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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment sign agreement to use Unreal Engine 3

Jack Joly
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has made a long-term studio-wide license agreement with Epic Games, enabling them to use the award-winning Unreal Engine 3.

The development software will be available for any team developing a Warner-published game across PC, console and mobile platforms and, through 2014, will be the exclusive game engine used on projects being developed by Rocksteady Studios who are currently working on Batman: Arkham City NetherRealm Studios, the team behind award-winning Mortal Kombat franchise for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

Epic Games’ VP, Mark Rein, has this to say: “We’re very excited that the talented production teams at NetherRealm and Rocksteady will continue to make Unreal Engine 3 their exclusive core technology for the next few years to create the exceptional titles they are so known for.

“We look forward to seeing how the engine will contribute to the upcoming games from these teams and potentially other Warner teams and external developers who develop or publish with Warner.”

ANARCHY REIGNS – Blacker Baron Unveiled

Benjamin Webb
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Today on SEGA America’s blog they posted some news. This news pertains to a certain new brawler being published by the company by the title of ANARCHY REIGNS. This game is currently being looked forward to by many gamers for its throwbacks to classic Platinum games, such as Madworld and Bayonetta.

Developers Platinum games have already unveiled characters from the MadWorld franchise (Jack) as playable in this new brawler. Today they unveil a new character for ANARCHY REIGNS from the title MadWorld. You may recognise the name, or at least part of it, as it pertains to a very important character in the game. That name: The Blacker Baron. Yes, the Black Baron is back and is even blacker than before… hence the name.

To quote SEGA –

Today we’re proud to introduce Blacker Baron, another character from SEGA and PlantinumGames’ upcoming brawler, ANARCHY REIGNS. Did we say introduce? We certainly mean re-introduce, as those who played Madworld (that’s everyone right? …right?) will certainly see a familiar face.

For more information check out SEGAs BLOG.

Playstation App is now available on iPhone and Android

J. Bradshaw
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If you just can’t get enough Playstation info or trophy viewing, you will be happy to know that Sony has released an App for the iPhone and Android that will allow you do all sorts of fancy stuff relating to your console.  Included is the ability to:

– Check out your PlayStation Network trophies and keep up to date with your friends’ games and online status.
– Discover all the latest games, news and hardware for your PlayStation 3, PSP and PlayStation 2.  (Yup, I guess there still IS PS2 news! Crazy!)
– Read exciting announcements from the PlayStation Blog.

Hopefully, we will see support for more phones in the future.  Also, this app is not supported in the USA. But, here is the link for other countries: http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/playstation-official-app/id410896080

Resistance 3 – Competition finalists

J. Bradshaw
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A couple months ago, we told you about a competition that involved Resistance 3, props, costumes, prizes and alien horror.  The day of reckoning has now come.  The Playstation Blog has revealed that Insomniac Games has finished picking the finalists.  Of these finalists, two will win big.  Then, they will be able to fly to California, have their heads scanned, and then be put into the final game.  Check the blog post here: http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/03/11/resistance-3-get-in-the-game-competition-finalists/

So, go have a look, laugh a little, examine the finer pieces of art and then plan your revenge for not being picked.  After all, the winners will be in a video game, and when you play the game, ANYTHING can happen.  Like, say, leaving a man behind to fight for himself against hordes of aliens?  Yea, that is cool.  😀

 

Battleblock Theater Opening Cinematic is blocks of LOLZ

J. Bradshaw
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The Behemoth has blessed us with a new trailer for BattleBlock Theater, and it is a doozy of a video.  In it, we learn the secrets of the characters we will be playing as.  In addition, the cinematic reveals the details of the how the story begins.  All this highly interesting information is presented in a fanciful and hilarious way.

The humor in the trailer should hopefully make its way into the game, and that means that this is yet another great project from the guys who brought us Castle Crashers.  So sit back, relax and get ready to slap your knees (or whatever else you slap when you laugh.)

 

Black Ops gets patched on the Wii…

Dustin Spencer
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Believe it or not, the Wii version of Call of Duty has a pretty decent sized community. I haven’t really had a chance to check this version out myself, but either way there is certainly quite a few people on the servers at this moment throwing down in some serious gunfights. Thankfully Treyach has not forgot about their Nintendo players as the developer has been trying to tend to any problems with numerous patches since release. After nearly two months since Wii users saw the last patch applied, Treyarch have now added a rather large update that Black Ops owners can add today which can now be downloaded through the Wii Shop channel.

Here is what is included in this update (via Treyarch forums):

 

  • • Fixed issue where players were taking damage from falls with Light Weight Pro equipped
  • • Fixed an issue where leader board would go into hang state if the user has 50+ allies
  • • Enemy turrets now glow when the hacker pro perk is equipped
  • • Team mates who are in your party will show up as blue on your mini map
  • • Improvements made in the matchmaking service
  • • Prevention of exploit that allowed players to keep custom classes and killstreaks after prestige.
  • • Flak Jacket Pro will now protect against napalm strikes
  • • Contracts will now reset when a player prestiges
  • • Melee attack radius has been optimized
  • • Spawn points have been adjusted in Havana – this should prevent the spawn killing in the Demolition game type
  • • Player can no longer load the thunder gun manually – Matches PS360 functionality
  • • Zombies Melee damage has been adjusted to match PS360 behavior
  • • Fixed issue where the player can complete “The Shortcut” challenge by climbing down a tall ladder
  • • Improved Zombie pathing. Zombies should no longer switch directions randomly, teleport through floors, walls, etc.
  • • Fix for the 3 weapon exploit when using the last grenade
  • • Implemented a way to create a new private party while in a public lobby for when the lobby leader has disbanded the private party.
  • • Fix to prevent a player from re-rolling the SAM or Sentry drops
  • • Resolved issues where the player could leave the following maps: Havana, Summit, Hanoi
  • • Second Chance – players that put an enemy into Second Chance are now credited for a full kill once that enemy dies. If another player kills the enemy while the enemy is in Second Chance, they will get assist credit.

I really applaud Treyarch for correcting so many issues as Wii users still spent their money for the game and deserve this support that we have seen for the much more populated Xbox 360, PS3, and PC versions of the game. By the looks of it, it seems this patch will be a huge help all over and couldn’t come at a better time. As seen in the post in the forums, there still is no clear update when or even if any add-ons will be gracing the console, but honestly I just don’t see it happening with Black Ops for the Wii as the system just isn’t quite made for such large downloadable additions.

Might & Magic: Heroes VI – Collector’s Edition, Sanctuary faction video!

Kelly Teng
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Ubisoft have revealed a Collector’s Edition of their upcoming prequel, Might & Magic: Heroes VI, which can be pre-ordered exclusively from EB Games.

The Collector’s Edition will include plenty of goodies, including a 164-page art book and a Haven Ring. There’s also extra in-game content; players who pre-order will receive a 3 hour solo campaign, 4 in-game heroes, and 2 in-game items. All games come with a free one-month subscription to Might & Magic Heroes Kingdom.

Ubisoft have also released their developer diary that reveals the Sanctuary faction, the last of the factions to be revealed in this new game.

Heroes VI is the prequel to 2006’s Heroes V, and tells the story of the revival of an Archangel General who plots to recover his powers and take control of Ashan. Players can play within five different factions: Haven, Inferno, Necropolis, Stronghold and Sanctuary. The game is due to be released sometime in May 2011 and can be pre-ordered at the EB Games website here.

Check out the dev diary video below…who else thinks May is looking even better now?

Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D U.S. box art unveiled

Travis Bruno
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Nothing like knowing what a box is going to look like on a shelf right? Right? Well regardless of how relevant it may be the box art for the first Resident Evil game to grace the 3DS has been released and made official. The box art itself features Chris Redfield pumping bullets into the giant Executioner that was so prevalent in Resident Evil 5.

Also we see the standard box design that all 3DS games will follow with the logo on the right side as opposed to the left like it was for original DS games. Unfortunately there isn’t much else to report on regarding the title, but if you did not know before then you will be able to get ready for when the game itself comes out in June for the 3DS only.

Sony given access to GeoHotz’ paypal records

Travis Bruno
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A federal judge has allowed Sony to subpoena Paypal for any information regarding George Hotz’s funds. Apparently this is all in an effort to find out how much of his current funding is based off of residents in California in the pursuit of trying the PlayStation 3 jailbreaker in the state of California reports Wired. The District Court in San Francisco judge, Judge Spero, also ordered Hotz to consent to Sony gathering every one of his tweets back to January 1st 2009.

Sony is agreeing to pay for any of Hotz’s expenses within a reasonable limit and is also paying half of the $7,000 being charged by The Intelligence Group for analyzing all of Hotz’s equipment to find data relevant to the PS3 circumvention hack.

The reason that Sony is working so hard to have George Hotz tried in California is due to the fact that his home state of New Jersey will find the media giant in a harder position to pursue charges. For this reason Sony alleges that Hotz had received various donations for the PS3 hack from mostly Northern California residents and because of this, it should be tried in California.

Beyond Good & Evil coming to PSN in May

Travis Bruno
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It looks like the timed exclusive that was Beyond Good & Evil for the Xbox 360 will be up in a couple of months because Sony revealed today that Ubisoft’s classic title will be coming to the PSN some point in May. Also in an effort to make up for the fact that PSN users will be getting the game later than their XBLA counterparts anyone who buys the game within the first two weeks of its release will pick up two avatars for their PSN cards.

The two avatars of course will be Jade and Pey’j of course, even though since the release window of May is still relativity vague it gives everyone plenty of time to put away $10 if they are looking to pick it up. Catch the PS3 version of the trailer below.

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