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Saints Row: The Third event makes a Smooth Criminal out of gamers

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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Saints-Row-3-Event-Sydney-Nov-2011-065The Saints Row the Third event in Sydney was something that required some pretty smooth criminals. The event was mainly directed at making the event goers feel like they were part of the game, rather than showcasing the game itself. And with a game that is going against GTA and relies on its craziness, Saints Row brought that element to the event.

With a pole dance show being put on to ‘enhance’ the showing of the trailers (read: get all the press guys hot under the collar and draw attention away from what they had probably already seen), a slick venue, and some pretty awesome photo opportunities (with props!) THQ had it covered.

The event itself felt less like a game preview (barring some of the attendants) and more like a night out with an unlimited bar tab, and a VIP feel, along with some weirdly on-fire stunts (NB: These happened after the pole dance session, so most were not capable of processing what had happened).

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There were game trials, of course, and these played well. As always, the ridiculously fantastical element of Saints Row is well at play. The customisation effect is also fantastic, if you can see some of the avatars we were playing with. The game was GTA-but-cooler. Like, all the things you wanted to do in GTA but couldn’t because a dildo-bat wasn’t available (that MasterAbbott never end up finding)

Overall, THQ provided an event that felt like Saints Row, ridiculous, fancy, overstated, and ridiculous once more. It was a true Man’s Night Out, except in a good way.

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Check out the ridiculous shots of what we got up to in the event.

Make sure to preorder a copy from our CapsuleComputers store, this is definitely a game that you will have fun playing, and will be a great break for all that FPS that has come out recently! – PREORDER IT FOR XBOX 360 OR PLAYSTATION 3 OR PC AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 15

We Sing Rock! launch trailer and revised release date

Jack Joly
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After missing its October 28th release, Nordic Games has put a new date for the arrival of We Sing Rock!: November 11th.

I think you can agree, rescheduling for a cooler date of 11/11/11 is a very rock ‘n’ roll thing to do. You may also know this date as the release of Skyrim, but spare a thought for We Sing Rock! There’s always room in your schedule for a bit of rocking out, and We Sing Rock! has a tracklist compiling many different genres and decades of rock.

We Sing Rock! is a Wii exclusive karaoke game. Check out the launch trailer below:

Great Wii games now for a great value

Luke Merritt
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Christmas is coming up shortly, and what better way to celebrate than Nintendo offering a range of Wii games at a lower price. These selected titles will be only SRP $69.95, so what better time to buy. For a limited time only, Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort will be available on one Wii disk from 1 December.

If you already have Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort, why not look at upcoming titles such as;

  • Go Vacation – available 17th November
  • Kirby’s Adventure Wii – available 1st December

More games for Wii this Christmas include Just Dance 3 (available now), SRP $69.95, Zumba Fitness 2, 24th November SRP $69.95 and Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, 17th November SRP $79.95. So why not get a game the whole family can enjoy for christmas.

Bioware Teases New Franchise

Julien Durand
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Image courtesy of Gameinformer

A picture of an intense desert collision is all we get for now, as Bioware released the above screenshot to Game Informer earlier this week, labelling it only as “Bioware’s new franchise”.

The game will be revealed at this year’s Video Game Awards show, which airs on December 10th on Spike TV, MTV2, and Spike.com at 8 PM, United States Eastern Standard Time.

For now all we can do is speculate, and the buzz on the internet is that Bioware may be throwing their hat into the post-apocalyptic genre. However, my humble opinion is that this game is based in a desert location, as some sort of meld between the science fiction and western genres. Think Red Dead Redemption meets Mass Effect.

Bear in mind, I know no more than you do, so what do you think this screenshot tells us about the game? Should BioWare just have stuck to its current franchises?

Raccoon Rising sure to make a physics-based iOS splash

Jessica Barabas-Bui
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For those iOS gamers out there who can’t get enough of physics-based games, there is a new one which is bound to get some heads turning. Raccoon Rising has been announced for release on November 17 by Romper Games. Raccoon Rising will be a vertical platformer, physics-based games with a bite.

You play as a raccoon, platforming your way through robots bent on destroying your beautiful home forest-land. As a crafty raccoon you dodge the evil tree-crushing machines, stomp turtle cannons, and slice through robo-quids (who for some reason are also against your homely forest life), to liberate the animals of the woods.

In Raccoon Rising expect different touch controls than you have experienced before, excellent graphics, and over sixty challenging ‘gates’ in four worlds.

Make sure that come November 17 you have your copy of Raccoon Rising for the small price of 99c. Keep an eye out for the review on the site!

LA Noire finally comes to PC with the Complete Edition

Claire Phillips
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Rockstar’s LA Noire has been strutting around consoles since May this year, so what is a PC gamer to do? Wait until November of course, as today in North America and on November 11 in Europe and Australia, LA Noire will finally find it’s feet on PC. Coming packaged as LA Noire – the Complete Edition, the game will contain all DLC that has been previously released on consoles.

