Indie developer Memetic Games unleashed episode one of their four part behind-the-scenes footage for Dementium II today.
The folks at Memetic Games have been working on a port of the survival horror game released for the Nintendo DS in 2010. Their work has obviously been a labor of love, but it appears they may be letting it get to them.
In the clip below, things get a little crazy around the office: dodging monsters to get their coffee and shooing bothersome pests away from their workstations. At the end of the day, though, it’s wonderful to know their families support them and their work!
Be sure to check out the video embedded below for more info.
GREE have just announced the release of a new, free-to-play title, exclusively for iOS devices. The game is called Knights & Dragons: Rise Of The Dark Prince and is a collaboration between GREE and IUGO Mobile Entertainment Inc., based in Vancouver.
Knights & Dragons: Rise Of The Dark Prince is an adventure/RPG that has players embark on a medieval journey to this once peaceful kingdom, which has been overtaken by the dastardly Dark Prince and his evil army. On your quest to save your beloved land and return justice to the state, you will battle treacherous monsters and recruit the best knights from friends’ kingdoms, all the while unlocking additional heroes to join your court and collect valuable materials to craft new armor as you prove the victor. Knights can also combine and enhance their armory to weld stronger sets and build an ultimate coat of arms, further cementing their true valor.
Eiji Araki, SVP, Social Games, GREE International, Inc. said “In Knights & Dragons, we set out to develop a fun and accessible RPG experience that delivers all the social, strategic and immersive elements that mobile social gamers love. We also wanted to bring a deeper storyline by introducing an entertaining plot, witty dialogue, playful characters and high-production art, as well as a continuous dose of new content, features and events to keep the fun fresh. We’ve worked hard to make this title more than a game, but an ongoing entertaining experience.”
As alluded to by Mr. Araki, a deep storyline with fun adventure role-playing elements is a focus for GREE, and allows you to explore magical lands, engage in hundreds of quests, build and design a prosperous and wonderous castle, and customize characters with unique and powerful armor. Knights & Dragons is also packed full of robust social features, including battling friends in weekly player-versus-player tournaments, hiring friends’ knights to use in battle, accessing leaderboards, and viewing players’ profiles and adding them as friends. There are also in-game achievements to reach.
Knights & Dragons: Rise Of The Dark Prince can be downloaded from the App Store right now, for FREE. View the gallery below for the first few official screenshots.
No! No! No! is exactly what Santa Pipper is saying to the latest deals for Xbox Live. Welcome once again to Xbox Live News with Pipper, and this time you will wish you had coal in your stockings. Not much worthwhile up for grabs in the Deals of the Week section. However, add-ons and games on demand may be worth some of your time. Let’s see if there are any stocking stuffers!
Deals of the Week
Name
Discount Dates
Price
Tropico 4
Dec 11 to Dec 17
Tropico 4 GonD
Varies
Tropico 4 – Modern Times
600
Tropico 4 – Quick-dry Cement
200
Tropico 4 – Plantador
200
Tropico 4 – Junta
200
Tropico 4 – Bonus Pack
200
Serious Sam
Dec 18 to Dec 24
Serious Sam 3 BFE
600
Serious Sam HD: TSE
600
Serious Sam HD: TFE
600
Serious Sam 3 BFE Jewel of the Nile
600
New Releases
Plenty of add-ons to be taking advantage of this go-around. At least we can gather some sustenance with Resident Evil 6 packs.
