You remember how Digital Reality and Grasshopper Manufacture released the Xbox Live Arcade exclusive shmup title, Sime Mora? Well it seems that that exclusivity has come to an end, because Siliconera reports that a Vita version of the game has been announced and will be released sometime soon.
The game will contain a guest character from G.rev’s Under Defeat who goes by the name Wilhelmine Muller. Muller will bring a few new weapons and Chronomes to the title. Currently it is unknown how much the title will cost when it is released onto the PlayStation Network, though $9.99 sounds about right.
Going under the radar this year at E3 is a rather important announcement that has gone noticed: 2K Play is going mobile!
Unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2012, 2K has announced that it now plans to storm the mobile market with casual games, beginning this Summer.
2K Play’s mobile lineup includes the following five (5) titles:
Comedy Central’s Indecision Game
2K’s Partnership with Comedy Central is sure to be a recipe for success. Players must ensure they do not “misunderestimate” their competition in this political challenge based on the upcoming 2012 election season. This game begs the question that’s really on everybody’s mind- Who’s smarter, Democrats or Republicans?
Fiasco the Cat Starring in House Pest
In Fiasco the Cat Starring in House Pest, players play as a mischievous cat named Fiasco who will loves to mess up your house! The goal of the game is to quickly clean up his mess before your neighbor or mother-in-law comes over to visit in this hilarious game.
GridBlock: The Puzzle Game You’ll Flip Over!
In this interesting title, smooth moves are required to flip, tilt, slide and shake electro-bocks to place onto the GridBlock board. If you enjoy teleporting through gravity-defying mazes and avoiding black holes, then this may be the game for you!
Herd, Herd, Herd
In this game players must help Farmer Jed herd his chickens, pigs, sheep and cowsinto their pens before the timer runs out. Keep your eyes peeled for the sly fox!
Carnival Games MiniGolf
It may be MiniGolf, but this is sure to be one big load of fun! Play MiniGolf in Medieval Times, the Wild West and even with pirates. MiniGolf has just gotten a lot crazier!
All these games are planned to hit mobile and tablet devices this summer from 2K Games, so make sure to keep an eye out for them!
While the cat may have been let out of the bag a little early for Sony and Ubisoft’s tastes, that didn’t hold Sony back from proudly revealing that an Assassin’s Creed title would indeed be coming to the PlayStation Vita in the form of Assassin’s Creed Liberation.
Liberation will be set in New Orleans and star a female Assassin, the first time players have played a female assassin in franchise history, named Aveline. Aveline will apparently come across Connor, ACIII’s protagonist, some point in the game as well. Those who happen to pick up Assassin’s Creed III on the PS3 will also be able to link their Liberation game to the console title and unlock some bonus content. Nothing says platform motivation like console specific extras! Either way, check out the trailer below and see Aveline use her own assassination techniques to take out enemies.
Tecmo Koei’s Facebook page has been hinting at a variety of new games this week.
First off, they have been posting simple pictures of stars on the Facebook page, and no one can figure out what they mean. Hopefully we will get some answers soon.
Secondly, the above picture was recently posted with the caption: “E3 2012 teaser starts right here. Make sure you come back on June 5th for the blast. New titles!” The bit.ly link currenty goes to the Tecmo Youtube page.
Ubisoft Montreal’s brand new IP Watch Dogs was one of the surprise announcements at Ubisoft’s E3 2012 Press Conference. The new open-world action game is set in a futuristic Chicago where everything is connected with one another thanks to a single supercomputers called CTOS, but the question is “Who controls the computer?”
In a world where everything can be hacked, players will use their hacking skills to control the technology around them. Watch Dogs’ cryptic E3 Introduction Trailer may confuse some, but its E3 gameplay demo will be sure to impress all who had doubts about this very promising game.
Watch Dogs is currently set to be release for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360, no release date has been announced yet.
As Jack Tretton focused the shift of Sony’s E3 media conference to the Playstation Network, he revealed that Journey, from thatgamecompany, has become the best selling title on the Playstation Network. Journey sees the player as a robed figure smack bang in the middle of the desert. They see a mountain and move towards it, unearthing the remnants of a once great civilisation. Players will have to explore these ruins and unlock the secrets hidden underneath.
Journey was the third game from thatgamecompany to be released on the PSN. They were also behind the hit PSN titles Flow and Flower. It is available right now.
For a brand new IP, The Last of Us is gathering quite a lot of attention. It was good to see Sony give it the spotlight as the finale to their E3 conference, providing us with the first look at what we can expect from gameplay.
Labelled a survival-action game, The Last of Us is set in a world decimated by a plague that wipes out much of humanity, leaving survivors to struggle for the most basic human needs.
Players control Joel, a survivor who is tasked with smuggling 14-year-old Ellie out of a military quarantine zone, but of course, it isn’t as easy as he expects.
The story sounds a little bit clichéd, but it’s the presentation and structure that has everyone excited. As with Uncharted, Naughty Dog have obviously given the visuals a lot of love, with some really fluid movements and contextual animations. From the video, it’s actually hard to tell where the scripted sequences end and gameplay begins.
Combat is brutal and satisfying, and looks quite challenging, using whatever is on hand to defend yourself: no overpowered gatling guns here. AI looks quite intelligent, adapting to your actions logically.
Perhaps the most interesting part is its tendency to not rely on balls-to-the-wall action: it looks more survival-focused than the survival-horror franchises we’ve seen: Resident Evil 6 and Dead Space 3 are both moving their franchises away from slow-burn horror towards straight-up action.
The Last of Us is comparatively slow-paced, but not without moments of intensity. There are times to wander the ruins of society, take in the ravaged beauty, and engage in dialogue between Joel and Ellie. These “lows” serve to make the action sequences all the more intense.
Being a Playstation 3 exclusive, The Last of Us is a convincing argument to jump over to Sony’s console, if you haven’t already.
Anyway, why am I still explaining it? Watch the gameplay trailer and judge for yourself!
During Sony’s not so extravagant E3 2012 press conference, with the help of their ‘best friends forever’ Ubisoft, they revealed that Ubisoft’s upcoming instalment in the Far Cry series, Far Cry 3, will in fact feature 4 player co-op campaign.
The game itself looks spectacular and will of course be one of Ubisoft’s biggest games of the year. You can check out the 4 player co-op gameplay demonstration below. It is freaking awesome and sexy.
What do you think of 4 player co-op campaign mode for Far Cry 3? Love it? Hate it? Dress it up real pretty and take it to dinner? Let us know in the comments section below.
It wouldn’t be a motion controller without plenty of little plastic peripherals to stick on it right? Well, at lease these plastic peripherals come from Sony themselves instead of some third party company. Anyways, Sony revealed today that they are making an interesting looking racing wheel peripheral for the PlayStation Move.
Anyone eager to pick up this piece of plastic to put on more plastic will have to wait until Fall when it will be available for $40. Interestingly enough, this racing wheel will provide buttons, a D-pad and even vibration. Plus the side sticks can be adjusted, meaning that you can even place them out to the sides as if you were racing a motorcycle. Color me interested…
Sony have just announced during their E3 2012 press conference that they will be bringing a Hulu Plus and Crackle service to the Playstation Vita.
As you may or may not know, Hulu Plus and Crackle are video streaming services that provide users with hours of television and movies to engage themselves with. Both of these services are also currently available on the Playstation 3, so it was only a matter of time beore they made the jump to the Playstation Vita.
What do you think of Hulu Plus and Crackle heading to the Playstation Vita? Are you excited, disinterested or whatever else you are capable of emoting? Let us know in the comments section below.
