Freakyforms gets wild in this week’s Nintendo Download

Posted on November 10, 2011 by John Scalzo

Get funky and freaky with this week’s Nintendo Download as The Big N has released their creature-creator game Freakyforms for the 3DS. Or, if you’d prefer to fill your new handheld with more high brow pursuits, a video of the “Ballad of the Goddess” from the Legend of Zelda Symphony concert is also available to download.

Check out the full list of this week’s new games right here:

Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive! (3DS eShop) – Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive! makes it easy for players of any age or artistic skill level to create bizarre and bubbly creatures and bring them to life.

Castle Conqueror: Heroes (DSiWare) – You were once a great soldier. By joining a leader named Veronica in a campaign to free imprisoned citizens of the Green Planet, your objective is to drive The Empire out once and for all.

Step Up! (WiiWare) – Step Up! brings you professional trainers and specialized aerobic step workouts to help you burn all the calories you ever dreamed of burning.

Bloons Tower Defense (DSiWare) – It’s time once again to achieve total Bloon popping satisfaction, this time in the form of classic twoer defense. With an army of dart monkeys and a multitude of towers and weapons at your disposal can you pop all of the bloons before they escape?

More details on all of these titles can be found within the Nintendo Download weekly newsletter.

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Dragon Age: Redemption Episode 5 brings the mercenaries together

Posted on November 10, 2011 by John Scalzo

Episode 5 of Felicia Day’s “Dragon Age: Redemption” webseries is here and it finally brings all of the mercenaries together in an episode titled (what else?) Mercenaries. Watch as the four bring down the house in an early battle sequence and continue their adventure looking for the rogue Saarebas.

And in case you missed it, the fourth episode, “Nyree,” is available after the break.

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Black Friday Game Deals 2011: Walmart

Posted on November 10, 2011 by John Scalzo

Black Friday is two weeks away (November 25, mark your calendars) and retailers have begun releasing their annual Black Friday sales circulars.

Walmart is first out of the gate with a bevy of sales on some of this year’s biggest titles including Battlefield 3, Batman: Arkham City, FIFA Soccer 12, InFamous 2, Forza Motorsport 4, and Gears of War 3 for $28 apiece. And if you’re not convinced the Vita will blow your mind but you still want to play some Sony handheld games, Walmart is selling the PSP-3000 for under 100 bucks. They also have an amazing deal on an Xbox 360 console + Kinect bundle.

Hit the jump for the full details on that deal and all the rest of Walmart’s sale-priced games.

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The Simpsons Arcade Game rated by Australian ratings board

Posted on November 9, 2011 by John Scalzo

Have a cow man! The Simpsons Arcade Game is finally (it was originally released in 1991!) getting a proper port on modern day consoles. The announcement was leaked by a recent rating on the Australian Classification Board website, which also reveals a few choice bits of information.

The Simpsons Arcade Game will be published by Konami (who also created the original arcade game) and developed by Backbone Entertainment (who also ported Konami’s classic X-Men Arcade). A PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade release wasn’t confirmed, but it seems likely. The rating certificate also mentions online play.

Since the show’s debut in 1989, more than 20 “Simpsons” video games have been released, but the arcade game has never received a proper port. A PC version was released in the early 90s, but it just wasn’t the same (remember when PCs were less capable than consoles?).

I can’t wait to be an underachiever (and proud of it) again.

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Fusion: Genesis added to XBLA today

Posted on November 9, 2011 by John Scalzo

Today’s Xbox Live Arcade addition may have a generic-sounding name, but it couldn’t be more unique when it comes to gameplay. Developed by former members of Rare, Fusion: Genesis is said to combine elements of the space shooter and the MMORPG, a first for the XBLA:

Unravel a sinister conspiracy in a galaxy on the brink of civil war. Choose your side. Expose the truth. Become a hero. Follow six epic storylines as a trader, mercenary, peacekeeper, soldier, or seeker Explore an “always connected” dynamic environment Complete 100s of solo and co-op quests across 23 levels Fly over 100 ships with 1000s of upgrades Acquire 40 combat skills and 200 weapons Enjoy cooperative (1-4) and PvP (1-8) gameplay.

It’s available to download for 800 Microsoft Points ($10)

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THQ: Saints Row 4 in development, “wilder” than The Third

Posted on November 9, 2011 by John Scalzo

While it took Rockstar more than three years to announce a sequel to Grand Theft Auto IV, THQ is not wasting any time when it comes to the Saints Row series. Danny Bilson, the publisher’s Executive Vice President of Core Games, will appear on G4’s X-Play today where he will announce Saints Row 4. For those keeping score at home, Saints Row: The Third won’t be in stores until next week!

According to Bilson, “I already know what Saint’s Row 4 is about, and it is wilder than [Saints Row: The Third]. It’s a good example of how you take what you have and you say, ‘What can happen in the next?'”

Remember, Saints Row: The Third is a game where a fighter jet chases a porn star on a hoverbike (see the screenshot to your left) through the streets of a city controlled by pro wrestling mobsters… who use dildo-shaped baseball bats when they want to send a message.

Wilder than that? Hello “Adults Only” rating.

[Source: G4’s The Feed]

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Activision announces Call of Duty 9, multiple Blizzard titles for 2012

Posted on November 9, 2011 by John Scalzo

As Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launches to huge sales and nearly unanimous critical praise, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick is ready to announce the next entry in the series.

Speaking to investors today, Kotick said, “As we focus on 2012, we have a strong product pipeline which features a minimum of two highly-anticipated new titles from Blizzard Entertainment, including Diablo III, and a new Call of Duty game from Activision Publishing.”

As you can see, Kotick also confirmed that Blizzard will release several games in 2012, a rarity for them. And considering the developer’s full production plate, there are several possibilities for this second title including World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, and the free-to-play Blizzard DOTA.

I’m going to go out on a limb and “confirm” that Call of Duty 9 will be developed by Treyarch (it’s their turn as Modern Warfare 3 was an Infinity Ward game) and released in the first week of November 2012. Obviously, I’m a gambling man.

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Wii U might support multiple tablet controllers

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Brian Bishop

With the rise of online multiplayer gaming, sometimes I wonder about the loss of the days where four people could sit in a room and get some game on together. When Nintendo’s E3 Press Conference revealed that the Wii U would support only one controller per console, I thought this was the beginning of the end of single console multiplayer, and it made me sad.

But Nintendo says that they are working on it. A source that chose to remain anonymous told Develop that Nintendo is working to bypass the coding restrictions the system had in order to allow two controllers to work on the same system. But the source also said that we aren’t going to be having four controllers on the system like the old days any time soon. Apparently, it’s just outside of the systems capabilities to have more than two tablet controllers. The Wii U will suport four Wii Remotes in addition to the tablet controller for multiplayer.

Either way, Nintendo said last month that the Wii U would be shown in it’s final form at E3 2012, so our speculations will become reality by next year.

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