In case you have been hiding under a rock, you should know that Hunted: The Demon’s Forge will be coming out next Tuesday, May 31st. To celebrate this release Bethesda and inXile have released a very well done launch trailer today which you can see below. The trailer shows off the best parts of working together and is displayed to a cover of the old song “Happy Together.”
As you can see in the video E’lana and Caddoc really do work together well by combining each of their strengths to take down any number of monstrosities that are placed in their way. Also if you pay attention to near the middle of the video you may notice a quick mention of a certain video gaming website that certainly sounds more than a little familiar if you catch my drift.
Seems like every other day the ESRB has something going on. Sure they rate games everyday but every once in awhile they either end up rating an unannounced title or providing a rating for a niche Japanese title that is being localized for release in the United States. This ESRB article is the latter. Konami submitted Otomedius Excellent for review and it was given a T rating with a few interesting parts of their description. Catch the description below:
This is a side-scrolling shooter in which players control small characters that fly through the air and destroy fantastical alien ships. Players fire missiles and lasers at waves of enemies (e.g., robot penguins, floating spacecraft, mech-robots) in constant air battles; enemies and objects explode in fiery bursts and bright particles.
The game depicts several female characters in revealing outfits—their breasts/buttocks are partially obscured by towels, strategic poses, and skimpy costumes. In one mini-game, players can scroll an on-screen cursor over characters to “touch” them (e.g., “Stop touching me there,” “You can touch me, but no one else!”); some sequences contain instances of suggestive dialogue (e.g., “We’d better get hot and bothered for this,” “Are you trying to turn me on or find my off switch?”).
The whole touching minigame sounds a bit odd and is something that has yet to be shown by Konami in any of their Western assets. Konami has not officially announced a release date for the title but Gamestop and Gamefly have the game listed for a June 22nd release date, special edition and all.
Having abated slathering fans with two of the most revered maps in Battlefield history, Strike at Karkand and Wake Island, today the team has decided to take pity on us all and reveal new information and concept goodyness from the two remaining maps in the Battlefield 3: Back to Karkand limited edition, the Gulf of Oman and Sharqi Peninsula.
Head over to blogs.battlefield.ea.com to check it out. And try not to drool on your keyboard.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D is coming out in under a month now and Nintendo isn’t going to let us forget about the new features they have added in. Sure there will be the 3D effects which should be great considering the title, but most fans are just delighted to have a portable version of one of the best Legend of Zelda games of all time.
In a video released today Nintendo showed off the various additions they have added into the game, such as boss challenge mode, touch screen item usage and of course the help system. Nintendo’s Super Guide for Ocarina of Time 3D will be called “visions” and players will be able to see ahead of time how to solve puzzles in a temple that they otherwise would have been stuck in. Catch the New Features video below.
Tokyo Game Show’s mascot won’t be much different than we remember her. The poster for TGS 2011 was released today and Andriasang managed to get a hold of it with some extra information. The artist of the mascot is still Ippei Gyoubu who is a talented marketing artist who has worked for companies like Adidas and Dr. Pepper in the past.
Despite his credentials however I’d still have to say that the mascot is a tad bit creepy. A mixture of human and electronics usually would fit well with the whole Japanese theme but something is just a bit off with her in my mind. In case you were wondering; the Japanese catchphrase there means: “Game – Dancing Your Heart.” You can see the poster below and make up your mind yourself about her creepiness level.
Sony wasn’t making empty promises when they said that they would offer identity theft protection to its users. Any PSN user can sign up for the identity theft protection service today. This service is currently only being offered to United States residents with the company trying to work out the details for international users. To begin signing up for your protection you can go to this website and place the email address attached to your PSN account in the box.
Afterwards you will receive an email with more information about how to activate your identity protection. Debix had this to say about the services they are offering PSN users:
“AllClear ID PLUS is a premium identity protection service that uses advanced technology to deliver alerts to help keep you safe. The service also provides identity theft insurance coverage and hands-on help from expert fraud investigators. Sony has arranged, at no charge to eligible PlayStation®Network and Qriocity account holders, for twelve months of this service to be provided by Debix to those who choose to enroll.”
Things obviously haven’t been going well for Sony the past few weeks. With the PlayStation Network being down and numerous attacks from hackers all across the board, Sony fans may begin to question just how well things are going internally on the NGP. Well apparently they are going just fine.
Sony said today that they are still preparing for the NGP to be released at the end of the year and to expect more information at E3, as well as aiming to have the PlayStation Network back in working order by the end of this month. The PSN itself may be up, but not quite 100% with the Store still offline. In the notes translated by Andriasang, even if there was a delay it would only be for a few days at max.
Remember when there wasn’t a huge lead up to a game’s trailer and the company would simply surprise us out of thin air with new information? Well that still happens nine times out of ten but this is one of those exceptions. Ubisoft has released a teaser trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Revelations which has Ezio providing the voice over. We see a number of different in game locations as well as a small bit of gameplay footage.
Of course this whole teaser was simply to get people excited for E3. The end of the teaser states that the full trailer will be shown on June 6th, the day before the beginning of E3. So tune in in under two weeks and you’ll be seeing a whole lot from Ezio in the final chapter of his story.
Sega has made it official, they will be bringing the Shinobi series to the 3DS. Announced today for a September 2011 release Sega has stated they will be relaunching the series on the 3DS with the first game being called Shinobi. Not very imaginative maybe but perhaps the proper thing to do since the series hasn’t seen a game in nine years.
Shinobi will be a 2D side scrolling game with 3D capabilities mixed into it. Released alongside this announcement was a gameplay trailer that shows off Shinobi’s lineage as a series as well as everything that they have added to it. Apparently there will be new magic and new skills to learn as well as impressively crafted 3D gameplay mixed in. Lets just hope it isn’t like a bad 3D movie where they simply make things fly at the screen for no reason other than to show off the 3D. Catch the trailer below.
Disney must have knocked their shelf of movies onto the floor and saw the giant pile as a good idea. Disney announced today that they are working on creating a game called the Disney Universe. It will be a multiplayer action title that will be released this fall season on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and of course the Wii.
The game itself will allow players to select from 40 different Disney character costumes such as Alice, Mike, TRON and Stitch to name a few. There will be six different Disney themed worlds to explore and do battle against enemies. Each suit will have a different power, allowing players to level up whichever one they choose to. Alongside the announcement a teaser trailer was released which you can catch below.
