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66% off Sanctum today on Steam

Jorel Alvarez
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To celebrate the multilanguage localization of the FPS/tower defence Sanctum, the game will be available today at 66% off on Steam.

“We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Sanctum can reach a wider audience with added language support,” says Anton Westbergh, CEO and Producer of Sanctum. “We hope that this update, which is obviously free, will allow people an opportunity to play with their friends and competitors around the world more easily.”

In Sanctum, one of the best-selling indie games of 2011, you play as Skye, a soldier protecting her home town of Elysion One from invading aliens. To fight off the mysterious creatures, you will have to build and upgrade defensive structures and when a horde of aliens ambushes – you attack! Choose one of the five kick-ass weapons and join the action! The game features four-player support, seven new maps to add to the original three, four challenging game modes, eighty seven achievements and is now also available in Russian, Japanese, French, German and more.

Be quick, this deal on Steam ends at 1pm US EST.

 

New Shoot Many Robots Trailer Shows Off Many Robots

Julien Durand
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Shoot Many Robots is using its latest trailer to demonstrate that developer Demiurge is not kidding around when they say many robots.

With everything from spider-like Gatling gun wielding machines to giant robotic blimps full of gas on display, the trailer for the four-player side-scrolling shooter really reveals the quirky fun behind this downloadable adventure. Beyond many robots, the game also features RPG elements, and two playable modes: Traversal, which is the story campaign, and Survival, which, like the game’s title, is pretty self-explanatory.

Shoot Many Robots will hit Xbox Live, PC, and the Playstation Network later in the year. Check out the trailer below!

New Screens for Spec Ops: The Line

Joshua Moris
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2K Games has released some heavily anticipated screenshots for the upcoming third person shooter, Spec Ops: The Line.

According to the Spec Ops forums, there has been a lot of debate whether or not this game will be able to outshine or replicate the Socom series. I bet the third person shooter diehards will be ready to jump ship if it lives up to the potential. One thing I have learned about this genre is that the story is going to be damn good (e.g. Army of Two, Gears of War). Move over Socom, and gaze at “The Line”.

Thus far most game enthusiasts can agree that the graphics are up to par. Take a look at the screens below to catch a glimpse of the cataclysmic aftermath that is Dubai. For more screens and videos check out the Spec Ops: The Line Official Website.

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Club Nintendo Users get Quoted for Skyward Sword

Dustin Spencer
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If you are a member of Club Nintendo, then I’m sure you have seen the optional box at the bottom. You know, the one that gives you a choice to leave a quote? That box isn’t just for show, as Nintendo have been using the feedback given not only to craft a better experience for the future, but to also celebrate the masterpieces they create with YOU as the star.

Recently, Nintendo revealed a new video with that exact concept on full display. For nearly two minutes, quotes from owners of the game are posted for the entire world to see. As you could have guessed, this is all positive feedback, but you still have to admire Nintendo for taking a few minutes to give something back to those who contribute. Check out the fan service down below, and who knows? You might see your name in one of these clips sometime down the road.

Naruto Generations 9 Minute Long Trailer

Luke Halliday
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Namco Bandai Games have released a jam packed trailer for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations. The new trailer weighs in at a massive 9 minutes in length, making it the most footage we have seen of the game since it’s announcing last year.

The new trailer shows off the best Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations has to offer.

The game is set to feature over 70 playable characters (covering the entire series to date, both pre and post time skip), dynamic gameplay, fast paced online multiplayer and new original animated sequences from Studio Pierrot.

You can check out the new trailer for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations below. The game is set for release in March 2012.

Newest details for Microsoft Flight – Release date and video

J. Bradshaw
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Newest details for Microsoft Flight – Release date and video

After a quick beta test, Microsoft has decided on a release date for the newest iteration of their flight simulation game. Microsoft Flight will be launching on February 29. The game’s pricing structure is modeled like a free to play game.  You’ll be able to fly as much as you want with a limited variety of planes over the landscape of the big island of Hawaii for free.  If you want to unlock the rest of Hawaii or other aircraft and locales, you’ll need to pony up some cash.  Just to unlock the rest of the islands, you will need $20.  One of extra virtual aircraft models is priced at $15.   Hopefully, other add-ons won’t be priced so steeply.

For more on the game, check out the video below, or the source link.

Source: Microsoft

Twisted Metal has new release date in Europe

J. Bradshaw
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Although Europe will be not be getting Twisted Metal at the same time as the rest of the world, it does not mean that they will be left out all together.  According to creator David Jaffe’s Twitter, the game will launch on March 7, 2012.

The reason for the delay can be traced to censorship by the SCEE.  Jaffe has issued statements that indicate that the integral parts of the story will be unaffected, despite changes the censors made.   Most, if not all the cuts made will be to the cut scenes and not the gameplay.

What part of Twisted Metal are you most looking forward to?

Battlefront 3 rumors reignited

J. Bradshaw
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Gamers and Star Wars fanatics have long been clamoring for a sequel to Battlefront.  And when Battlefront 2 servers were shut down, the outcry became even louder.  However, despite numerous rumors, it appeared that the BF3 was dead.

