PT on August 26 to 12 PM PT on September 30 to choose from the following UFC stars:
- Frank Edgar
- Jon Jones
- Anderson Silva
- Georges St. Pierre
- Cain Velasquez
Voting will also enter fans into a sweepstakes to win tickets for a live UFC event in the future. Let your voice be heard! The only foreseeable downside to this promotion is that you can’t vote for a fighter’s hairstyle and color like BioWare allows.
Go to UFC.com/ufcundisputed3 to vote now!
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged UFC Undisputed 3
Sega officially laces up Sonic CD for PC, PSN, XBLA, mobile devices
A few days after Sonic’s CD adventure was inadvertently revealed by Major Nelson, Sega has officially announced that Sonic CD will be coming to the PC, PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in late 2011. The game will also be available for mobile platforms including iPhone, iPad, Windows Phone and Android.
Featuring the first appearances of Amy Rose and Metal Sonic, the Sonic CD port will include widescreen graphics, the original Japanese soundtrack, special iOS features, Achievements/Trophies and the same story every Sonic fan knows and loves:
Following the classic story of the original, Sonic CD sees Dr. Eggman plan to cause chaos and take control of the future by stealing Time Stones from the Little Planet. Sonic must speed through levels and travel through time while fending off Eggman’s robots to recover the Time Stones, and save Amy Rose from his mechanical twin, Metal Sonic!
Sonic CD will make its public debut this weekend at PAX Prime. The game (actually, the XBLA version) will be available to play at the Microsoft booth.
Fallout: New Vegas antes up Lonesome Road DLC on September 20
Fallout: New Vegas fans who are still looking for excuses to wander the wastes might be glad to know that the fourth (and final) DLC pack, Lonesome Road, will be dropping September 20th on Xbox Live, the PlayStation Network, and Steam.
Lonesome Road will feature a quest in which your character is sent to the Divide, a place riddled with canyons, earthquakes, and hurricanes. The person who sends you into this brochure-worthy locale is a man named Ulysses, the original Courier Six. The Bethesda Blog says, “It’s up to you whether you take the job or not,” but if you’re already paying for the DLC, you might as well accept the quest.
If that wasn’t enough to sate your New Vegas thirst, Bethesda has also announced that two more DLC packs will be released on September 27th: Courier’s Stash and Gun Runners’ Arsenal. Both packs promise to boost your arsenal.
The Courier’s Stash bundles all of the game’s pre-order incentives (the Caravan Pack, Classic Pack, Mercenary Pack and Tribal Pack) together in order to augment your equipment while the Gun Runners’ Arsenal offers a bevy of new weapons, mods, ammo types, and recipes.
With these three DLC packs combined, you should be able to outfit your Courier well enough to make him or her the killing-est damn thing the west ever saw.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Fallout: New Vegas