That’s right boys and girls, Grand Slam Tennis 2 has officially hit Aussie shelves as of today so go out and grab your copy ahead of both North America and Europe.
Grand Slam Tennis 2 is available for Xbox 360 and PS3 and also utilises the PlayStation Move controller. The game features a star-studded lineup including current legends in the making: Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, and Serena Williams as well as past greats such as John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova.
The game also boasts the official licensing to all four Grand Slams, and implements an all new Total Racquet Control system for a truly realistic experience.
Don’t forget to keep your eyes open for our review which will be on the site very soon.
What is it with TMNT titles disappearing from downloadable services? After seeing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled taken off the Xbox Live Marketplace just last summer, we now have the sad news to report that the original TMNT for the NES (Yes, the Konami one) has been taken of the Wii’s virtual console for unknown reasons.
Those who already made a download of the classic can still re-download, but as of today, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is unavailable in all regions. My guess that this is just a licensing issue and might be corrected in the future, but it still is a bit disheartening that Wii owners were given no warning of these reptile’s departure.
Here is an interesting rumor for you to chew on. Various sources have begun reporting that Ubisoft may be preparing Lady Gaga: The Experience for the Wii and Wii U. I think by this time, no one should be surprised if this were to be true though, as the whole concept fits in perfectly with Ubisoft’s dance genre series that started with the King of Pop back in 2010.
Honestly, I enjoy Lady Gaga as an entertainer and her larger than life persona seems to be perfect for the video-game world. To make this even more exciting, anime expert Luke Halliday has had a Bubble-Dress he has been dying to try on for quite some time now so it all seems like destiny. Until an official announcement is made, consider this just a rumor but this very could well be one of Ubisoft’s big 2012 releases we will be seeing at E3.
You see, Kirby? Dreams do come true. In a rather expected yet still welcome move, Nintendo of Japan announced today that Kirby’s Dream Land 2 will see a release next week on the 3DS’ eShop. For those unfamiliar to this follow-up, Dream Land 2 offers a different mechanic from it’s predecessor and allows Kirby to catch rides from his animal friends.
There really isn’t a question of “if” us westerners will see a release of Kirby #2, but more of when as Nintendo have had no problem as of late showing the pink fluff a ton of love with his previous entries. All that is left to do now is simply wait for this, and get a bit more pumped for the rest of the franchise to follow suit.
If you have been one of the many 3DS owners who have picked up Resident Evil: Revelations in the U.S., then you might have noticed that the game did indeed print with that dreaded typo. I personally don’t see a big deal with it, but case lovers cried foul and Capcom are looking to make up for their oversight with a bit of a fix.
Posting on a blog over at Capcom Unity, Gregaman offered this bit of news for the troubled owners of the misprinted box:
As you may well have heard by now, the title of Revelations is indeed misspelled on the spine of the game box (as “Revelaitons”). Unfortunately, the initial North American shipment of the game will reflect this error, but we just got confirmation that subsequent shipments of the title are being repackaged to have the correct spelling. Meanwhile, customers who have received the misspelled version can contact our Customer Service line at 650-350-6700 or by email at [email protected] and we’ll send you a new insert for your case. So yay!
Sounds like a winning idea to me. I for one am keeping my misprint in tow, as it adds a bit of a odd charm to the rather bland artwork featured in front (though that argument is for another day). If you are one of the picky, get to dialing or e-mailing and you will be able to get your insert in what one would presume a rather short time span.
The latest iteration in the Silkroad series of games, Silkroad-R, recently launched worldwide and to celebrate the upcoming holiday of Valentines day, the game is hosting an event. Titled The Battlefield of Infinity, the event has monsters dropping rare items that are used to woo fellow players in a manner similar to human courtship.
This Battlefield of Infinity is an arena that players enter to do battle with massive foes, as either a party or solo, in order to protect the Guardian Stone and to win rewards and prizes. Unfortunately, recovery items will not work in this arena, and with a cap of four attempts per day, you will want to bring the best players that you can find. The best part of the event, however, would certainly be the rare chocolate that drops.
Any player that has this chocolate traded to them gets a bleeding heart buff that increases strength and intelligence. Any two players that submit a screenshot of their love will be in the draw for a unique “Wedding Avatar”. Make sure your photo is the best, as there are only 20 of these available.
To quote Joymax –
“Valentine’s Day is a popular event for our users because of the number of couples, whether they’re friends or married, that play our game together,” said Joymax CEO, Nam-chul Kim. “Alongside the new Battlefield of Infinity, which gives players a daily challenge to overcome either individually or with their closest warriors, there’s even more to LOVE about Silkroad-R.”
For more information, be sure to check out the official website.
… On every major PC distribution that isn’t Linux (though I’m sure if you really wanted to play it on Linux, you can find a way to). As you may recall, Abobo’s Big Adventure was the parody game that took the gaming world by storm earlier this year and has been gaining popularity ever since.
Now! You can own this fabulous game in all its game-glory by downloading it from the official website. The game features parodies on many games, namely Double Dragon, but also others, such as The Legend of Zelda and Donkey Kong.
His games, including Grim Fandango, Day of the Tentacle, Psychonauts, Brutal Legend, and the recent Sesame Street Kinect game Once Upon A Monster, have all been ingenious gems, full of character, humour, and interesting twists on game mechanics.
His brand of auteurship is something we don’t see much of in this industry, likely because making a video game is such a collaborative effort, involving hundreds of cooks stirring the broth. Many of those cooks simply have money as their goal, and that can steer the game into directions the developers may not want.
Schafer’s studio, Double Fine, is now trying to combat the dreaded hand of the publisher, with an experiment with the game development process. They’ve launched a Kickstarter project, which directly asks consumers to help fund a project that gives them creative freedom.
Think of it as an early pre-order: $15 will get you a copy of the game in the end, as well as an insight into the whole process and the chance to give feedback during production. If you want to donate more, your reward will not only be a greater sense of self-satisfaction, but exclusive production art, videos, your name in the credits, and if you’re particularly generous, could get you lunch with the man himself.
To all players who pick up a copy of Cloudberry Kingdoms, the developers have issued the following challenge:
We’re offering a $1,000 prize to whomever can be the first to beat the game on its hardest difficulty.
How many developers are that confident in their games ability to create a fully completable level that players will find absolutely too difficult to complete? Not that many, I can assure you. But if you think you have what it takes, make sure you take them up on their challenge!
For more information on this conflict, check out the official website and the video embedded below.
Some may remember that True Crime: Hong Kong was dropped by Activision last year due to some rather unsatisfying explanations. However later in 2011 some hope for the series was revived as Square Enix picked up the rights to the game in development. Now Square Enix only purchased the rights to that game, but not to True Crime itself, so that means that when they release the title it will be under a different name.
Thus we have Sleeping Dogs. Square Enix revealed today that they will be releasing the game later this year and it is still being developed by United Front Games. To commemorate this announcement they have released an amazing live-action trailer for the game which can be seen below. Almost makes you wish that they were making a movie rather than a game.
