Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Details

April 9, 2013 by Andy in News Snippets, PC, PlayStation, Videogames, Xbox and tagged 80s, Aliens, Blood Dragon, Far Cry, Far Cry 3, Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon, Michael Biehn, Neon, Retro, Sci-Fi, Terminator, VHS | Leave a comment

Upcoming standalone add-on/spin-off to last year’s Far Cry 3 may be released on May 1, 2013–just 3 short weeks away–and will feature the voice talent of 80s movie star Michael Biehn. The game was announced officially earlier this month with a VHS-styled teaser that hints at all of the wonderful 80s-ness of this game. The synopsis that was pulled from the Xbox website (which has since been removed) is equally awesome:

Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon is THE Kick-Ass Cyber Shooter taking place on a bizarre open-world island crawling with evil. Welcome to an 80’s VHS vision of the future. The year is 2007 and you are Sargent Rex Colt, a Mark IV Cyber Commando who’s fighting against a cyborg army gone rogue. Your mission: get the girl, kill the baddies, and save the world. Experience every cliché of a VHS era vision of a nuclear future, where cyborgs, blood dragons, mutants, and Michael Biehn (Terminator, Aliens, Navy Seals) collide.

Someone also dumped glorious 80s awesomeness all over the box art, as well:

I’m more than a little excited about this upcoming retro-inspired open-world experience, so I’ll be sure to post more when new information is available.

Source: Game Informer

Batman: Arkham Origins Announced

April 9, 2013 by Andy in Comics, Handheld Console, Mobile, News Snippets, Nintendo, PC, PlayStation, Videogames, Xbox and tagged 3DS, Batman, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Batman: Arkham Origins, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, Castlevania, DC, DC Comics, Metroid, Metroid-vania, PS3, Rocksteady Games, Vita, Warner Bros, WiiU, Xbox 360 | Leave a comment

It’s official: a prequel to the Arkham games has been announced. The game is set to take place before both Arkham Assylum and Arkham City and is being developed by Warner Bros. Montreal. The first two installments of the franchise were developed by Rocksteady Games. This change shouldn’t drastically change the property as WB Montreal is familiar with the Arkham franchise having ported Arkham City to the WiiU. Batman: Arkham Origins will be released on current-gen home consoles and PC on October 25, 2013.

In addition to Arkham Origins, an additional prequel game is being developed for 3DS and Vita. Titled Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate, this portable entry in the franchise will take place after the events of its home console counterpart. Blackgate is being developed by Armature Studios, which was formed by staff from Nintendo’s Retro Studio (developer of the Metroid Prime series and Donkey Kong Country Returns). The game will be a 2.5D Metroid-vania style game and is set to release alongside Arkham Origins.

Sources: Game Informer, Joystiq

Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us Revealed

March 28, 2013 by Andy in Comics, News Snippets, PC, PlayStation, Videogames, Xbox and tagged Adventure Game, Comics, episodic adventure, Fables, fairytale characters, Gaming, mac source, Tell Tale, Telltale, Telltale Games, The Wolf Among Us | Leave a comment

While it has been known for quite some time that Telltale Games has been working on a game based on the Fables property, little else has been revealed about the upcoming episodic adventure. It is now known that the game will be titled The Wolf Among Us and will feature Bigby Wolf as the lead character. Players will be tasked with keeping other fairytale characters hidden in our world. The story of the game will take place before the comic series.

Telltale’s The Wolf Among Us is planned for a summer 2013 release on current-gen consoles, PC, and Mac.

