Videogame News
As just announced this morning, sign-ups for the open beta for the 2012 Xbox Live Update are now available. If you would like to test out some of the new features of the upcoming update, including Internet Explorer, and new dashboard functionality, here’s your chance.
We have both Month of Mario deals kicking off and the continuation of the 8-Bit Summer, so for retro gamers, there’s a few things to check out. For those looking for new stuff, there’s Planet Crashers and Mole Mania.
With Dishonored scheduled for an October 9th release, we still have a while to wait before we get to creatively and stylishly assassinate some bad guys. Sooo… here’s a new gameplay trailer to hopefully keep the hype going.
Ubisoft will be present at gamescom 2012 in a huge way. The Euro gaming event, which takes place in Cologne, Germany beginning on August 16th, sounds as if it’ll be easily as large as the E3 this year. See what Ubi will be showing off.
A quick unveiling of the new character Swarm for Skylanders Giants. This giant bee towers over the original Skylanders, both in plastic form, and in the game.
Rico Rodriguez and Just Cause 2 get a little love in Sleeping Dogs, in the form of an unlockable outfit if you’ve got a Just Cause 2 save file on hand. Check out the new duds and the official press release behind the cut.
Some horrific new screen shots from EA and Visceral Games’ Dead Space 3. Check out the horror contained behind the link.
Death really does come for us all, as this new Darksiders II trailer strives to point out. Check out all the new gameplay footage behind the link.
Activision this morning sent over a fresh new trailer and a large batch of screens showing off the multiplayer functionality in Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.
Death is approaching, and Darksiders II is finally coming soon. And to celebrate this event, THQ sent over a number of new screens showing off various aspects of the game. Take a look.
Summer of Arcade continues with the somewhat fun looking, Kinect-enabled Wreckateer, so hopefully you’re up for some Ballista tossing, motion controlled, castle-wrecking action.
Something for pretty much every member of the PlayStation famil this week with a number of PSN games for the PS3 and Vita, some full PS3 titles, and several new PS minis. Take a look.
Producer Dan Sochan walks players through one of the missions in the upcoming Sleeping Dogs, from developer United Front Games and Square Enix London.
A new trailer detailing story elements from none other than famed Marvel Comics editor Marv Wolfman, serving as writing consultant on the follow up to Epic Mickey.
A batch of new screens for Persona 4: Arena detail four modes found within the game. Check out the new images behind the link.
Nintendo has officially declared the next month as the “Month of Mario” to celebrate the upcoming release of the newest Super Mario Bros. title, New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the Nintendo 3DS, on August 19th.
The next big Madden NFL release is just around the corner and today EA Sports sent over a selection of gameplay screens. Take a look.
