At an event hosted by
343 Industries, developer Turn 10 announced that the Warthog from Halo 4 will be featured in Forza Motorsport 4. Before anyone starts
dreaming of racing a Warthog against Ferrari, Turn 10’s Dan Greenawalt
confirmed that the Warthog will not be drivable. Instead, it will be available
as an unlockable in Forza 4’s
Autovista mode, which lets players admire their vehicles using the Kinect for a
virtual walk-around.
The Gears of War franchise is coming to an end this September 20th, Microsoft and Epic Games have anounced DLC plans for the game. Similar to Rockstar’s L.A Noire Pass and Mortal Kombat Pass,Gears of War 3 will have a Season Pass for all Gears 3 DLC that will cost you 2,400 Microsoft or 30 dollars.
The wait to return to the war-ravaged world of Sera and rev up those chainsaws is nearly over. Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games’ Design Director, announced via his Twitter account that Gears of War 3 has gone gold. Accompanying the post is a picture of a cake that states, “Gone gold! Congratulations from Xbox!” He noted that “At Epic, the cake is not a lie,” a reference from Valve’s Portal, assuring readers that Gears of War 3 is indeed finished.
The Xbox Live Indie Games Summer Uprising begins its second week with today’s game, Take Arms, a 2D side-scrolling shooting title labeled as the “multiplayer evolution of the classic console platformer.” It features three different classes to choose from: the sniper rifle-wielding Striker, the minigun-equipped Destroyer, or the common Grunt with an assault rifle. Players can battle it out over three maps, and three game modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Capture the Flag. Take Arms supports 1-8 player online matches, and system link.
Today on the final day of Halo Fest, 343 industries announced The Reclaimer Trilogy, the next three games in the Halo series. Halo 4 is a direct sequel to Halo 3, the final installment in the trilogy that made Master Chief a force to be reckoned.
As the East Coast is brutally pummeled by hurricane Irene, those smug jerks on the West Coast seem to be having all the fun at PAX Prime. This three-day nerdfest is just bristling with gaming news, including a new batch of screenshots for Mass Effect 3 that show Commander Shepard’s new weapons, companions, and some of the new enemy types too.
The Xbox Live Indie Games Summer Uprising nears the end of its first week with today’s offering of T.E.C. 3001. T.E.C. is one of the more visually striking indie games in the promotion, and puts players in the metal feet of an android that jumps his way through 21 levels of 3-D platforming with a playstyle similar to Canabalt.
Microsoft has confirmed that Kinect
Star Wars, along with the Star Wars-themed Xbox 360 console, will not meet its
previously announced launch date of holiday 2011.
A Microsoft spokesperson told OXM (Official Xbox Magazine) that “Microsoft
and LucasArts have elected to move the launch of Kinect Star Wars beyond
holiday 2011 to ensure the full potential of this title is realized…This move
applies to both the Kinect Star Wars stand-alone game and the Kinect Star Wars
Limited Edition Console. We will communicate additional timing information at a
later date.”
Day 3 of the week-and-a-half long Indie Games
Summer Uprising sees the arrival of Cute
Things Dying Violently, a wonderfully-titled puzzle game with a deliciously
twisted sense of humour.
Can’t wait to play id software’s RAGE and/or Bethesda’s The
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim? Well, now’s
your chance! Both games are set to be
playable at PAX Prime from August 26th through the 28th in
Seattle, WA at Bethesda’s booth (#1314).
