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Give Your Friends a Makeover with Role Play on iOS

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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Give Your Friends a Makeover with Role Play on iOS

Photo manipulation apps are all the rage, from the more professional ways of Instagram, to turning yourself and your friends into zombies with ZombieBooth. Role Play is another photo manipulation app, letting you apply digital makeup and costumes to your chosen photo, with the ability to turn whoever you wish into a pirate or a princess at a few touches to our screen.

You simply have to pick, or take, a photo and then position it correctly to fit the outline on the screen. There are a few makeover options, which are available as in-app purchases, including Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, and Geisha. Once you have made over a photo you can make it over again and again, without having to reposition it. Plus, when you’re done you can share it on Twitter and Facebook, and isn’t that why it’s so fun?

Role Play is available NOW for FREE on iPhone, iTouch and iPad – Grab it HERE

Razer Hydra Adds Motion Play To FlatOut 3 and Deep Black: Reloaded

Benjamin Webb
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Razer has been closely working with Strategy First Inc. to incorporate motion controls into their games. The results of this team-up have lead to the games FlatOut 3: Chaos and Destruction and Deep Black: Reloaded to have implemented working motion controls thanks to the Razer Hydra controller.

In FlatOut 3, players will be controlling their vehicles with the most intentional hand movements thanks to the accuracy of the Hydras motion sensing technologies. By tilting their wrists, players will be able to use the controller much like a steering wheel. The motion controls in Deep Black are much more sensitive and are supposed to respond to your most instinctive hand movements to keep you clear of any danger.

On the controller, Razer and Strategy first had this to say –

“With full integration of the Razer Hydra’s best-in-class motion sensing technology, gamers will be experiencing the explosive action these two games have to offer with much more immersion,” said Robert ‘RazerGuy’ Krakoff, President, Razer USA.

 

“By fully integrating motion sensing support for these two games, gamers will be able to experience these games in a new and exciting manner,” said Emanuel Wall, Director, Strategy First Inc.

So be sure to check out the controller and the games by checking these two videos embedded below.

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbzM4pX_Xxs[/pro-player]

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEowRXEDoTs[/pro-player]

EA Gets Their Shoes Off for a Day

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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EA Gets Their Shoes Off for a Day

This week in EA Mobile news we have something with a bit more of a philanthropic twist than the usual game updates and upcoming releases. TOMS, a shoes company with a generous heart, has a ‘One Day Without Shoes’ annual event designed to raise awareness about the millions of children who live without shoes – which leads to injury and disease, as well as not being allowed to go to school. It’s like the footwear version of the Live Below the Line campaign.

This year EA supported the cause by giving Sims Freeplay players the chance to remove their Sim’s virtual footwear within the game and spread awareness. Over 750,000 players participated in the 24 hour time period to shuck off the Sim shoes, which is a truly amazing number. EA employees also joined in on the event in real time, having shoeless meetings and campus events.

For more information on the event and the company behind it, visit their website HERE. Check out the Australian One Day Without Shoes video below!

The Sims Freeplay is an absolutely FREE app, available on iTouch, iPhone and iPad – Grab it HERE

Plants Vs. Zombies iOS App Gets Updated with New Features

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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Plants Vs. Zombies iOS App Gets Updated with New Features

Incredibly popular casual games publisher, PopCap Games, has released a major update for Plants vs. Zombies HD for the iPad and Plants vs. Zombies for the iPhone and iTouch. The updates will include additional content, action and some more challenges for iOS players.

PopCap’s franchise business director Tony Leamer had this to say about the update:

“These exciting Plants vs. Zombies updates deliver all the extras that players have been waiting for, and more. Zen Garden looks amazing on the iPad and players will have a blast digging in, tending to their plants and experimenting with great new ways to take out zombies.”

Included features that are in the HD Update for the iPad version of Plants vs. Zombies are three new game modes (Zen Garden, Vasebreaker Endless, and I, Zombie Endless), four new mini-games (Slot Machine, Zombiquarium, Portal Combat and Beghouled Twist), Game Center leaderboards, and new Game Center achievements. Some of these are for free in the new update, while others are available as an in-app purchase.

