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Kane and Lynch Pre-order Bonuses (Complete)

Dylan Radcliffe
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I’ve already told you guys some of the bonuses you will be getting, but Square Enix has devulged the entire list with descriptions, and man is this list long. Also, at the bottom is the pre-order video.

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is due to launch in August 2010.

  • Exclusive Multiplayer Map – The Radio Tower: Glazer, the Expats crime boss, has been hired to collect dirty cash from an abandoned factory in the run down area of Shanghai where old communist monuments are soon to be demolished. It is the perfect location for a deal to go down and everyone will need to be ready to work together and be prepared to get in & out quickly with the $4 Million.
  • Seven new weapons, including:
  • TQR ELITE (Police reg.: 9791A242) Highly advanced US Assault rifle.
  • TQR SBR (Police reg.: 8593-A503) custom-made submachine gun. Found in the aftermath of the Shuang Xi Restaurant massacre.
  • STEELE 870 (Police reg.: 2610-G991) US standard shotgun. Found on the Suzhou river bank.
  • KALININGRAD 47 (Police reg.: 1574-A087) Customized MG. Found in Bus Terminal near Nanjing Lu.
  • PAC 10 SILENCED (Police reg.: 4838-A854) Small low-grade MG w/silencer. Retrieved from the Golden Flower Apartment Complex gang incident.
  • DORETTA SILENCED (Police reg.: 9551-D854) Hand Gun w/ silencer. Found in a public toilet off Mali Lu.
  • N77P SILENCED (Police reg.: 2317-A746) Standard issue Police Revolver w/Silencer. Found by the Pu Dong Docks.
  • Eight Chinese costume masks: The last thing any would-be criminal wants is for someone to identify them. Use one of the eight stolen masks to ensure you remain unidentified.

James Bond: Blood Stone Trailer

Dylan Radcliffe
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Below is a trailer for James Bond: Blood Stone. It has everything that you come to expect from a James Bond game. We could always use a Goldeneye remake, but this game will have to do. Hopefully it will fill the void a bit more. It has been a while since there was a James Bond game that wasn’t based on a movie.

James Bond: Blood Stone will release at some unknown time in the future. Most likely in 2011, but it could possibly make it for the holidays… Right? Probably not, but we can hope.

Mafia II Downloadable Content Incoming

Fernando T. Gonçalves
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Following the big trend started this generation, Mafia II, while yet to be released, has already some DLCs announced. Let’s detail them:

The Betrayal of Jimmy (PS3 Exclusive): This DLC take players into an alternate perspective of the mob through the eyes of Jimmy, a mercenary. Jimmy is the guy the other guys call when they need to finish the job. The Betrayal of Jimmy features dozens of intense newly created arcade-style, city-based missions that keep Jimmy driving, shooting and rampaging through Empire Bay.  Missions will unlock as they progress, activating a slew of assassination and timed vehicle missions ending in dramatic shootouts and explosive car chases. Players will rack up points for performance, power slides, and skill shots. The scores will be immediately posted to the new leaderboard system, providing extensive re-playability, as players work to rise to the top of the ranks. Get to know Empire Bay – the executioner’s way.

The Betrayal of Jimmy will be available exclusively for the PlayStation 3, for free with voucher codes included with each new PlayStation 3 copy of the game, or purchasable beginning on the day of Mafia II’s launch through the PlayStation Network for AU$12.95 (U$9.99).

Jimmy’s Vendetta (PS3, Xbox 360 and PC): In this DLC players will get their hands dirty helping Jimmy clean up other people’s messes. New city-based missions and locales will give players many new reasons to head back to Empire Bay, offering players a different arcade style of gameplay with new missions and leaderboard competition on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Jimmy’s Vendetta will offer more replay action and allow players to outrank friends as they rise to the top of the leaderboard.

Details on pricing and availability for Jimmy’s Vendetta will be revealed at a later date.

Some images from the Downloadable Content:

Mafia II will be available worldwide in the last week of August. The game is being developed by 2K Czech, the same team who created the original award-winning Mafia game.

Platinum Game’s Director Shinji Mikami Talks Vanquish….

Dustin Spencer
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Vanquish is a game I don’t really have to introduce. Sega’s new shooter has been gathering buzz all year and Platinum Game’s Shinji Mikami recently made a blog post at the official Vanquish blog to talk a bit about the game.


