Beginning tomorrow Sony will be launching a new promotion involving the PlayStation Network. This promotion will see a new PSN exclusive title show up every Tuesday during the month of October. This includes tomorrow’s release of Euphoria and Rochard and then following weekly releases of titles. If all of these titles happen to catch your eye, then Sony has a nice bonus for you. If you spend $60 on PSN games during this month you will receive a free $10 PSN credit in November.
To top that of, the PlayStation Network will soon play host to a number of third party titles from the PlayStation 2 era. This includes niche games like Odin Sphere, GrimGrimoire, Ring of Red, God Hand and Maximo: Ghosts to Glory. Currently there is no information about whether these games will see trophies or be similar to the PS1 digital releases.
Centipede: Infestation offers more than a single player arcade shooter. Throw a Wii Remote at your friend, and play together on a co-op campaign. The screens below remind me of a time back when Smash TV was a big hit on the Super Nintendo. Showing the same feel of decimation, having an extra player could make this game even more intense.
Attaining power-ups should increase competition between co-op players. While the screenshots do not show any scores for player progress, I think this could be a pro-active competition. Attaining higher scores could result in better weapons or power-ups for each player.
Should be interesting to see how WayForward Technologies will make this title remembered. Check out more information about Centipede: Infestation before its October 25 release (HERE).
Get ready for the ride of your life. Taito’s iOS rhythm based title, Groove Coaster as been updated with some brand new tracks. While the game already features incredible graphics that respond to players touch, creating a rich visualisation to accompany tracks, Taito have now extended their game to include a three new songs.
Two of the latest tracks, Protocol Signal Generation and Just No Friend, will be made free to all when the game is updated. However a third track, Hello 31337, will be available via In-App purchase for only $0.99. While we can’t showcase any of the actual audio here on the site, take a look at the screen shots for each new level to get an idea of the amazing graphics that are in store upon updating.
Protocol Signal Generation Just No Friend Hallo 31337
If new tracks weren’t enough, Taito have upgraded a number of existing songs at no extra cost. Three tracks have been replaced with their iTunes album vocal mixes, giving them a brand new sound. The updated songs include, Play Merrily, Not Get Wish and Breach of Faith. Each of these tracks, not to mention any of track featured on Groove Coaster are magnificently composed, and make for one of the best rhythm games available at the App Store. If you haven’t purchased Groove Coaster yet, I suggest doing so by clicking here. At only $2.99, it’s a small price to pay for the amount of entertainment you’ll gain from this game.
While Groove Coaster is available for both iPad and iPhone, you may also like to purchase the soundtrack to listen to on its own. Sadly for us in Australia, it’s only available on the US iTunes. You can purchase it here for $9.99.
FIFA 12 has blown past Gears of War 3, soaring to the number one spot on the UK sales charts. What’s even more incredible is that it has become the third biggest launch title of all time in the UK, succeeded only by Black Ops and Modern Warfare 2, and taking the third spot away from GTA IV.
Overall, FIFA 12 increased launch sales by an impressive 18% over FIFA 11. Unsurprisingly, it was the 360 and PS3 versions that accumulated the biggest share of sales, with the 360 doubling it’s FIFA 11 sales and actually beating the PS3 by 10%. The other formats (PC, PS2, Wii, PSP, iOS, Mac, 3DS) collectively accounted for only 2%.
As popular as the FIFA series has been, it’s still quite a feat for the title to achieve such success, really setting the bar up high for sports games and definitely showing the PES series who’s boss once again.
The Forza Motorsport 4 demo is available to download right now on Xbox Live if you’re a Xbox Live Gold member. Everyone else will be able to download it on October 7, shortly before the game’s launch. The 1.27 GB demo features five cars – 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia, 2012 BMW M5, 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI, 1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator and 2009 Pagani Zonda Cinque as well as the all new Bernese Alps track.
The demo supports official leaderboards for lap times and showcases the all new Rivals Mode that lets players compete online against their friends in a range of game types. Players will be able to play Three Rivals Mode events in the demo: Round the Mountain, BMW Blitz and Alpine Rush.
Accompanying Forza 4’s demo launch is a new live action short film entitled “Endangered Species,” narrated by Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson. You should defiantly check out this trailer if you’re a fan of Top Gear or high speed chases or if you ever wanted to drive out of a traffic jam.
Forza Motorsport 4 is set to be released exclusively for Xbox 360 on October 11, 12 and 13 in North America, Australia and Europe respectively.
Snowblind Studios and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have brought out a follow-up video to their recent ‘Power of Three’ trailer, a behind the scenes look behind the ‘Power of Three.
Power of Three comes from the fact that the game will have three-player co-op, because the developers feel it fits in nicely with the game mechanics and also the story behind another part of Middle Earth created for Lord of the Rings: War in the North.
Lord of the Rings: War in the North releases on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on November 25th in the UK, and on November 2nd in Australia and New Zealand. Who will be teaming up with two buddies to form their fellowship come November?
