Shred the world in this SSX Gamescom trailer

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Chris Urie

Winter is coming and EA games would like you to enjoy the snow from the comfort of your couch. The new SSX is out in January 2012 and features a gigantic range of mountains for you to hurl yourself down. Actually, you get to be like Scarface in this new SSX, because the world is literally yours as EA is promising 100,000-player “live events.”

The environments were developed with the help NASA topographical data. These mountains are legit, but the tricks you’ll be pulling will be anything but. From the looks of the trailer, a 1220 triple front flip over a helicopter is completely realistic. Looks like the over the top stunts are back and you can enjoy the mountain bombing insanity with a bunch of your friends.

The only way it could be more perfect is if you could smack a skier on the side of the head on your way down.

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Bastion Review: The Kid May Be Mute, But He Talks a Good Game

Posted on August 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

Bastion is an action RPG for The Kid in all of us. Developed by Supergiant Games, Bastion is clearly a love letter to the bygone days of the Super NES. Anyone who grew up on The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past or Secret of Mana will know exactly what to do after a world-shattering Calamity opens the game.

But if you don’t know where to start, a powerful voice will guide you through the world of Bastion… and at no time will he screech “Hey! Listen!”

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Rampage with the Rancor in these Kinect Star Wars screenshots

Posted on August 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

Players won’t only be wielding a Lightsaber in this Fall’s Kinect Star Wars. In addition to the previously announced podracing sections, the game will also include the option to rampage through the Star Wars universe as the monstrous Rancor.

Promising “intuitive body movements like stomping, charging, roaring, and jumping,” players will be able to “grab, toss, and eat Jawas, stormtroopers, droids and other enemies, plus pull TIE fighters out of the sky, fight AT-STs, and destroy everything in sight.”

Sounds awesome! Or at least like a great way to let the kids blow off some excess energy. Who’s my little Rancor? Yes you are, yes you are.

You can check out all the carnage yourself in a few Rancor-starring screenshots after the break.

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Dance Central 2, Kinect Sports 2 out on Oct. 25; Kinectimals With Bears coming Oct. 11

Posted on August 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

Who’s ready to dance? I think Microsoft and Harmonix hope the answer is “everybody” as they’ve announced that Dance Central 2 will be released on October 25. It’ll reach store shelves on the same day as another Kinect sequel, Kinect Sports Season 2.

If you’re looking for even more sequels to last year’s Kinect launch lineup, Microsoft has also given an October 11 release date to Kinectimals Now With Bears! Oh my!

Are you breaking a sweat from all the Kinect-ness? Hit the break for even more Dance Central 2 news including the latest additions to the game’s soundtrack.

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Daily Scoop: August 16, 2011 – Another day, another night of Borderlands

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Nicole Kline

So, Ryan Littlefield and I were up late again playing Borderlands. Shocking, I know. We collected a bunch of brains, levelled up a few times, and finished all the missions in the first DLC. Woo! Oh, yeah, and there’s also a teaser for Borderlands 2 which has me freaking out. It’s a good day to love treasure hunting on Pandora!

Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games today is Activision’s Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2010 with Gun Bundle for the Wii. It’s $19.99 today down from $29.99. Also up is a Lightning Deal in video games – the Nickelodeon Fun N Fit Bundle for the Wii. It’s just $39.99 today down from $75.95, and it works with the Wii Balance Board.

No gaming t-shirts, but there’s another “Game of Thrones” shirt up, this time over at Ript:

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Noel Gallagher blames UK riots on video games

Posted on August 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

I’m still not entirely clear on the reasons behind the London riots, but former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher thinks he has the answer… video games:

“We live in this age of violence – and I don’t care what other people say: Brutal TV and brutal video games are a reason for this pointless violence as well. The people are immune to violence, they are used to it. And if they get caught they aren’t punished the right way. The prisons are already full? Then build new ones!”

Bear in mind, this is a man who bludgeoned his brother with a cricket bat for talking too loudly. So he’s definitely an expert on why someone would want to partake in a bit of the ultraviolence. But something tells me that Noel isn’t a big gamer.

So then what’s his excuse for being a drunken psycho… wait, I think I know now.

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Borderlands 2 teaser trailer goes guncrazy with the Gunzerker

Posted on August 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

Well here’s a nice late night surprise. A few minutes ago, 2K Games released the first teaser trailer for Borderlands 2! The short clip focuses on new character Salvador the Gunzerker and his “shoot first, ask questions never” gameplay style.

Borderlands 2 will be available for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2012, but if you can’t wait that long the game will be playable at both Gamescom 2011 (from August 17 – August 21) and PAX Prime (Booth #3417 from August 26 – August 28).

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Gears of War 3 gets stereoscopic 3D mode

Posted on August 16, 2011 by John Scalzo

If you thought Marcus Fenix and the rest of Delta Squad were frightening before, wait until you see them bursting out of the screen in stereoscopic 3D. Executive Producer Rod Fergusson confirmed that Gears of War 3 will include the eye-popping visual mode in an interview with Eurogamer.

“We asked, could we do it? It felt like something we wanted to have. It was a feature we didn’t want to be deficient in. […] It’s still fledgling technology,” Fergusson said. “It’s still a niche feature. But it was something we could support, so we felt, why not?”

Sadly, this means that Gears of War 3’s visuals will have to be rendered at a sub-720p resolution. Fergusson delivered the bad news himself: “It’s a little bit jaggier in certain areas. Instead of 720p you’re at five something.”

But fear not Xbox 360 owners, Fergusson used the same interview to reveal that “full” 720p stereoscopic 3D support is coming to the console sometime in the future. But obviously not before GoW3’s September 20 release date.

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