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EB Games Expo Australia’s Biggest Gaming EXPO in October

Philip Federico
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EB Games Expo Australia’s Biggest Gaming EXPO in October

It’s not official EB Games (Gamestop) as you know them in the US have stepped up to the plate and announced that after three years of planning they are happy to announce EB EXPO the biggest gaming expo for the Gaming community will be unleashed up us all in October 15th & 16th (Saturday and Sunday) at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Center.  I for one am very excited about to have our very own video game expo down under in Australia.  

EB have advised that they will be featuring the hottest upcoming games playable for the first time in Australia, exciting presentations from international game developers, they will also have an unmissable EB Arena Spectacular with Showtime FMX freestyle motorcross, plus much, much more.

If you’re like some of the crew here at Capsule you can also get involved and express your passion for gaming and go to the Expo dressed as your favourite video game character for a chance to win great prizes!

You can also get to see the best gamers in the country compete for the National Championship Crown and earn the right to represent Australia at the World Finals in Seoul in the Australian National Finals of the 2011 World Cyber Games.

EB have advised that strictly limited VIP Experiences will be available, providing access to a red carpet entry, priority seating and express access to selected games! Additional VIP Pass features will be announced in the near future and we’ll keep you posted.  How do you get VIP ??  Well tickets will be available across three sessions, with more announcements for each session coming soon.

Now what happens on the Sat and Sun?  Read Below :

Saturday Daylight 10am to 4pm
Grand Opening LIVE in the Arena

Saturday Twilight 4pm to 10pm
WCG LIVE National Final in the Arena

Sunday 10am to 4pm
COSPLAY LIVE Judging and LIVE final in the Arena

Make sure you save up your pennies as tickets go on sale online and in store on Thursday  June 2nd Pre-paid tickets to the event if purchased online or at your local EB Games will cost you $29.95, if you buy tickets at the door they will cost $31.95.  EB Games are also selling VIP tickets for $99.95— as mentioned above VIP tickets will allow express access to selected games on the showfloor, priority seating at all Arena events, backstage access to media interview recordings, plus muc more more.

Let us know if your going and you think of it all.

New Trailer for UFC Personal Trainer shows some intense workouts….

Dustin Spencer
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For those of us who have watched our friends spend hours at a time dancing away on Zumba while everyone else simply stared off into the distance, it is soon to be your chance to get yet another type of workout game as UFC Personal Trainer is set to hit stores this June. This latest fitness title from THQ puts training experts Mark DellaGrotte, Greg Jackson and Javier Mendez as your coaches to work out with the same workout regimen that is used to train professional UFC and MMA fighters.

In a new trailer released today, the team in and behind the game go a bit more in depth to explain just what will be in store for those who want to get in shape the UFC way. Judging from the clip, Cash in On a Craze “Lose weight and get in shape” appears to be the tagline for the motion based title as it is mentioned several times throughout while a bit of the actual gameplay is shown off. UFC Personal Trainer will be for the Xbox 360 with Kinect, Playstation Move, and Nintendo Wii, but it seems like the most definitive version is undoubtedly the Kinect version as it has been the most prominently promoted. I’m not a huge fitness game fan as I would much rather go take a walk outside, but I am a bit intrigued as I know I could certainly use the whole “in shape” part. Check out the clip for yourself below and get prepared to feel tired.

Mighty Milky Way makes a Splash on the DSiWare; MDK 2 Returns to the Wii…

Dustin Spencer
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If you are a fan of snazzy little puzzle titles or simply Wayforward titles in general, you are in luck as Mighty Milky Way is now available of the DSiWare for 800 Nintendo points. Mighty Milky Way introduces players to a little alien by the name of Luna who players must assist to help her accomplish a “secret mission”. It is now the players job to now “Explode vicious space monsters, avoid sizzling electric barriers and grab all the delicious planet candy you can” while Luna’s arch-nemesis, a T-Rex, tries to put a halt to her plan. An evil T-Rex and exploding monsters? Sold.

If that isn’t your thing though, the Dreamcast third-person classic MDK 2 is now available on the Wii for 1000 Nintendo points. It’s very interesting to see a Dreamcast title make an appearance on the system and MDK 2 is certainly a great addition to the system’s digital library. I guess here is to hoping we see even more Dreamcast revivals on the system in the future (Seaman or Jet Grind Radio in particular).

Rockstar Games releases L.A. Noire Story “What’s in a Name” by Jonathan Santlofer

Alexis Ayala
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Have you been walking around wearing a fedora, calling girls dames and pretending you’re in 1947 Los Angeles in anticipation for Rockstar’s L.A. Noire? I know I have. While the world waits for the chance to interrogate bad guys and drive around in a 40’s Caddy, Rockstar has thrown us a bone. After last Tuesday’s announcement of L.A. Noire: The Collected Stories, a series of original short fiction inspired by the game itself, Rockstar delivers with it’s first entry “What’s in a Name” by Jonathan Santlofer.

So head over to Rockstargames.com and check it out. The story is available to read on the site or as a downloadable PDF.

Dragon Ball Game Project Age 2011 teaser site opened

Travis Bruno
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Last week Namco Bandai of Japan had some information leaked out that they were working on something called Dragon Ball Game Project Age 2011. Now it has become official as they have opened up a teaser website for the hopefully soon to be renamed game. You can view the website here but as the writing itself is in Japanese there isn’t much to see.

The translation from what is on the website shows that the game will promise to deliver action drama and scale the likes we have yet to see from a Dragon Ball game. Also it promises to be the most realistic Dragon Ball title ever aiming to make players feel like they have truly become the character they are playing. Now with a Fall release in Japan it will be very interesting to see how exactly they plan on making the Dragon Ball franchise realistic and as immersive as they are teasing.

Diablo III external beta arriving sometime Q3 2011

Travis Bruno
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Sometime in the third quarter of this year, between July and September the beta for Diablo III may be released for public beta testing. This news comes out of Activision Blizzard’s first quarter earnings call and Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime spoke about the fact that the title has been making some great progress lately. Or more exactly he said:

“We began internal company-wide testing last week. The game looks great, and we’re currently targeting a Q3 launch for external beta testing.”

This means that at some point later this year all of the waiting for a taste of Diablo III will come to an end. At least that is the plan at the moment, but being as there is still no official release date given there is a good chance that the beta may not fall in this release window either. We’ll find out more as time goes by.

Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D shooting for November release

Travis Bruno
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Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D looks to be set for a November release according to Konami. In a recent talk with MCV Pete Stone, Manager of Konami UK, he mentions that the remake of Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater on the PlayStation 2 will be getting a release in November.

This November release brings together the release date for Snake Eater 3D and Silent Hill: Downpour together. Although Downpour is being released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 while Snake Eater 3D is being released on the 3DS. This means that fans of Konami’s games should have a busy month if no delays end up occurring between now and then. Also of course this means that fans of Snake will be able to get their hands on some 3D action.

Dragon’s Dogma’s first classes revealed alongside screenshots

Travis Bruno
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Dragon’s Dogma is Capcom’s latest endeavor into the RPG world and it will allow players to make their characters and select which class they want to play as they enter the world. The first classes revealed by Capcom are the Fighter, Strider and Mage class. Alongside these reveals are a few screenshots for each class showing how they will look in combat as well as some character art.

Fighters are adept at close range combat and have extensive knowledge with their swords and weapons. Striders on the other hand are agile characters that keep their distance and use a bow as their main weapon, but are fast enough to run circles around enemies in close quarter combat. Mages are masters of the mystic arts and can use a variety of different spells to dispose of enemies infront of them.

For the most part these classics are all self explanatory and are your standard RPG class affair except with a name change from Archer to Strider. Dragon’s Dogma will be released early next year on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and with more classes on the way hopefully there will be some new ground broken with DD.

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Battlefield 3 beta key scammers exposed

Travis Bruno
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Battlefield 3 is a title that is being hotly anticipated by fans of the series and with a beta for the title on the way, excitement is at a peak level. Some people are taking advantage of this excitement however because a website known as Bf3nation has been giving out beta keys in an attempt to phish consumer information. The website keys are indeed a scam and EA has been trying to shut down the site but has not been able to thus far.

The scam itself was exposed by the people at Battlefield 3 Online Forums which did the legwork to discover the scam itself. As you can see from their information  the fact that the owner of the website has previously attempted these schemes before, it is bad news for those caught in the trap. Honestly if the Battlefield 3 beta had been about to begin we would have reported on it as it is something that will be highly publicized by EA as the Battlefield series is one of their most popular.

– Thanks James Morgan

Rumors begin about Alan Wake 2 after artist resume appears

Travis Bruno
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As a graphic artist it is probably a pretty decent notch in your belt to say that you have worked on a very widely marketed game. Such is the case with Althea Suarez Gata. On her LinkedIn profile resume it shows that work may have been performed on the in-game cinematic of an Alan Wake sequel. There has been no official word on the title ever since the first game was released back in 2010 but Alan Wake’s developer Remedy has always been eager to start up on a second title.

At this time the existence of Alan Wake 2 is at best pure speculation and rumor though with E3 approaching in under a month and this artist profile showing the possible existence of the sequel, maybe fans should be getting their hopes up just a tiny little bit for an announcement at E3.

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