About an hour ago, we questioned the validity of Bloody Roar 5. This hoax has now been confirmed by this “Official” Twitter stream and fans can now grab the tissues. HudsonSoftLtd is indeed a fake account and seem to be quite amused with themselves for hyping up an entire fanbase.
It wasn’t too hard to figure out if you did your research, but it’s just sad how the fanbase blew up in excitement and now just have this “troll” card to look at. Maybe next time guys.
So whether it was hackers, jokers, or just a bunch of bored fans, we now can confirm that sadly Bloody Roar 5 can now be laid to rest. This group is continuing their parade on Twitter as I type this, but I think they got enough attention for now. Sigh..
Over the weekend, Hudson Soft tweeted that Bloody Roar 5 was an actual thing and would be coming out in 2012. Of course fans cheered loudly, but now we must wonder if this bit of news was too good to be true. Rumors have now began circulating that HudsonSoftLtd’s Twitter may have been hacked or may just have been a fan page for the dying developer, meaning Bloody Roar 5 might have never existed to start with.
Now before you Bloody Roar fans react in disbelief or anger, lets look over the facts here and why this may be just an elaborate hoax rather than a blockbuster announcement.
Hudson Soft Website shows no new updates
I know Twitter is where announcements in the industry have been prone to happen, but after nearly 72 hours we still should have seen at least some kind of update on Hudson’s official website. No screenshots, no logo, not even a small hint has been delivered that this property is real. If you look on the Twitter stream, you will also see a specific fansite linked on four separate occasions.
@HudsonSoftLTD is not even linked on the Official Website
Go to any developer’s official page and you will usually see a direct link to an official Twitter page. We all know Hudson Entertainment (based in the US) used to operate under the name @hudsonENT, but HudsonSoftLTD did not appear in the Twitter Universe until March 11th of 2011, which very well could mean that this page could just be a dedicated newfeed with tweets made by a fan. Aside from a few retweets, not one actually pertains to anything substantial. Other than the recent Bloody Roar story, this feed has just short and gleeful replies.
On March 20th, HudsonSoftLTD delivered this tweet:
すぐ来るbomberman 3ds to be shown soon!
Interesting thing to note though is that at that time, Bomberman 3DS along with several other titles were dropped due to the Konami buy-out.
Hudson Soft was bought by Konami
Earlier this year, Hudson was absorbed by Konami. If Konami were to publish BR5, they would have been sure to save such news until an actual event such as this year’s Tokyo Game Show. Now we know that Bloody Roar 5 was talked about for years by the company, but this statement made in a blog post by Hudson Entertainment CEO Morgan Haro shows that this new “announcement” is definitely one to be taken with a grain of salt.
A special note goes to the fans demanding a return of the Bloody Roar series. It was something I personally pushed for in the company, despite the crowded fighting game market. With digital distribution channels like XBLA and PSN, I felt there was a chance, if done right, to re-invigorate the series. There were some game design documents sent around internally of some spin-offs of the series, but it didn’t seem like it was the right direction. There was a chance for something to happen late 2011, early 2012; but clearly, we won’t see what was to be. To the Bloody Roar fans out there, I read every single one of your messages, petitions, and calls for the series to be brought back. You guys are awesome, and perhaps some day, a developer and a publisher will pick it up, and do it justice. Until then, just know, you guys rock.
Now maybe I am completely wrong about this (which I hope I am) and Bloody Roar 5 is in the works. Maybe all of the above is just some doubt due to the shock of Bloody Roar 5 actually coming to be. After all, nearly every website (including Capsule Computers) felt as if this tweet stream seemed legit. Even with that though, I just can’t think that a brand that literally dissolved would announce such a stellar title just a few months later.
As of now, fans should hold their applause for the moment as until a screenshot or at least an official update is released, Bloody Roar 5 isn’t a reality quite yet.
For those who weren’t aware, to promote the release of their two games featuring farming – Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon and Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar, both released on the same day of 30th September – Rising Star Games provided me with my own desktop cress farm to put my real-life farming skills to the test.
I started off a little slowly while I got to grips with the amount of water they needed. Also, for those not aware, the UK is having something of a heat wave, which in turn tended to dry out my cress at one point. I updated my twitter daily with specific comments with the photos @Enzo3000 , but you can see for yourself in the photos below too.
Alternative Software have announced the release date of Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge to be October 14th across Europe, with the game being on the formats of PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.
With this date it is arriving a little later than expected, but hopefully the extra time will be put to good use polishing the final product, and those of us who waited on Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge instead of snapping up the disappointing official Rugby World Cup 2011 videogame will be rewarded for their patience.
With a lack of other decent rugby games, Jonah Lomu Rugby Challenge could come as the the best rugby game since its namesake over ten years ago. Here’s hoping, and fortunately, it arrives before the end of the rugby world cup so those absorbed in the competition can carry rugby over into their gaming habits.
