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Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller – Episode 2 Launch Date

Joshua Moris
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Reverb Publishing and Phoenix Online Studios are pleased to announce that the second installment to the Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller series will be released on January 30, 2013. Episode Two: The Wise Monkey furthers the story behind the death of FBI agent Erica Reed’s brother. As another serial killer case emerges, Erica risks losing another person dear to her. Let’s hope she isn’t too late.. again.

Phoenix Online Studios made available screenshots of the next installment as well as a YouTube video to catch the development team in all of their glory. Take a look at the new assets below and let us know your thoughts of “The Wise Monkey”.

If you like what you see, hop on over to their Steam Greenlight Page to vote them up. In related news, Episode One: The Hangman will be made available on the AppStore for iPad in January 2013.

Angry Birds Trilogy Gets Anger Management DLC

Jamie Laike Tsui
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Feeling really angry? Can’t get enough of Angry Birds? Activision has released a new DLC pack for the Angry Birds Trilogy on Xbox Live. The new Anger Management DLC adds 130 new levels to the game including Ham ‘O’ Ween, Wreck the Halls, Birdday Party, and Piglantis. In addition, a new small bird with a special surprise when fired has been added to the game, the Orange Bird.

Angry Birds Trilogy is available for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. The DLC can be purchased for Xbox 360 here and for the Playstation 3 here. The DLC costs 400 Microsoft Points or $4.99. Learn more about Angry Birds Trilogy here.

Sleeping Dogs Zodiac Tournament DLC Out Now

Roger Ma
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The next big DLC pack for Square Enix and United Front Games’ Sleeping Dogs is out now. Much like how Sleeping Dogs took inspiration from classic Hong Kong cop dramas and action films, The Zodiac Tournament DLC takes inspiration from classic 1970s Bruce Lee kung-fu action flicks Fists of Fury and Enter the Dragon.

You know something along the lines of this ‘Baddest Fight Scenes EVER! from Enter the Dragon’:

The Zodiac Tournament is set away from Hong Kong island and instead takes place on the remote Zodiac Island, hence the name, where Wei Shen must face the ultimate test of his mastery of martial arts, by taking on the world’s greatest warriors in a fight…to the death, before taking out the island’s big boss.

Sleeping Dogs Zodiac Tournament DLC is available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC for 400 Microsoft Points or $4.99 respectively.

Humble Indie Bundle 7 Out Now

Roger Ma
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The seventh Humble Indie Bundle is out now, conveniently timed to coincide with Christmas (you don’t say?).

The seventh incarnation of Humble Indie Bundle includes The Binding of Isaac, bloody platformer Shank 2, the surreal Closure, the gross-tastic Binding of Isaac with its Wrath of the Lamb DLC, and colorful sidescroller Snapshot.

Along with the award wining Indie Game: The Movie documentary, and just by clearing the average price: $6.09 (as of writing), you’ll get two bonus games Legends of Grimrock and Dungeon Defenders with DLC included.

As always you determine the price you want to pay for the bundle, and how much of that goes towards charity and to the developers.

Humble Indie Bundle 7 can be bought over on their official website but it won’t be around forever, so get on board now!

The End For THQ; Company Files for Bankruptcy

Roger Ma
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Video gaming publisher THQ has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, announced in a press release today.

The publisher of such video game series as Company of Heroes, Saints Row and WWE, said that it continue to operate as normal as they go through the bankruptcy process, while its assets have been sold to investment firm Clearlake Capital Group.

THQ CEO Brian Farrell said,

“We are grateful to our outstanding team of employees, partners and suppliers who have worked with us through this transition. We are pleased to have attracted a strong financial partner for our business, and we hope to complete the sale swiftly to make the process as seamless as possible.”

The company is expected to be delisted from NASDAQ within nine days of the bankruptcy filing, THQ’s shares (NASDAQ: THQI) have since been halted.

THQ state that all studios will remain open with all development teams continuing to work saying that business will continue to operate with out interruption during the sale period.

