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New Far Cry 3 Video

Ubisoft released a new video today for Far Cry 3. Entitled Island Survival Guide: Welcome to the Rook Islands, ex CIA operative Agent Huntley gives viewers the tour of Rook Island. There are lots of footage showing off the jungle landscape, old ruins, and views of the island from a variety of vehicles. The video also introduces players to the locals that will interact with the players throughout the game and some big game hunting with a variety of weapons including the bow and arrow. Far Cry 3 will be available for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC on November 29th, 2012 in Australia and Europe, November 30th in the UK, and December 4th in North America.

Binding Of Isaac – Out Of The Basement And Onto Your Consoles


Recently on his Formspring profile, Binding of Isaac creator Edmund McMillen, announced that the game will be expanding from the PC onto consoles.The expansion will have around 50% more content then the PC version (Wrath of Lamb expansion included) says McMillen, “The remake will be more than just an expansion, it will be a new game with all new graphics, music, etc it will also feature an expansion sized pack of all new content, bosses, characters enemies, items etc”. Along with brand new content, there will also be a local co-op mode, which is pretty exciting news!

No word yet what consoles the game will be ported too, but given the lack of success with the 3DS version of the game, can we expect Nintendo to not be one platform this Indie game will make it to? McMillen is hopeful it can make all platforms, but we will have to wait and see.

Atari’s Greatest Hits Free For a Limited Time

Atari is running an amazing promotion for a limited time. From August 31st to September 1st 2012, the 100 game pack will be 100 percent free! That is right! FREE. Originally, the 100 game pack is $9.99. Players are able to play such classics from the 70s and 80s as Missile Command, Pong, Centipede, Asteroids, Crystal Castles, Lunar Lander, Super Breakout, and Warlords. Controls are designed to mimic the originals and are compatible with the Atari Arcade Duo Powered Joystick. Multiplayer is available for head to head game play via Bluetooth in such games as Warlords and Tempest. Download Atari’s Greatest Hits for the iTunes App Store for free here.

EA Mobile Weekly News 8/29/12

In celebration of Labor Day, EA Mobile will be slashing prices up to 80% off on their hottest titles. Games includes Scrabble, Real Racing 2, and NBA Jam. Most titles will be priced at $0.99. Remember to check out EA Daily Deals here for the EA Mobile games on sale. FireMonkeys also released an exclusive Porsche trailer today for their upcoming game Real Racing 3. The trailer shows off the Porsche 2010 911 GT3 RS, 2012 911 GT3 RS 4.0, 2010 911 GT3 Cup, and the 2006 Carrera GT.

In addition EA Mobile is released the Monopoly app as the first compatible title for the Samson Smart TV. Players will be able to control the game from the comfort of their couch using their Samsung Galaxy I, II, or III phones. People will be able to roll the dice, view property information, and examine opposing players assets on the phone. The Monopoly app for the Samsung Smart TV will be available on the Samsung Apps store for $14.99.

Lococycle PAX Prime 2012 Info

Twisted Pixel’s next game LocoCycle has been pretty stark in information since its teaser trailer back at E3, but that’s been turned around in time for PAX Prime 2012.  Finally having a gameplay trailer, which can be seen at the bottom of the page, players can checkout I.R.I.S., the super agent motorcycle as she fights a plethora of enemies using guns and martial arts.

But, the gameplay trailer isn’t the only video released for the game as a “Behind the Scenes” video shows off the voice actors for both I.R.I.S., the main character, and S.P.I.K.E., her nemesis.  Who did Twisted Pixel get?  Lisa Foiles and Robert Patrick, respectively.  To check out that video players can see the video embedded just below.

Beyond the videos, Twisted Pixel has also said that special real life motorcycles designed after I.R.I.S. and S.P.I.K.E. will be unveiled at PAX Prime 2012.  Built by Southern Metal Choppers and Legacy Effects, the former Stan Winston Studios, the motorcycles are full sized, weighing more than 600 pounds and took more than four months of work to create.  Handcrafted and hand painted, I.R.I.S. is over 8 feet long and S.P.I.K.E. is over 9 feet long, but unfortunately not street legal.

Twisted Pixel will be at PAX Prime showing off not only LocoCycle stuff, but contests and demos for their other popular properties.

Square Enix’s new CoreOnline allows free playtime by watching ads

Today Square Enix launched their brand new cloud gaming service called Coreonline which will allow gamers to play HD games in their PC browser. Developed by a company called Hapti.co, gamers can play on IE (don’t do it) FireFox and Chrome.

Currently the Coreonline service is only offering two games, Hitman: Blood Money and Mini Ninjas, while Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will be available in October. Now what makes Coreonline so interesting is the fact that gamers can play all the titles on it for free, as long as they choose to watch some advertisements first.

What I mean is, gamers can simply watch a few ads on the Coreonline website to earn minutes of gameplay. This means that gamers can simply watch a minute long advertisement and receive around 10-20 minutes of gametime. If you choose not to watch ads or want to skip through them, you will have to pay for the game’s you want to stream. Those interested in checking out the site for themselves can find it here.

Phoenix Wright trilogy comes to the iOS

There shouldn’t be any Objections! to Capcom bringing everyone’s favorite lawyer Phoenix Wright and his three games to the iPhone and iPad this fall season. Well, unless they slap a ridiculous price on all three of them considering most fans probably already own the games in some way or another already.

Either way, this fall the container app of the three games will be released for free and you will be able to purchase the individual games in the trilogy: Ace Attorney, Justice for All and Trials and Tribulations inside. Not much has been said yet as to whether or not these iOS releases will see any significant improvement over past releases.

Bastion coming to the iPad on August 30th

If you were thinking that the beauty of Bastion needs to be in portable form then you are in luck because today Supergiant Games revealed on their blog that they will be bringing the game to the iPad on August 30th. The title will not be a simple port job as it will also include Retina display and Game Center.

For those attending PAX Prime, the game will be playable during the event at booth #6019. To go along with the game’s announcement the company also released the below reveal trailer and revealed the game’s cheaper $4.99 price point, making it a rather cheap alternative to the console and PC versions of the game.

Animal Crossing 3DS gets a Japanese release date

During last night’s Nintendo Direct the company revealed that Animal Crossing: Tobidase Dōbutsu no Mori, better known as Animal Crossing 3DS (or Jump Out) will be released in Japan on November 8th. They also demonstrated some of the “neat” features in the game such as the enhanced customization features and more.

As for a Western release, currently the title is meant to be released in Europe at some point next year and although North America has not seen an actual localization announcement for their region, it will likely be released alongside the European release as it is very unlikely the company would not release the game worldwide.

Professor Layton prepares for his final adventure in newly announced game

It seems that the next Professor Layton will also be the last one, or at least that is what Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino has stated in his reveal of the game. During last night’s Nintendo Direct presentation Hino revealed that Professor Layton and the Legacy of the Super Civilization A will mark Layton’s final adventure.

The a clip containing this announcement can be seen below and the game itself will be released at some point in 2013 in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS with a release in the West likely to occur sometime after that. It is worth noting that although this may be Layton’s “last adventure” it probably doesn’t mean that this is the last time we’ll ever see the character.