“After I finished up God Hand, I didn’t have a team to work with, so I spent about a year and a half staring out a window. Soon thereafter, I was finally back at work in the studio. Vanquish is my first title after this period of almost running away from being a creator. The design of the game started with my initial desire to make a game like the Japanese animated series Casshern, as well as my desire to challenge myself by making a shooter with an incredible sense of speed and no “slogging through” sections

At that point in the design the game was a shooter with elements of Casshern (punching/kicking) from time to time, but in the end, we settled into a design that was mainly shooter with rare elements of Casshern. When you actually play the game, you realize that there aren’t that many opportunities to punch or kick in the game, but when you do get the chance, the game really does feel like an action game. Even though it is stylistically a shooter, I would be really happy to have action gamers give the game a chance as well. Thanks to the skill and hard work of the team, the graphics are really incredible in Vanquish. I can whole-heartedly recommend it.”

Another thing to keep a lookout for is Gideon Emery, famed voice actor for his work in titles such as God of War III, Dragon Age:Origins, and many more titles has been announced to take over voice work for the appropriately named “Gideon” in the game.

One of my favorite games of this year was Bayonetta. It was action packed, over the top and never let go until the end. To see Platinum Games publishing this title has me very excited to say the least. A shooter/action hybrid sounds great to add into this year’s crazy line-up of releases and with the directors comments in this blog, we could be looking at a GOTY candidate.

Vanquish is set to release in Winter of 2010 for the Xbox 360 and PS3.

Crush 40 Announced for Summer of Sonic 2010

Dustin Spencer
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For those who don’t know what Summer of Sonic is, it is a yearly convention where Sonic’s fans all over the world come out and get together, attend meet and greets and join in on tournaments. A post in the Sega Europe Official Blog has just confirmed the musical act booked, Crush 40, singers of much of the series songs.

“It is our utmost pleasure to announce that the Summer of Sonic will play host to the legendary rock group CRUSH 40 at this years’ convention!

Both Johnny Gioeli and Jun Senoue will be joining our already incredible roster for the day, and you, the fans will have the rare opportunity to come along and meet the band members!

Johnny Gioeli is no stranger to the world of rock, and has blown away audiences for nearly twenty years with his incredible vocals, fronting acts such as Hardline and Axel Rudi Pell. Teaming up with Jun Senoue to form Sons of Angels, they later became Crush 40. Gioeli’s powering voice has become synonymous, with a huge number of Sonic the Hedgehog title tracks including Open Your Heart (Sonic Adventure), Live & Learn (Sonic Adventure 2) and I Am…All Of Me (Shadow the Hedgehog).

Jun Senoue is one of the most influential composers in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe, having worked on Sonic titles as early as 1993. Sound directing some of the most prolific soundtracks to date including the Sonic Adventure series, Sonic Heroes and Sonic & the Black Knight to mention but a few, Senoue has become infamous for his musical direction as well as his musical prowess, with his trademark guitar work becoming the staple of countless Sonic the Hedgehog titles. Not only this, Senoue is the composer for the soon-to-be-released title Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1. The double threat of Gioeli and Senoue as Crush 40 has literally redefined the music to Sonic the Hedgehog games as we know it.

Jun and Johnny will also be answering any questions you might have in a Crush 40 Q&A event on stage. They will also be available for a quick chat in the afternoon in a meet and greet session, where you can bring along your Crush 40 memorabilia to have signed!

Not only this, but we are delighted that Crush 40 will be treating Summer of Sonic fans to a very special Summer of Sonic Crush 40 performance on stage at the end of the show, playing a selection of fan-favourites that will rock you to your core!

You’re not going to want to miss this year’s convention…it truly will be way past cool!”

Sega and Sonic fan’s have quite a line-up of new titles this year, so this event will be one to not miss. Summer of Sonic is scheduled to take place at The Pavilion in London’s Shepherd’s Bush. For dates and registration information, check out the Official Summer of Sonic website.

Valve announces Alien Swarm… for FREE on Steam

Fernando T. Gonçalves
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Valve never cease to impress us!

Today Valve announced that Alien Swarm, initially a mod released for Unreal Tournament 2004, whose modders were hired by Valve to work on the Left 4 Dead series and now Portal 2, is being completely remade for the Source Engine, with full Steam integration and a lot of new features, and it’s going to be released for FREE!