Now, a new rumor has sprung up.  Job listings, tweets and resumes have recently popped up and seem to indicate that LucasArts may once again be trying to  revitalize their publishing business.

A recent tweet from Spark Unlimited indicated that they may be working on Battlefront 3:

Since we are working on a sequel for a well known sci-fi franchise, all aspects must remain secret.

Now, check out this job listing:

Spark is looking for a senior combat designer for a 3rd Person Action/Adventure sequel in a high-profile science fiction franchise currently greenlit for full production development for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC markets.

Also, there is a LinkedIn profile from a former senior dev at Spark Unlimited who spent time on an “unannounced third person sword fighting game (well known IP, Xbox 360, PS3).”

Could swords refer to lightsabers?

Another LinkedIn profile from a former member of  the studio mentions that, “I have been working for three years on an AAA third person shooter using Unreal Engine and Kynapse AI middleware.”

And finally, we have  another tweet that the studio sent out last year:

“Publisher hasn’t stated when or where the announcement will take place. The time and place could be close or far, far away.“

Of course, this is all pretty circumstantial, and could refer to a great deal of Star Wars licensed games.  However, it leads one to hope that this will finally be the long awaited 3rd entry in the series.

Source: PlaystationLifestyle.net

 

Jak and Daxter Explored Before The Last Of Us: Naughty Dog

Joshua Spudic
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The Last of Us will be the first game of the newly formed second team at Naughty Dog. However, when that team was formed and coming up with ideas for their first game, the tale of Joel and Ellie wasn’t the first to be suggested. In fact, according to Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells, the second team decided to throw around ideas for the first Jak and Daxter game for the Playstation 3.

In an interview with Game Informer (the same issue which revealed more details on The Last of Us), Wells comments on the idea of creating a Jak and Daxter game:

“We’d all talked about it in interviews with fans asking, ‘Where’s the next Jak & Daxter?’ I don’t know if this is going to make them happy or sad, but we did explore the idea fairly extensively. Something that we talked about early on was, ‘Lets go back and apply what we’ve learned with the Uncharted games to Jak & Daxter.’ It’s one of the franchises that’s near and dear to us, and, in all honesty, we’d like to somehow honour.”

So, why did the talks and the ideas fail to launch the project? Wells believes that it would not live up to the fan’s expectations:

“Even if we felt like we’re going to give the fans another Jak & Daxter, we felt we weren’t going to give them the game that they wanted. We would end up limiting the direction that the company had this passion for while simultaneously not creating the game that fans wanted. We just realised we were going to just do everybody a disservice. So at that point, the conversations started to move in a new direction.”

Wells, however, revealed that the Uncharted team may decide to develop a new Jak and Daxter game. I would consider this a long shot, however:

“Naughty Dog’s got a long history and I think it’s got a long future, so to say we’ll never go back is kind of crazy. But right now, we’ve got this new IP that we’re definitely going to be supporting. I guess there’s a possibility the Uncharted team could move on to Jak & Daxter. It’s still up in the air, but I wouldn’t think that’s going to happen because I think we’d run into all of the same problems with that team that we did with this team.”

All of this talk about Jak and Daxter leads up to the HD re-release of Jak and Daxter 1, 2 and 3 in the Jak and Daxter Collection, which will be released this week on the Playstation 3. Hopefully all of the Jak and Daxter fans buy the collection to show Naughty Dog that investment in a new adventure will be worth their time.

Source: VG24/7

The Last Of Us Story Details, Online Confirmed

Joshua Spudic
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The latest edition of Game Informer discusses Naughty Dog’s latest project, The Last of Us. In an interview in the magazine, director of the game Bruce Straley has divulged into some of the back story and the two protagonists. He has also confirmed that the game will be taken into the online space. I will warn those who are interested in the game and its story that you are about to encounter spoilers.

In this version of Earth, the human population has been wiped out by a fungus. Joel, the male protagonist, is in his late forties and smuggles guns and drugs between the quarantine zones. As a wish from a “dying friend,” Joel smuggles out fourteen year old Ellie, who lives in a military house within the quarantine zone. Their meeting is where the game begins. The military catches the two trying to escape the zone, so they must escape their presence. Afterwards, they head West. Their relationship during this trip was influenced by movies such as True Grit and Road to Perdition.

Joel and Ellie must work together throughout the game in order to survive. During one sequence, they encounter bandits disguised as survivors. They will need to defend themselves with a mix of melee combat and environmental weapons such as a wooden plank. Health packs will be available, but require time to apply. They will also have the ability to pass weapons to each other.

The reason Naughty Dog went down this direction was to further develop the type of relationship experienced by Nathan Drake and Tenzen in Uncharted 2. During Drake’s visit in Nepal, both Drake and Tenzen worked together to navigate the icy caves of the Himalayas. It will be interesting how an older man and a teen girl will work together as a team and whether the two require that bonding period to be an effective duo.

As mentioned earlier, Bruce Straley revealed that the game will have online functionality:

“We’re going to have some sort of online component. We’re working on a bunch of ideas, but we haven’t nailed anything down. We definitely know it’s going to be awesome.”

The Last of Us does not have a concrete release date, but it has been speculated for a release late 2012 to early 2013. It will see a release on the Playstation 3.

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