Name
Release Date
Microsoft Points
(Games)
Mensa
12-Dec
800
Black Knight Sword
12-Dec
800
Kinect Party
18-Dec
Free thru Dec 31
(Games Add-Ons)
Assassin’s Creed III : The Hidden Secrets Pack
11-Dec
400
Pinball FX 2 – Zen Classic Pack
12-Dec
800
Guardians of the Middle Earth: Bilbo Baggins
14-Dec
160
Guardians of the Middle Earth: Bert the Troll Packs
14-Dec
160
Forza Horizon Rally Expansion Pack
18-Dec
1600
Battlefield 3: Aftermath
18-Dec
1200
Resident Evil 6: Survival
18-Dec
320
Resident Evil 6: Predator
18-Dec
320
Resident Evil 6: Onslaught
18-Dec
320
Resident Evil 6: Mode Pack
18-Dec
720
Minecraft: Festive Skin Pack
19-Dec
80
Full House Poker: Texas Heat Winter 2013 DLC
19-Dec
FREE
Guardians of the Middle Earth: Great Goblin Pack
19-Dec
160
(Games on Demand)
NHL 13
11-Dec
Fatal Inertia
11-Dec
Madagascar 3: The Video Game
11-Dec
NCIS
18-Dec
Borderlands 2
18-Dec
Spider-Man: Web of Shadows
18-Dec
Cartoon Network Punch Time Explosion XL
18-Dec
(Avatar)
Minecraft Avatar Collection 3
18-Dec
In addition to these new releases and deals, more sales are coming in the month of December. First up is Kinect Central: Michael Jackson The Experience that is currently on sale until Dec. 17th with a price varying by region. Starting of this weekend on Dec. 14th is THQ’s weekend sale; keep an eye out for these deals on your Xbox Live dashboard. Towards the end of the month we will see Kinect Central: Carnival Games Monkey See Monkey Do on sale as well as discounts on games for the countdown to 2013 beginning on Dec. 18th.
I would like to personally thank everyone for tuning in again for another chapter of Xbox Live News with Pipper. Santa Pipper would be extremely sad if this was the last Xbox update due to some claiming the world will end before the holidays. All the more reason to remember to “Play Hard or Don’t Play At All!”
Sydney Zombie Walk has planned to kick 2013 off with a bang, has they have announced two new events for 2013. Check the details below!
Zombie Laser Tag
Sydney Zombie Walk will be invading Maitland Gaol, the gaol that imprisoned Ivan Milat, for two hours of laser tag. Buy tickets here.
What: 2 hours of laser tag in a disused prison
When: Sunday February 3rd, 4:00pm
Where: Maitland Gaol
How much: $60 $50 (until Dec 25th)
Buy tickets now to save $10. For more information, visit the Laser Tag page on our website.
Zombie Picnic
Get your best zombie makeup on, bring some tasty food (bonus points for zombie-themed food), and come have a lovely picnic in the park.
What: Zombie themed picnic in the park
When: Saturday April 13th
Where: Centennial Park
For more information, visit the Sydney Zombie Walk website here!
Capsule Computers has previously worked with Sydney Zombie Walk for The Uncanny Valley, Episode 2: The Undead. Make sure you go over hereto check it out!
Any concerns over the release date of Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch can be put to rest because earlier today Namco Bandai revealed over Twitter that the Western localization for the title has “gone gold” which means that it has been completed 100% and is ready to be printed to disc.
This means that the release date for the PlayStation 3 exclusive will remain January 22nd and January 25th next year for North America and Europe respectively. Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch will feature both the English voice cast, Japanese voices with English subtitles and for those of you who speak French, Italian, German, or Spanish there are subtitles for you as well.
Remember how Sega and Gearbox’s Aliens: Colonial Marines was going to have some multiplayer aspects? Well today Sega released a number of screenshots for Aliens: Colonial Marines which focus on that mode exactly. These screenshots, which can be seen below, focus on the various Xenomorph classes that players will be able to play once the game is released, such as Warriors, Drones and Spitters.
Currently Aliens: Colonial Marines has finally managed to obtain a solid release window sometime in February 2013 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 while the Wii U version of the game currently does not have a release window.
Studio:C2 Game Studio Publisher: Chillingo Ltd Platform:iPhone (reviewed), iPad Release Date: December 6, 2012 Price:$0.99 BUY NOW!
