“When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.” One of the most highly critically acclaimed book series, turned TV series, turned board-game, turned RTS will now be taking a dip in the online massive multiplayer player pool. George R.R. Martin’s, A Song of Ice and Fire series will be transformed into a browser-based, free to play MMO designed by Bigpoint and called (aptly) Game of Thrones.
HBO Go, the popular streaming application from Home Box Office, will soon be making an appearance over Xbox Live. At an HBO event last night, company co-president Eric Kessler made the announcement that the app would be available come April 1st. This could be an elaborate April Fools prank, but I think not.
Despite a trailer seemingly identifying the release date of Halo 4 that released this morning, Microsoft is still urging fans to “sit tight.” The trailer, as seen here, is apparently a fake, according to Microsoft. However, for those of you willing to believe that this could possibly be Microsoft plugging a leak, then expect Halo 4 to release on November 21st, 2012.
The NBA lockout is long over, and now the NBA Live lockout will follow suit. EA Sports confirmed that the game is in production, and posted a picture on Twitter showing Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving playing the game. Further details, and a release date, have not yet been mentioned.
The Dreamcast continues to live on, as Sega recently announced that Jet Set Radio will be released for Xbox Live and Playstation Network. In the 22-second teaser trailer, Sega proudly shows off the Jet Set Radio logo, with the question, “Guess who’s back?”
So who wants an LCD touch screen on the next Xbox controller, hey now, what’s that old saying about shooting the messenger? We talk about that and more on this week’s Digital High, along with the most surprising news to ever come about in all of gaming, which I’m sure you will be able to figure out on your own. The final piece of season pass DLC for Gears 3 has been detailed with new maps, new character models and even more weapon skins, if there is a record for the most weapon skins in a game, surely Gears 3 must have it by now.
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City comes out in less than a month and players want to know more about what will go on in this cooperative take on the zombie outbreak. One thing has been made clear by the latest trailer put out by Capcom; the game will be brutal.
EA surprisingly revealed last week that copies of Mass Effect 3 will be launched into space. Yesterday, details about the promotion were announced.
We heard shocking news in a press release: “EA and BioWare will be making history by launching the first copies of Mass Effect 3 into outer space! Copies are scheduled to land in San Francisco, Las Vegas, New York and cities in Europe, giving gamers the opportunity to track and collect these limited early copies as they touch back down on Earth.”
After an announcement late last year that Assassin’s Creed clothing would be coming to Final Fantasy XIII-2’s Noel as DLC, this latest rumor isn’t as much surprising as it is perplexing. Apparently Square Enix isn’t planning on stopping the cross-franchise costuming anytime soon, as there is a new rumor floating around that Mass Effect gear is on the horizon for Final Fantasy XIII-2.
EA Canada’s return to the world of extreme sports and to a series that has never graced the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3, SSX, releases its demo today on Xbox Live, and tomorrow for PSN. It’s been over four years since the series last appeared on the Nintendo Wii. In an attempt to differentiate itself from other titles in the genre, EA Canada is doing something that seems pretty groundbreaking.