Source: IGN

Double Fine’s Broken Age Gets Its First Teaser

March 28, 2013 by Andy in Mobile, News Snippets, PC, Phone, Videogames and tagged Adventure Game, Android, art style, Broken Age, Double Fine, Double Fine Adventure, Gaming, gorgeous art, iOS, Kickstarter, PC, Videogames | Leave a comment

The Kickstarter-funded Double Fine adventure game finally has a teaser! Broken Age, the result of over 90,000 contributor’s excited for a true adventure game and the brilliant minds at Double Fine, follows the story of two characters: one a girl who is to be sacrificed to a beast and the other a boy alone in a spacecraft. The game is expected to be released this spring. The trailer below shows of the game’s imaginative environments and gorgeous art style. Have a look:

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Revealed in Long Trailer

March 27, 2013 by Andy in News Snippets, PlayStation, Videogames, Xbox and tagged Fox Engine, Ground Zeroes, Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 5, Metal Gear Solid V, MGS, MGS5, MGSV, Phantom Pain, The Phantom Pain | Leave a comment

When the cryptic trailer for The Phantom Pain showed up back in December, there was plenty of rumors and speculation swirling around on the internet that it was a new Metal Gear game. Those rumors have turned out to be right. The next installment in the MGS franchise will combine the previously announced Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain. The first trailer for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain is below:

MGSV has been confirmed for PS3 and Xbox 36o

Battlefield 4 Trailer

March 27, 2013 by Andy in PC, PlayStation, Videogames, Xbox and tagged Battlefield, Battlefield 4, Battlefield 4 Trailer, EA, Frostbite, Frostbite Engine, Videogame, Videogame Trailer | Leave a comment

A trailer for EA’s upcoming Battlefield 4 has appeared online and the game is looking, expectedly, gorgeous.

Spring Sale Coming to Xbox Live

March 23, 2013 by Andy in News Snippets, Videogames, Xbox and tagged Game Sale, Major Nelson, Videogame Sale, Videogames, XBOX, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Xbox Sale | Leave a comment

Xbox Live is hoping to start spring strong with a large sale of downloadable games and expansions. The sale has the first episode of the excellent The Walking Dead game available for free with each subsequent episode available for half off (800 MSP or $10 for the entire season); the Skyrim, L.A. Noire, and Max Payne 3 expansions are marked down 50%; and select games including two Hitman titles, Just Cause 2, and Dead Rising 2 are discounted from 33 to 67% off. The entire list can be viewed at Major Nelson’s blog.

Final Entry in the Penny Arcade Game Series has New Trailer

March 19, 2013 by Andy in News Snippets, PC, Videogames, XBLIG, Xbox and tagged Penny Arcade, Penny Arcade Adventures, Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4, XBLIG, Zeboyd, Zeboyd Games | Leave a comment

Penny Arcade On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4 has its first trailer! The Zeboyd developed conclusion to the Penny Arcade Adventures will be released for PC and Xbox Live Indie Games for $5 (or 400 Microsoft Points) sometime this spring.

Saints Row IV Coming in August

March 15, 2013 by Andy in Computer Software, News Snippets, PC, PlayStation, Videogames, Xbox and tagged Deep Silver, Saints Row, Saints Row 4, Saints Row IV, THQ, Volition | Leave a comment

Deep Silver, Saints Row’s new owner after THQ’s demise, has confirmed that the next entry in the Saints Row franchise will be available for “current-gen consoles and PC on August 20, 2013, in North America.” The worldwide release will be three days later. This next installment of the franchise was built around the concept of a scrapped DLC for Saints Row: The Third, Enter the Dominatrix, while being a complete gaming experience.

Source: Joystiq

Cyberpunk 2077 to have “Multiplayer Features”

March 14, 2013 by Andy in News Snippets, PC, PlayStation, Videogames, Xbox and tagged CD Projekt, CD Projekt RED, CDPR, Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk 2077, Gaming, Next Gen, Nextbox, PC, PlayStation 4, PS4, The Witcher, Xbox 720, Xbox Next | Leave a comment

Upcoming CD Projekt Red game Cyberpunk 2077 has been confirmed to have multiplayer features. Speaking with Eurogamer, managing director of Cd Projekt Red stated that the game will have an amazing story-based single player campaign, but the developer will “add multiplayer features.” What those features will be was not stated.

Cyberpunk 2077 will be feature an open world for players to explore with their customizable player characters. As the game will not feature a pre-defined player character as CD Projekt’s other franchise, The Witcher, players will be given more freedom with world exploration and story progression. The game is expected to be released in 2015.