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Not only can you download Vita games early , you can buy boxed copies of first-party titles early as well. GameStop currently has copies of Little Deviants , Uncharted , Hot Shots , Wipeout 2048 , and ModNation Racers in stock online right now. They ship within 24 hours, the site notes, or you can use the site to check for stock at your local store
Let’s be honest, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning ’s quality came as the first nice surprise of 2012. Our quibbles with this first installment in what we hope to be a lasting series didn’t detract from it being a great fantasy RPG . Although other outlets weren’t as smitten as us, the RPG from Big Huge Games, a studio that built its rep on real-time strategy series Rise of Nations , is getting some solid reviews.
At CES , we scored a backstage demo of Table Soccer , one of three augmented reality games that show off PS Vita’s Wide Area Augmented Reality capability. Today, Sony Santa Monica Sr. Manager Dave Thach returns with two new augmented reality games, Fireworks and Cliff Diving
Activision and Double Helix have announced a video game adaptation of Battleship , the Hasbro Studios/Universal Films adaptation of Milton Bradley’s Battleship . Set for an April European release and a May North American release, Battleship will combine aspects of the classic board game with FPS gameplay.
Wondering what kind of difference Skyrim ’s high-res texture pack makes to the game’s already gorgeous PC graphics? The folks at HardOCP are all over that .
Sports fans – I’m psyched to give you a sneak peak at the new Miami Marlins ballpark in South Beach, courtesy of MLB 12 The Show . Have a look at where new acquisitions Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle, and Heath Bell will be calling home this year… After winning two World Series in less than 20 years since their inaugural 1993 season, 2012 ushers in a name change and a new ballpark for the Marlins.
Playstation Whata ? Through February 12, GameStop has Nintendo 3DS systems, including the Pearl Pink version launching on the 10th, on sale for $149.99, a $20 discount. We’re sure the timing of this sale is perfectly innocuous — it’s just a coincidence that a competitor’s handheld gaming system will be in stores two days after this sale is over
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Update : Square Enix has confirmed Sleeping Dogs , the reincarnation of True Crime: Hong Kong . The publisher sent out a new live-action trailer and notes the game will be available “in the second half of 2012.” It’s still being developed by United Front Games. Original : ” Sleeping Dogs ” isn’t lying down, shifting from trademark to passively announced title.
Square Enix is holding a sale this week on the Xbox Marketplace, taking half off DLC for Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Just Cause 2 , along with discounts on several of Lady Croft’s adventures and its associated DLC. The highlights of the sale are certainly the Deus Ex ’s Missing Link DLC and co-op adventure Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light for 600 MSP ($7.50).
This is going to be really embarrassing, and potentially painful. This Sunday the Austin game collective, Juegos Rancheros , will host the Foddy Winter Olympics, featuring new and bizarre versions of Bennett Foddy’s finger-twisting games.
Konami’s making sure NeverDead lives up to its name with the first downloadable content pack, available on February 21. ” NeverDead Expansion Pack Volume 1″ will let you try a new playable character and play co-op challenges with pop star Nikki Summerfield. The pack will also let you visit an expanded version of the Asylum level, with three new challenges, including taking hold of “score zones,” racing across the map through a series of traps and hazards, and a mode called Onslaught, in which you unlock the zone section-by-section by defeating enemies.
Indie Royale’s Valentine’s Day bundle makes no promises, unlike some people we know who promised us the moon on a string last February 14, but who showed up three hours late, drunk and with a box half-full of chocolates — all fruit-filled. You know who you are. Indie Royale is offering its Valentine’s Bundle for pre-order at the lowest minimum price, $3.99, but is keeping the games a mystery until the big day itself.
On-rails arcade shooter House of the Dead 3 is coming to the PlayStation Network on Valentine’s Day, according to the official Sega blog . Just in time for you and your sweetheart to blow apart a few zombie heads, the game will be available for $6.99. For the next two weeks following its release, a free avatar will be included with purchase, making it a little like getting a Kit Kat bar with your very own Whitman’s Sampler.
