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The Walking Dead: Episode 2 Dated for iOS

Telltale Games announced today that The Walking Dead: The Game-Episode Two: Starved for Help will hit the App Store next week. You’ll be able to grab the episode for $4.99 as an In-App Purchase within The Walking Dead: The Game. Episodes 2-5 are also available in a single package for a discounted $14.99.

The second episode of the studio’s zombie mega-hit debuted on consoles and PC to significant critical acclaim in late June. We never got our hands on the second episode but you can check out our thoughts on the first episode in the review for the episode.

You will be able to get your hands on The Walking Dead: Episode 2 on iOS sometime next week.

Psychonauts Coming to PSN

PlayStation gamers will be excited to know that Psychonauts is set for release on the PlayStation Network as a PS2 Classic. Launched on Xbox and PlayStation 2 in 2005, Psychonauts will come to PSN in North America on August 28th. There’s no word yet on its release date in other territories, and no price for the game has been confirmed, though all other PS2 Classics cost $9.99.

For those of you who don’t exactly know what Psychonauts, it stars a young cadet named Raz who must journey into the minds of other cadets who have been kidnapped and he must fight off evil demons and their nightmares in order to find them and free them from the evil mastermind who has captured them. He does all of this while he is earning his badges so he can earn the title of Psychonaut.

The PSN version of the game will release on August 28, 2012, at most likely a reasonable asking price of $9.99.

Assassin’s Creed Initiate

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Ubisoft has registered several new domains for a new announced Assassin’s Creed project on August 21, 2012. They have registered a total of twelve domains that have some rather striking similarities. You can check out the full list below:

  • ac-initiate.com
  • ac-initiates.com
  • acinitiate.com
  • acinitiates.com
  • assassins-initiate.com
  • assassins-initiates.com
  • assassinscreed-initiate.com
  • assassinscreed-initiates.com
  • assassinscreedinitiate.com
  • assassinscreedinitiates.com
  • assassinsinitiate.com
  • assassinsinitiates.com

While we can only speculate what Assassin’s Creed: Initiate actually is, there is a chance it could be something like the many console spin offs that the series has had like Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations. On top of that it could be the recently announced movie that they will be making for the franchise or another graphic novel of some sort. Stay tuned for more info.

Halo 4 Achievements Revealed

Well, everyone the time has come. We have gotten the official list of the Halo 4 achievement list. This list inlcudes some recognizable standard achievements but it does include a few more interesting names like, The Dongblainer! So what are we waiting for? Here they are:

  • Dawn – Complete Mission 1 on any difficulty – (10 Points)
  • Requiem – Complete Mission 2 on any difficulty – (10 Points)
  • Forerunner – Complete Mission 3 on any difficulty – (10 Points)
  • Infinity – Complete Mission 4 on any difficulty – (10 Points)
  • Reclaimer – Complete Mission 5 on any difficulty – (10 Points)
  • Shutdown – Complete Mission 6 on any difficulty – (10 Points)
  • Composer – Complete Mission 7 on any difficulty – (10 Points)
  • Midnight – Complete Mission 8 on any difficulty – (10 Points)
  • Wake up John – Complete the Campaign on Normal or harder – (20 Points)
  • I Need a Hero – Complete the Campaign on Heroic or harder – (40 Points)
  • The Legend of 117 – Complete the Campaign on Legendary difficulty – (70 Points)
  • Lone Wolf Legend – Complete the Campaign solo on Legendary difficulty – (90 Points)
  • Skullduggery – Complete any Campaign mission with 3 or more Skulls on Heroic or harder – (15 Points)
  • Bropocalypse – Complete any Campaign mission co-operatively on Heroic or harder – (10 Points)
  • Bromageddon – Complete the Campaign co-operatively on Heroic or harder – (40 Points)
  • Contact the Domain – Find a Terminal in the Campaign – (10 Points)
  • Terminus – Find all of the Terminals in the Campaign – (50 Points)
  • Digging up the Past – In Mission 1, find and access Chief’s record – (20 Points)
  • Midnight Launch – In Mission 2, get significant air in the Warthog at midnight – (20 Points)
  • This is my Rifle, this is my Gun – In Mission 3, carry a UNSC weapon all the way through on Heroic or harder – (20 Points)
  • Bros to the Close – Make it through Mission 4 without one preventable Marine death on Heroic or harder – (20 Points)
  • Mortardom – In Mission 5, hijack a Wraith and use it to kill at least four enemy Wraiths on Heroic or harder – (20 Points)
  • Explore the Floor – In Mission 6, trick or force a Hunter to fall to his demise – (20 Points)
  • Give Him the Stick – In Mission 7 in solo Campaign, take out both Hunters using only the Sticky Detonator – (20 Points)
  • Chief, Smash! – In Mission 8, kill 3 Crawlers in one hit with the Gravity Hammer – (20 Points)
  • Not Some Recruit Anymore – Rank up your Spartan-IV to SR-5 – (15 Points)
  • Movin’ on Up – Rank up your Spartan-IV to SR-20 – (30 Points)
  • I ♥ Red vs Blue – Win 5 War Games matchmaking matches – (10 Points)
  • The Dongblainer – Win 20 War Games matchmaking matches – (30 Points)
  • Operation Completion – Complete a Spartan Ops Mission on any difficulty – (15 Points)
  • A Legendary Episode – Complete all chapters in Spartan Ops Episode 1 on Legendary difficulty – (40 Points)
  • Dedicated to Crimson – Complete all chapters in the first 5 episodes of Spartan Ops on any difficulty – (80 Points)
  • Crimson Alone – Complete a Spartan Ops chapter solo on Legendary – (20 Points)
  • Roses vs Violets – Find one of the RvB Easter Eggs in Spartan Ops – (20 Points)
  • Rescue Ranger – Save at least one Marine in Chapter 3 of Episode 2 of Spartan Ops on Heroic or harder – (20 Points)
  • Knight in White Assassination – Assassinate a Knight in any Spartan Ops mission – (20 Points)
  • What Power Outage? – Complete Chapter 4, Episode 5 of Spartan Ops without losing a generator on Heroic or harder – (20 Points)
  • No Easy Way Out – In Ch 1, Ep 5 of Spartan Ops survive all enemy waves during the defense on Normal or harder – (20 Points)
  • The Challenged – Complete a Challenge – (10 Points)
  • The Challenger – Complete 25 Challenges – (20 Points)
  • Armorer – Change your Spartan’s armor in the Spartan Armor card – (5 Points)
  • Badge – Change your Emblem in the Spartan ID card – (5 Points)
  • PWND – Change your Service Tag in the Spartan ID card – (5 Points)
  • What a Poser! – Change your Spartan’s pose in the Spartan ID card – (5 Points)
  • The Cartographer – Create and save a Custom Map in Forge – (5 Points)
  • Game Changer – Create and save a Custom Game type in War Games – (5 Points)
  • Snapshot! – Save a Screenshot from the Theater – (5 Points)
  • The Director – Save a Film Clip from the Theater – (5 Points)
  • Sharing is Caring – Upload a File to your File Share – (5 Points)

