Daily Scoop: August 17, 2011 – GAMESCOM!

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Well hello there, Gamescom. You snuck up on me and punched me in the head with a lot of awesome new trailers. Oh yeah, and a Vita Resistance game that looks sexy as hell. And and and *head explodes*

Anyway, Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games today is all Disney! Disney Epic Mickey is $17.99 and Guilty Party and Toy Story 3 The Video Game are $14.99, all on the Wii, while Tron: Evolution is $19.99 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Scoop ’em up!

And there are two awesome gaming shirts up today! Hit the jump for more info:

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Batman adds 3D support for Arkham City to his utility belt

Posted on August 17, 2011 by John Scalzo

The addition of anaglyphic 3D support was one of the major selling points for the Game of the Year Edition of Batman: Arkham Asylum. Batman: Arkham City will go one better and include both stereoscopic 3D support (for those with 3DTVs) and anaglyphic 3D support (for those who don’t mind the red and blue paper glasses).

Here’s what WB Games had to say about Bruce Wayne’s latest high-tech toy:

Gamers on Xbox 360 and PS3 can delve deep into Arkham City’s breathtaking environments and immersive gameplay in stereoscopic 3D when playing on any 3D HDTV and wearing active shutter glasses that are compatible with the television. In addition, Batman: Arkham City supports NVIDIA 3D Vision technology, allowing PC players to also experience the action in stereoscopic 3D on GeForce GPU-equipped desktop or notebook PCs and compatible 3DTVs.

Fans with HDTVs can enjoy Batman: Arkham City in anaglyphic 3D with technology compatible with all high definition TV sets and visible to players wearing 3D glasses available for the video game.

Batman: Arkham City will Bam! Pow! Zap! its way into stores on October 18 release.

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Twisted Metal demo, Uncharted 3 3D trailer included on Priest Blu-ray

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Ryan Littlefield

Recently, a Resistance 3 demo was featured on the Blu-ray version of Battle: Los Angeles. Now, a 3D trailer for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will appear on the Unrated 3D Blu-ray version of Priest while the 2D Blu-ray disc will include a demo for Twisted Metal.

Priest is a a movie based off of a series of Korean graphic novels involving vampires, so we’re not sure what that has to do with treasure hunting or car battling. But movie aside, fans will be able to witness Nathan Drake in all his 3D glory for the first time, and Twisted Metal’s demo will let players in on a bit of action behind the wheel – though the demo won’t show any of the new changes that forced the game’s release date delay.

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Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword flies home on November 20

Posted on August 17, 2011 by John Scalzo

After teasing the game at two straight E3s, Nintendo is ready to say “we’re gonna fly now” and tagged The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword with a November 20 release date.

While Nintendo has always maintained that Skyward Sword would be the first chronological Zelda game, they’re now saying it “sets the foundation” for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Is it possible we’ll finally get the unified Zelda timeline we’ve been waiting for?

“The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is the biggest game in the series yet,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “We’ve just scratched the surface of this massive experience, and we look forward to sharing additional details with fans as we approach the November 20 launch.”

Skyward Sword will require the Wii Remote Plus (or a regular Wii Remote with a MotionPlus dongle attached) to move Link through a cloud city, a vast overworld and dark dungeons. Link will also pilot a massive bird to traverse this new world, surely making Avatar fans everywhere insanely jealous.

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Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor to ditch gigantic controller, uses Xbox 360 controller + Kinect

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Ryan Littlefield

Remember this monster of a controller from the original Steel Battalion game for the Xbox? Well, no more! Capcom recently announced that A) they’re no longer trying to invade your house’s living room space with another similar controller, and B) that the new control scheme for Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor will feature simultaneous use of the Xbox 360 controller and Kinect.

It’s unsure whether this new control method will be easier than the enormous control panel linked above, but Capcom has said that the Kinect will play a large role in the game – from high fiving your crew members to operating a turret gun. The bottom line seems to be that Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor might just be the game that will make you look the most idiotic when playing by yourself.

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor will be released exclusively for the Xbox 360 in 2012.

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Ninja Gaiden III pins down PlayStation Move functionality

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Ryan Littlefield

I always love video game conferences because of all the new developments being announced; this week, Tecmo and Koei announced that the Playstation Move controller will be an added full functionality to the upcoming brutally-slashing sequel, Ninja Gaiden III.

The statement also notes that the Move functionality will “give players a new edge when slicing through their enemy’s flesh and bone.” Sounds interesting! It is Ninja Gaiden, after all. It simply wouldn’t be without the mention of tearing apart enemies. The Move should be a welcomed addition, but I’m curious to see how much more frustration this will add to the already-difficult series.

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XBLA Today: Toy Soldiers: Cold War

Posted on August 17, 2011 by John Scalzo

The conclusion of the Summer of Arcade takes a trip back to the 80s with Signal Studios’ Toy Soldiers: Cold War. For 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), players will swap out the plastic army men of the first game for some G.I. Joe-inspired action figures that carry machine guns and chomp cigars whilst battling Reds. Yes, its the USA versus the Commies in Toy Soldiers: Cold War and only your tower defense skills (and a Rambo knockoff) can protect democracy around the globe.

We’ll have a review of Toy Soldiers: Cold War later today.

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Medal of Honor: Frontline, Breath of Fire IV added to PS Store

Posted on August 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

Sony’s latest addition to the PlayStation Store should look familar to anyone who purchased EA’s Medal of Honor reboot last year. Included in every PS3 copy of the game was a high definition remake of Medal of Honor: Frontline, the franchise’s highly acclaimed PS2 debut. Today, Frontline HD became available as a separate PSN download for $14.99.

Also available this week is the PSone Classic Breath of Fire IV. A new entry in Konami’s RPG series hasn’t received a new entry in almost a decade, so this retro download may be as good as we get for awhile.

A complete list of all of this week’s new games and add-ons can be found at the PlayStation.Blog.

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