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Iron Front: Liberation 1944 invites you to look at details on new website


In Iron Front – Liberation 1944, Deep Silver and X1 Software plan to send fans of tactical gameplay and shooters back to 1944. For now, they’ve unveiled a website in which players can find detailed information, impressions and more. The official website: Ironfront.deepsilver.com provides interesting facts about the game, the factions, including first details about the weapons and vehicles, as well as a news rubric. It also offers screenshots, numerous wallpapers for download and the first gameplay video. In addition, those interested can subscribe to the Newsletter.

Iron Front – Liberation 1944 is set in Southern Poland during the Soviet Offensive in the summer of that year, when the infantry and tank as well as aircraft units of the Red Army and the Wehrmacht engaged in fierce combat. It was the first time in history that the “Königstiger” tanks fought with the powerful JS2 soviet tanks.

The player takes on the role of a Russian or German infantryman, using teamwork, tactical skill and authentic war machines to battle for victory. The German campaign focuses on slowing the advance of the Soviet troops, while the Soviet campaign is all about breaking through the enemy’s resistance. Each campaign features eight missions. However, the player does not have to do all this on foot: Using their computers, tacticians will control tanks, including the famous German battle tank Panzerkampfwagen VI or “Königstiger” and the Russian Stalin tank JS2, or fighter planes such as the Focke Wulf 190 and dive bombers like the Stuka or the Petlyakov PE-2.

Online is where the battle really heats up in Iron Front – Liberation 1944: Players can either complete missions cooperatively or compete with each other in special multiplayer modes such as “Capture the Flag” or “Attack and Defense”. The game also includes an extensive mission editor, enabling players to intuitively create their own missions and share them with their friends online, thus guaranteeing that there will never be a shortage of new missions.
The tactical first-person shooter Iron Front – Liberation 1944, based on the engine of ARMA II Operation Arrowhead by Bohemia Interactive, includes a German offline campaign, for the first time ever.

Deep Silver will release Iron Front – Liberation 1944 exclusively for the PC in 2012.

Battlefield 3 beta now available to everyone

If you weren’t one of the lucky few to jump into the Battlefield 3 closed beta early, well now is your chance to get in on that action. Starting today Battlefield 3 has entered the open multiplayer beta phase and you can download it for free off of the Xbox 360 and the PC currently. PlayStation 3 owners will need to wait until later in the day however, but should still expect the beta today.

The beta allows players to play the “Operation Metro” map where two sides must fight against each other in Rush Mode. The beta will end on October 10th so you only have a little under two weeks to play it, but don’t worry too much since the full game will be released on October 25th.

King of Fighters XIII wallops PAL regions from 25th November


After hesitation on a specific date, instead providing a rough ‘November’ release window, Rising Star Games today confirmed that The King of Fighters XIII, the latest instalment in the long-standing beat ’em up franchise, will be released in PAL on 25th November, 2011.

The thirteenth episode in the legendary series will be available to buy in all good games stores and online. Incentives are also available for those looking to get their order in early, with a four disc soundtrack from the entire series included with all pre-orders. So what are you waiting for? If you’re interested then the pre-order bonus gives fans something for their commitment in pre-ordering.

PlayStation Home update 1.55 hits this Thursday

Hey remember when Sony announced that they would be relaunching the PlayStation Home with a whole bunch of new features and overall enhancements, making the experience even a little tolerable to try out? Well, this isn’t it. But it does add in some browser tweaks for your clothing and furniture menus as well as the ability to clear the cache on your own.

The new update is going to be called 1.55 and was announced earlier today by the PlayStation Home community manager. Besides the new tweaks to browsing, there were also a number of new costumes, loot and spaces added as well as a game that allows players to record and download custom videos to their hard drive. So… anyone using Home anymore?

Drakensang Online – One Million Strong!

Anyone remember playing the hack and slash action of Diablo 2? Well, Berlin develper Bigpoint delivers a very similar game to your web browser. At first I was thinking this is going to be one hellish download, but Drakensang Online is all queued through your web browser! Sure it make take a little time for loading each new environment, but Bigpoint gives you some awesome 3D environments to look at.

Did I mention that this is just the BETA phase? Recently the developers added their PvP feature while extending quest adventures. At the moment you can only choose two classes: dreamweaver (mage) and dragonknight (melee). The classes are based on a leveling system where you can learn new skills at trainers. Trainers charge you to learn new spells or techniques, but the price is well worth the pay.

If you are excited for Diablo 3’s release, check out this game first! Offering very similar gameplay and game mechanics, Drakensang Online will have you playing for hours.

Check out the in-game trailer below, and join the battle (HERE).

Darker Than Black Season 2 Delayed by Funimation

Funimation have announced that their release of Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor has been delayed. The second season of Darker Than Black was originally scheduled to be released (dubbed into English) by Funimation on the 18th of October, has now been pushed back to the 8th of November, 2011.

The official reasoning for the delay is the holiday backlog at the presser. So unfortunately Funimation needs that to be resolved before releasing the second season throughout North America.

It is unknown whether this will effect Madman’s Australian release of the second season, only time will tell.

Kirby Mass Attack Australian Release Date


That’s right yet another Nintendo game has recieved it’s Australian release date, with Kirby Mass Attack being confirmed by Nintendo of Australia to be released on the 10th of November, 2011.

November is set to be a big month for Nintendo of Australia with both The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Super Mario 3D Land. Despite being released in the same month as those two killer titles, if you are to go by our review, it may very well be Kirby Mass Attack may be the game most worth your dollar. But of course that is a matter of opinion.

Fate/Zero to be simulcast worldwide on Nico Nico

Aniplex have announced that in conjunction with Nico Nico Douga, they will be simulcasting the upcoming anime series Fate/Zero worldwide, beginning on October 2nd, 2011.

Fate/Zero will be streamed with various different language subtitles. Including; Korean, Chinese (Traditional & Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. So if you speak any of those languages, you are in luck!

For those who don’t know Fate/Zero is a spin-off of the incredibly popular Fate/Stay Night series, in case the title wasn’t obvious enough.

It also is worth noting down that episodes will only be available for a week after airing. So make sure you get in before it’s gone.

Go Behind the Scenes with Zumba Fitness 2!

Over the past few weeks, Majesco have been showing off the many new tracks and routines players will get to experience in the upcoming fitness/dance title, Zumba Fitness 2. Today, a new behind the scenes video was released that shows are the hard work that went into making this fitness experience a reality.

In the clip, we see the instructors undergoing full body scans to let their personality shine through in the game. We also get a better look at all the motion capture work that was executed as well, with each instructor performing routines that players will get to match at home to the beats of Pitbull, Nicole Scherzinger and the many other artists within with while getting fit in the process.

Check out the video in full below and get ready to dance as Zumba Fitness 2 launches on November 15th. Those who pre-order at Gamestop starting today will also be able to get a code that will redeem an exclusive routine in the game. You can get more details for that at the retailers official site by following this link, and once more information rises for Zumba 2 we will be sure to bring it to you so stay tuned.

Get the PS3 Version of Sonic Generations at a Discounted Price…

If you shop on Amazon regularly and are planning on picking up Sonic Generations for the PS3, this little bit of news should go far in comforting that wallet a bit more. Much like they did for the console versions of Captain America, Amazon have knocked $12.50 off the price of the upcoming Hedgehog title, putting the price at just $37.49.

I will say it’s odd that the Xbox 360 version doesn’t feature this discount, but this is indeed quite a value for PS3 owners out there.

You can check out Amazon’s official page for the game here and act fast, as this deal might speed away faster than Sonic himself.