Hopefully this means that THQ’s upcoming games Metro: Last Light, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and Saints Row 4 will not be affected.

Irrational Releases First Five Minutes of Bioshock Infinite

Roger Ma
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*SPOILER ALERT* Alright go ahead watch if you want. Irrational Games have released the first five minutes of gameplay (yes, actual gameplay) of their highly anticipated upcoming game Bioshock Infinite.

As the video begins we see the game’s protagonist Booker DeWitt as he begins to unravel the mystery that lies behind the floating city of Columbia. Along with that all too familiar, and eerie lighthouse.

Announced back in August 2010, we had been expecting to play Bioshock Infinite by the end of this year, however as it has been well documented the game has been delayed several times now, the most recent pushing back the game till March 26, 2013.

Well with this recent tease of the game, we’re as keen as ever to get our hands on it now.

Rockstar Re-releasing More Games for PS3

Roger Ma
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With Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas re-released onto PlayStation 3 via PlayStation Network last week, Rockstar Games have decided to re-release a slew of PS2 era games.

Deciding to kick things off with Bully, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition REMIX and the pre-cursor to Red Dead Redemption, Red Dead Revolver. Each game is available for $9.99 and is downloadable right now via the PlayStation Store.

More of Rockstar’s titles are set to be re-released, with Rockstar promising more to come over on their Facebook page, it seems that they’re hinting towards bringing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to the PSN.

Thieves Steal 7,000 Wii U Consoles in Robbery

Roger Ma
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And now for a news story that won’t bring you any Christmas cheer. 7,000 brand new Wii U consoles have been stolen from SeaTac airport in Seattle, USA, according to ABC News.

Robbers broke into Nintendo’s distribution bay at Seattle Air Cargo and began loading premium and basic Wii U bundles into trucks using the warehouse’s forklifts sometime between 9pm on Saturday night and noon on Sunday, before making off with them.

Workers noticed the missing inventory and trucks the following day. It is unclear how many people were involved in theft.

Currently police do not have any leads. Speaking to ABC News Sgt. Cindy West said,

If we don’t get any tips ahead of time, it will be the selling of these consoles that will lead to their capture. It’s gonna be pretty hard to hide 7,000 Wii game consoles.

With an average price of $300 each, the stolen consoles are estimated to worth a total of $2.28 million.

Source: ABC News

Monster Hunter 4 Delayed

Roger Ma
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Capcom’s Monster Hunter 4 won’t be seeing its March 2013 release date as planned. Instead the highly anticipated 3DS game will be pushed back till mid-year around Summer 2013. No exact release date has been given.

Capcom have stated that they’ve made this decision to further improve the quality of Monster Hunter 4 and make sure it lives up to everyone’s expectations, the company said in a statement.

Though keep in mind that this is only the Japanese release date. A western port of the game could take much longer considering that the UK release date for Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate Edition on the Wii is scheduled for March.

EA’s Marvel Game That Could Have Been

Roger Ma
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EA’s Marvel Game That Could Have Been

Concept art for an unannounced and since canceled Marvel game has surfaced. Developed by the now defunct EA Chicago the studio behind Def Jam: Icon, this Marvel fighting game would have seen Spider-Man, Hulk, and Captain America as playable characters.

The game was shut down in 2008 by EA and Marvel. Released screenshots of the game shows off an interesting comic boos look along with campaign and multiplayer modes.

Now how exactly did this game get cancelled you ask? Well back in 2004, Marvel and EA announced a multiyear agreement for fighting games to feature well-known Marvel characters alongside new EA-created superheroes.

The result of that deal was the poorly made Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects released in 2005. Which didn’t do so well in sales or critical acclaim.

As you would expect as a result of this EA and Marvel jointly agreed to discontinue development of future Marvel titles in 2009. And as a result all EA Marvel titles ceased.

It’s unknown how far into EA Chicago was into the development of their Marvel game, video and screenshots show what could have been, but unfortunately we’ll never fully know.

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