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Star Wars: The Old Republic sales will be limited by EA at first

Travis Bruno
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Star Wars: The Old Republic sales will be limited by EA at first

You can easily assume that EA’s Star Wars: The Old Republic will be nigh impossible to find in stores when it is released. Well, maybe. Though there is a good chance that anyone who didn’t happen to pre-order the game won’t be very lucky when the game is actually released in stores. Though there is always the digital download method through the Origin service right?

It won’t be that easy it seems, because in a statement to Game Informer, Electronic Arts says that they will be limiting the sales both digital and retail to provide an easier ride for new players. This methodology is perhaps a smart move by EA, as many if not all new MMOs have difficulties at launch with their server. This could cause either extreme amounts of lag or flat out crashes. By regulating the amount of purchases they can help keep the tide of players at a steady pace. Though if I was one of the consumers left out in the cold for a few days because of this regulation I’d probably be pretty angry.

Dark Souls’ website provides a map and 23 pieces of music

Travis Bruno
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Games based around horror and extreme difficulty can sometimes have the best soundtracks around. Especially when they are set in medieval times because then, the songs usually have an older feel about them. Such is the case with Dark Souls, because if you want to hear what type of music you’ll be listening to as you die over and over again then you may want to head over to the Japanese website for the game here.

Besides having 23 audio samples to listen to, you can also catch a glimpse of some of the map that you will be traversing as you try not to die in any number of gruesome and painful ways. It’s always nice to have a little sample of a game before it is released, even if it is only the music. FromSoftware’s Dark Souls itself will be released on October 4th for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The Knight’s home in Trine 2 created piece by piece in latest video

Travis Bruno
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Things were quiet for a long time involving Trine 2, but now we have two new videos from FrozenByte in as many days which show off the wonderful looking Trine 2. The first video we saw showed off the co-op gameplay while today is a piece by piece video of how the creators of Trine 2 created Pontius, the Knight’s, home.

The home itself is on a farm full of giant pumpkins and at the end looks almost nothing like it did even thirty seconds into the video. It just goes to show the level of detail that is going into the creation of Trine 2’s beautiful world. You can check out the video below and Trine 2 itself when it is released later this year.

Borderlands 2 to allow local co-op online

Travis Bruno
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Borderlands 1 was a game that took co-op gameplay and the first person shooter, something which has recently become something of a commodity more than a requirement, and made it its own. There was just one problem with the online, and that was that you couldn’t bring your friend right next to you online with you.

That will all change in Borderlands 2, as Gearbox’s Steve Gibson told Joystiq during their Gamescom reveal of the title. The game will now support two-player split-screen online. There is one drawback however, two split screen pairs can not play together as one team has to host the game, and “a split-screen guy uses a lot of CPU, so he can not be the host.” It seems that Borderlands 2 is quickly becoming a must have title for co-op lovers far before its actual release date.

Burnout Crash Gamescom trailer blows things up

Travis Bruno
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If you thought that you’d seen enough of what Criterion Games and EA had done to the Burnout series well, think again. Earlier today both companies released a new gameplay trailer for Burnout Crash which does exactly what you would expect it to do, burnout and crash into other cars.

You can catch the trailer below while trying to remember the good times when Burnout wasn’t a simple arcade game that was meant to be played with the Kinect on the 360 or with a standard controller on the PS3. If your still interested in the title then you should pay attention later in this year when the game is released as a downloadable title for those two previously mentioned consoles.

Fox Engine’s facial rendering system shown off by Hideo Kojima

Travis Bruno
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Well, those are a little creepy to say the least. But perhaps it is simply because they are disembodied floating heads. Moving on. Hideo Kojima recently tweeted a few images of what we can expect from his studio’s new Fox Engine’s ability to render facial images. There were three images released, though all are with the same face.

Moving beyond the horror that the one opened mouth image provides, the actual face itself looks quite impressive. Hideo Kojima’s tweet for these images specifically said “Facial test via “FOX engine.” Shader etc. are still pro pro forma.” So we can expect maybe even better looking faces in the future, but hopefully attached to a body next time.

Silent Hill: Book of Memories is literally a book of the character’s life

Travis Bruno
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If you were wondering why Silent Hill: Book of Memories was named that, well it is because that is the exact premise of the story. In a video released by Konami, Konami producer Tomm Hulett explains that the PlayStation Vita title Silent Hill: Book of Memories will have players “receive a strange book. When you open it, you see your entire life story written on those pages. All your memories.”

Apparently after you go back into your memories you can rewrite them and alter reality. The trailer also shows off some very early gameplay footage directly from Konami. It seems the game will be similar to a four player brawler more than a standard Silent Hill game from this footage, though perhaps things will look better in the future as the game is developed more.

Team Fortress 2 receives some Deus Ex: Human Revolution items

Travis Bruno
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Team Fortress 2 has become perhaps the clearest example of what some people will do when they are offered extra, albeit useless, content in a game that they love for a price. People will spend hundreds of dollars for hats and keys and the like, but most recently Team Fortress 2 has started to be invaded by other big named titles.

Or should I say influences of them are leaking in, because Team Fortress 2 now has some nifty new Deus Ex: Human Revolution themed items. The items range from new weaponry to simple cosmetic changes, though my favorite would have to be the Heavy’s bionic arm addition. You can see the full list of released items at Valve’s Team Fortress 2 site here.

2K Sports Unveil Legends for “NBA’s Greatest” in 2K12

Jonno Weiss
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Like the game’s real-life counterpart – the NBA – 2K is remaining fairly quiet about many details of the game. All except for this year’s focal point, the “NBA’s Greatest” mode. 2K Sports today have announced the 15 legends that will feature in the new mode, creating dream match-ups and fighting for legendary supremacy.

The 15 greatest player’s that will be featured in 2k12 are:

  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Larry Bird
  • Wilt Chamberlain
  • Julius Erving
  • Patrick Ewing
  • Magic Johnson
  • Michael Jordan
  • Karl Malone
  • Hakeem Olajuwon
  • Scottie Pippen
  • Oscar Robertson
  • Bill Russell
  • John Stockton
  • Isiah Thomas
  • Jerry West

Each of these 15 players have been meticulously created and include signature moves and personalities. Take a look at the tongue-sticking-out level of detail they went to for MJ last year and we can only assume that same level of detail will be included for all of these players.

Additionally, if you pre-order the game you will be given two bonus teams: the 1990-91 Golden State Warriors and the 2001-02 Sacramento Kings. Better get cracking if you want those extra teams.

How do you feel about the list? Were you hoping to see someone else included? Let us know in the comment section below.

‘Payday: The Heist’ coming soon to PSN

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‘Payday: The Heist’ coming soon to PSN


Being devloped by Overkill Software in Sweden, Payday: The Heist is a cooperative, squad based FPS. Priced at $19.99, the game will launch on the Playstatino Network on October 4, 2011. One interesting fact about this game is that Overkill Software was formed by members of GRIN.

This game aims to be action packed, and the trailer shows off that quite well. Guns, jewels and gadgets all take center stage in Payday, and all of us at Capsule Computers want to get our chance to try to achieve a perfect robbery heist. Somehow, “heist” sounds so much less awful than “robbery.” Are you interested in this game?

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