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Two PS3 Collectioms Available Next Week

Joshua Spudic
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On the 29th of September, be sure to drop down to your local game store as two Playstation 3 collections are finally released in Australia. God of War Collection: Volume Two (God of War Origins Collection in North America) and Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Classics HD will be available to own for your PS3 library.

The God of War Collection: Volume II is the second God of War collection to grace the Playstation 3 library after the God of War Collection, which feature the first two installments of the Kratos trilogy on the Playstation 2. Developed by Santa Monica Studios, the collection will include the Playstation Portable titles Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta. Not only has the game been enhanced with High Definition graphics, but also features the ability to display Stereoscopic 3D and includes trophies.

The Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collection brings two highly critically acclaimed Playstation 2 titles to a new generation of console gaming. Developed by the brilliant minds of Team ICO, both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus challenges players with their unique style of combat, puzzles and strategy. Like the God of War Collection: Volume II, it will support Stereoscopic 3D and trophies. Currently, the same team are working on the highly anticipated The Last Guardian, also for the Playstation 3 and targeting a release sometime next year.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Missing Link DLC given an extended look by Eidos

Travis Bruno
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If you were curious about what to expect when Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s upcoming Missing Link DLC is released next month then perhaps you will be interested in watching the below video. Eidos Montreal have provided a small walkthrough video which shows off a little about the game’s starting point and jumps around until after he manages to get his augmentations back.

The whole video is narrated by lead narrative designer, Mary Demarle as she gives us a brief rundown of the DLC. Also she says that the extra content will provide roughly five hours of extra playtime. At first it seems like gameplay is focused heavily upon stealth, but there are always ways around that for our more violent friends huh?

Dark Souls to be patched next week to fix online problems

Travis Bruno
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Yesterday it was discovered that when Dark Souls was released in Japan, the game was significantly bugged, including one that froze the game whenever anyone decided to try and play online. From Software quickly jumped on the problem and shut down the online servers and told their fans that they were working on finding out the problem and fixing it.

It seems it didn’t take them very long as they have found the flaws and are planning on releasing a patch next week at some time for Dark Souls. It is great to see that this patch has been made before the release date for Dark Souls in North America on October 4th. Hopefully there will not be such a problem when that date rolls around.

Demon’s Souls online servers given one more year of life

Travis Bruno
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There comes a time in every old game’s life when their online servers begin to wane and eventually the publisher or developer decides that it is no longer worth sustaining the online community. Sure when a large company like EA decides to pull the plug on multiple titles, it is a bit disheartening simply due to the size of the company and their unwillingness to spend a little extra money.

But Atlus, a much smaller company than EA has decided that they will be keeping Demon’s Souls online servers up for at least another year despite a sequel to the title being released within the next couple of weeks. Demon’s Souls itself is available as a PS3 only game and is available for the cheap price of $19.99, so if you are looking to play Demon’s Souls before the spiritual sequel Dark Souls is released, now is your chance.

The Joker and Harley Quinn get their own Batman: Arkham City trailer

Travis Bruno
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Batman: Arkham City is going to have literally tons of famous Batman villains ranging from rather easy to recognize villains such as Mr. Freeze and The Penguin to more unremarkable villains such as Deadshot. Still there hasn’t been a whole lot said recently about the last game’s central villain, The Joker.

Well today Warner Bros. released a new trailer which is dedicated solely to The Joker and Harley Quinn and letting us see them both in all their glory. Or of course get a close up of Joker’s rather messed up face. It is getting harder and harder to wait until October 18th when Batman: Arkham City is released in North America. Catch the trailer below!

Skyrim development team “comfortable” on Xbox 360

Travis Bruno
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The Elder Scrolls games have always been released on the PC as well as their most recent titles being console releases, but it seems that the team is now more comfortable doing things for consoles, specifically the Xbox 360 than the PC nowadays.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’s director Todd Howard stated in an interview with Edge Magazine that the team is “very comfortable on 360.” Though he also admits that “it will look better on PC. The PC has moved on a lot. With the kinds of things we do where we are streaming a lot, even your average hard drive on your average PC these days is crazy fast at ripping data.”