From the looks of it, none of these should be too hard to achieve. All you achievement hunters get your plans in motion.

Halo 4 releases on November 6, 2012 on the Xbox 360.

Star Wars Knights of The Old Republic II Finally On Steam

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Today marks the release of the pretty good, but not as good as the original, Knights of the Old Republic II on PC for the Steam Platform. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II takes place a few years after the events of the first Knights of the Old Republic game and follow the story of the Jedi Exile who reclaims her position with The Force.

What’s notable about this release is that the game had originally been released alongside Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and as a result was a little rushed and buggy. However the game was still an amazing experience from a gameplay and storytelling perspective and a pretty decent successor to the original Knights of the Old Republic.

And now fans of the Star Wars universe who are unable to track down disc-copies of this game are now free to purchase this great title over the preferred distribution platform for PC gamers, Steam. Be sure to check out the store page and buy your copy.

Follow the United States 2012 Presidential Election on your Xbox 360

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Nothing will make you want to stop playing your favorite video games more than switching back to the Xbox 360 dashboard and watching the 2012 US election. Microsoft revealed today that starting on August 27th, Xbox Live members will be able to access the Election 2012 hub which will feature NBC News coverage, information about Obama and Romney, live coverage of the debates and conventions and even daily polls (like why is this here?).

If for some reason you aren’t registered to vote you can even try to register through your game console cause why not. Now this probably is only relevant to those who live in the United States, as Australians, Europeans and Asians probably couldn’t give half a damn about the election.

Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition coming to North America this Fall

If you had to list a few shoot-em up styled games that you thought would be coming to North America then I bet Under Defeat probably wouldn’t have been one of them. In fact, some of you may never even have heard about the title before, but you have now. Today Rising Star Games revealed that they will be bringing over Under Defeat to North America in HD.

Under Defeat HD: Deluxe Edition is meant to be released this fall on the PlayStation 3 both as a retail title and as a download for $39.99. THe game will feature a new dual-stick control scheme, upgraded graphics and those who buy the physical version of the game can receive a soundtrack, letter from the producer of the game and the CEO of the game’s developer G.rev and a digital art book.

Learn how to be stealthy in Dishonored

While players will have the opportunity to choose how they want to approach any given situation in Dishonored, sometimes playing stealthy is not only the safest bet but also the coolest looking one compared to going in guns blazing.

With Dishonored’s release date only a month and a half away, Bethesda has released a new gameplay trailer for the game where they show players how to be stealthy, what stealth skill to use and how various mechanics within the stealth system work. The video itself can be seen below while the came will be sneaking onto store shelves on October 9th.

Have a moe Mugen Souls trailer to calm your anger

As you may have read yesterday, Mugen Souls has unfortunately suffered a delay in North America due to “scheduling adjustments” and is now going to be released on October 16th in North America, right when all of the major video game titles start to be released.

However to soothe anyone who may have been rubbed the wrong way by this delay, NIS America has released a new trailer, which can be found below, showing off the game’s overwhelming battle system including the way that Chou-Chou can perform a “moe” attack to enslave her enemies or even turn them into items.

Have another look at Toki to Towa’s combat system

Today Namco Bandai in Japan released a new trailer for their upcoming RPG Toki to Towa (Time and Eternity). While the trailer found below may be in Japanese, rumors from the staff working on the game state that the game is indeed going to be released in English sometime in the future.

As for the combat system shown off in the trailer today, we catch a glimpse at a very familiar battle system, similar to what was used in Hyperdimension Neptunia and Xenosaga. What I mean is, that each face button will perform a different attack of some sort and these can be combined into combat. It also seems that the visuals weren’t so awkward this time around, though that may be due to the fact that this is the second time we’ve seen them in motion so far.