Bethesda has released the first developer diary for RAGE today, and it goes over the history of id software. id software is one of the most historic video game companies and without their game developments gaming today may be very different if they never existed. We are treated to a few words from Matt Hooper, Tim Willits and Todd Hollenshead as they talk about the various advances they’ve made over the years.
Besides going over the history of id, the video also talks about some of the environmental design and physics that we will be seeing in RAGE. RAGE itself will be released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on October 4th in North America and October 7th in the United Kingdom.
If you haven’t spent enough money buying all of the extra Red Dead Redemption DLC then soon you will have a chance to buy even more. Rockstar mentioned on their Twitter today that they will soon be announcing details and a release date for a currently unnamed download pack sometime in the next few weeks.
But until then you have a chance to max out your online character quickly thanks to a promotion starting this weekend for Red Dead Redemption. Rockstar announced today that they will be holding a quadruple XP event starting tomorrow June 1st until Monday June 4th. This means if you haven’t already made your character a five time legend then now is the best time to do it. It also seems that the best way to get people excited about your new DLC is to get them back into the online experience.
Anime Expo begins tomorrow and will be lasting all weekend in Los Angeles from July 1st until the 4th, and Aksys Games wants everyone to know what they should be expecting when they stop by their booth this weekend. Aksys is planning to reveal two new games on Saturday July 2nd at 11:15 AM.
They will also be holding a second panel on Sunday for Idea Factory Guests of Honor that focuses solely on the Record of Agarest War series. Besides game reveals and panels they will also be holding a tournament for Arcana Heart 3 and BlazBlue: Continuum Shift players and demos being given away of their upcoming games. Oh and don’t forget to bring some expendable cash because they will be selling limited edition merchandise at the show as well!
Over the past few months Namco Bandai has been beating around the bush with their next Dragon Ball title. Currently they are only calling the game Dragon Ball Game Project Age 2011 but that is all about to change thanks to Namco Bandai Games Europe. The game will now be titled Dragon Ball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi and it will be developed by Spike.
In the latest trailer for the game, which unveiled the game’s full name, we see destructible battlefields and perhaps some of the best looking Dragon Ball Z combat ever to date. Also at the end of the trailer we are treated to a release date which places Ultimate Tenkaichi up for release on October 28th for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in Europe. Whether or not a North American release will fall within this date or near it has yet to be announced.
Capcom of Japan released a new trailer today for the Resident Evil: Revival Selection and this time around it shows side by side comparisons of the Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica titles. Looking back on the enhancements over the years in graphics can truly be surprising at times, though the HD upgrade doesn’t seem to have done too much to the original experience.
The games will be released in North America as individual digital downloads while those in Japan will actually be able to buy a retail version of the game. No pricing has been announced yet for the games, nor if one will cost more than the other when they are released. Catch the video below and make your own comparisons of the upgrade.
Despite the age of the PSP, Sony has unveiled a new engine designed specifically for the PSP. The engine itself, imaginatively titled the PSP Engine is a sort of middleware technology that makes it better to bring games from the PlayStation Portable to the PlayStation 3. The main reason given for this engine was the PSP Remaster series that was announced in the past.
Famitsu reports that the PSP Engine makes significant improvements to the HD porting ability of the handheld. This includes higher resolution, wireless controller support for the DualShock 3, steroscopic 3D output, and shared save data. The only game currently announced under the PSP Remaster series is Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, though anyone paying attention to Sony’s E3 conference should remember that Sony also announced a God of War Origins collection.
When The Witcher 2 was announced to see a release on the Xbox 360 many people, myself included, cheered with joy that they would be able to play the title despite having subpar computers. Now though the title will be published by Atari in North America, the rest of the world was sitting in the dark as to whether or not the game would be published in their region.
Well THQ stepped in today to shine some light on that darkness. The company announced that they will be handling the publishing the The Witcher 2 on the Xbox 360 for Australia, New Zealand, Western Europe and even the Middle East. This means that no matter where you live you have no excuse to not be able to play The Witcher 2 when it is released in the future. Unless you don’t have an Xbox 360 of course.
Despite the fact that the news hasn’t been officially announced by Capcom, it seems somebody dropped the ball a little early. Even during E3 Capcom was tight lipped about an exact release date for the Dead Rising 2 spinoff. But it seems that somebody made a little bit of a mistake because the European Blog for Capcom ended up posting up the release dates.
The blog post detailed the game’s release dates as October 11th in North America and October 14th in Europe. The post itself has since been removed and Capcom has failed to comment on the leaked information despite our attempt to contact them. The possibility of these release dates being factual is still left in question, but considering this was off of one of Capcom’s own websites there is a good chance that they are.
Kenshi, the blind Japanese swordsman from Mortal Kombat:Deadly Alliance was announced recently as a DLC, making him the first character from a home console-exclusive Mortal Kombat game to appear as a playable character in the latest MK. A gameplay video of the character was released late last week, and today his character vignette has been released as a preview of his story. His storyline is basically the same as it was in MK:DA, with Shang Tsung appearing as an old man named Song, offering Kenshi a legendary sword if he claimed it himself. However, claiming the sword released many ancient warrior souls which Shang Tsung consumed increasing his power, who then blinded Kenshi and left him to die. The mystical sword ended up guiding Kenshi to safety, who recovered and voweled revenge on Shang Tsung. His blindness made him handicapped, but he trained to use it to has advantage and heightened his senses and learnt telekinesis, now vowing revenge on Shang Tsung.
