The sequel to Fossil Fighters, as fans know was leaked several months ago. But at this year’s E3 it was officially announced and confirmed for a Holiday 2011 release date for the Nintendo DS.
The game is essentially pokemon but with dinosaurs, but that is by no means a bad thing. The game allows players to collect, clean and revive prehistoric fossils and battle their Vivosaurs against one another. Like pokemon, they can evolve and grow stronger as you play through.
The thing that stands out about Super Fossil Fighters is the battle system, which is based around strategic fights of 3 vs. 3 dinosaurs. The players can rotate the line-up of dinosaurs to maximize their power and take down their opponents. A trailer for the game can be found below.
505 Games have a lot to show off this year at E3, and the most dominate title in the line-up is without a doubt the upcoming Supremacy MMA. During E3, more details were revealed for the Supremacy MMA that show that this release of the popular sport is not to be messed with. There are quite a few features that set Supremacy apart from other contenders in the market, with the most prominent being the arcade-like speed, allowing for more action-packed match-ups with even more destructive results.
“From our first announcement of the game until now, Supremacy MMA has been the only MMA game to deliver true-to-the-sport-brutality and arcade-like speed, and we’re the only MMA game coming out in 2011,” said Ian Howe, President, 505 Games North America. “We know exactly who we are: M-rated and proud of it. We’ll drive that point home even further when we debut our brutal KO finishers and show off the depth of our movesets at E3.”
“We know exactly who we are: M-rated and proud of it.” I love to hear that line. It certain shows that Supremacy MMA know their target market and are ready to pull out all the cards to deliver the best product possible. MMA fans will also find comfort in knowing that familiar faces such as Jens Pulver, K1 kickboxing legend Jerome Le Banner, and the first real female fighters in an MMA game, Felice Herrig and Michele Gutierrez will all be fully playable, ready to deliver the “brutal” knockout blows.
Pre- Order details were also revealed at the event:
Pre-order Supremacy MMA at GameStop and expand your roster of fighters to include undefeated fighter Shane Del Rosario. Pummel your opponents as this invincible 6’4’’, 250 pound fighting machine. Known for both his incredible strength and speed, Del Rosario holds the distinction of being the first American to become the WBC Heavyweight. His flawless record is crowned by the fact that every single one of his fights end in a KO or Submission, with only a single fight making it into the second round. Make them submit! Pre-order today!
Online Customers: A code with instructions on how to redeem SHANE DEL ROSARIO will be emailed to you when your game ships.
Store/In-Store Pickup Customers: A code with instructions on how to redeem SHANE DEL ROSARIO will be printed on your receipt at time of purchase.
Supremacy MMA launches September 20th, 2011 for the Xbox 360 & PS3.
Parrot, leaders in creating awesome flying things that you know you want, have taken the video gaming world by storm by creating the AR.Drone, the worlds first flying object in Augmented Reality, piloted through Wi-Fi. Today Parrot takes things up a notch by announcing that not only can you pilot the AR.Drone with iOS devices, but now you can also use Android, bada (Samsung) and Symbian (Nokia).
Android users will will find a free version of AR.FreeFlight’s pilot application by Parrot in July 2011 in the Android Market. At the same time, Playsoft Games – for Samsung – and Nokia used the Parrot AR.Drone Software Development Kit to develop “Free Flight” (bada) and “AR.Drone” (Symbian) piloting apps. The SDK’s allow new developers to create new applications for the AR.Drone across iOS, Android, bada or Symbian platforms.
In addition to more platforms, Parrot also announced more games and an international competition.
More Games: Challenge your piloting skills on your own customised circuits: zigzag your way through trees, inflatable pylons and donuts and race against the clock with AR.Race, a free customisable single or multi-player racing game for the AR.Drone. There will be more surprises to add to the growing catalogue of games for the AR.Drone soon.
And still to come, Parrot will launch a brand new game involving two players and a single AR.Drone.
More Interactions: A confrontation between the man and the machine, a track race where the target is not necessarily the one that we believe …Who will be the number 1 AR.Drone pilot in 2011? Parrot has set up the AR.Drone Challenges, an international competition (18 and over to apply) that will take place from June 24th till August 14th 2011 and will consist of three challenges for a chance to compete in the grand final in Paris in October 2011.
