XBox and PS3 owners who buy a new copy of the upcoming goth girl action game Alice Madness Returns will get a download code for a free copy of American McGee’s Alice, the first game in the series. Unfortunately, PC gamers aren’t so lucky, even though Alice originated on our platform. The nice fellows at EA’s marketing department had better rectify this situation quickly, or there will only be one solution: Off with their heads!
At first glance, id Software’s RAGE appears to follow in the
visual style of Borderlands, with a
post-apocalyptic setting ravaged by raiders and small hamlets barricaded with
corrugated metal and junk. However, where Borderlands fell short in
terms of depth, it quickly becomes clear that RAGE has much more in
mind. Visually on par with any contemporary title and free of stylistic conceits, RAGE
comes across as a gritty and dark shooter set in a fictional earth dotted with
ruins; the land’s many denizens having developed a variety of factions to replace
those destroyed in the cataclysm.
Wednesday sales are rare for digital distributors, but this week we’re in luck, because several of them are running special events at the moment. Good Old Games has a new promotion going on, Direct2Drive is doing Daily Deals all months long, even Amazon.com has something of interest to PC gamers today.
After a few quiet weeks for
new games and content on the PS3, the great selection of games out this week
should be enough to keep almost every gamer happy. First, there are three new games
coming out on Blu-ray in stores: SOCOM 4,
Mortal Kombat, and the brilliant Portal 2.
There are no less than five new PS3 games
available for download on the PlayStation Network. Most notably the classic Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and the 2D
girl-on-girl fighting action of Arcana
Heart 3.
It may seem like a lifetime since we heard about anything
new in regards to Kojima Productions Metal
Gear Solid: Rising. But, despite remaining to be nothing more but a rumour,
an individual on the Gamespot forum, who claims to be a professional writer,
was speaking of “snippets” of the hugely anticipated upcoming prequel of the
MGS series, running off his PC.
Under the alias of “Kolokovitchk”, delivered a thorough
article on what is presented in the game, and a list of technical features that
the game will use.
Naughty
Dog has announced that the multiplayer beta for Uncharted
3 will begin on June 28 and
has released a massive amount of new details on the game. Along with
a bunch of new screens to drool over, a new video has also surfaced
which showcases a good deal of the game’s new mechanics, gameplay and
customization. The latest installment promises to be a huge leap
forward from the previous title and even more action-packed! The
developers have stated that they have preserved the signature
Uncharted
style of gameplay while making the game even more revolutionary and
unique. The set piece moments that have made the single player
experience so memorable now serve as key element to creating a
unparalleled multiplayer game in Drake’s
Deception. “We
dipped our toe in with Uncharted
2. Now, with Uncharted
3, we’re diving in
headfirst.”
George “Geohot” Hotz, infamous for hacking the
Playstation 3 system earlier this year, which led to a controversial lawsuit by
Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), has donated $10,000 to the
Electronic Frontier Foundation. This comes after the foundation supported Hotz
in his defense against Sony
The news came after Hotz posted a screenshot of the
generous PayPal donation on his blog;
