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Game of Thrones , the latest RPG from Cyanide, is set to take over the UK and Ireland on June 8 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Based on the world first penned by George R.R. Martin, players guide two playable characters through locales both new and familiar to the series
Electronic Arts and BioWare’s social soiree in Ferelden will be coming to an end on June 18, 2012, according to the official Dragon Age Legends website . E-commerce for the title ended yesterday, meaning that while the game it still active for the time being, it’s no longer possible to convert your real-life dollars into fake Dragon Dollars crowns for use in Ferelden’s many shops.
Space combat invigorater SOL: Exodus is heading to European boxed retail this summer and all digital distribution systems shortly. Developer Seamless struck a deal with publisher Iceberg Interactive to the bring the game to physical shelves in the UK , Ireland, Scandinavia, Benelux and other territories beginning June 22. ” SOL has definitely been a labor of love for us, and we can’t wait to hear from fans and players from around the world.” Seamless Studio Director Dan Magaha said, “As a small indie developer working in the town where Wing Commander was born, it’s been an enormous honor to build our homage to the classic space games we loved when we were young, and we hope that passion comes through in the quality of our work.” SOL: Exodus launched on Steam earlier this year and, for whatever hiccups it may have as an indie project (many smoothed since launch), it’s still totally worth it for $10
A prequel to 2010’s straight-to-video/Netflix Tekken film has been announced by Crystal Sky Pictures CEO Steven Paul during this week’s Cannes Film Festival in France. Tekken: Rise of the Tournament is set to be directed by Prachya Pinkaew of Ong-bak and Chocolate fame – a martial arts pedigree that bodes better for the franchise than Tekken director Dwight H. Little’s resume of slasher flicks and Free Willy sequels
Way, way more Master System and Genesis games are on the way to PS3 and Xbox, including the long-awaited release of Monster World IV . Sega announced the next few “Vintage Collections,” which will be sold individually on PSN and in bundles on XBLA.
Double Fine’s Ron Gilbert has revealed another character from his puzzling new title, this one called “the time traveler.” She is one of “three playable characters” that Gilbert has unveiled in three days on his personal gaming blog, Grumpy Gamer. Yesterday and the previous day Gilbert revealed the monk and the hillbilly .
This is a column by Jason Schreier dedicated to the analysis (and occasional mocking) of his favorite genre, the Japanese role-playing game. Whether it’s because they’re too antiquated or just too niche, he believes JRPGs don’t get enough attention in the gaming industry today. It’s time to change that
Rebellion , the studio behind Rogue Warrior and Aliens vs Predator , is looking to change its reputation for less-than-average quality. Speaking to Edge (via MCV ), CEO Jason Kingsley says the company is trying to turn things around. “It’s now a deliberate policy to move away from making games that might have been good for business, but not necessarily good for our reputation,” Kingsley stated
Filed under: Podcasts We are at the very back end of the holiday releases, but there are still a few games to hit. Three games this week, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations , Super Mario 3D Land , and Saints Row: The Third , more than held their own in the reviews, but the last two are the big winners here –and the two couldn’t be more different in their individual greatness.
Remember SSX Tricky ? Electronic Arts sure hopes you do. Presumably, it also hopes you don’t mind having your nostalgia hijacked by a nearly unrecognizable remix of the game’s title track, Run-D.M.C.’s classic, “It’s Tricky.” EA gets tricky with latest SSX trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:15:00 EST.
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A free Kinect compatible demo for Twister Mania, an outrageous fast-paced party game, is now available for download from Xbox LIVE. The demo roughly weighs in at 241 MB. Check your Xbox LIVE region for availability
According to a translation of the livestream of CD Projekt’s recent Investor’s Day , the Polish developer behind The Witcher is working on a brand new IP, along with a whole bunch of other releases over the next few years. The Witcher 2 is still due out on Xbox next year, and then CD Projekt says it’s also working on two more “AAA+” titles for 2014 and 2015. Between then and now, the company also hopes to put out three smaller budget titles — two with a budget/staff grade of “A”, and 1 “AA”-sized game.