As for the iPhone and iTouch updated versions of Plants vs. Zombies, they’ve added Vasebreaker game mode and a leaderboard, and new Game Center achievements.

The update is available NOW, for those who already have the game you just have to download the update. For those of you who have yet to purchase the game you can buy the iPhone and iTouch version HERE, or the HD iPad version HERE.

New PS3 DLC for Worms: Ultimate Mayhem

Michael Irving
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Not content to leave the mayhem ultimate enough, Team 17 will release a new DLC pack for the PlayStation 3 version of Worms: Ultimate Mayhem next week.

The Single Player Pack contains, obviously, new scenarios to extend the game’s single player experience, including new Challenges using the Sniper Rifle, Jetpack, Super Sheep and Shotgun, as well as improving your Navigation, Accuracy, Crate Collecting and Deathmatch skills.

Also included is a new multiplayer map, “All Systems Oh No!” and six new trophies.

Look for it on April 24 (US) and April 25 (Europe/Australia).

Capcom to announce “unexpected” title in next week’s Famitsu

Travis Bruno
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It seems that Capcom is planning a big game announcement of some sort next week in Famitsu as Famitsu.com’s preview of next week’s issue states that it will not only contain coverage for Resident Evil’s 15th anniversary and interviews with developers, but also a new announcement from Capcom.

Currently there are no hints as to what the announcement may be besides that it is an “unexpected” new title from Capcom. The next issue of Famitsu is set for release on April 26th but information will likely be leaked on April 25th. Could this be a brand new Darkstalkers game? Something for the Vita? Or a brand new IP? We shall see.

Source: Andriasang

Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland set for release on May 22nd

Travis Bruno
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We previously knew that Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland would be released sometime in May, but we did not know exactly when in May until today. The PlayStation Blog has revealed that gamers can venture into the land of Arland one final time with Meruru on May 22nd.

In the below trailer you can witness plenty of gameplay, hear most of the English voices for the game and say hello to a bunch of returning friends from past Atelier games. As before, gameplay will focus heavily on using alchemy to create items and weapons while fighting in a turn-based system. One new feature in Atelier Meruru, which is briefly shown below, is the ability to develop new areas in the kingdom.

Soul Sacrifice teaser website opened with English subtitles

Travis Bruno
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Remember earlier this week how a game developer in Japan took out a multi-page advertisement in Famitsu advertising Soul Sacrifice? Well now they have opened up a teaser website for the game which can be seen here. Want to know what is interesting about this teaser website? The fact that it contains English subtitles.

These subtitles include things like “It’s not about cooperation.” and “It’s about fighting shoulder to shoulder.” Currently the site also contains a miniature teaser video that states more information will be revealed on May 10th at 15:00 Japanese time. So expect to hear a lot more about the PlayStation Vita exclusive Soul Sacrifice next month.

Risen 2: Dark Waters delayed on consoles until late July

Travis Bruno
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Bad news buccaneers, Risen 2: Dark Waters is going to be delayed until July 31st in North America and August 3rd in Europe. This delay only affects the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game as the PC version will still be released later this month on April 27th.

Unfortunately no reason for the delay was given when this news was revealed on Facebook, though we have contacted the publisher of the title, Deep Silver, to see if they would clarify the situation. Those who are interested in the title can read our preview for the PC version of the gamehere.

Rumor: Prey 2 delayed due to developer strike

Travis Bruno
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Yesterday Bethesda squashed any rumor that Prey 2 was canceled by announcing that the game had simply been delayed until 2013 because it did not meet up to their standards. However it seems that the actual reason for this was due to a halt in production because Human Head, the developers behind the game, chose to halt production because they wanted a better contract from Bethesda.

A source within the company spoke with ShackNews and stated that Human Head was unhappy with the deal that ZeniMax offered and had stopped working on the game since November. This caused many people to lose their jobs and things were looking alright for Human Head on March 1st as the team believed they would resume work soon, but that fell through on March 2nd.

Bethesda has refused to comment on this rumor, simply stating “we aren’t commenting on the game’s development beyond what was said in the statement that was released this morning.” Considering the source of these statements chose to remain nameless and no one else has come forward at this time, this reveal is best seen as a rumor at the moment.

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