During the keynote
speech at the Call of Duty XP fan convention, Activision Publishing CEO Eric
Hirshberg announced that the premium portion of the Call of Duty Elite
subscription service will cost $50 a year. Access to monthly DLC is the main
draw to this service, as Hirshberg noted that buying the DLC on its own would
cost $60. The DLC is planned to contain new modes and missions, along with
multiplayer maps, over a nine-month “DLC season.”
Regardless of how you feel about Call of Duty, Call of Duty XP
is here. The inaugural Call of Duty expo kicked off in Los Angeles and
will be going strong this weekend. The official site is featuring live
streams and blogs going on during the convention. Saturday’s events
will feature a one million dollar tournament, two panels (Black Ops
Multiplayer and COD: Zombies-Origins and Evolutions) and a Kanye West
concert to close it all out.
Well, last week at PAX, Razer pulled back the curtain to their aggressive
marketing campaign debuting the Blade to the expo attendees. The Blade
is Razer’s first attempt at actual PC hardware and the compact gaming
laptop is a sight to behold. There are a lot of exciting features
packed into the Blade, and at first glance the price admission may seem
high, but take a closer look and I think you will see why the Razer
Blade is going to be worth the investment.
Sony is prepared to blitz the upcoming Tokyo Game Show (TGS) with Vita. Fresh off the momentum of the PS3 $250.00 price cut announcement at GamesCon, Sony is not taking its foot off the accellerator going into TGS. Sony had already announced 13 games for the cutting-edge portable console, posted on the Japanese blog Andriasang, that are set to be shown off at the show. Today Sony announced they have 18, no that is not a typo, 18 more titles that will be announced at TGS. 31 games just wasn’t enough for Sony though. They will also be showing off PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable software. IGN’s Colin Moriarty reported the titles will include Street Fighter x Tekken, Battlefield 3, Ninja Gaiden 3 for PS3 and the PSP line-up will headline Final Fantasy Type-0.
Originally announced at Gamescom, Infamous 2: Festival of Blood will be a downloadable game that stands apart from Infamous 2.
Scheduled to be available later this year, think mid-late October, the
game will still take place in the city of New Marais. In this alternate
story, vampires have run amok and Cole has been bitten. Cole will have
24 hours to save the city before it’s lost and taken over by the
blood-suckers.
While initially planned for launch, the co-op portion of next week’s Warhammer 40k Space Marine has been left out until October.
August 2011 had its share of great PC games, including several instant classic PC-exclusive indies, and at least one AAA mega hit. Let’s take a look back at the games the PC Department reviewed this month at Player Affinity.
