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Gun Loco canceled by Square Enix

Travis Bruno
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With little notification Square Enix has killed off a game that some may remember, and some may never even heard of. First shown off at Gamescom last year Gun Loco was set to be a on over the top FPS where players were set on a prison planet and forced to fight one another. There was also the fact that the character models all were based off of plastic models.

Despite the fact that the game was playable at Tokyo Game Show last year there will be no further developments into Gun Loco and any chance of the game being released is gone. The game itself was being developed internally by Square Enix themselves so as to why it was canceled is anyone’s guess, could it have been in pursuit of better choices or simply turning into a bad concept? We may find out soon, or never.

URL Hunter – A game played entirely in your URL bar

Chris Cerami
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Every once in a while someone comes up with a unique and interesting game idea that changes the way we think about what a game is. The last game that had that kind of effect for me was Wolfenstein 1D, a game played along a line only one pixel wide and still surprisingly faithful to the classic FPS. Today there is another.

URL Hunter is a game that takes places entirely in the address bar of your web browser. As you can see in the above “screenshot” of the game, you can control an O and you need to kill all the little a’s that are running rampart in your URL bar. The number on the side counts down your time limit and the game will give you your score once your task is complete. You can try it out here, although you should open the link in a new window. Since URL Hunter was programmed by altering the way HTML5 refreshes your page, you’ll find it difficult or impossible to use your browser’s back button after playing.

Mass Effect 2 ‘Arrival’ DLC Available March 29

Roger Ma
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Bioware has today announced details and a release date for Mass Effect 2’s final piece of downloadable content “Arrival”, which had been unintentionally been relieved in a Playstaion 3 patch. In Mass Effect 2 Arrival, Commander Shepard is sent to the edge of the galaxy to rescue an undercover operative who may have evidence of an imminent Reaper invasion that has been looming since the very beginning of the series.

“All year, we have been extremely honored and humbled by the reception we have received for Mass Effect 2 from players around the world, including our post release DLC”, said Casey Hudson, Executive Producer, Mass Effect series. “Mass Effect: Arrival is an exciting extension to Mass Effect 2 and will show players just how close the Reapers are to returning and completing their deadly harvest”. Mass Effect fan favourite Admiral Hackett (voiced by legendary science-fiction actor Lance Henriksen) will be making a return in this final mission for Commander Shepard in Mass Effect 2.

Mass Effect 2 Arrival DLC will be available for download on March 29 for Xbox 360 for 560 MS Points, PS3 for £5.49 and PC for 560 BioWare Points

UK Mortal Kombat Kollector’s Edition available for pre-order

Jack Joly
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UK Mortal Kombat Kollector’s Edition available for pre-order

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have a special announcement today for UK fans of Mortal Kombat: they have revealed that the Mortal Kombat Kollector’s Edition of the game is now available to pre-order online from UK retailers GAME and Gamestation.

It’s exclusive to these videogame retailers and features a kool list of limited edition items:

  • Kollectible Figurine of Scorpion and Sub-Zero
  • Exclusive Art Book: 110+ page book detailing The Art of Mortal Kombat, featuring original concept sketches and game art
  • Exclusive in-game Retro Ninja Costume: Alternate in-game costume for Ermac inspired by the original character designs
  • Xbox 360 exclusive: Customize your Xbox LIVE avatar with Mortal Kombat inspired costumes
  • PS3 exclusive: Mortal Kombat avatars and themes

If you’re interested, you can pre-order the pack for £49.99 from either GAME or Gamestation

New ‘Crysis 2 Experience Trailer Part 3 – Gate Keepers’ & Screenshots

Roger Ma
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EA games has released another trailer for highly anticipated shooter Crysis 2, the third in “The Crysis 2 Experience” raw gameplay videos – ‘Gate Keepers’ shows off the game’s single player with Alcatraz in the urban jungle of New York fighting against several CELL troopers, as well as showcases some new gameplay features such as the integration of Nanosuit upgrades.

Anyone that played the recent Crysis 2 multiplayer demo should be familiar with them, and it will be interesting to see how players will customise and combine their Nanosuit powers and upgrades in the game’s single player to fit certain gameplay situations.  

Crysis 2 is set to be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in Australia on March 24  

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.)

 

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