After registering at ardrone.com, participants will be invited to compete with others in three “video” challenges, revealed online on June 24th, July 8th and July 22nd. Pilots will have to film their exploits and post their videos on the website before August 14th, 2011. The top 14 will win a place for the grand international final, on October 1st 2011 in Paris.
Calendar of the AR.Drone Challenges:
June 24: First challenge
July 8: Second challenge
July 22: Third challenge
August 14: End of the competition
August 26: Announcement of 14 finalists
When you think of videogames and sports, EA and 2K are usually the first publishers to come to mind. During the busiest week in gaming, Majesco have announced that they plan to change that as the publisher is teaming with the NBA to bring about an original basketball game in 2012.
“Majesco consumers are interested in branded gameplay, and we are excited to be teaming with a global brand like the NBA, to develop a unique and fun gaming experience,”said Jesse Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Majesco.
Not a whole lot is known at the moment about Majesco’s new step in the genre except that the new NBA title will utilize “motion-based gaming technology” and will be “unlike most traditional sports video games”. In my opinion sports titles need something different, and even though we know nothing about what will come of this at the moment, Majesco’s final product will certainly be one to keep an eye on.
If you subscribe to the Atlus Newsletter you got some interesting news in your inbox. SNK’s King of Fighter series is back and is coming to a Xbox 360 or PS3 near you with King of Fighters XIII. This time it won’t be published by SNK it will be published by Atlus. KOFXIII promises to bring enhanced gameplay by having faster gameplay, new moves, and a “NEOMAX” supers. There will be over 30 characters to choose from including fan favorites such as K, Mai, Yuri, King, and so on.
Also according to the newsletter there will be a revamped online mode for KOFXIII that promises much more superior and smoother fights. Which in KOFXII was a huge issue also the game lacked in any real game modes. Hopefully with Atlus as a publisher maybe King of Fighters XIII can reclaim that title. King of Fighters XIII is set to be released this holiday season.
With an eleven year history between Nintendo and Tekken, it’s not a surprise that Namco Bandai have signed on to develop two new Tekken titles, one for the 3DS and one for the yet to be released Wii U. Tekken for the 3DS will continue the history of Tekken and Nintendo portable gaming that started with the Gameboy Advanced in 2001, bringing the famous King of Iron Fist to gamers in all it’s three-dimensional glory. Tekken for Wii U will be the first Tekken game ever release on a Nintendo home console. The game will take full advantage of the consoles cutting-edge technology to deliver a new and unique fighting game.
Join a plethora of Capsule Computers Editors and Contributors in a video journey across the Microsoft E3 Press Conference 2011.
Listen on as LinkageAX, Mick Irving, Dustin, Alexis, Kyle, Matt Vella, Michael Marr AKA Spike and Luke commentate on the epic event and give various insights and impressions on what is being shown. Join in on all the jokes, predictions as well as seeing the video of the conference for your enjoyment. The video does a much better job of explaining what is than what I can do in this article, so be sure to watch! Even if you watched the conference already, this is an amazing companion to the show.
Skip to 13mins if you want to get right into the conference. The first 12:59 is pre-show chatter.
PS! – Matt sounds like a preacher “I believe [..]”; Heh Heh.
At E3 today we were giving a VIP look into Battlefield 3 by EA. At first we were shown some new changes to the game’s online classes. Such as the fact that the game’s assault class is also the game’s medic class. As Karl-Magnus Troedsso, the CEO of D.I.C.E. said, the people who need medics the most are those fighting on the front lines. Also seeing a new change was the engineer as he has been given flashlight that helps players see in dark areas, and this was all the more prevalent in the demo we played shortly after. The scout class has also been changed, with more skill needed to perform sniper shots with ease, players will now be able to hold their breath to steady their aim and deal death from a distance. No class has seen more change than the support class however.
