Recently, video game hackers were allowed to test one of the most anticipated games of the year. Now you
can too. On September 16 through 18, 2011, Modern Warfare 3 will be available at the video game festival in the United Kingdom. Isn’t it exciting just reading those words?
The
Xbox Live Rewards Program may have erronously sent thousands of free Microsoft
Points to customers last night. A glitch in the system generated free points. Some gamers indulged and took advantage of the mishap and ransacked through the Xbox Live Marketplace. Some customers notified Microsoft of the issue.
Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops
will receive a fourth installment downloadable content pack called
“Rezurrection” which is slated for release this year. “Rezurrection” is
reported to come out August 23rd for the Xbox 360. No release date yet
for the PlayStation 3 and PC versions of the DLC but expect the DLC to
release one month after.
Director Motomu Toriyama has responded to many of the Square Enix faithfuls regarding their complaints from the original Final Fantasy XIII. In just the second true sequel of the perpetual Final Fantasy series, Toriyama claims that the development team for Final Fantasy XIII-2 has given tons of thought to both fan and media criticism from the first game.
Those
who are familiar with the first game would be able to replace the
definition of “linear” in the dictionary with the words “Final Fantasy
XIII.” Toriyama made it clear during an exclusive interview with IGN
UK that the brief glimpse of open-world exploration at the very end of Final Fantasy XIII will be more prevalent in the sequel. Toriyama stated that while FFXIII-2 will not be entirely open-world like in Elder Scrolls or Mass Effect, it will certainly allow the player to “enjoy the freedom of searching and exploring the world.”
As if there wasn’t enough buzz around the
upcoming release of Deus Ex: Human
Revolution, Eidos Montreal have released another trailer which firmly
emphasises the multi-layered approach to the game that players will be
encouraged to take.
The trailer (which can be seen below,
courtesy of Youtube) emphasises that there are four pillars of gameplay;
combat, stealth, hacking and social.
Most situations in the game can be resolved using one of those pillars,
and you’re not restricted in your choice; you can sneak past a big mechanical
enemy, you can run in all guns blazing, or you can get to a nearby control
console and hack into that, turning the robot against the other enemies.
Yesterday saw a new teaser trailer from EA
Games’ upcoming NHL ‘12 skating out
onto the ice. The NHL series has so far
claimed twenty-two awards for ‘Best Sports Game of the Year’, so it’s fair to
say that NHL ’12 has a pretty big
legacy to live up to.
Some new details regarding the sequel to everyone’s favorite lootfest have been revealed. The folks at Gearbox Software and 2K Games are teaming up once again to expand upon 2009’s unique take on the action RPG formula.
Is there a new IP in the works at Epic Games? A post on the career page of Epic’s website reads “Epic Games is looking for Gameplay Programmers to join the team currently working on Gears of War 3, as well as a new unannounced IP in development.” Info is sparse for the new IP, images of artwork are, for now, out of the public view.
Are you ready for some football? The NFL lockout is over and training camp are in full swing can only mean one thing. Madden is quickly approaching! As we move closer opening day of NFL season, we get our first glimpse of teams and player ratings in the game.
A new batch of screenshots for the upcoming Xbox Arcade game Bloodrayne Betrayal hit the web this week, and we have the chance to see the new enemies, along with some special attacks and weapons that Rayne the sexy vampiress will be using in the game.
