We’ve known about the PC version of From Software’s brutally challenging role playing game epic, Dark Souls, for quite sometime now. Recently however, it was confirmed that the release will also be arriving on the PlayStation 3 (no plans for an Xbox 360 version at this stage).
Prepare to Die Edition will include all the Dark Soul downloadable content, including the ‘The Artorias of the Abyss’ downloadable expansion. Also with this announcement comes the official box-art of this upcoming enhanced release. In Japan this game will carry the name of ‘Dark Souls with Artorias of the Abyss Edition’.
The game is set to launch in 2012, are you prepared to die?
The release of Lollipop Chainsaw is just around the corner as the game is set to be released almost two weeks from now, on 13 June 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Over the past few months or so, we’ve seen some interesting promotional campaigns involving school buses and cosplayers. Now it’s time to get back to business again, with the latest trailer of Lollipop Chainsaw showing off some combat. This short trailer shows off some of the combo heavy gameplay that will be featured in Lollipop Chainsaw. The trailer also showcases the costumes, upgrades, and special moves that players will be able to make use of.
Ahhh, finally feels like summer here in the American Midwest. The Poid Pipper likes spending his summer inside the air conditioning playing video games and drinking iced tea – better be sweetened! As the beginning of June has already crash landed, people are expecting some hot deals. Let’s see what the deals for the week are on Xbox Live News with Pipper, so go grab your monocle.
Deals Of The Week
From the looks of it, PopCap Games is pushing deals out like crazy for their Xbox Live titles. If you haven’t had the chance to pick up Plants vs. Zombies or Zuma, now would be the perfect opportunity. SEGA Bass Fishing appeared out of nowhere but is a crazy fun-filled game ported from the Dreamcast.
Name
Discount Dates
Price
PopCap
May 29 – June 4
Plants vs. Zombies
600 (50% off)
Peggle
400 (50% off)
Peggle Nights
200 (50% off)
Zuma
200 (50% off)
Bejeweled 3
600 (50% off)
Heavy Weapon
400 (50% off)
Astropop
400 (50% off)
Feeding Frenzy 2
400 (50% off)
Bejeweled Blitz Live
200 (50% off)
Feeding Frenzy
200 (50% off)
Grab Bag
June 5 – 11
Sega Bass Fishing
400 (50% off)
Borderlands New Revolution
400 (50% off)
Borderlands Secret Armory Unsensored
400 (50% off)
Borderlands The Underdome
400 (50% off)
Borderlands Zombie Island
400 (50% off)
Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare Collection
800 (50% off)
Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare Collection – Japan Only
1050 (50% off)
Boulder Dash-XL
400 (50% off)
New Releases
Looks like SEGA is busting out there vintage game collections.
Here are the new releases from May 29th to June 6th.
Name
Release Date
Microsoft Points
(Games)
Mad Riders
30-May
800
Sega Vintage: Streets of Rage
30-May
800
Sega Vintage: Golden Axe
30-May
800
Bang Bang Racing
6-June
800
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
6-June
1200
(Game Add-Ons)
Batman Arkham City Harley Quinn’s Revenge
29-May
800
Mass Effect 3 Rebellion
29-May
FREE
(Avatars)
Military Collection Update
29-May
Assassin’s Creed 3
29-May
Trendy Trousers
29-May
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
6-June
Not too shabby of deals. I think we could do better in the coming weeks with more relevant downloadable content, but the SEGA vintage collections going on sale this week makes for a neat addition. In addition, SEGA Bass Fishing is a superb game that even The Poid Pipper enjoyed thoroughly.
Thanks everyone for tuning in again for another chapter of Xbox Live News with Pipper. Don’t forget to check your underwear, and “Play Hard or Don’t Play At All!”
That movie The Avengers is out of this world – literally!
Marvel Studios has announced that alongside NASA, they will be uplinking the record-breaking blockbuster film The Avengers to the International Space Station (ISS), currently orbiting 220 miles above Earth for the Space Station crew’s exclusive enjoyment.
This isn’t the first time Marvel has collaborated with NASA though. In fact they did principal photography for The Avengers at Space Power Facility at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio.