The support class can do much more than supply ammo. Now with their heavy machine gun they can place down the tripod on their gun which makes the accuracy improve greatly. Also their support can come in more than one way, as their heavy machine gunfire can now cause enemies to be suppressed. This causes the opposing players screen to become blurry and will remain this way as long as they are being fired upon. All classes can perform suppressing fire but support classes excel in this new ability.
After this short speech we were given our hands on demo of Battlefield 3 on the PC. I chose to play as the newly upgraded support class and the rest of the VIP members chose their own classes and we set forth against the opposing team. We were told that we were facing the QA team (quality assurance) and that we had to take down two objectives in four different areas, and once the fourth area was destroyed we would win.
The support class’ updates have definitely created a force to be reckoned with. I was able to mount the gun in a number of positions, either behind cover or on the ground itself and the accuracy of the deadly heavy machine gun tore apart the enemies that were trying to prevent the rest of the team from destroying our objectives.
After we made it past the first area, we entered the subway where we saw that the engineer’s flashlight was something that really wasn’t very necessary as the tunnel was not dark enough to need an extra source of light. I was given experience points for placing suppressing fire on enemies and this experience was called Suppressive Fire Support, which means that it is certainly a viable option to play as a support class most of the time and be able to level up regularly.
The game played rather flawlessly on the PCs that EA had set up for us, though one time when I was entering a building in the final area, the game began to lag badly, though I was assured that this was a problem with the PC that I was playing on and not the game itself. After we managed to destroy the final objective we were given a congratulatory applause from Mr Troedsso and we were finished with our experience with Battlefield 3. Battlefield 3 will be released sometime in Fall of this year for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Aliens are the perfect video game enemy: numerous, terrifying, dangerous and satisfying to kill. After releasing a teaser trailer last week, Sega have finally revealed a few more details and some screenshots of the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines.
I remember hearing about the game a few years ago, and was disappointed to learn later that had been cancelled. Now thankfully it’s back on track, and it’s due on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in spring (March/April/May) 2012. It also featured heavily in Nintendo’s third-party lineup for their new console, but publisher Sega and developer Gearbox are yet to confirm.
Sega released a statement that says the game is “being prototyped and considered for the Nintendo Wii U,” so its appearance isn’t a sure thing just yet. But surely, if Nintendo were confident enough to give it so much airtime during their press conference, talks must be leaning towards a Wii U release.
Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox, said they were “honored to be a part of the earliest efforts for research and development on the platform, with the Aliens: Colonial Marines project that is so perfectly matched with the platform’s unique and exciting new capabilities.” It would be interesting to see what changes would be made to the game to take advantage of these capabilities.
Regardless, more details for the game on existing platforms have been announced. Colonial Marines will feature four-player co-op, allowing players to drop in and out, and appears to have a survival-horror slant. I’m picturing Left 4 Dead style gameplay, with aliens, and I’m excited.
The game is being likened to a sequel of the second film, with weapons, locations and themes reminiscent of that. Classic weapons like the pulse rifle and flamethrower will return, as will the iconic motion detector, with that rising beeping sound that strikes terror into your heart. The game will take place on LV-426, Hadley’s Hope and the USS Sulaco, from the first and second films.
The images are beautiful, the environments and objects are straight out of the films, and the aliens look more terrifying and powerful than ever.
F1 2011, the sequel to the BAFTA winning FORMULA ONE from Codemasters, is coming to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PS Vita and 3DS. With a new focus on multiplayer gaming, including co-op Championships and split-screen mode F1 2011 features a range of innovations, improvements and enhancements on and off the track. Set during the 2011 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, F1 2011 features two new circuits in India and Germany, new drivers, rules, tyres as Sebastian Vettel seeks to defend his title.
F1 2011 builds on the multiplayer options from F1 2010. Split-screen racing is included for the first time in a high-definition FORMULA ONE title. Competitive online racing is extended with 16 players going head-to-head in GRAND PRIX™ with up to 8 AI drivers added to simulate the full grid of 24 drivers. A new co-op Championship enables two players to lead their favourite FORMULA ONE team to Driver and Constructor glory across the course of a FORMULA ONE season. These enhancements come with additional quick fire modes including Time Attack.
F1 2011 is due for release on September 22 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Portable editions are to follow.
