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BioShock Infinite, Army of Two 3, Tiger Woods 14, more added to PS Store
It’s another big week for the PlayStation Store as Sony adds the highly anticipated BioShock Infinite to their downloadable offerings. Other new additions this week include the same-day downloadable release of Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14. Yup, it is definitely a big week for the PlayStation Store.
Sony wasn’t done as they also added Tales of Graces F and PlayStation Move Fitness to the PS3 Full Games section. The PSN section has also been expanded this week with the release of the puzzling A-Men, the sandbox adventure Terraria, and the off-road racer WRC 3: FIA World Rally Championship.
WRC 3 will also be downloadable for the Vita starting today, and it is joined by the award-winning adventure game Machinarium. Finally, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Iron Triangle attempts to scratch your strategy RPG itch from its new home in the PS2 Classics section.
Hit the jump for more details on all of these games and check out the PlayStation Blog for a complete list of this week’s new game add-ons.
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Tagged Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel, BioShock Infinite, Tales of Graces F, Terraria, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14
New Releases: BioShock Infinite, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14, Army of Two 3, More
It’s here! It’s here! It’s finally here!
After multiple delays, 2K Games and Irrational Games are finally ready to release BioShock Infinite. You’ll be able to take to the skies of Columbia (and battle an animatronic George Washington) on the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
If blasting robotic ex-presidents isn’t your thing, this week also sees the release of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 and Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel for the PS3 and Xbox 360.
More new releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel, BioShock Infinite, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14
BioShock Infinite will receive an e-book prequel
BioShock Infinite‘s Columbia seems like a complex world, and fans of the series are clamoring for more information. Lucky for us, Irrational Games wants to feed that need, and has announced an e-book prequel called BioShock Infinite: Mind in Revolt, available on February 12.
The book, written by Joe Fielder (writer at Irrational Games) and Ken Levine (creative director) will be $2.99, unless you pre-ordered the game from Amazon, in which case you get it for free.
Fielder said, “Since we first announced BioShock Infinite, our fans have asked for more information about Columbia and the complex cast of characters that inhabit the floating city… After reading the e-book, players will have a better understanding of BioShock Infinite’s world, the struggle between its factions, and the motivations of key characters, like rebel leader Daisy Fitzroy, without spoiling the mysteries of BioShock Infinite.”
Hopefully since it’s done in-house, BioShock Infinite: Mind in Revolt will be better than that terrible book, BioShock: Rapture. They would have to really, really try.
Microsoft Store bundling 1600 MS Points with some game pre-orders
Do you plan to pre-order some of this year’s biggest Xbox 360 titles? Then you might want to consider buying them from the Microsoft Store.
Pointing your browser at the New Xbox Products section of the store will produce a list of 11 Xbox 360 games available for pre-order. And if you purchase any of these titles between now and April 6, you’ll receive 1600 Microsoft Points ($20) for free. Sadly, there’s a limit of three per person.
So which games qualify for this promotion? Check ’em out…
- Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel
- BioShock Infinite
- Crysis 3
- Dead Space 3
- Gears of War: Judgment
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Lost Planet 3
- Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
- South Park: The Stick of Truth
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14
- Tomb Raider
Spike TV VGAs: Check out the latest BioShock Infinite gameplay trailer
Ken Levine was on hand at the 2012 Spike TV Video Game Awards to introduce the world premiere of some new BioShock Infinite gameplay. He didn’t mention the game’s delay, but went right into discussing the trailer and what to expect.
First, we see Booker in his first meeting with Elizabeth (and, for the first time, I notice that her right pinky finger is missing, and there’s a thimble in its place). He gives her a key with a songbird on it. They transition into the second scene, in which we see a chaotic battle fought in the sky. Booker uses his special hook hand to jump the rails while shooting at enemies below. We also get to see the Handyman jump onto a ship and smash it in half with his giant hands. He jumps up on the rails and electrocutes them, forcing Booker to jump down. Oh, and Elizabeth tosses you ammo as you’re fighting. At the end, she does her weird terrain-changing trick, and the clip is over.
Can March 26 get here any more slowly?
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Tagged BioShock Infinite
BioShock Infinite release pushed back to March 26
If Irrational Games had stuck to their original schedule for BioShock Infinite, we’d all be playing it right now. But delays happen and usually that’s for the better. As Shigeru Miyamoto attests, “A delayed game is eventually good. A bad game is bad
forever.”
But today, Irrational’s Ken Levine has revealed that BioShock Infinite will miss its second release date. Previously set for a February 26 debut, the game will now be released on March 26.
According to Levine, the delay was approved to give the team at Irrational more time for final polish and bugfixing. “We know that this is going to ruffle some feathers,” Levine said. “But we’re willing to take the heat to make sure that BioShock Infinite is 100% the game our fans deserve.”
But have no fear, it’s only a month and a new BioShock Infinite trailer will be unveiled during tonight’s Spike TV Video Game Awards.
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BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider to debut “World Premiere” trailers at tonight’s Spike TV VGAs
In addition to honoring the greatest games of 2012, the Spike TV Video Game Awards will also showcase a wide variety of “World Premiere” trailers for some of 2013’s most anticipated games. You can add two more to the list as new trailers from BioShock Infinite and Tomb Raider have been confirmed for the awards show.
You can view a teaser of the BioShock Infinite trailer above, but you’ll have to wait until tonight (9 PM Eastern to be exact) to get your next glimpse at Lara Croft’s return.
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Tagged BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider