Konami have announced their latest game for the Nintendo DS, Beyblade Metal Masters: Nightmare Rex. Based on the hugely popular range of Beyblade toys, the game is due to be released in November. Beyblade Metal Masters: Nightmare Rex brings the skill of the toy range to the Nintendo DS as players can customise their own Beyblade spinning top. Players can then test their skill against 37 characters from the television series. Much like a battle with the toys, the last-man standing decides the winner, with players timing their attacks perfectly to send their opponent out of the area while at the same time keeping their Beyblade spinning at all times. Players can also perform key attacks from the television series, allowing players to perform the ‘Pegasus’ attack to smash their opposition. The controls have been kept very simple, yet offer many tactical strategies such as combination attacks via a series of button presses and also spectacular finishing moves to smite opponents. Owners of Beyblade toys can enter a special code to unlock its constructed Beyblade parts in the DS game. Beyblade Metal Masters: Nightmare Rex offers 100 enhancements in total to the player’s basic Beyblade. Beyblade Metal Masters: Nightmare Rex also comes with an exclusive Beyblade top that until now was not available anywhere outside of Asia. The game also comes with Wireless Battle Modes that allows users to verse each other, as well as 100’s of missions and survival modes for the solo player to develop their skills. On top of this, by equipping Bey Force players can strengthen their Beyblade properties by winning competitions. These power ups can then be used in a variety of multi-player modes. This latest Bayblade game really makes an effort to push the boundaries of both a game and of the Beybalde toys, joining them together in a new unique way that sounds fantastic for fans of the Beyblade franchise.
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Gamestop Reveal “Commando Dom” Skin as Pre-order Bonus for Gears of War 3…
Remember that “Commando Dom” skin that was featured in the Gears of War 3 beta? It now seems that this “classic” look for Mr. Santiago will be available as a pre-order bonus through Gamestop as the retailer have now listed Commando Dom as their exclusive incentive for Gears of War 3’s online multiplayer.
Here is a snippet of the official listing directly from Gamestop’s website:
Commando Dom Character Skin – Multiplayer In-Game content
In the years before Emergence Day, Dominic Santiago was a part of an elite special forces unit that operated during the Pendulum Wars. Now you can play as Commando Dom in Gears of War 3 – but only by pre-ordering Gears of War 3 at GameStop.
Not a bad exclusive at all. Dom fans will now want run to Gamestop and lock in a purchase to sport this new skin as Gears of War 3 launches just a little over two months from now on September 20th.
Fallout New Vegas’ Old World DLC gets some more screenshots
In case you were running out of new things to kill in Fallout: New Vegas, what with the Dead Money and Honest Hearts DLC already under your belt, what is there left to do? Well in a couple of weeks you’ll have an entirely new area to explore because that is when New Vegas’ next DLC, Old World Blues, will be released.
On July 19th players will enter the Big Empty and find out that it may not be as empty as the residents of the Mojave wasteland may have thought. Today Bethesda released a handful of new screenshots for the DLC, which show off plenty of gunfire, but one little robot named Muggy who apparently really wants to have any mugs you are carrying. Or he could mug you, one or the other. The DLC will be released on the PC, Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 at the same time on July 19th.
Shadow of the Colossus and ICO HD trailers look amazing
Things have been a little quiet regarding the long awaited ICO and Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection, until now that is. Two new trailers have been released, one for each of the two halves off the collection. Below you can first see the trailer for the remastered ICO and below that one the trailer for the remastered Shadow of the Colossus.
Both of these games have seen a rather impressive visual overhaul as you can see. Unfortunately I have never had the pleasure of playing either of these titles back when they were released originally on the PlayStation 2, which makes their HD release on the PlayStation 3 all the sweeter, because now I will be able to play both with enhanced graphics. What do you think of the upgrade to the graphics and of the original games themselves?
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Official Pokemon Game for iOS and Android
News of an official Nintendo copyrighted app for iOS and Android has finally emerged. The Pokemon Company has announced the release of an official Pokemon game for smart phone devices. The game, Pokemon Iie Tap (Pokemon: Say Tap) is a Pokemon trading card rhythm game where players tap on Pokemon cards to the beat of a song from the anime series. While it might not be a whole Pokemon game it’s promising news for Pokemon fans that for some reason have failed to buy a Nintendo portable device. The app is set to be released this summer in Japan, and but sadly at the moment doesn’t look like it will be setting sail to other locations, similar to the only other (unofficial) Pokemon game for mobile phones, Pokemate, which was released in 2006. As unlikely as it may be that we get our hands on this free title here in Australia, we can still hope that an English version may eventually be released. This news comes directly from the official Pokemon website.
Ms. ‘Splosion man priced at only 800 MSP
If you were worried that the success of ‘Splosion Man back in 2009 would increase the price range for its sequel then you can stop worrying now. Twisted Pixel announced today that Ms. ‘Splosion Man would only cost 800 MSP, or $10 in real money. The game itself will be available for purchase on the Xbox Live Marketplace on July 13th.
The press release in which they announced the price was humorous in its own right, you can catch the little part where they announced the price here:
The value of all life on Earth was originally placed at almost triple the amount of Microsoft points, but a surprise ruling from Twisted Pixel today cited a declining economy and a general disappointment in humanity as the root for assuring its destruction at the incredible price of 800 Microsoft Points.
Catherine English demo releasing next week on PS3 and 360
You may have used your Japanese PSN account to download the Catherine demo all those months ago but you would have had to understand Japanese to get the true gist of what was going on during the demo. That won’t be the case next week because Atlus is going to be releasing an English demo for Catherine on PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Arcade.
According to Siliconera, on July 12th players will be introduced to Vincent and have a chance to try out some of Catherine’s tower climbing puzzles. Also there will be some of the anime cutscenes shown off, giving players a small taste of everything that Catherine has to offer. The demo comes two weeks before the release of the game which will be on July 26th for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.
Report: Team Bondi and Rockstar were at odds during L.A. Noire development
While L.A. Noire has been out in stores for a decent amount of time now, news keeps leaking out about the team behind the development of the game. It has been reported in the past that Team Bondi had treated their employees badly, but now news comes out that even Rockstar had to deal with the unruly studio. So much so that Rockstar will not end up working with them again.
A source reported to GameIndustry.biz that things were going bad for the two’s collaboration for awhile before the game was released. The source says that Rockstar had a huge influence in the success of LA Noire by steering it away from disaster, providing financial support and providing Team Bondi staff to work on the game. Without the support, the source says Team Bondi would have shut down long ago and that the company also lacked animators which is why the game world is so bland.
While Rockstar used to think that Team Bondi could eventually become “RockStar Syndey” they became unhappy with Team Bondi, and Team Bondi grew unhappy with the amount of control that Rockstar was levying.
After Rockstar left the Team Bondi logo off of the LA Noire logo last October, studio boss of Team Bondi Brendan McNamara wrote an email that was accidentally sent to everyone at Team Bondi saying “Every dog has its day and there’s going to be hell to pay for this one. I’ll never forget being treated like an absolute **** by these people.” More information can be found at the source itself, which shows further evidence that Team Bondi and Rockstar will most likely never work together again.
War in the North gets a Collector’s Edition worth $130; pre-order bonuses detailed
Hearing about a rather expensive Collector’s Edition isn’t anything unheard of. But usually the game that is receiving the expensive version is a game that has either been hotly anticipated or hyped extensively. Which means that the $130 CE of Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a bit puzzling to see come out of Warner Brothers.
The Collector’s Edition will come with an art book, a behind the scenes DVD for the videogames music, three songs from the game, the game itself, and a Ranger of the North Quiver Case. It is easy to see that the quiver is the whole expensive part for the collection. Purchasers of the 360 version of the CE will receive a Ranger of the North Avatar outfit, while PS3 buyers will receive a War in the North Theme pack.
Besides the Collector’s Edition, retail specific pre-order bonuses have been released for North America. Those who buy from Amazon.com will receive the second part of the War in the North digital comic and an in-game Orc Champion Sword. Those who buy from Best Buy will receive the Elf Theme Pack and access to the Lothlórien Challenge map. Those who pick up the game from GameStop will get the Human Theme Pack and access to the Osgiliath Challenge map. Target buyers will receive the soundtrack alone, while Toys ‘R’ Us will give buyers a War in the North poster signed by Jim Lee. Last we have Walmart, which gives players the Dwarf Theme Pack.