New players or those who have been waiting incredibly patiently for the PC version will thus be able to instantly access cases such as Nicholson Electroplating, Reefer Madness, Naked City, Slip of the Tongue, and Consul’s Car . Alternative outfits and weapons will also be included, and as ever PC gamers will have the best of the best of the graphics world, with enhanced resolution and graphical performance as well as support for NVIDIA 3D Vision.

In case you were living under an anti gaming news rock back in May, you can check out Capsule Computer’s review for the console version of LA Noire here.

The complete edition will also be heading to consoles on November 15 for the US and November 18 for the rest of the world, the perfect package for everyone who missed the title the first time round.

So PC gamers, has it been worth the wait? Have you waited?

Rift Developer Diary “Making of Ember Isle”

Benjamin Webb
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Later this month in the MMORPG Rift, comes additional content with the next major patch – version 1.6 “From The Embers” – and in preparation of this content, the developers over at TrionWorlds have released this developer diary video. The Video is titled “Making of Ember Isle” and discusses the topic thoroughly.

This major patch will be bringing along a new major dungeon as well as additional quests and events. The dungeon is called Caduceus Rise and it should prove to be a challenge to all players within the game.

When “From the Embers,” the sixth major content update to Trion Worlds’ Rift™, hits servers later this month, Guardians and Defiant will journey to Ember Isle, the sprawling zone just off the coastline that features new quests, zone events, creatures, and a massive dungeon dubbed Caduceus Rise.

Rift has been out for almost a year now and has had a plethora of content added to within that period. Rift is shaping up to be an ioncrdibly large MMO. Be sure to check out the video embedded below and to check out the official website for more info.

Saints Row: The Third Community Q&A

Jonno Weiss
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Our friends producing Saints Row: The Third have released their 3rd Q&A video, answering many questions and revealing a little more details before the game comes out next week.

Some of the things revealed include the return of cheat codes, this time round packing in over 100 different cheats to use, the confirmation of a PC version of the game, some details on gang customisation, and last but not least, the inclusion of easter eggs.

It should please all our PC gamers to hear that Saints Row: The Third will be available via Steam on the same date as the console version release (November 15), and will include all the same DLC as the other platforms.

To hear the full list of questions and answers in detail, check out the video down below!

The Legend of Zelda Concert Series kicks off in Dallas…

Dustin Spencer
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While The Legend of Zelda concert series had it’s debut earlier this year, the full series of concerts is now set to launch in 2012 and will kick off in Dallas, Texas. On Jan. 10, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra will perform orchestral arrangements of music from the game’s 25-year history accompanied by video content from the games themselves. Tickets for the event are available now and Club Nintendo members will receive a 15% discount off the $19 to $115 ticket prices.


“The love that fans feel for The Legend of Zelda series cannot be overstated,” said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America’s executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. “In 2012, we want to give people across the country a chance to come together and enjoy the music from the games that mean so much to so many.”

“The Legend of Zelda is as close to our hearts as it is for the fans,” said Jeron Moore, producer for Jason Michael Paul Productions, Inc. “The tour will be something both fans of the franchise and music enthusiasts alike won’t want to miss.”

No further dates have been announced as of yet, but Nintendo do have plans to share the schedule within the coming months. This is definitely the must-attend event of the year though if you’re a Zelda fan and the Club Nintendo discount is definitely a pleasant offering. Stay tuned, as once more details emerge on the full tour, we will bring you an update.

For more information about the concerts, visit http://www.zelda-symphony.com. For more information about the ticket discount available to Club Nintendo members, please visit http://club.nintendo.com.

Full tracklist for the Black Eyed Peas Experience – out tomorrow!

Claire Phillips
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Ubisoft have just unveiled the full tracklist for tomorrow’s the Black Eyed Peas Experience. Sharp eyed readers will note that there are slight differences between the Wii and Kinect versions, with Nintendo buyers picking up 24 tracks and Microsoft’s lot 28. Being utterly clueless about the majority of the tracks on here, I shall leave it up to trendier minds to decide which is best!

–          Boom Boom Pow
–          Cali to NY (feat. De La Soul) – Kinect only
–          Disco Club
–          Don’t Lie
–          Don’t Phunk With My Heart
–          Don’t Stop The Party
–          Dum Diddly
–          Everything Wonderful (BEP & David Guetta)
–          Fashion Beats
–          Hey Mama
–          I Gotta Feeling
–          Imma Be
–          Just Can’t Get Enough
–          Let’s Get It Started (Spike mix)
–          Love You Long Time – Kinect only
–          Meet Me Halfway
–          My Humps
–          My Style (feat. Justin Timberlake)
–          Pump It
–          Shut Up
–          Rock That Body
–          Smells Like Funk – Kinect only
–          Showdown – Kinect only
–          Take It Off
–          The Best One (The Boy)
–          The Situation – Kinect only
–          They Don’t Want Music (feat. James Brown) – Wii only
–          The Time (Dirty Bit)
–          Whenever

In addition to the standard game release selected stores across the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and America that is) will have a special edition for both the Wii and Kinect. These bumped up versions will include two more songs – Someday and Light Up The Night, as well as a wireless microphone and an offical Black Eyed Peas t-shirt. Happy dancing BEP fans.

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