Videogame Previews
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.
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.
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.
2K Games and Irrational Games have officially delayed BioShock Infinite for another month in order to polish up the game before its anticipated release. Check out some new screens.
Double Fine’s nutty looking upcoming Kinect XBLA release, simply titled Kinect Party, is coming before the end of the year and today the company sent over a brand new trailer for the game.
Today, EA and Crytek released new media for Crysis 3 and also announced that they would be working with filmmaker Albert Hughes to produce an online video series to help show off the game.
Zen Pinball 2 is easily the best collection of original videogame pinball titles available, and a Wii U version makes perfect sense. Check out the trailer, details and announcement.
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics today released some dramatic new screens of young Lara showing off her impressive survival and exploration skills. Click through to check them out.
Namco Bandai today confirmed that a demo for Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch for the PS3 will be going live on the PSN this week in both North America and Europe. Check out the details.
The 3rd and final episode of The Final Hours of Tomb Raider is now ready for public consumption and it focuses on the dramatic Jason Graves-composed soundtrack. It’s also hosted by Zachary Levi, and everyone loves him. Take a look and listen.
Far Cry 3 is quickly approaching, and for those looking for an actual story-driven co-op FPS experience the game looks like it should fit the bill nicely. Take a look at the latest trailer.
This is it! The end of the first season for Telltale’s wildly successful, and equally fantastic, The Walking Dead. This is one finale you don’t want to miss.
The Wii U is out! Check out some early staff impressions now that we have hands on hardware, along with a few quick impressions about the software line-up. [Update: Chris D. adds his thoughts]