However he went on to say that “the negative on PC is that there are still a lot of layers of API before you can look at the hardware. So we might be able to get the data faster on PC, but what we do with that data is still easier on 360 and PS3 where we can look directly at the memory registers and do what we want. This is our third go around on these systems, so we are a lot more comfortable than we used to be.”

Practically everything shown at events, given trailers and screenshots have been from the Xbox 360 version of the game, which is a rather good strategy in my opinion as it does not raise hopes for console gamers about insane graphics that will probably be seen on the PC version.

Dota 2 release date moved up due to fan demand

Travis Bruno
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PC gamers may not be getting Diablo 3 this year but it seems that they will be getting Dota 2 much earlier than Valve Software had originally planned. The development team, Icefrog wrote on their blog saying “We’re going to take the current version of Dota 2, which has The International set of heroes, and get it out there as fast as we can.”

Icefrog has originally planned on creating new features and slowly growing the number of heroes to match that of the first Dota before releasing the title, however they have moved up the launch date because fans have been growing angry over the long wait. The company still plans to release post-launch updates, and these will obviously be more plentiful than originally planned.

Diablo III to be released early 2012

Travis Bruno
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Those that were looking forward to playing Diablo III before the end of the year are going to be a little disappointed because Blizzard has just admitted that the sequel to the very popular PC title won’t be ready for release in its 2011 release window and has instead bumped the date back to sometime in “early 2012.”

It should be noted however the Blizzard never really admitted that the game would be released on 2011, but they simply set it as a goal. Blizzard president Mike Morhaime said that “While this news might not be a complete surprise, I know that many of you were hopeful that Diablo III would ship this year. We were too.” They plan on delivering the same level as quality as always though as he continued to say that the company “we should take a little more time and add further polish to a few different elements of the game.”

Why you can’t drive Halo’s Warthog in Forza 4

Travis Bruno
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It was revealed a few months ago that Forza Mortorsport 4 will have a little something special inside of its content. Namely, they had a Warthog from Halo 4 sitting in the Auto Vista mode which allows players to sit there and look at the cars in any angle that they want to see it from, which while may not be exciting for some is certainly an interesting feature. Plus you can listen to Cortana tell you all about the vehicle!

Though despite its inclusion in Auto Vista mode, the Warthog won’t be playable in the game and Turn 10’s Dan Greenwalt has spoken to Eurogamer about why that is. He said that the technology used for the Warthog simply isn’t available for other cars, like the four wheel turning and all of that. This means that they will need to build the car from the bottom up with all their little specifications which would be “a big investment” to only bring one vehicle to the game. Plus Forza 4 simulates real driving physics on real world tires for all of their cars, and since the tires from the Warthog sport technology from 2525, that just isn’t possible.

Lord of the Rings: War in the North – Power of three trailer

Jack Joly
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Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Snowblind Studios have released another trailer for Lord of the Rings: War in the North, their upcoming game which launches November 25th.

To save Middle-earth… you must survive. The stealth and cunning of the human, the strong and true arrows of the Elf, the might and strength of the warrior dwarf – each must rely on the other during this vital mission or face a most certain defeat.

But some creatures dwell alone, subscribing to neither good nor evil. Their only allegiance is to themselves – an allegiance they fiercely protect. This video reveals a new character in the game emerging from the depths of his cave: Urgost the fire-drake, a fire-breathing dragon.

Urgost is one such magnificent creature and the Fellowship of three must face him; his power of fire is paired with a cunning mind, and his thirst for wealth is matched only by his instinct for self-preservation.

The trailer misses the commentary from Ian McKellen that usually gives it a true Lord of the Rings flavour, but nevertheless, it shows more of what to expect gameplay-wise, bringing together many aspects seen in other trailers like the great eagles. Some of the new assets released are spectacular, featuring the powerful Urgost.

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