Available free of charge, the game thrusts players into an epic bug hunt featuring a unique blend of co-op play and squad-level tactics. With your friends, form a squad of four distinct IAF Marine classes. Plan your attack using an unlockable arsenal of weapons with countless loadout configurations against a wide variety of aliens. Blaze your way through an overrun, off-world colony, eradicating the alien infestation in environments ranging from the icy planet’s surface, to a subterranean lava-flooded mining facility.

Along with the game get the complete code base for Alien Swarm that features updates to the Source engine as well as the SDK. Alien Swarm adds 3rd person camera, depth of field, improved dynamic shadows and a wide variety of gameplay additions to the Source engine.

  • Tactical, 4 player co-op action game with a top-down perspective
  • Complete game code and mod tools
  • Unlock persistent items by gaining levels
  • Over 40 weapons and equipment with countless loadout configurations
  • 4 unique classes and 8 unique characters
  • Matchmaking, Steam Cloud, Steam Stats
  • 64 achievements
  • Tile-based map generation tool
  • Powered by Source and Steam

Alien Swarm on Steam

In addition to the game, Valve will also release the complete code base for Alien Swarm. This includes updates to the Source engine SDK and full Steamworks integration. If you’ve ever thought about developing a mod on the Source engine with Steamworks, this release provides more insight and examples for using Steamworks in game production.

Alien Swarm will be available in 19 July 2010. So it’s really close! For now you can see the launch trailer right below.

Valkyria Chronicles 2 European Pre-Order bonuses

Travis Bruno
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Sega has released a bit of extra information for people who pre-order Valkyria Chronicles II in Europe, and it isn’t any simple material bonus either. if you happen to pre-order Valkyria Chronicles II you will recieve two free downloadable missions you can recieve via the PSN on September 3rd of this year.

The missions are:

• Exercise vs. Class E – An exterminatory war exercise against rival class E using all the areas of Leanbluff Forest. Destroy all enemies in each area to win this challenge.

• Exercise vs. Class F – A defense exercise against rival class F. Break through their stonewalling defense and take over their encampment to win this mission.

For those of you who don’t know, Valkyria Chronicles II is a PSP seqeul to the hit PS3 game of the same name. It will follow the story two years after the first game and a new war has started thanks to a revolutionary army taking over the nation. Expect to see every element of a great RPG packed into your PSPs when this game rolls around.

Sonic and Tails have a new voice

Travis Bruno
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Sonic is receiving a new voice courtesy of Roger Craig Smith. He has done the various voices of Chris Redfield in RE5 and Ezio from AC2, or even Sigfried from the Soul Caliber series so he has quite the pedigree. Though overall he has also done a variety of voice overs through a bunch of different SEGA games so expect him to fill in the red shoes of Sonic quite well.

In other news Tails is also receiving a new voice from Kate Higgins, who has played the voice of Naruto’s pink haired ninja Sakura character in the English voice dub. She has also done the voices of characters from MADWORLD and Valkyria Chronicles, but it will definitely be interesting to see the voice of Sakura coming from Tails.

Eggman on the other hand will not be having any voice change, keeping Mike Pollock as our antagonist.

Breach will be delayed until January 2011

Travis Bruno
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What happens if you miss your date for release in the retail world? It’s usually not a big deal and a small push back in days will not be noticed or looked down upon. But in the Xbox Live marketplace it seems, you have to wait nearly half a year to slip your game back into the schedule.

Atomic Game’s destruction filled shooter Breach has been delayed until January 2011, and the reason for the delay they say, is that because they missed their release date in June, they no longer have a viable slot to insert their game release.

However even though the delay is going to be a depressing wait, Peter Tamte the president of Atomic, has announced that they will be adding a few new features to take advantage of the time they now have to develop further.

They will be working on what is called a Hardcore mode that will test Atomic’s full destructive capability and produce a more realistic version of their technology that military simulations have used in the past. Which I must say is a hell of a good feature to be waiting for.

Kane & Lynch 2 Demo on PSN+ July 19th

Travis Bruno
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Today Sony has revealed that Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days will be available for demo release on the Playstation Plus service next Monday, July 19th. Though for people who do not have the Plus service, you will only have to wait a day or two as normal members will receive the demo on July 20th in the US and the 21st in Europe.

The demo originally came out on the Xbox 360 on July 1st through a special token process taken care of by Square Enix. So one can assume that the demo will also be available for everyone else around that date as well.

Catch Kane & Lynch 2’s release date on August 17th for the US, and the 20th in the UK. I played the first demo and really got a kick out of the upgraded gameplay, anyone else manage to get a token to access the demo first or will this be a first for you?

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