The downloadable blind swordsman will be available on Tuesday 5th July for Xbox LIVE and Wednesday 6th July on PSN and will join the first downloadable kombatant, Skarlet who is currently available for download as well.
With early birds who have already picked up F.E.A.R. 3 getting stuck into the game and unlocking the achievements and trophies, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have released a complete list of the Xbox 360 achievements and PS3 trophies, divided up into sections with the aim of helping score hunters to unlock every last point-based reward.
For those looking to swell your gamerscore or add to your collection of trophies, check out the lists below:
Campaign Specific Achievements/Trophies
• Almost Halfway – Attain Rank 10 – 10 Pts / Bronze
• You’ve Got the Touch! – Attain Rank 21 – 25 Pts / Silver
• Prison Impossible – Complete Prison – 10 Pts / Bronze
• Get To The Chopper – Complete Slums – 10 Pts / Bronze
• Pain, In Bulk – Complete Store – 15 Pts / Bronze
• Town Hall Beating – Complete Village – 15 Pts / Bronze
• Through The Haystack – Complete Tower – 20 Pts / Bronze
• Trouble Cross – Complete Bridge – 20 Pts / Bronze
• Terminal Victory – Complete Port – 25 Pts / Bronze
• Homecoming King – Complete Ward – 25 Pts / Bronze
• Mission… Accomplished? – Finish the Campaign on any difficulty (all levels complete) – 50 Pts / Gold
• Man Mode – Finish the Campaign on INSANE Difficulty – 100 Pts / Gold
General Achievements/Trophies
• Art Collector – Pin 100 total enemies with the Penetrator or Leaper knives – 15 Pts / Bronze
• A Precursor – In the Poker Room of Prison, kill all 3 enemies with headshots before Slow-Mo ends – 5 Pts / Bronze
• State-of-the-Art. Bang Bang! – Kill 10 enemies in a row with Sniper Rifle headshots – 20 Pts / Bronze
• Yo, Adrian! – Find something worth punching! – 15 Pts / Bronze
• No can Defense! – Kill 100 enemies with Jump Kick or Slide Tackle – 20 Pts / Bronze
• Extremist – Complete any campaign level on INSANE without reloading checkpoints or going into Last Stand – 20 Pts / Bronze
• Earl of Pain – Kill 1,000 enemies by any method in any game mode – 10 Pts / Bronze
Character Specific Achievements/Trophies
• God Among Men – Kill 250 total enemies during Slow-Mo – 25 Pts / Silver
• Footy Foul – Kill 2 enemies with 1 slide-tackle during Slow-Mo – 10 Pts / Bronze
• Insider Trading – Possess every type of possessable enemy! – 15 Pts / Bronze
• Head Crab Removal – 20 kills with a crowbar – 10 Pts / Bronze
Online and Multiplayer Achievements/Trophies
• Little Brother’s Helper – As Point Man, Kill 100 enemies Suspended by Fettel – 15 Pts / Bronze
• Big Brother’s Helper – As Fettel, Suspend 100 enemies that Point Man kills – 15 Pts / Bronze
• I’m not a Doctor, I’m a Medic! – Perform 50 Revives in any Game Mode – 10 Pts / Bronze
• Dead Blind – Spend an entire round of Contractions in deep fog without going into Last Stand – 10 Pts / Bronze
• I F.E.A.R. Nothing! – Finish a wave of Contractions on INSANE without anyone entering Last Stand – 15 Pts / Bronze
• We’ll Try Again Tomorrow! – Survive 3 round in Contractions in a row without anyone bringing back a crate – 15 Pts / Bronze
• Hanging 20 – Complete wave 20 in Contractions – 20 Pts / Bronze
• Handle with Care – Return 30 Crates in one game of Contractions – 20 Pts / Bronze
• Indecisive – Possess 10 different enemies in one round of Soul King – 10 Pts / Bronze
• Unstoppable! – Win all 5 rounds of a 5-round Soul King match – 15 Pts / Bronze
• Soul Gatherer – Attain a total of 6,000 Souls in one round of Soul King – 15 Pts / Bronze
• Soul Hoarder – Attain a total of 25,000 Souls across all round of a Soul King match – 20 Pts / Bronze
• Monarch – Win 20 round of Soul King – 20 Pts / Bronze
Rank, Score and Exploration Based Achievements/Trophies
• Doll Collector – Find the Alma Doll on every level – 20 Pts / Bronze
• Spiritually Attuned – Make 100 Psychic Links (Share or Steal) – 20 Pts / Bronze
• Score Monger – Complete 30 challenges in one chapter – 30 Pts / Bronze
• Supreme Challenger – Complete 500 total challenges between all categories – 25 Pts / Bronze
• Completionist – Complete every challenge at least once – 50 Pts / Bronze
• That’s a lot of Zeros – Attain a total of 95,000 score on Prison – 15 Pts / Silver
• Magna Slum Laude – Attain a total of 85,000 score on Slums – 15 Pts / Silver
• Cannibal Run – Attain a total of 95,000 score on Store – 15 Pts / Silver
• House Arrest – Attain a total of 105,000 score on Village – 15 Pts / Silver
• Point Taken – Attain a total of 110,000 score on Tower – 15 Pts / Silver
• Crossing Over – Attain a total of 70,000 score on Bridge – 15 Pts / Silver
• Point Authority – Attain a total of 110,000 score on Port – 15 Pts / Silver
• Dream Score – Attain a total of 50,000 score on Ward – 10 Pts / Silver
