House of the Dead: Overkill gets extended on PS3

Posted on May 27, 2011 by John Scalzo

Holy ****! Agent G and Detective Isaac Washington bring their grindhouse antics to the PS3 for the first time in The House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut. And just for ***** and giggles, the pair plans to add Move support, two exclusive levels, high definition graphics and eye-popping 3D gameplay.

Thankfully, all of the ****ing naughty language (which there was a lot of) and bullets (which there was more of) return as well.

“The House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut on PlayStation 3 will send players to the shrieking mad heart of mutant mayhem. This time we went further, faster and bloodier than before. We extended everything, even the title,” said Gary Knight of Sega.

The House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut will be released on October 25, just in time for Halloween. But Sega won’t make us wait that long to learn more as the game will be shown at E3. You can also get an eyeful of the first four screenshots after the break.

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Turtle Rock developing multiplayer FPS for THQ

Posted on May 27, 2011 by John Scalzo

As Left 4 Dead‘s development was coming to an end, Valve wisely acquired the team behind the zombie shooter, Turtle Rock Studios. After the game shipped, Turtle Rock seemed to slink away and their name was no where to be found on Left 4 Dead 2.

During Turtle Rock’s hiatus, the studio ecaped from Valve and reformed as an independent entity in 2010. Now, THQ has announced an alliance with the muliplayer shooter specialists to produce a new, unnamed multiplayer first person shooter for release in 2013.

“We’re thrilled to be working with THQ,” said Phil Robb, COO, Turtle Rock Studios. “This project is the most ambitious thing we’ve ever attempted, and we’re inspired by the support THQ has shown to help us realize that vision. We’re going to take the first person shooter experience to a whole new level, and we can’t wait to show the game for the first time in the months ahead.”

“Our quest to sign the best artists and work with the best talent continues,” said Danny Bilson, EVP Core Games, THQ. “Turtle Rock Studios is responsible for one of the most original, critically acclaimed co-operative games of this generation, and we are incredibly excited to be working with them on their next project, which looks set to make a similar impact in the multiplayer space.”

The Turtle Rock/THQ project will not be shown at E3, but a full reveal is planned for a later date.

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Resistance 3 pre-order bonus lets you play as Nathan Hale

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Wait, what?

That’s right…you can run around in multiplayer as needs-his-medication Nathan Hale in the final hours of his life. That is, if you pre-order Resistance 3 from Best Buy. The multiplayer skin features Hale looking awfully haggard, struggling through his final hours of being a human…and, it turns out, being alive. This whole paragraph is making me weepy.

The PlayStation Blog has a full list of pre-order bonuses (shout out to the awesome David Bull!). Amazon is giving you a No. 60 Air Fuel Grenade, while Wal-Mart’s offer is five custom name titles – including the elite Sentinels. I’m going to have a terribly hard time choosing between playing as Hale in multiplayer… or pre-ordering from GameStop, which is offering a replica of the necklace Joseph Capelli wore. Yeah, I’m referring to the necklace of Chimera teeth.

I guess I’ll have to make my decision before September 6th, when Insomniac Games finally lets this beast out into the wild.

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Sony confirms PS4 is in development

Posted on May 27, 2011 by John Scalzo

During Sony’s quarterly financial briefing yesterday, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Masaru Kato revealed that development on the PlayStation 4 has begun. Sony is the final platform maker to enter the next next generation ring as Microsoft revealed plans for the Xbox 720 back in March while Nintendo will officially unveil the Wii 2 at this year’s E3 Expo.

The PS4 announcement came about due to a question relating to Sony’s increased research and development costs. Kato’s reply was little more than a variation on “we’re always looking to the future,” but it was confirmation of the PS4 nonetheless:

“For the home equipment the PS3 still has a product life,” Kato said, “but this is a platform business, so for the future platform – when we’ll be introducing what product I cannot discuss that – but our development work is already under way, so the costs are incurred there.”

Obviously, it’s much early to wonder when we’ll see the PS4 or to speculate on what kind of tech it’ll contain. But it’s nice to know the development process has begun.

[Source: Eurogamer]

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What is Zelda Universe? Mystery game outed by ESRB

Posted on May 27, 2011 by John Scalzo

It looks like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword aren’t the only Zelda games in development at Nintendo.

The ESRB recently rated something called Zelda Universe, an “Online” game from Nintendo. The game received an “E For Everyone” rating due to “Violence.”

So what is this mystery game? The first Nintendo-published Facebook application? Some kind of Flash game? A secret 3DS and/or Wii project? Something else entirely? Whatever it is, it should be noted that the franchise’s official Internet presence is also known as Zelda Universe, so it probably just refers to that.

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Assassin’s Creed: Revelations teaser trailer unveiled

Posted on May 27, 2011 by John Scalzo

Ubisoft plans to close the book on Ezio Auditore this November with the release of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Yesterday, Ubisoft released the game’s first teaser trailer, which you can check out above. The publisher has also promised to release more news on Revelations, sneakily like an assassin, at the 2011 E3 Expo.

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Daily Scoop: May 26, 2011 – E3 frenzy

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Everywhere you look, it’s nothing but craze over the upcoming E3. Lineups are being announced, games are being revealed, and speculations are being…speculated. Warp Zoned won’t be there, but we will be covering it from afar as soon as the news hits our brains!

Deal-wise, today’s Amazon Deal of the Day in video games today is the WWE All Stars Brawl Stick and the WWE All Stars Wireless Brawl Pad with The Rock and Triple H for both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. The sticks are $59.99 and the pads are $29.99, and they’re all made by MadCatz. Also, don’t forget to check out all the hot bonus offers!

Today’s t-shirt is from the awesome Thirtee.com and is called “Flawless Victory:”

Check out the spine on Toad!

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Mortal Kombat “Klassic Costumes” DLC pack coming soon

Posted on May 26, 2011 by John Scalzo

Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon has revealed (via his Twitter account) that a “Klassic Costumes” DLC bundle will be available for the game soon.

The bundle will include all seven retailer-specific costumes including…

  • Scorpion (with Klassic Fatality)
  • Sub-Zero (with Klassic Fatality)
  • Reptile (with Klassic Fatality)
  • Ermac
  • Kitana
  • Mileena
  • Jade

No pricing or release date details were revealed, but a Klassic Costumes trailer will be released tomorrow. So I’m guessing we’ll learn more then.

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