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Battlefield 3 multiplayer improvements revealed

Travis Bruno
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E3 may be happening in a few days but that doesn’t mean EA and DICE have to wait until then to tease everyone with the new features they will be adding to Battlefield 3. First of all they have added co-op play to the single player mode, something which should be well received and a good way to put themselves ahead of the Call of Duty single player mode.

But what it all comes down to is the multiplayer of course, and DICE had a few things to reveal about that. First off they will now allow players to go prone, be able to temporarily disable vehicles as wella s blow them up, mount their weapons and also add a Team Deathmatch mode to the multiplayer options. DICE is also working on something they are calling the Battlelog which will allow players to manage their “friends lists, squad up, create platoons, use voice chat and follow your friends’ progress in real-time, and more.” We will find out more about Battlefield 3 when E3 kicks off next week.

What are the Ubisoft announcements during E3? Also, where to watch the conference!

J. Bradshaw
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Stabbing, shooting and driving to E3, Ubisoft is bringing a whole ton of virtual content for us to enjoy at E3.    They will be featuring quite a few of their titles at their annual press conference.  For example:

Assassin’s Creed Revelations will be present at the show.  This is finally the final chapter in Ezio’s story.  Whats more, Altair, the most rad assassin of the Middle Ages, will make another appearance in this game.  The multiplayer experience from Brotherhood will also be shown off in the new game.  Needless to say, we are very excited to see how Desmond Miles continues his traumatic life.

Tom Clancy’s new Ghost Recon game, Future Soldier, will also be coming to E3 this year.  Teased quite frequently last year, this year, we expect that Future Soldier will be given a lot of coverage.

The new Driver game will also be at E3 in all its crazy glory.  The ability transfer to different cars by using YOUR MIND, and the intriguing story is likely to be shown off at E3.

A new Rayman game is also going to be shown off at E3.  A new Rayman you say?! Yes, a new Rayman.  Woohoo to the max!

Those are just the high profile titles though.  Ubisoft has many more games coming out soon, like Raving Rabbids, From Dust, Just Dance and Call of Juarez, just to name a few. What are you most excited to see?

Capsule Computers will be covering all the news from the Ubisoft press conference, but if you just MUST watch it to believe it,* then you can either watch the conference at Ubi’s Youtube site or at their official site on June 6 at 2:30PM PDT.

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Welcome Back content now available on PlayStation Network

Travis Bruno
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Welcome Back content now available on PlayStation Network

If you’ve been paying attention to your PlayStation products as of late then you should know that the PlayStation Store is back online now. With the PlayStation Store back online Sony has now launched their Welcome Back program. But you better watch out, if you bought a PlayStation 3 during the outage, meaning before April 20th, 2011 then you aren’t going to be eligible for the free content.

For everyone else, PlayStation 3 owners will be able to select two games from a list of five while PSP owners will have their pick of two titles from a list of four. When accessing the PlayStation Store you should see a Welcome Back option where you will be able to select your two titles from each console you own. You best act fast, or at least relatively fast however because the Welcome Back tab will disappear after July 3rd with all the free stuff it contains. Oh and the PlayStation Plus free month is also available now too if that is what you were interested in. In case you experience any issues with the Welcome Back content Sony has posted a helpful FAQ which should cover any problems encountered.

Dark Souls will haunt your consoles on October 4th

Travis Bruno
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Namco Bandai revealed today that you will be having an even more occupied month later this year. This is because they announced that Dark Souls will be released on October 4th in North America and October 7th in Europe. This means that instead of going outside for Halloween, you’ll be inside your room still trying to beat the game on the hardest difficulty.

Also released today was an E3 trailer for the game which gets us ready to die many, many, many times over again. We’ll be seeing more of Dark Souls next week at E3 and I’m sure we’ll be hearing the swearing of demo players all the way from the other side of the convention center. Check out the trailer below.

Xbox 360 sells 55 million units globally

Travis Bruno
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Not every press release from a company has to do with the games they are developing, sometimes they like to show off how well they are doing too. Such is the case with Microsoft today when they announced that the company has sold 55 Million Xbox 360 consoles around the world as well as 10 Million Kinect Sensors and 10 million Kinect games.

With this announcement they also released the above graph which shows that despite other consoles of this generation the Xbox 360 is actually still rising unlike the PlayStation 3 and the Wii (look at that drop). This graph is reinforced by the fact that the Xbox 360 has been the best selling  console for ten of the past eleven months in the US. It’s good that they are getting all these graphs out of the way now, so they won’t have to show them off at E3 next Monday during their conference.

