A short while ago there was news that the 3G/WiFi version of the PlayStation Vita was canceled by online retailer and it seems that may have been a precursor for what was just announced today. The 3G version of the PlayStation Vita is actually now being given a launch bundle that not only is provided for the same price but also comes with a number of bonus goodies.
The 3G version will now be launched with a 8GB memory card that is $30 in value, an AT&T DataConnect Session Pass and an unnamed PlayStation Network game. The model is available for pre-order now at Amazon. It is interesting to see Sony create this bundle themselves, though this certainly does make the 3G version look a bit better than the original $250 WiFi only model.
Those who feel like they won’t be tough enough to face off against Blackwatch in Prototype 2 may want to pre-order the game from Best Buy because their pre-order bonus seems to make you completely invincible whenever you are in a military vehicle. I mean, sure you can tear people apart and absorb them but why not just run them over in a tank like in every other game right?
Either way, you can check out the video below where you can see Heller and his tank take tons of damage and keep going while also destroying everything in sight. Doesn’t quite have the same impact as destroying them with your own hands however.
In what has become a very disturbing trend, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning’s online pass will be locking out full story content from those who do not happen to pick up the game brand new or rent the title. To be more specific, the online pass for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning locks out the entire questline for the House of Valor faction.
The insert shown to the right shows that online pass owners will have access to “seven additional player quests” through the House of Valor faction questline, meaning that without the pass those quests are lost forever. This was shown in recent titles such as RAGE and Batman: Arkham City where no multiplayer did not hold back the companies from hiding content behind online pass systems…
Japanese gamers may be expecting Arc System Works’ Persona 4 based fighting game, Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena to be released to consoles sometime in the summer, however they won’t have to wait that long because Andriasang is reporting that the game will be available in Japanese arcades in “early March.”
This news comes Arc System Works themselves, so expect to see lots of Japanese gamers crowding arcades once gain to get an early chance to play this fighting game before it shows up for home purchase. Too bad the arcade scene in North America is pretty much dead, as it would be interesting to see arcade cabinets for these games being brought over for arcades in America as well.
… And those fighters are some very Capcom and Namco associated characters. The moment that you hear who they are, you will immediately think exactly the same thing. Both of these characters show a significant relevance to each company, even if they are not from the two series of fighters that are duking it out.
These two new characters? These iconic mascots? They are none other than Megaman (*Squee*) and Pac-Man! How iconic are these characters? If you answered with ‘The Most’ – then you would indeed be correct.
As a HUGE Megaman fan myself, I must say that grabbing a Playstation 3 is certainly high up on my list of things to do right now. So be sure to check out the trailer embedded below for more details.
Independent developer, GAMEVIL, has announced that Baseball Superstars 2012 is now available for purchase at the App Store for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad platforms.
Part of a popular anime style series that has gotten over 30 million downloads worldwide to date, Baseball Superstars 2012 features improved high resolution graphics and introduces several new player customisations, new modes of play, new players, new signature hitting abilities, more fleshed out team management options, and a host of refinements and improvements.
“We’ve learned so much from the millions of fans that play and love our Baseball Superstars series each year,” said Kyu Lee, head of GAMEVIL USA, “By combining that know-how with the best gameplay, we’re confident our fans will enjoy the latest and greatest we’ve packed into Baseball Superstars 2012.”
The best part is the game is absolutely free! If you’re looking for a fun user friendly baseball game for your Apple handheld, then give this one a shot.
Trion Worlds, the creators of the MMORPG Rift (as well as the upcoming multimedia project Defiance), have proposed a challenge to achieve a world record. The challenge? Get the highest number of players married in an MMORPG over a 24hour period.
Of course, this means that Rift is going to have an update to allow for players to marry in game, which, as far as I know, is a first for a western MMORPG. The event is set to take place on Valentines Day, which is the 14th of February (I had to look this up :P), and will begin at 9AM PST.
