What a wild May for Indie enthusiasts looking for a great deal. May is capped off with the biggest bundle of popular and well known indie games with Humble Bundle V, the one that started it all! Humble Bundle is returning to support EFF and Child’s Play with their latest bundle. Pay a minimum of $1.00 and receive a Steam key containing Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Psychonauts, LIMBO, and Superbrothers: Sword and Sorcery EP. Pay more than the average and Humble Bundle throws in Bastion into the mix. Also included are the full soundtracks for all the games in MP3 and FLAC formats. Check out the Humble Bundle here.
In what has to be probably the most idiotic sounding name for a collector’s edition ever released to the public, Ubisoft has revealed that they are planning on releasing an Assassin’s Creed III collector’s edition. Wait, I mean Assassin’s Creed III Ubiworkshop Edition…
Anyways, the “Ubiworkshop” edition of the game will be available for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and is available only at ubiworkshop.com. The package will give you the game itself, an Assassin’s Creed Subject 4 graphic novel and a 500 page Assassin’s Creed Encyclopedia. While the encyclopedia is certainly large and probably comprehensive, the package will cost you a hefty $109.99 so if video game books are your thing then perhaps this is the edition for you.
Looking for a thin case with memorable art? Incase just released their latest version of their classic case the Snap Case for the iPhone 4/4s. The Vapor Snap Case is a white case featuring exclusive blue and green liquid smoke artwork on the back of the case. The Vapor Snap Case comes with all the usual features with the Snap Case including a thin polycarbonate design that allows easy access to all buttons and ports while providing a generous cut out for the camera lens. The case installs quickly and easily through its snap on design while providing protection from drops and scratches.
The case is available from Incase’s website for $34.95.
With E3 next week there are always a few pieces of information which leak out early, and this time around it is Game Informer that has chosen to spill the beans on what may have been one of Microsoft’s biggest game reveals. Their cover for July features Gears of War soldiers escorting a black silhouetted character which is likely Marcus.
Could this game potentially be a prequel to Gears of War? A new spin-off in the Gears of War series? Who knows, but we do know that we’ll likely be seeing it up close and personal when it is revealed next Monday at Microsoft’s E3 press conference.
You may remember that a few months ago, an image that supposedly showed all of the contents of an Aliens: Colonial Marines collector’s edition appeared online, however at that time SEGA made no comment on the image. Well today the company revealed their own, exact same image along with some details about what you will receive if you choose to purchase the $100 collector’s edition.
The package includes:
Resin Powerloader statue.
Four multiplayer characters based on the movies — Hicks, Drake, Apone and Hudson.
Ripley’s Flamethrower.
Extra character customization options.
Exclusive weapons — Phase Plasma Rifle and Sonic Electronic Ball Breakers.
Exclusive level — USMC Firing Range.
USCM Dossier — includes mission brief, USS Sephora schematic, Recruitment card, LV-426 recon photo, USCM iron-on badges, USCM graduation certificate.
Xenomorph “Hive” packaging.
This is obviously a very extensive package and from the image above it is quite obvious that fans of the Aliens franchise, or even fans of Collector’s Editions will find the $100 price tag rather cheap for what is offered. As shown in the image, potential buyers of the game will have to wait until February 12, 2013 when Aliens: Colonial Marines is released to pick up this nice little package.
EA may have been wanting to keep their Dead Space 3 reveal a secret until next week’s E3 press conference, but it seems that you can’t always get what you want, especially if you are a large publishing company. All Games Beta has tossed up a slew of screenshots which are taken from the next Dead Space Game.
In these images it is shown that Isaac Clarke is going to have a friend with him this time around, though obviously no information has been revealed yet except for the fact that the game may take place on an ice world. So… how do you feel about a horror game with co-op gameplay? Personally I am not a big fan of this move considering the fact that it will be truly difficult to scare someone when they are playing with another person. However I will withhold further judgment until next week when EA is likely to officially announce Dead Space 3.
After the initial open beta event for Guild Wars 2, tension is bubbling at an alarming rate for testers worldwide. Excitement and anticipation are mild feelings compared to the emotions that this upcoming MMORPG is surfacing. So with all these heated emotions, ArenaNet is happy to announce that the Beta Weekend Event #2 will begin on Friday, June 8th, at noon PDT (GMT-7) and will run until Sunday, June 10th, at 11:59 p.m. PDT (GMT-7).
And that’s not all! For those that have taken part in Beta Weekend Event #1, your characters have not been deleted. The die-hards that have already achieved level 35 or higher will happy to hear that a new explorable dungeon has been added for your plundering pleasure – Ascalonian Catacombs.
Want to join in the beta events? It is not too late! Pre-purchase Guild Wars 2 to secure your place in the upcoming beta even or keep your eyes open on Guild Wars 2 Facebook / Twitter for beta keys.
Cyanide Studio and Focus Home Interactive has released the first trailer for Pro Cycling Manager 2012, but unfortunately it is only a teaser. The teaser, which players can see below, shows a bit more of the graphics in action. It’s amazing seeing all the different cyclists moving together like a flood of color down the track and gives a better scope than just seeing what they can show from ground cameras in real life.
While details for Pro Cycling Manager are a bit limited for now, the game is expanding from 2011 with more teams and races, plus new specialized training to prepare your cyclists for the different types of courses, such as mountain terrain. The AI has also been reworked to better account for varying situations, like upcoming terrain or opponent fatigue, so that they don’t burn themselves out when taking on the other racers.
The Playstation Vita will be receiving another three apps in the coming months: Travel Bug, Ecolibrium and Imaginstruments. Each app will utilise the specific features of the Vita, taking advantage of the front touch screen, rear touch pad, 3G connectivity and front and rear cameras. Each app will be available for free, but no solid release date has been announced.
Travel Bug follows a player created bug itching for some traveling. Using the cameras, players can take snapshots of locations they visit (via their bug) and track it on an interactive map. There is also a competitive element to the app. Using near, players can compete in a mad dash to a particular destination.
Ecolibriumis an imaginative eco-system simulator where the aim is to maintain harmony within your own created environment. If the environment becomes unbalanced, species in your eco-system must be fed manually until you have restored balance and created the optimum environment for your animals and plants. Players can collect different and trade species with near.
Imaginstruments is animaginary instrument application built with the Vita inputs in mind. Players can play drums, guitar, theremin, and even the violin. Once each imaginstrument has been mastered players can record their tracks and share with other players.
Following the announcement in the latest issue of Japanese video game publication, Famitsu Magazine, a teaser site has just been launched for the next major RPG project from Atlus games, Shin Megami Tensei IV.
It’s been a while since we seen a proper entry in the main line of Shin Megami Tensei games, as for the past few years or so we have seen numerous entries in the Persona sub series as well as the Devil Survivor sub series. Worth noting however is Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey for the Nintendo DS, which essentially played like the games in the main Shin Megami Tensei series, and to many fans this was in fact the fourth entry in the main series.
Turns out this was not the case as the true Shin Megami Tensei IV is set to be released exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS, and will be the first real entry in the main series since Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne.
The teaser site only carries an image, and just by that it is pretty evident that this will be a dark, brooding, and post apocalyptic RPG like the ones before it.