 

Star Trek game announced by Digital Extremes

Travis Bruno
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Digital Extremes announced today that they are working on a co-operative Star Trek title that is set to be released during the summer of 2012. The game will have players taking on the roles of Kirk and Spock and will be released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

The title will be shown off at E3 next week and is set to act as a sequel to the 2009 J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie. Digital Extremes, who have worked with Bioshock II and The Darkness II, say that the game’s script is being written by Marianne Krawcyzyk who is best known for her work with the God of War series. Unfortunately at this time we do not know how Star Trek will play out, nor if it will be a full retail title or simply a downloadable game. We will know more next week when they reveal it at E3.

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron gets EU street date

Jack Joly
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Having been released in April in its native Japan to considerable success comercially and critically, the totally off-beat El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron has been given a release date in the UK and Europe – 9th September, 2011.

Alongside the announcement, UTV Ignition Games have brought out another trailer for the game, showing the alternative art-style and gameplay, and a glimpse at the rich storyline which has been inspired by events in the Old Testament’s apocryphal ‘Book of Enoch.’

The company also noted that, to go with this latest E3 2011 trailer, the game would be playable at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles on the show floor, along with a full lineup of to-be-announced titles at UTV Ignition’s booth: 5500 in the West Hall.

XCOM invades retailers on March 2012

Jack Joly
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It’s been all quiet on the XCOM front for quite a while now, but finally 2K Games have broken the silence by revealing the release date of the sci-fi thriller. It will come to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on March 6, 2012 in North America and March 9, 2012 internationally. Maybe we’ll hear more about it from 2K Games at E3.

XCOM has been in development at 2K Marin studio for some time now, set in mid-century America, where the player leads an elite field team of specialised government agents into battle – combining gunplay with supernatural powers to prevent the invasion of an otherworldly enemy who plan destroy the face of the Earth and rebuild it in their own image.

Instead of a ‘no-guts, no-glory’ approach, though, XCOM pits Special Agent William Carter and his veteran team go against the alien adversaries in tactical battle. To save the Earth, precision is key and by the science of desperation, you will use every opportunity turn the invaders’ weapons against them and capture their technology for your own intents. The front lines of this war: Main Street, USA.

Nerdy Niches – Galaxy Bookshop

Aura
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The Galaxy Bookshop!!!

I’ve loved this place ever since I’ve seen it, and even if I can’t buy everything in the store (because I often want to), I do love to just go in and look around. If you’ve never been or haven’t been for a while, it’s probably the best time to go as they are having a 50% of selected item sale!

Here is some helpful information:

What: Galaxy Bookshop

Where: 131 York Street (right near QVB)

Some rememberable products:

  • Jack Sparrow Cut out
  • Board Games
  • Dr.Who Section
  • Indiana Jonnes Statuette
  • Aragon vs. King of the Dead statue
  • Manga
  • Comics
  • DVDS
  • and soooooo many books
    • Paranormal Romance
    • Fantasy
    • Science Fiction
    • Young Adult
    • etc.

So if you’re a nerd or geek like me, I advise you to get your butt over there for some sale prices!!!

Check out our other Nerdy Niches here

Watch WRC’s Mikko Hirvonen’s DiRT 3 Gymkhana debut at Battersea

Jack Joly
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Yes, I know you might have been expecting an accomplished rally driver having a go at the Gymkhana mode of Codemasters latest title, DiRT 3, but we’ve got something even better to show you; Mikko Hirvonen doing what he does best…only, it’s not what he does best. Despite racking up over 180 Rally Stage wins in his WRC career, Gymkhana is a very different kind of driving and this showcase was actually Hirvonen’s first time.

He had flown in that morning from Finland especially for the DiRT 3 event and after arriving at Battersea announced that he had never done anything like this before, was given a quick briefing on the course with no practice time before a blogger jumped in the passenger seat ready for their ride along. Proving why Mikko is one of the World’s best, he nailed the course first time – inch perfect.

90 minutes of Gymkhana and 12 ride alongs later, Mikko departed Battersea for the Jordan Stage of the World Rally Championship, leaving behind a crowd of thrilled spectators, a whole lot of burnt rubber but grabbing himself a few copies of the game to keep himself entertained en route to the various rally stages.

DiRT 3 preview event took place at London’s Battersea Power Station, a location featured in the actual game as the DC Compound, and the two Ford drivers at the heart of the action were Gymkhana superstar Ken Block with his Gymkhana Ford Focus plus the Ford Fiesta RS WRC car, driven by Mikko Hirvonen.

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