Overview
Since the incredible success of last year’s Temple Run, mobile devices have been filled with generic endless runner genere titles hoping to cash in on the craze with little to no ambition or creativity. However Nitro Chimp from Chillingo breaks the trend, with a different take on the genre, inspired by titles such as Joe Danger and Excite Bike. Nitro Chimp is an casual title packed with style and fun that can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
Gameplay
Nitro Chimp puts players behind the wheel of a motorcycle as a chimp in an epic race against a coin-stealing opponent. The catch is the race is filled with deadly obstacles and the race doesn’t end, ever. Those familiar with endless runner titles should feel right at home with the controls. You can play either by titling your device or using on screen buttons to avoid obstacles and collect coins, and you can press the screen to jump as well. There is only one level, which goes on endlessly, By saving up coins you can buy power ups, costumes and upgrades…you know the drill! The biggest standout feature that separates is the focus on preforming tricks to rack up extra points. This adds a new element to the gameplay, as players are encouraged to take risks – if they succeed they rack up more points, but if they fail it’s game over.
You could just play it safe and just dodge obstacles and try and get as far as possible, but then you’d miss out on a lot of points. Also, with an opposing chimp stealing all the coins, it’s in the player’s best interest to try and stay ahead to get more coins. It’s a unique and fun twist that adds an extra layer of depth to the genre which can be really refreshing. With a camera button that works in the same fashion as the much loved one from Super Smash Bros, objectives, Facebook & Twitter integration and the ability to make in-game purchases for more coins, Nitro Chimp has it all! With that being said however, Nitro Chimp can be a little repetitive and simple for some but hey it’s a casual title, what’d you expect?
Audio & Visual
Nitro Chimp is filled with eye candy with it’s adorable character design and it’s range of outfits. While textures may be basic, they get the job done with vibrant colours that capture the atmosphere with cartoonish charm. The soundtrack is a beautiful highlight, filled with a high-energy rock soundtrack. In fact, the developers thought this so much that the entire 11-track OST is available on iTunes, which you can gethere! If that isn’t enough for you, check out the track Chains of Goldhere!
Overall
Nitro Chimp is a refreshing take on a familiar style of play. While there isn’t much new stuff to bring to the table, it clearly stands out. It looks great, sounds great, easy to play and is addictive enough to fall in love with, but it’s not going to be for everyone. Nitro Chimp does tick all the boxes in making a good iOS title, but that’s about it. While it is charming, creative and fun, it also gets repetitive and does a lot of things we’ve all seen before. For only 99 cents but, it’s worth picking up if your a casual gamer and love the endless runner genere as it is a nice twist on things, but really that’s about it. But I’m sure for many it is a must buy – I mean, come on, It’s a chimp on a motorbike that’s freaking cool!
How many of us out there are looking forward to some hot, sticky, mech-on-mech action today? How many of us were hoping to get our taste of that five or six hours ago? Well it turns out that HAWKEN still has not quite launched it’s Open Beta due to some account issues with the game.
However, the development team are assuring us that the game will be launching soon and that everyone should be keeping their eyes peeled on the main site. Of course, the forums are quite abuzz right now over the game not being released as planned.
UPDATE: THE GAME IS NOW LIVE; SEE YOU ALL IN THE METAL HELL! BWUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
If you are still waiting on your first Christmas present of the year then fear no longer – there’s a gaming freebie on the loose! Black Forest Games have announced the release of a special festive level for platforming delight Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams. The level will be automatically added to the game for those who already have it – just check under the extras tab after updating – but handily for those who have yet to try the title, the level also functions as a stand alone game.
It’s an ideal opportunity to test out a quality game for free, so those seeking some well designed and often tricky platforming can grab the level for free from Steam or GOG.COM.
In case you happened to miss it, Bioshock Infinite’s cover has already been revealed and can be found here. However after the cover was revealed there was quite a bit of backlash from the gaming community, complaining it was the most generic cover ever and many even photoshopped the male character into a number of other covers to show how generic it was.
Well Irrational Games has already said that they won’t change the display cover for Bioshock Infinite but they are planning on providing a reversible cover and you can help select which one. Irrational currently has six different cover arts that gamers can vote on and the winner will be printed on the back of the cover art. You can see the covers below and vote for your choice (#1 or #5 right?) here.
In case you happened to miss it, Bioshock Infinite’s cover has already been revealed and can be found 