On the update, Trion had this to say –
“MMOs are the most fun when you’re playing with friends and loved ones,” said Scott Hartsman, Executive Producer, Rift, and Trion’s CCO. “Whether exploring Telara and adventuring with your significant other, or meeting up with geographically distant friends in a virtual pub, the MMO experience is about bringing people together, and our new weddings and gatherings exemplify this philosophy. We think the Valentine’s Day record attempt is a unique way for players to celebrate Rift’s spirit of camaraderie while making real-world history.”
When patch 1.7 goes live, players will be able to marry each other by visiting a Marriage Vendor and purchase a wedding ring to give to the player of your choosing. Trion also plans to have massive wedding ceremonies available for players to partake in with the bride and groom, as well as upto 200 of their personal friends, or guild mates, or randoms from tradechat.
Marriage in Telara is an equal opportunity venture, with any two consenting player characters able to wed regardless of character race or sex, with the sole restriction being that members of the opposing factions are unable to tie the knot. Any player with a Trion Account is eligible to take part in the event, and a Valentine’s Day-exclusive in-game title (“Tier of Knots”) will be awarded to each wedded character.
Be sure to check out the official site to purchase the game pr sign up for a trial in order to partake in this event.
Warner Bros. has recently revelaed its latest expansion to the hit online title Lord Of The Rings Online. The Expansion is titled, Riders of Rohan, and introduces a few new elements to the game. The primary element of the game is the ability to rid alongside other players in the Plains of Rohan, which is a new area to the game.
On the expansion, Warner Bros. had this to say –
“2011 was another banner year for The Lord of the Rings Online with consistent growth for the game, a successful unification of our European and North American services and the success of Rise of Isengard, our best selling expansion to date.” said Kate Paiz, Executive Producer of The Lord of the Rings Online. “This is going to be another outstanding year as we celebrate our fifth anniversary and introduce a wealth of new content throughout the year, ending with our arrival in Rohan. One of our largest expansions ever, Rohan is expected to be twice the size of the recent Rise of Isengard expansion and includes the most new game systems and technology we’ve introduced since 2008’s Mines of Moria.”
The following is a list of the new features coming to the game –
NEW FEATURES:
Experience the Riders of Rohan – Join with the Rohirrim and ride across the sprawling Plains of Rohan; witness the breaking of the Fellowship at Amon Hen; forge alliances with the Ents of Fangorn; and aid Éomer, adopted son of Théoden, as he seeks to protect his homeland from the growing Shadow.
Introducing Mounted Combat – Ride into Combat atop your loyal War-steed as you defend the people of Rohan from the forces of Isengard and Mordor. Customise your War-steed’s armour and level its skills over time to aid you in mounted defence of King Theoden’s lands. Mount your steed and gather your fellows to fight against Warbands, contingents of roving warg riders that have been scouted all over the Plains of Rohan! It falls to you to head off and defeat this new threat before they over take the land.
Advance to level 85 – Continue your legend in the next chapter of The Lord of the Rings Online. Experience new adventures in the epic story, and gain new skills and deeds as you face new challenges on your journey to 85!
Be sure to check out the official site and sign up for the (free) game.
That’s right, the dream team of Shinichiro Watanabe and Yoko Kanno have joined forces once again. This time they are teaming up on an adaptation of the popular Monthly Flowers Magazine manga called Sakamichi no Apollo.
Many know Shinichiro Watanabe and Yoko Kanno for their work on the infamous Cowboy Bebop. This new series marks Watanabe’s first time directing an adaptation and will feature Kanno’s trademark brilliant music work.
A trailer for the new anime can be seen below. Sakamichi no Apollo is set to premiere this upcoming Spring 2012 anime season. What do you think of the Cowboy Bebop Dream Team getting back together again? Let us know in the shoutbox and comments section.
Here we are again, MasterAbbott is back for this week’s iOS Game Suggestions. If you missed out on last week’s suggestions, click on the link below and check what cool games you should be picking up for your iOS along with the introduction and disclaimer on how my suggestions work, as I’m not going through the same old intro every week. (suggestions 1 has the disclaimer)
What i’ve also introduced is video game play footage (if it’s possible) on some of the iOS games I’ve suggested, you can check this out at the bottom of the article. Currently video game play footage for this week’s suggestions is Frederic – The Resurrection Of Music, SuperGay, Dungeon Of The Damned, Monster Crush – Demolition, M.U.S.E, Dungeon Crawlers and Smash Cops. Check back in a few days there will be some more added. For now, if you jump into week 2 suggestions there are a few videos to check out.
