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First DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2 Now On PSN, Xbox Live

William Saw — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:53:13 +0000

As promised, Square Enix has released its first downloadable content pack for Final Fantasy XIII-2 hoping players who want to add Lightning and Master Sergeant Amodar to their party will now fork over those hard earned dollars to do so.

More DLC promising to “enhance the narrative” of Final Fantasy XIII-2 including “key characters” will be announced at a later time.

Rayman 3 HD Trailer Brings Back the Nostalgia

William Saw — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:57:41 +0000

Fans and newcomers can enjoy Ubisoft’s Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc in HD graphics. With the addition of online leaderboards, achievements, and mini-games along with 15-20 hours worth of gameplay, its certainly something I’d look out for in the coming months given their release of Beyond Good and Evil HD. Rayman 3 HD hits March 21 for Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.

Check out the trailer below.

Puddle Releases on Xbox Live Arcade Today

William Saw — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:33:31 +0000

Konami has released Puddle on Xbox Live Arcade today at 800 Microsoft Points. The winner of the GDC 2010 Independent Games Festival Student Showcase Division is now available for download on the Xbox 360 with a Playstation Network release to follow next week on January 31 for $9.99.

Puddle is a physics based puzzle platform game and it was originally developed by six student from the French video game school ENJMIN and was later picked up and developed by Neko Entertainment.

New trailer for Sine Mora

William Saw — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:34:40 +0000

Shmup fans should take a look at Digital Reality’s downloadable title, Sine Mora, set for release on Xbox Live Arcade later this year. Co-developed by Grasshopper Manufacture (Japan) and Sine Mora (Hungary), Sine Mora is a diesel shoot ‘em up with a time twist. The latest trailer for the game shows the difference between normal difficulty and the INSANE difficulty setting.

Alan Wake’s American Nightmare Revealed for Xbox Live Arcade

William Saw — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:37:36 +0000

Remedy Entertainment has announced Alan Wake’s American Nightmare for the Xbox Live Arcade. Alan Wake American Nightmare is a standalone spin-off experience that anyone can pick up and play, even if they’ve never played the original Alan Wake before.

In Alan Wake’s world, fiction can become real. This time, Alan is fighting his evil double Mr. Scratch, an urban legend come true. He is a supernatural serial killer coming for Wake’s wife, Alice. Wake must stop Mr. Scratch before that happens.

Alan Wake’s American Nightmare releases Q1 2012. For more updates follow the Facebook page and Twitter @remedyalerts.

All Zombies Must Die! Finds XBLA Publisher in Square Enix

William Saw — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:11:16 +0000

Square Enix announced it will enter into a publishing deal with doublesix to bring the Xbox Live Arcade version of All Zombies Must Die! for release later this December.

The spiritual successor to Burn Zombie Burn, All Zombies Must Die! features Jack, the main character, living out his video game fantasies in a town filled with zombies. The gameplay allows for one up to three friends to play cooperatively in zombie killing mayhem. The action RPG nature of the game allows players to engage in leveling up, completing side quests, and collecting items to craft new weapons.

Halo Anniversary Goes Gold for November, Has Kinect Support

William Saw — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:49:00 +0000

The Halo: Combat Evolved remake, titled Halo Anniversary, has finished up shop at 343 Industries and is rapidly being manufactured for its November 15th release date.

New to the Halo series, Halo Anniversary adds Kinect support with voice commands so that shouting “Reload” and “Grenade” will pull the same effect as if you had bothered to lift a finger to press the actual button. The most exciting addition may be its encyclopedic “Libary” feature accessed by saying “Analyze” which pulls up visor to “capture” things in the environment and becomes viewable as a 3D model in a gallery. The latest Halo Anniversary trailer is available below.

Meet Direwolf the Wizard in Crimson Alliance

William Saw — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:15:06 +0000

Certain Affinity released a new character trailer for the multiplayer action RPG, Crimson Alliance and it details the powerful wizard, Direwolf.

Crimson Alliance releases September 7 for Xbox Live Arcade.

Trendy’s Dungeon Defenders Coming XBLA, PC October 19th

William Saw — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:58:07 +0000

D3Publisher, Reverb Publishing, and Trendy Entertainment announced today that its one-of-a-kind action-RPG take on the tower defense genre, Dungeon Defenders, will arrive on Xbox Live Arcade and PC this October 19, 2011.

Dungeon Defenders is playable at this year’s PAX Prime in Seattle, WA. Players can expect wholesome four-player co-op goodness with drop-in/drop-out support, customization, loot, pets, and various gameplay modes. In celebration of its announcement, the publisher released a new character class ‘Squire’ trailer and artwork from the game.

Call of Duty All-Zombies Map Pack ‘Rezurrection’ Coming August 23rd

William Saw — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:58:22 +0000

Activision announced that it will release an all-zombies map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops as DLC on Xbox Live, August 23rd. You may recall that Hardened and Prestige Black Ops owners already have these maps and the publisher revealed that it will give additional content (such as the Moon map, soundtrack, and theme) at no extra cost.

The pack features four re-masters of zombie levels from CoD: World at War – Nacht der Untoten, Verruckt, Shi No Numa and Der Riese. Additionally, a new map called Moon completes the Call of Duty zombies arc. A Zombies soundtrack and Zombies Moon theme is included with the pack as well. Screenshots below.