NewsVine – 19th January 2010

Sorry about the lack of NewsVine yesterday, during the time I had free I couldn’t access the site for some unknown reason. But today, no such problem so here’s the day today in the world of gaming.

Red Steel 2 Scheduled for March 23 Release

Ubisoft has stealthly dated Red Steel 2 for March 23, according to the publisher’s site. We’re hoping they’ve got all the kinks worked out with the extra delay time for its release.

Dishwasher Dev Announces Charlie Murder for XBL Indie Games

From the maker of The Dishwasher and I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!!1 comes another ingenious creation. Check out the Facebook page for a look at the characters and the gameplay which looks to be an arcade beat-em-up with punk rockers and zombies. The developer says there will be a good chance the game will be in attendance for PAX East and is currently scheduled for a March 2010 release. … Continue Reading

Gaming Highlights of the Week – 16th-22nd November

This week saw the release of Assassin’s Creed 2 and all of it’s offspring, Left 4 Dead 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Tony Hawk: Ride, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles and my personal favourite Jambo! Safari: Animal Rescue for the Wii.

The week also saw Sony reveal their plans for a paid premium subscription service though that won’t affect any online play as that will remain free, basically turning this into another version of Qore only on a more international level. Sony’s also has shown interest in 3D gaming stating it’s support for it in 2010. It’s bad enough seeing every film being released in the cinema being in 3D, I don’t want that for consoles thank you. The PS3 also saw Facebook support making using a easy-to-use website slightly more complicated. … Continue Reading

NMH Port ‘Heroes Paradise’ Coming to Xbox 360 and PS3

A visually enhanced port of Grasshopper’s No More Heroes subtitled ‘Heroes Paradise’ will be coming to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, revealed in the latest edition of Japanese magazine publication Famitsu.

Improvements include new graphics, “Advanced Mode,” Japanese voice acting, and “Very Sweet Mode” where all ladies wear revealing outfits. Motion gesture controls from the Nintendo Wii version will not be included.

Heroes Paradise will release in Japan on February 25, 2010, a worldwide release date has yet to be announced. Grasshopper Manufacture’s sequel No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is due to arrive in early 2010.

Source: Shacknews, Siliconera

Splinter Cell: Conviction Commentated Gameplay Video

Admit it, you’re excited for Splinter Cell: Conviction. You’ve basically waited three years since it was originally supposed to be released in 2007 and four years since the last Splinter Cell video game came out.

The wait is pretty much over with its impending release in Spring 2010, despite having been delayed once more. Click the image above for a commentated video of the game which indulges into features like interrogations, sweet googles, sticky camera, and the ‘mark and execute’ approach. … Continue Reading

Ubisoft Delays Games to 2010, Conviction and Red Steel 2 Included

Ubisoft has postponed the release of the often-delayed stealth action game among other titles. … Continue Reading

Ubisoft Confirms Work on EndWar Sequel

A team at Ubisoft Shanghai is at work on the sequel to Tom Clancy’s EndWar, the developers voice-command RTS title. … Continue Reading