PSN Today: NCAA Football 13, Quantum Conundrum, Game of Thrones, more

Posted on July 10, 2012 by John Scalzo

This week’s PlayStation Store update is the perfect example of “something for everyone.” At least one of the eight games added to the store this week should make you giddy with excitement. And if not, I think your giddy bone may be broken. Best get that looked at.

There’s digital download versions of NCAA Football 13, Game of Thrones, and Get Up And Dance. There’s Kim Swift’s latest puzzle platformer, Quantum Conundrum. There’s the colorful RPG, Rainbow Moon, and the colorful arcade reboot, Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition.

Finally, there’s the PS2 Classic Hannspree Ten Kate Honda: SBK Superbike World and the PSP Mini Arcade Pool.

Hit the jump for more on everything you’ll find in this week’s PlayStation Store update.

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Daily Scoop: July 10, 2012 – Rhythm Fever

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Strange things are afoot this Tuesday! I’ve been reading about this strange game based in Paris, Rhythm Thief and the Emperor’s Treasure, and I’m frankly not sure what to think of it. It’s like a rhythm game… with a story… that is in France? Or something. I don’t know, but I’m intrigued!

There’s really not much going on deals-wise, unless you want to just check what I wrote yesterday. Everything except that sweet ModNation Racers: Road Trip is still available. Scoop ’em up!

What I do have for you are more game-related t-shirts – four total! Check them out after the jump!

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Dead Space 3 developers tell you how not to die in this 20-minute gameplay video

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Andrew Rainnie

Those of you eagerly anticipating the next title in the pant-staining Dead Space series should watch the above video as Executive Producer Steve Papoutsis narrates twenty minutes of glorious gameplay footage from Dead Space 3.

The footage takes place around Act Two of the game; assuming the chiseled Steve is using movie lingo, about a third of the way in. It appears to show Isaac and his partner Carver having survived a crash landing on the Hoth-esque ice planet Tau Volantis. The new hostile environment brings with it a host of new, scarier necromorphs for Isaac to dispose of with typical messy fashion.

Dead Space 3 will be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 in February 2013.

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Gearbox still grinding away at Brothers in Arms: Furious 4

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Andrew Rainnie

For those who were hoping for a Gearbox double bill of Borderlands 2 and Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 this year, you will be slightly disappointed, as the latter has now been pushed to 2013. However, it is not all bad news, as that means the game hasn’t been cancelled, as previously rumoured. According to Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, Furious 4 is still in development, and has “evolved” from what people are expecting:

“I think people are going to be surprised by what they’ll see, and it’s still evolving. One of the reasons why we’re not talking about it now is that it’s evolving and we need to make further changes before we can start talking about it.”

The premature speculation surrounding the game’s alleged demise seems to have been caused by a trademark application for the game was rejected. It has now been clarified that the initial rejection was granted to a joint application by both Gearbox and publisher Ubisoft. Gearbox has since filed for an individual trademark, which will hopefully pass through unhindered.

The World War II shooter is said to differ from its predecessors by injecting a hint of Borderlands craziness, with four zany soldiers tearing across Germany on a mission to take out Hitler. Whether or not the influence of Inglorious Basterds will still be there after the game’s “evolution” is something we will have to wait and see.

[Source: CVG]

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Miyamoto wants Metroid, Star Fox on Wii U

Posted on July 10, 2012 by John Scalzo

Just like all of their previous console launches, Nintendo is planning to pack the Wii U with new games from many of their biggest franchises including a new Mario game and Pikmin 3. And during this year’s E3 Expo, Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that a new Legend of Zelda game for the Wii U was in the “R&D stage.”

But the famed developer also wants to see a few other major franchises make an appearance on the company’s next console.

Speaking to IGN, Miyamoto revealed that his greatest wish is to create a new Star Fox game on the Wii U.

He also wants to to bring the Metroid series to the HD console:

“With Metroid it’s very easy to imagine some interesting implementation for Wii U. I think that having another screen with the gyro built in really gives you a lot of interesting opportunities for development, and we can bring a lot of our games to life in a completely unique way with that.”

“I feel like the possibilities of the GamePad for Metroid could be really fantastic. There’s certainly a lot that you could do there for that game.”

It’s important to note that Miyamoto didn’t say that either game was in development, just that he personally wants to work on them. To that I say… give the man what he wants!

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Check out this 15-minute Injustice gameplay video

Posted on July 9, 2012 by John Scalzo

Ed Boon made an appearance at this weekend’s Evo 2012 tournament to show off Injustice: Gods Among Us, NetherRealm’s DC Comics fighter that is currently scheduled for a 2013 release on the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U.

The Mortal Kombat creator demoed four characters: Superman, The Flash, Batman (voiced by Kevin Conroy!), and Solomon Grundy. In total, 24 character slots were visible during a quick glimpse of the selection screen. Each character takes plenty of inspiration from their comics counterpart and Boon was particularly keen to show Injustice’s destructible environments, multi-level arenas, hidden weapons, and the Clash System.

Most of these features have made appearances in many of NetherRealm’s previous games. But everything looks bigger and… dare I say it… more super in Injustice: Gods Among Us.

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High Moon’s Marvel game will star Hit-Monkey

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Andrew Rainnie

We’ll never know if it was a planned “leak” or a simple mistake, but the website HitMonkeyGame.com (now offline) has revealed the much rumoured Marvel character that High Moon Studios will be tackling for their next game, and it is bananas. Literally.

The site confirmed that the developer of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron will be bringing the little known character Hit-Monkey to the world of gaming. It is an odd, perhaps bold move, given that Hit-Monkey first appeared as recently as 2010 in a Marvel digital one-shot by comic book writer Daniel Way. The killer Japanese Macaque later appeared in a three-issue Deadpool story also written by Way and featuring everyone’s favourite wallcrawler, Spider-Man.

With a larger announcement scheduled for this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con, we’re sure to find out more soon. But the monkey is well and truly out the bag… unless High Moon is playing a nasty trick on the video games community and is secretly making the Deadpool game we are all dying for.

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Sony sets release date for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale; Heichachi and Sony Cat added

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Andrew Rainnie

Sony made two announcements about their Smash Bros.-like PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale this weekend. First, they’ve given it a release date of October 23 on the PS3 and Vita. They also revealed a nifty pre-order bonus: an exclusive bonus costume for every character. It’s just too bad only eight characters have been announced so far.

That leads to their second announcement though.

Sony has revealed two more characters that’ll be joining the Battle Royale roster: Tekken‘s Heihachi Mishima and Toro Inoue, better known to western gamers as the lovable Sony Cat.

More characters will be revealed soon, including at least one announcement during this week’s San Diego Comic-Con.

[Source: PlayStation Blog]

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