“The studio is privileged to share ‘Marvel’s The Avengers’ with those up in space exploring the universe. A special thanks goes to NASA for utilizing their incredible technology to make this special screening miles above us in space happen. It is a screening that would make Tony Stark envious.”
-Louis D’Esposito, Marvel Studios’ Co-President and Executive Producer of The Avengers
If you buy your clothes from Hot Topic, chances are your a fan of Emily the Strange. Well Emily has now gone back to her roots and has once again picked up her skateboard in the brand new PC game Emily the Strange: Skate Strange, available now!
This fun 2D skating title comes with 36 challenging levels, cool moves and power ups, stylish presentation and even a kick-ass level editor, so move over Tony Hawk! Levels take place in the picturesque cities of Paris, Moscow, London and New York and players can pull off insane moves on their skateboards such as playing air guitars, performing handstands and more.
Awesome games need awesome soundtracks, right? The downloadable game Awesomenauts is a prime example of such a statement, with music that sounds the same way the game looks – like an awesome Saturday morning 80’s cartoon.
The soundtrack is now available here via bandcamp, where the entire album can be streamed online for FREE. Fans can alsow download the full soundtrack for $2, and for $5 they can go into the running to win an Awesomenauts vinyl record! The vinyl contains the full themesong as well as the remix on side A, and the Megamix of all songs on side B. I’m sure it’s safe to assume the remix is awesome and the Megamix is mega awesome!
If that’s not enough for you, you can also listen to the theme song in the video below, so get ready cause it’s going to be….yep, you guessed it! Awesome!
Holy Health Bars Batman! Have you heard about the recently announced Injustice: Gods Among Us yet? It’s an epic new fighting game set in the DC Comics Universe, from NetherRealm Studios – the guys who brought us Mortal Kombat.
The game’s official website has just released some awesome new still shots, showing off DC Comics icons such as Batman, Harley Quinn, Solomon Grundy, Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman in action! As you can see things get pretty crazy, check out the stills below and see for yourself!
Injustice: Gods Amoung us is set for a 2013 release date on The game will be available for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii U.
Help me Dr. Zaius! 20th Century Fox has announced a release date for the upcoming sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes – May 23rd, 2014.
Titled Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, it is confirmed that Rupert Wyatt will be returning to direct the film, with Andy Serkis returning as the role of Caeser. Very little is known about the film at the moment but if the last one was anything to go by, it’s certainly something to go bananas about!
What do you hope to see in the up coming film? Leave a comment down below and let us know what you think about Dawn of the Planet of the Apes!
The mutants are coming, again! 20th Century Fox has announced a release date for the upcoming untitled sequel to X-Men: First Class – July 18, 2014.
Very little is known about the film, other than Matthew Vaughn has signed on to return as director and shooting is expected to begin in January 2013 to avoid scheduling conflicts with Jennifer Lawrence, returning to her role as Mystique, who is also soon be shooting The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.
What can we expect from this film? Well Fox envisions it to be the 2nd film of the new X-Men trilogy. Also, Vaughn has compared the idea of this sequel to The Dark Knight by stating “First Class is similar to Batman Begins, where you have the fun of introducing the characters and getting to know them, but that takes time. But with the second one, you can just get on with it and have a rollicking good time. That’s the main difference between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.”
Sounds like the next X-Men film could turn out to be pretty X-treme!
Two of Walt Disney Pictures biggest major 2013 releases have now seen a rescheduling in their release dates. The Lone Ranger will now be seeing a July 3rd release date instead of May 31st, and Thor 2 will smash it’s way into theatres one week earlier on November 8th instead of November 15th in 2013.
The Lone Ranger premiere will rival Universal Pictures’ Despicable Me 2 as well as 20th Century Fox’s 3D re-release of Independence Day. Thor 2 on the other hand will put the god of thunder be up against The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and the One Direction Concert Movie 3D. Let’s hope Thor and his mighty hammer can smash through those Justin Bieber look-a-likes!
So for those who missed it: The Lone Ranger hits screens July 3rd, 2013 and Thor 2 hits screens November 8th, 2013.
