Game Informer has revealed in its January cover story – the oft-rumored Tomb Raider reboot. The new game, called simply Tomb Raider, features a younger Lara Croft shipwrecked on a mysterious island and forced to survive on her own.
Those of you still play Final Fantasy XI on the 360 have reason to rejoice because Square Enix is releasing a patch that increases the level cap a whole 5 levels, from 85 to 90. In addition to that, Wings of the Goddess areas are going to be updated to factor in the increase in player level cap.
While officially only a rumor at the moment, it appears that a sequel to last years Prototype may be in the works. A new trailer that has surfaced at murderyourmaker.com seems to foreshadow that we may have not seen the last of Alex Mercer. It is highly likely that all questions will be answered at the Spike TV Video Game Awards on December 11th. Until then, we only have a very shorter teaser clip, but the fact that it includes a man in a hooded sweatshirt and creatures similar to those from the first game is a good indication of what may be coming. Either way, here is the clip so you can judge for yourself.
For those who think the act of exploding requires a more graceful, feminine touch, developer Twisted Pixel just announced Ms. Splosion Man, follow-up to their Live Arcade Hit ‘Splosion Man. Joystiq has a lengthy interview with Twisted Pixel COO Josh Bear asking him about the game.
Viral marketing is the future of advertising so it’s only fitting that Deus Ex: Human Revolution, a game set in a technologically advanced society, gets its own viral Web site. The Web site, Sarif Industries, is named after a company from the game that specializes in creating futuristic mechanical replacements for human limbs.
Microsoft has officially rolled out its new Xbox Live Rewards service, after a year of extensive beta testing. The new system is designed to, of course, reward you for activity on Xbox Live. Now before you get all excited and think that your gamerscore is going to net you some Microsoft Points, you never receive anything for free and must usually make a purchase before receiving any Microsoft Points. However, this could be a real deal for those of you out there who would make these types of purchases anyway.
Reach was Bungie’s swan song for the Halo franchise, so what do its new stewards at 343 Industries have planned? If reports in a recent issue of U.K. magazine GamesMaster (via CVG) are to be believed, their first project will be a remake of the first game in the series, Halo: Combat Evolved.
It is a sad day for the gaming community, as Sega has officially had to wipe the leaderboards for Sonic the Hedgehog 4 on 360. That’s right, folks are cheating at Sonic. Hackers are reportedly able to hack the game to obtain a time of 0 minutes and 0 seconds. Sonic is quick, but he is not that quick, so the whole leaderboard was reset two days ago to try to curb the problem.
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Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood has only been out for a little over a week and Ubisoft has already announced they are preparing a fourth installment of the series for release next year.
This announcement, reported by MCV, comes close on the heels of Brotherhood’s European release, where it sold over one million copies in less than a week. This makes it Ubisoft’s fastest-selling game in Europe and one of its biggest global franchises.
Geoffroy Sardin, Ubisoft’s marketing and sales chief for Europe, Middle East and Asia, declared Brotherhood as the best launch in the history of the company’s European sales. He also chalked up the game’s success to the fact that Ubisoft “transformed the brand from a single player one to a multiplayer one.”
