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Humans Must Answer Releases Public Beta Demo

Simon Wolfe
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The Kickstarter for 2D space shmup Humans Must Answer has been going for almost a week, so developer Sumom Games has released a public beta demo of the project. That’s right, not a backers only beta demo, but one that anybody can download to play for themselves.

With four levels to play through, but nothing finalized to say the least, the public demo is the prefect way for those looking to see more about the game as it continues to work towards its goal. The developers are also wanting feedback from all those that play the demo to help improve the game during its development.

Players can find out more about Humans Must Answer from the trailer embedded below before downloading the demo, as well as the whole wealth of information on their Kickstarter page HERE, where links to the public beta demo can be found. Players can also find the game on Steam Greenlight HERE.

A Legacy of A Thousand Suns Soft Launches onto iPad and iPhone

Jamie Laike Tsui
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Spellgun Studio’s social MMORPG on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad as soft launched. The game has been rolled out to the Canadian App Store and will be released world wide in the coming weeks. Legacy of a Thousand Suns was first released on Facebook in 2010 and boasts 20,000 players daily. The game has now made the jump to iOS. The sci fi adventure sends the player on an epic journey to rescue Princess Illaria of the Sian Empire from enemy forces. The art style fuses ancient Chinese fantasy with high quality sci-fi setting.

A Legacy of a Thousand Suns is available now on the Canadian iTunes App Store here. New content for the game will be rolled out every two to four weeks.

Lightning Returns’ new abilities and Dead Dunes revealed

Travis Bruno
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Lightning Returns’ new abilities and Dead Dunes revealed

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Today Square Enix has released a few more details and a handful of screenshots for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The game will feature a new area which is being called “The Dead Dunes” and Lightning will have two new abilities this time around.

The first ability is called “Lightspeed” which will consume EP (energy points) which, when used in battle, will slow down time, freezing opponents in their tracks while Lightning launches a blistering assault. The second ability is simply called “Recovery” which is as it sounds like. The spells consume EP but allow Lightning to cast various recovery spells on herself.

New Strider coming to digital platforms?

Luke Halliday
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New Strider coming to digital platforms?

Strider-Box-XBLA-LeakA brand new Strider game or possibly a HD Strider remake looks to be heading to the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and Steam.

The new Strider title was accidentally leaked on the Xbox website with a box-art image that you can see to the right. The page has since been removed. Furthermore achievement images of Strider have appeared on the Steam registry.

Interestingly enough, Capcom previously announced that they will be revealing two new titles at PAX East which leads to further speculation that one of these titles may very well be a new Strider game.

No further information has come to light at this point, but it is hard not to be swept up with excitement at the sight of the leaked box-art and the thought of another Strider game. Stay tuned for more news on Strider as it surfaces.

Source: Gematsu

Mars War Logs Website Now Live

Simon Wolfe
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Mars War Logs Website Now Live

Information about Mars War Logs has been at most a slow, although somewhat steady breeze.  Today however, Focus Home Interactive and Spiders Games have released a sandstorm of information about the game on the arid planet.  The official website has gone live and includes much more information than what has been released so far from the screenshots and trailers.

Now giving much more detail on the other major characters of the story, the website also provides a central location to find all the videos and screenshots, such as the 5 brand new shots that were also released today.  Players that want to check out all the new information can find it on the website HERE, as well as click on the screenshots in the gallery below to see them full size.

Mars War Logs is an Action RPG set on the titular planet set for release in Spring for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

Cities XL Platinum Sale

Jamie Laike Tsui
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Cities XL Platinum Sale

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Cities XL is on sale for 33% off for new buyers on Steam. Those who already own Cities XL 2011 or 2012 will be able to purchase the game for $4.99. The full game is regularly priced at $29.99. Those who own Cities XL 2011 should purchase the upgrade here and those who own Cities XL 2012 should purchase their upgrade here.

Cities XL Platinum features 1000 different buildings across 60 maps. Players will need to manage the needs of their citizens while growing their city. Once one city is done, start building new cities and trade routes between them to earn more money.

To celebrate the sale, the Cities XL team released a new trailer set to dubstep. Get your wub wub wub on and check out the trailer below.

harman-kardon Releases Four New AV Receivers

Jamie Laike Tsui
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harman-kardon Releases Four New AV Receivers

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harman-kardon announced the release of the AVR X70 series of audio visual receivers and the BTA10 Bluetooth receiver.

The AVR x70 series comprises of three receivers for all budgets. The AVR170 is the entry level system priced at $799 featuring 100 watt 5.1 channel surround sound and six 3D and Audio Return Channel ready HDMI inputs.

