Videogame News
Xbox 360 owners have a pair of very different XBLA titles to choose from today. First up is Suda 51’s crazy action platformer Black Knight Sword. For the brainier gamer, American Mensa Academy is available too.
Two Tribes this morning unfortunately announced that Toki Tori 2 for the Wii U has been delayed into the new year. They’ve been hard at work, but just couldn’t wrap it up in time for the originally scheduled December 20th eShop release date.
Today’s PlayStation Store Update is now live and there’s an interesting variety of goodies available. GTA: San Andreas is finally available as a PS2 Classic, Suda 51’s bizarre Black Knight Sword has snuck onto the PS3. Big Sky Infinity is available for PS3 and Vita as a Cross-Buy game too.
What do you get when you mix LEGOs, family friendly GTA-inspired open world gameplay, TT Games, Nintendo and the Wii U? LEGO City: Undercover of course!
After a somewhat quiet couple of weeks, Gearbox Software and Sega today fired over a set of new shots of Aliens: Colonial Marines. Take a look.
Mad Catz shows off their new line of Street Fighter X Sanrio products, including a FightStick PRO and iPad and iPhone cases. Check out cuteness overload within.
Yet another game we got to see a bit more of at the Spike TV VGAs was Konami’s Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. The Mercury Steam-developed new Castlevania title is set in present day and thankfully features a vampire slaying Belmont.
Lara Croft is most definitely a survivor as seen in the latest Tomb Raider trailer from Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics. After surviving one hellish experience after another, it seems like she will earn that title for sure in the new game.
Another of the more exciting announcements from the Spike TV VGAs was the official world exclusive reveal of Namco Bandai’s Dark Souls II. The hardcore action RPG, in development once again by FromSoftware, was teased with a trailer as you can see after the click.
Where Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed storyline really shines is when they reinvent history somewhat, and the upcoming Tyranny of King Washington DLC for AC3 is a perfect example of one such interesting piece of storytelling. Check out the trailer of the upcoming DLC.
One of the more exciting announcements during the VGAs on Friday night was a solid release date for Naughty Dog’s spectacular new title, The Last Of Us for the PS3. They also revealed the box art and a stunning new story trailer.
In case it totally slipped your mind that such a big entertainment event was happening last Friday night, there were some interesting world premiere video reveals and award winners during the 10th annual Spike TV Video Game Awards show.
To go along with the recent bootcamp event, Konami today sent over a set of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance media, gameplay videos and screens included, showing off all of the crazy PlatinumGames action.
Rayman Legends is coming along quite nicely and Ubisoft has finally set a release date for the anticipated Wii U-exclusive Rayman Origins sequel. Get ready for a demo next week as well.
Army of Two: The Devil’s Cartel is still in development at EA’s Visceral Games and to prove it, they’ve released a brand new set of media, including a brand new trailer. It was also announced that Big Boi and B.o.B will be lending their talents to the game, musically and otherwise.
It’s about damn time. Sony today has launched a web-based interface for the PlayStation Store (Sony Entertainment Network) in which PlayStation owners can browse for and purchase content for their various PlayStation devices.
A big thank you goes out to Team Ninja and Tecmo Koei for still throwing some support behind the PS Vita. Read on for the details of both releases along with a large batch of Sigma 2 Plus screens.
