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A new set of English Tales of Xillia screenshots released

Today Namco Bandai revealed a number of new screenshots for Tales of Xillia. We’ve seen a number of English screenshots released and the latest batch contains mostly all dialog sections as well as a few of the game’s beautiful looking animation sequences.

For those who may not be aware, Namco Bandai is currently in the process of bringing Tales of Xillia out to North America, Europe and Australia sometime in 2013. No information about a possible localization of the recently released in Japan sequel to the game, but it localization chances will likely depend on the sales of this title, so set some money aside for this one!

GTA V Teaser Trailer Coming Mid-November

Rockstar has announced when they will be debuting the next trailer for Grand Theft Auto 5.  After a small debacle where the release window was announced a little prematurely, hopefully the trailer will still have enough to wow fans of the series.

Rockstar is still keeping a lot of the information of the game under raps, so we can really only go on what they show in their trailers.  Hopefully though with the next trailer there will be plenty of stuff to pore over for hints of whats to come.  Scheduled for the worldwide audience on Thursday, November 15th, 2012, players interested in checking the trailer out when it goes live should be sure to check out the website HERE.

Tritton Halo 4 Headsets out Now

Tritton has released their Halo 4 branded line of headsets. These are officially licensed Xbox 360 headsets that support Xbox Live chat. The Halo 4 Trigger Stereo Headset comes with a bonus UNSC Logo Tshirt for your Xbox Avatar and features 40mm stereo drivers, separate voice and game volume, and connect via RCA cable. The Halo 4 Trigger headset costs $49.99 USD and can be bought here.

The flagship product of the Halo 4 headsets is the Warhead 7.1 headset. Branded with Halo 4 logos and a ice blue colour scheme, the Warhead 7.1 is a fully wireless Dolby surround sound headset that acts as a wireless Xbox 360 microphone without any extra cables or dongles that need to be attached to the controller. As an additional bonus, the Warhead 7.1 comes with a Forward Unto Dawn avatar prop. The Halo 4 Warhead 7.1 Headset can be purchased for $329.99 USD here.

Marvel Avengers: Battle For Earth Interview with Stan Lee

Legendary comic book creator Stan Lee sat down with Ubisoft for an interview on the up coming Kinect  and Wii U title Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth. Stan Lee expressed his excitement for the motion sensing capabilities of the game.

Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth is an up coming brawler featuring 20 fan favourite Marvel super heroes and villains including Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, and Thor. Each character has four unique abilities to unleash on your opponents across six game modes including a single player campaign that spans the Secret Invasion storyline, multiplayer, and co-op modes. The visuals are presented in a traditional comic book style. The game is available now for Xbox 360 Kinect and will be released later this year for the Wii U.

Evofish Launching November 15th


Moving Player has developed a new freemium arcade title called Evofish, which is being released by BulkyPix on the App store, November 15th.

Help each of the four Evofish species to evolve through 12 levels as you work to survive amongst the predators of the sea, before ultimately becoming the most deadly one yourself in the natural order of the food chain. With simple and addictive gameplay, you will experience a changing deep-sea environment with new enemies and daily missions set for you to accomplish. Build your score multiplier, and use bombs and potions and other items to go from prey to predator. Each of the four species has their own unique characteristics to provide a good sense of variety to the gameplay experience.

To see some of the first images of the title, view the gallery below. Also, Bulkypix has altered the release date of their other upcoming title, Ninja Toss, which we previously announced. That article, with the updated release date, can be found here.

Dead Island Riptide’s New Playable Character is…

The time has finally come for players to learn who will be joining the original characters from Dead Island on their new adventure in Dead Island Riptide.  The new playable character is that rugged man to the right, John Morgan.

A little information on Mr. Morgan.  A master of hand-to-hand combat, Morgan joined the US Navy with high hopes, but is instead a cook on a ship.  He’s going to be thankful for his combat skills when his boat sails into Palanai.

Available for the entire campaign just like all the other characters, the design of John Morgan was inspired by fan mods for the original game focusing on hand-to-hand combat.

Besides John Morgan, other information  was released such as the town of Palanai being Henderson, a Mediterranean styled port catering to the fabulously wealthy.  Well, at least until the dead pull in . . .

Be sure to check out the screenshot gallery below to see new quality shots of what’s coming in Dead Island Riptide.

 

Australia Waking Up to Halo 4 Launch

Image courtesy of Mark Pakula
As the rest of the world waits impatiently for the stroke of midnight, Australian games are popping in their Halo 4 discs. 250 JB Hifi and EB Games stores held midnight launch parties. Niall “UndueBasher647” Frew, was one of hundreds of people who attended EB Games Campbelltown last night to count down to midnight and was the first Australian to purchase “Halo 4”. Commenting on the experience, he said: “Halo has been my whole life, I feel fantastic! I have been waiting to play Halo 4 for a long time.” Check out pictures of the midnight launches here.

Australia is also getting a real life scavenger hunt called Capture the Poster allowing gamers the opportunity to win one of 400 signed Halo 4 artwork signed by Creative Director Josh Holmes. This artwork has been used for the Halo 4 billboard campaign. 400 posters have been scattered across Sydney and Melbourne. Players will need to join the Xbox Australia Facebook page here to join in the scavenger hunt.

Blizzard Releasing 700 Heart of the Swarm Beta Keys to Raptr Users

700 lucky Raptr users who rank Elite or above on StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty are earning themselves a closed beta key to StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. The Heart of the Swarm expansion pack features the former Terran Queen of the Zerg, Kerrigan. The game brings an extensive new single player campaign, new multiplayer content, an expanded progression system, and major changes to Battle.net including clan support.

Raptr is an online gaming community that combines several major social media and instant messenger services together in one social media service and rewards gamers for their play time. More than 600,000 rewards have been given out through their Raptr Rewards program. Check it out here.

Monopoly and The Game of Life Rolls onto Samsung Smart TVs

EA Mobile is bringing two classic board game to the Samsung Smart TVs. Monopoly and The Game of Life is now available with the ability to control the action with the Samsung Galaxy S I, S II, and S III smart phones. Owners will need to download a free app from Samsung Apps on their phones to roll the dice in Monopoly, spin the wheel in The Game of Life, and check on vital in game information. The Game of Life and Monopoly apps for the Smart TV will cost $9.99 each.

Monopoly is the classic board game of real estate domination created by the Parker brothers in 1934. The Game of Life was created in 1860 by Milton Bradley.

Anuman Teases New Retro Video Game

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French publishers Anuman Interactive is busy with their next retro reboot with a collaborative mini game. Players will be allowed to break a two highlighted blocks every day to reveal their latest project. As blocks are broken, little pieces of the image begin to appear. Those who are a little impatient can use the image on the top of the site to take a wild guess on their next project. Check out the mini game here.

Anuman Interactive has published retro reboots of games such as Barbarian – The Deathsword, Bluecoats – North vs South and Crazy Cars: Hit the Road under the Microids Games for All label.