NIS America revealed some unfortunate news today for fans of their upcoming Mugen Souls title. It seems that Chou-Chou is going to have at least another month to rehearse her world conquest in North America, because the title has been delayed for one month in that region.
Due to “schedule adjustments” Mugen Souls will now be released in North America on October 16th instead of September 18th. This means that those of you in Europe will actually be getting the title first, as the release for your region is still coming on September 28th. While this delay is unfortunate, those interested in learning a bit more about some of what Mugen Souls will have to offer can check out our E3 preview of the game here.
EA Sports is pleased to announce that the demo for NHL 13 has been released to Xbox Live and Playstation Network. The demo features four modes. Play Now mode allowing players to choose 2012 Stanley Cup Champions Las Angeles Kings or the New Jersey devils and play the third period of the final game with a randomized starting score. NHL Moments Live mode allows players to play famous moments of the past NHL season or rewrite history. The demo features the overtime period of Game Five in the 2012 Western Conference Finals. Real footage will draw players into the final moments and completing the period will award players with a Hockey Ultimate Team Item Pack. The demo also features a starter pack and tournament. Winners of the tournament will be awarded with an upgraded HUT Pack. For a bonus HUT Item, players can invite a friend to the demo. The final mode is Free Skate that allows players to practice against a goalie with no rules or restrictions.
NHL 13 will be released on September 13th 2012 in Australia and September 14th in New Zealand
Dale Earnhardt Jr. has been announced as the winner of the Drive for the Cover campaign. Earnhardt Jr. won the most total overall votes and narrowly beat Kasey Kahne in votes in the final round of the campaign. NASCAR the Game: Inside Line cover will feature Dale Earnhardt Jr. with his #88 National Guard car. The game features all 23 official NASCAR racetracks and allows players to get behind the wheel and race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series alongside the drivers, teams, and cars of NASCAR. NASCAR the Game: Inside Line is slated for release on November 6th for the Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3, and Nintendo Wii.
It was announced today by Microsoft, 343 Industries, and 7Hz Productions that the Halo 4 soundtrack by composer Neil Davidge (Massive Attack) will be available October 22, 2012. The Halo 4 soundtrack, which will cost $14, features 15 tracks and over 75 minutes of music. They also said:
“It marks the first time a new composer has taken the reins for the iconic series’ musical score since the launch of the original “Halo” game more than a decade ago.”
Each Halo 4 Special Edition 2-Disc set is individually numbered, and will include the Halo 4 Remix Album, produced by Davidge in tandem with fourteen of the world’s most renowned electronica producers and artists, including DJ Skee, Sander Van Doorn, Gui Boratto, Caspa, Apocalyptica, Hundred Waters, and many more.
Neil Davidge stated the following:
“It was an honor to compose and produce the ‘Halo 4’ score. I am so proud of the way the OST has turned out and to have had the opportunity to evolve the great legacy of ‘Halo’ music. To be able to then collaborate with these talented DJ’s and musicians on various remixes was a real bonus as it is always fun and interesting to see how others interpret and re-imagine what you have created.”
If you are an avid collector of the Halo universe then you will be able to pick up a limited edition of the soundtrack for $75 and it will include a behind the scenes video on making the music of Halo 4, an exclusive hardcover book about making the music for Halo 4, a signed art print, and much more!
You can pick up the official soundtrack and the remixed version of the soundtrack when it releases on October 22, 2012.
If you aren’t sure yet if you’ll like the recently released game, Sleeping Dogs, then you are in luck. You could either go undercover and watch videos of Sleeping Dogs or you could just download the demo that released on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network today. The demo arrived earlier today but if you live in North America and have a PlayStation 3, you were able to download the demo yesterday before everyone else.
The demo includes a look at the “brutal martial arts combat, exhilarating free-running, and intense gunfights offered by Sleeping Dogs” a statement that would be incredibly shocking if you didn’t know that was the title of a video game.
If you are still unsure on how you feel about the game even after you’ve played the demo then you can check out our review for the game which will be release in the next couple of days.
As the company begins to make its holiday hardware push, Microsoft has announced, by way of Major Nelson, that the Kinect will be getting a permanent price reduction.
The Kinect originally launched at the asking price of $149 so it made it a little hard for some conservative gamers to purchase it but, Microsoft has lowered the price to $109 which is a little more reasonable. The price drop will take affect immediately.
As some of you may remember though, Kinect went through a timed price drop last holiday season in which you were able to pick that and three games up for only $100. In other words, you might want to wait and see what Microsoft has up their sleeves for this upcoming holiday season.
If you ever thought that damn, you love bowling and you love anime but absolutely no one has ever made a game that combines two of your favorite past times then you will certainly be wanting to check out the below gameplay trailer and screenshots released by Aksys Games for their upcoming title Crazy Strike Bowling.
In Crazy Strike Bowling, players can select between six different characters and bowl in many different locations like Egypt and Japan. The characters can be customized with different outfits that will be unlocked the longer you play. It is worth noting though that a PlayStation Move is required to play the title, though if you get some friends together you’ll also be able to play four player matches.
You may have been playing the original Borderlands in an effort to satisfy your desire to play Borderlands 2 which is meant to be released next month. But what will you do if we tell you that Borderlands 2 has been given a demade browser game that allows you to take on waves of foes as each member of the Borderlands 2.
The demake is available here for play and is part of the Borderlands 2 marketing campaign. Before you get too excited, the game is a top down 16-bit shooter, though you can definitely spend quite some time blasting away at memorable Borderlands enemies.
Bethesda released some new screenshots today for their upcoming game, Dishonored. It seems that in a steampunk future people just start to dress extremely weird and fashion masks out of any creepy thing they find laying around. But moving on, six new images of Dishonored have been released and can be seen below.
If anything can be taken away from these images, its the fact that the game is absolutely beautiful looking with plenty of style. Those eager to play the title still have a little bit longer to wait as the game is meant to be released on October 9th on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360
Today XSEED Games revealed that they will be releasing a special edition version of Ragnarok Odyssey once it is released in October. This special edition will be called the “Mercenary Edition” and will run for $50, only $10 more than the game’s standard release price of $40.
The Mercenary Edition can be seen below and it will contain a number of special goodies, such as a soundtrack CD, a “Mercenary Guide” which is a book containing artwork and strategies for surviving in Midgard, as well as a pack of 10 random “Monster Cards” which represent a small number of monsters found within the game. To go along with this announcement, the company also released some new screenshots for the title which can be found below as well as a new trailer which can be found below those.
