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LittleBigPlanet Karting arrives on November 6

Travis Bruno
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If you thought that Sony had enough first party racing games, let alone enough with customization (ModNation Racers) then you were obviously wrong. Today Sony announced the official release date for LittleBigPlanet Karting in North America. Gamers will be able to take their own little Sackboy around their own customizable race tracks on November 6th.

To commemorate LittleBigPlanet Karting’s release date the company also happened to release a new trailer for the game which can be seen below, which happens to be quite a hilarious spoof of the Olympics mind you. It is interesting to note that those who pre-order the title will receive a special Kevin butler Sackboy and golf kart.

Ouya XBMC support revealed alongside console size

Travis Bruno
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With the Ouya Kickstarter winding down and about to close, with around 35 hours left until the final buzzer, its time for another update from the people behind the device which people are calling either the next hottest thing that will save video games or the biggest and most overhyped piece of tech to fail in the last few years.

Either way your opinion goes, and mine is for the latter, a new image for the console was revealed today and the Ouya itself looks like it is going to be about the size of a Rubik’s cube and nothing more. Also revealed today is the fact that the Ouya will be getting a media player courtesy of XBMC. The media player will be called TuneIn and it is currently being described as “a free service that lets people listen to the world’s music, sports, and news from wherever they are.” Now we just need an update to let us know about the new addition to the Ouya… a toaster slot to cook pop-tarts in!

Scott Pilgrim XBLA gets some online multiplayer DLC

Travis Bruno
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Better late than never eh? Well, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is going to be getting some new DLC two years after it was released and this DLC is going to add online multiplayer as well as a brand new character for the game. The bad news? Ubisoft wants you to drop 400 MSP, or $5, on the feature, which I suppose if you still happen to love the title two year’s after it’s release it may be worth it to you.

The new character will be Wallace Wells and the online multiplayer will, obviously, allow players to fight alongside their friends in the battle against the seven evil ex’s.

Metal Gear Solid 4 Trophy patch now available worldwide

Travis Bruno
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Although the title came out many moons ago, Trophies have finally made their way onto the PlayStation 3 exclusive Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Today anyone with the game will be prompted to download the patch when they begin the game which will add in 34 Trophies.

These Trophies involve story related things of course as well as a number of Easter Egg Trophies for performing various takedowns or special things within the title. This offers players a chance to go back and do things a bit differently as well as pad their Trophy count a bit with a game they may already own.

Battlestar Galactica Online Succeeding with Substance

Simon Wolfe
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Battlestar Galactica Online Succeeding with Substance

Bigpoint’s Battlestar Galactica Online has been finding some solid success with the Allegorithmic’s Substance.  What is this Substance and what has it been doing for them?  Well, Substance allows high quality detailed art to be easily sized for players on a wide variety of computers.

That means Bigpoint can spend more time on producing higher quality art without having to worry about having to scale it themselves, as it will be handled by Substance.  For a visual example, utilizing Substance Bigpoint has made a series of golden skins for some of the ships in honor of the in-game Festive of Kobol, which players can see to the right.

Battlestar Galactica Online is a free to play MMO, that uses the Unity engine and has so far accrued more than 10 million players.  Players can check out high quality pictures of two of the golden ships below and check out the game at its website HERE.

Darksiders II: Know Death – Last Pre-Release Trailer

Simon Wolfe
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Darksiders II is preparing to be released soon, so it’s having one final trailer to set the stage for it.  The video “Know Death”, doesn’t give any new information to those already versed in what Death exists to do.  Players can check out the new trailer embedded below to see the action as well as the first few scores the game is garnering.

Darksiders II is the sequel to the first Darksiders, but where the first put players in the role of War of the Four Horsemen, II sees players now in the role of War’s brother Death, as it fills in some gaps left by War’s ignorance to his brother whereabouts.  To fully understand the difference between the two playable brothers, consider this: War exists simply to fight battle, while Death exists simply to end life.  Players interested still have a a little time left to pre-order Darksiders II before it comes out.

Forza 4 August Car Pack released on XBL

Caleb Langkamp
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The Forza 4 Car Pack for August has been released today on Xbox Live Marketplace. The car pack will set you back 560MSP, but features 10 cars from the past 50 years of car manufacturing. The pack includes classic cars such as the 1962 Triumph TR3B, and potential future classics such as the 2013 Lexus GS350 F Sport.
The cars that are contained in the pack are:
  • 1962 Lincoln Continental
  • 1962 Triumph TR3B
  • 1984 Peugeot 205 T16
  • 1989 Mercedes-Benz #63 Sauber-Mercedes C 9
  • 2003 Aston Martin DB7 Zagato
  • 2012 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1
  • 2013 Ford Mustang Boss 302
  • 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8 Track
  • 2013 Lexus GS350 F Sport
  • 2013 Scion FR-S

Due to the pack being sponsored by Playseat, there will be a competition hosted on August 7th through August 31st. Players who finish in the top of Forza 4’s rivals mode will be able to net official Playseat items.

WWE Games Giving Away Ice Cream Bars

Jamie Laike Tsui
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Unfortunately, these are not actually the WWE Ice Cream Bars made by Good Humor in the 80’s and 90’s, but THQ is giving away CM Punk Ice Cream bar t-shirts as a pre-order bonus for WWE ’13 through select retailers. Those in the United States will need to pre-order at GameStop and Canadians will have to pre-order at EB Games to score this sweet t-shirt. The Voice of the Voiceless said back in summer of 2011 that he wanted his face on everything including WWE Ice Cream Bars, so now he’s getting his wish. Make sure to pre-order WWE ’13 before October 30th to get the pre-order bonus.

Pitbull and LMFAO Tracks Announced for Zumba Fitness Rush

Caleb Langkamp
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The Hip Hop style pack has been announced and released by Majesco today for its Kinect™ game Zumba Fitness Rush. The popular title, which has been running off the back of the “Zumba craze” that has been sweeping nations, allows you to exercise and have fun dancing to some of your favourite tracks. The DLC allows the player to increase the Zumba Fitness Rush song library from 42 to 45 songs, it also allows them to add these songs to their own customised workouts.

The three songs that makeup the Hip-Hop Style pack are:

  • “Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)” Pitbull featuring T. Pain
  • “Sexy and I Know It” LMFAO
  • “Rock it Out” a Zumba® original track

The songs are priced individually at 160MSP on the Xbox Live Marketplace; if you buy the actual Hip-Hop Style Pack then you get the three songs for the slightly discounted price of 440MSP.

Check out the official trailer below which showcases the new choreography.

Confirmed: The Existence of Microsoft’s “New Xbox”

Roger Ma
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It seems as if every week we hear “news” (or more accurately rumours) of the next-generation of consoles, and every single time they’re brushed off as just that – rumours based off wild speculation or alleged leaked documents.

However the ‘unthinkable‘ has happened.

Microsoft General Manager Brian Hall has mentioned the fabled words “new Xbox”. Speaking to The Verge on their podcast The Vergecast about Outlook and Windows 8, he let slip the words.

“We’ve had Hotmail and operated Hotmail for about 16 years, we obviously have Exchange, and Outlook, that people use at work,” he said. “We just decided it was time to do something new and bring the best from each of those and put them together and release it right in time for the new wave of products that we could have coming out with Windows 8, with the new version of Office with the new Windows phone and the new Xbox.” – Brian Hall

Oh how the rumour mill will be running in overdrive now. No further details or mentions of the new Xbox were discussed. This is the first time a Microsoft employee has openly acknowledged the existence of the new console.

No official statements have been released by Microsoft regarding the new Xbox…yet.

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