It’s been a great week on iTunes, so many amazing games were released, I could mention over 20 release but I decided to only share 15. Once again for this week’s suggestions I’ve added a few old games into the mix as they certainly deserve a mention. But of course the focus is still on the newer titles that you should also take a look at to spend your hard earned iTunes cash / time on. This week I’ve focused a little more on the payed titles as there were some awesome and unique games released. These titles are all well worth taking a look at if you can afford it. Now lets get down to business shall we.
For The Cheapskates – FREE GAMES
My Town 2 – Price : FREE – Publisher – BOOYAH (Create the city of your dreams filled with your favorite places from the real-world! Get your town thriving as you buy, customize & upgrade real businesses. Earn coins to beautify your town with awesome decorative items. Grow your population & expand with tons of cool buildings, houses + rare & unique Wonders. MyTown 2 is the incredible sequel to the #1 Real-World game of all time. Life is a story. Build yours.) runs on both iPhone & iPad. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Hero’s Way – Price : FREE – Publisher – Lakoo – Gameislive. (Slay your way through 60 levels of monsters, ghost and ghouls in this action packed arcade-role playing game with fantastic graphics, fluid animation and a very catchy music soundtrack. Choose from a total of 6 different character classes: The Warrior, Witch and Rogue are joined by 3 new heroes classes…Cleric, Demon Hunter and Mercenary.) runs on both iPhone & iPad. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Niko – Price : FREE (option to unlock full game for $1.99)- Publisher -Sulake Corp. (Meet Niko are rare and courageous creature who needs to find his friends that have been captured by a monstrous world beneath the forest. Niko is a fun and highly addictive platform game with a number of unique features that sets it apart from other platform titles currently out on the iOS.) runs on iPhone & iPad. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
Contract Killer: Zombies – Price : FREE – Publisher – Glu Games (Want to blow the crap out of thousands of zombies? Well Contract Killer will be able to help you out, Help survivors, explode some zombie brains and build up some awesome zombie killing weapons such as sniper rifles, grenade launchers and assult guns, take aim and blow away some zombies today.) runs on both iPhone and iPad. GET IT NOW FOR FREE
For The Bargain Hunters – 99c Games
MASTERABBOTT’S PICK OF THE WEEK
FINISHED IT LOVED IT!
SuperGay– Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Klicrainbow. (Supergay & The Attack of His Ex-Girlfriends!
A new hero is born, or rather, is about to be born. Help our brilliant scientist turn into the greater superhero of all modern times: Supergay. Become Supergay and save the world from the evil plans of your ex-girlfriend and her clone army. Just think, if it’s difficult living with a double identity, what must it be like to have a triple life…? Lose yourself in incredible, fun mini-games while fighting your way through the clone army to stop an imminent nuclear war. Games of stealth, races, confrontations and final battles against bosses, contests against the clock, puzzles and… even a dance at a stag party await you! 32 levels of play are waiting for you in this new, fresh and original adventure. ) – runs on both iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Monster Crush – Demolition – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – 628 Games. (Great Puzzle Game – Monster Crush is a combination of “Tiki Towers” and “iBlast Moki”. The game uses advanced physics to simulate the destruction. Whole buildings can collapse to the ground. Windows will break and dust will fill the sky! with 7 cities to liberate 42 unique puzzle levels CRUSHING THOSE MONSTERS has never been so much fun!) – runs on both iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Angry Birds Seasons – Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Rovio Mobile Ltd. (Fireworks popping, lanterns glowing, red envelopes bursting with money – it’s Chinese New Year! This holiday is China’s biggest and longest festival, a time for feasting with family and friends, setting off fireworks, and having fun. The Angry Birds are celebrating the start of the Year of the Dragon, but the piggies are trying to scare them away from their