The AVR 270 is the mid ranged offering priced at $1199. The future proofed device includes 4K video pass-through and upscaling capabilities across eight 3D and ARC ready HDMI ports, with one HDMI port on the front of the receiver. The AVR 270 is capable of 7.1 channel surround sound with multizone capabilities.

The AVR 370 is the top of the line device featuring WiFi networking which allows the AV receiver access multimedia files on smartphones, tablets, and computers. The receiver sports eight 3D and ARC ready HDMI inputs, two HDMI outputs, and 4K pass-through video. The AVR 370 can output 7.2 channel surround sound with 125 watts of power per channel.

All three devices feature Apple AirPlay, DLNA certified 1.5 Ethernet connectivity, front panel USB ports, and an Android and iOS control panel app to integrate itself into today’s smartphones and tablets.

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The final device is a Bluetooth receiver called the BTA10. Priced at $79.95, the BTA10 is an add on that connects to any system’s 3.5mm or RCA left/right input and provides the system with an audio signal streamed from a Bluetooth ready smartphone or tablet. Up to eight different devices can be connected to the BTA10 at one time.

Find out more information on all three devices at the e-hifi Australia site here.

Talking Crap – The Age of the Vocal Game Developer

Luke Halliday
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Talking Crap – The Age of the Vocal Game Developer

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cliffy-b-badWelcome to Talking Crap, a show were a bunch of game journos talk about crap. In this episode we discuss the age of the vocal game developer, Cliffy B’s bro mentality getting out of control, the responsibility that comes with using the social media platforms such as Twitter and whether or not you should ever meet your hero.

You can check out this episode of Talking Crap in the video below. What do you think of the latest episode of Talking Crap? Wanna have your say? Well youu can talk some crap in the comments section below.

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Var And The Vikings To Teach Artifical Intelligence Progamming

Nick MacLeod
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Var And The Vikings To Teach Artifical Intelligence Progamming

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Fuelled by the current depressing state of educational games, designers Brainworth have created a new game hoping to energise the market.

Var and the Vikings is a fresh take on educational gaming that teaches artificial intelligence programming through a hybrid puzzler/platform game. The game manages to integrate its educational content seamlessly so that players don’t actually realise they are learning while they process the game mechanics. Players control one Viking, and then use an artificial intelligence interface to automate their Viking team mates. When they succeed the Viking then navigates the platform by jumping over hurdles, fighting against enemies, and pushing obstacles out the way.

Ben Sand, the CEO of Brainworth has said that “Improving education is the most pressing moral issue we face. Educational games are the strongest answer to this challenge.”

The United States spend over $1 trillion a year on education but only $21 billion on video games. However many students spend more time gaming than studying, and thus if educational games were manufactured so that people actually wanted to play them, games such as this could be seen as a fix to the education problems in the US and beyond.

The Kickstarter campaign for Var and the Vikings ends on Sunday March 23rd, by which point they hope to have raised $31,000. Brainworth hope to develop Var and the Vikings by adding new levels, creating a multiplayer mode, and eventually an ipad version. But whats  more Brainworth hope to “change education forever with serious games that are incredibly fun and engaging.”

Best ANZ Call of Duty Players Headed to Hollywood

Brad Webster
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Best ANZ Call of Duty Players Headed to Hollywood

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At the end of eight hours of intense gaming and fragging, two teams from the ANZ division of the Call of Duty Championship emerged victorious. Team Immunity and Mindfreak eSport have both walked out of a hail of gunfire from 32 other professional gamers to claim the two best team positions across Australia and New Zealand. Check out our previous coverage of the Championship here.

The Captain of Team Immunity, Albert Nassif said “It’s a great feeling to take out the Call of Duty title in Australia, and we can’t wait to go to Hollywood and play for the big bucks against the world’s best”.

The Senior Vice President of Activision in the Asia Pacific thought of the event as a great success, stating that such a positive reaction to the Championship from not only the gamers involved but also the public, shows how Call of Duty still has a faithful following “down-under”.

“The successful launch of Call of Duty: Black Ops II last year showed the continued strength of the Call of Duty franchise locally so it’s wonderful to be able to give back to the loyal community with the Call of Duty Championships”.

Immunity and MindFreak eSport are now set to appear in Hollywood along with 22 other teams from across the globe to compete for the ultimate prize of a share in one million dollars. A high prize which is set to motivate any player, regardless of country. Last year the latest game in a long series, Black Ops II officially became the biggest selling entertainment product of all time, with over one billion in sales over just 15 days.

Those really are some crazy numbers Mason.

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