eggs! Luckily the Angry Birds have some help – the Mighty Eagle has transformed into the fearsome Mighty Dragon! ) – runs on both iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Sonics Rabbit– Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Mangoo Games. (Sonics Rabbit is quite similar to Sonic The Hedgehog, its an adventure, platform, puzzle game with a simple to learn control system. The game has a total of 30 unique, original and very addictive levels that will challenge you and keep you busy for hours. ) – runs on both iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Ice Rage– Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Mountain Sheep. (Ice Rage brings the classic 8-bit hockey experience to the 21st century! DARE to take on John Gore, or challenge your friend in the most intense single-device multiplayer you’ve ever experienced. There are 9 different human players to choose from and if that is not enough, try out the Ice Aces, amazing special characters such as lightning fast Santa or heavy-hitting Enviro-Bear. Team up with crazy goalies like Rudolph the Red Wall, and you are sure to get the upper hand. ) – runs on both iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
Dungeon Of The Damned– Price : $0.99 – Publisher – Paul Banks. (Dungeon Of The Damned is an old-school dungeon crawler and classic point & click adventure game combined. It consists of an explorable grid based 3D dungeon, a variety of puzzle types to solve including objects to collect and use, levers to pull and secret passages to find. And of course no Dungeon style game wouldn’t be complete without portals and pressure pads. It also has a rich and immersive storyline to keep you enthralled for hours. ) – runs on both iPhone & iPad. BUY NOW
For The Millionaires – All games over $0.99
MASTERABBOTT’S PICK OF THE WEEK
FINISHED IT LOVED IT!
Frederic – The Resurrection Of Music – Price : $1.99 (Publisher – Forever Entertainment S.A (Step into Frederic Chopin’s shoes, and go on a magical journey. Accompany Chopin in his amazing journey full of humorous events. Battle your opponents in musical duels. Laugh till your stomach hurts with an hour of animated videos. Play through nine catchy arrangements of Chopin’s greatest classics. This game is certainly well worth picking up if you enjoy music rhythm games.) – runs on both iPhone and iPad. BUY NOW
M.U.S.E. – Price : $6.49 – Publisher – Ayopa Games ( M.U.S.E. is a shooter that certainly raises above the competition on the iOS, with RPG-style upgrades, high octane cover shooting and destructible environments and a fast-paced scoring system that rewards quick kills and chained destruction. Take on the role of hard boiled agent Sid Tripp for the government organization M.U.S.E. who must take on a cyborg army hell bent on world domination.) runs on both iPhone and iPad. BUY NOW
SOULCALIBUR – Price : $12.99 – Publisher – NamcoBandai Games ( It’s finally arrived, SOULCALUBUR has made is available on the iOS, enjoy the non-stop action that SOULCALIBUR is famed for with complete arcade fidelity. Relive the eternal tale of swords and souls transcending time and space. A total of 19 characters to choose from and all of them fully recreated for this iOS release.) runs on both iPhone and iPad. BUY NOW
Smash Cops – Price : $2.99 – Publisher – Hutch Games (Want to be the good guys for a change? Then Smash Cops is the game for you. Be the Police in America’s Wildest TV Chases, Pursue and take down felons whilst avoiding civilian traffic and buddy police as you chase and weave through traffic. Smash Cops has one of the largest drivable cities in any iOS game with high quality visuals and rich environments.) runs on both iPhone and iPad. BUY NOW
Dungeon Crawlers – Price : $1.99 – Publisher – Ayopa Games (Want a turn based RPG with a rich story and full of humor, then look no further Dungeon Crawler is the game for you. Take command of the Dungeon Crawlers team as they explore goblin-infested hallways, lava-drenched caverns and other hostile environments in persuit of loot, women, and monsters to crush.) runs on both iPhone and iPad. BUY NOW
There you have it folks, these games should keep you busy for quite some time. I’ll be back next week for another dose of iOS goodness, in the meantime if anyone would also like to suggest their own suggestions, please feel free to share them in the comments section below, or join the discussion in the forums. Check out the link below :
