3DS Assassin?s Creed effectively killed Over a year after its announcement at E3 2010, the 3DS-bound Assassin?s Creed: Lost Legacyhas lived up to its name and been cancelled altogether. Although little was known about the title, the story of Lost Legacywould?ve had current star assassin Ezio Auditore*searching for ?the ancient seat of the Assassins,?*a lost castle in the East, at Masyaf.The reason for Lost Legacy?s canning seems to have been because of that story arc. Initially planned to run parallel to this year?s Assassin?s Creed Revelations, the premise of Lost Legacyhas now been altered and incorporated into Revelationsinstead, rendering the 3DS title pointless. :vampire: Click The Link 4 more :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/17/3ds-assassins-creed-effectively-killed/
Wii U may accelerate new Xbox, Playstation ? GameStop A new Xbox and PlayStation won?t be touching shelves for another three years, GameStop expects; according to the retailer?s senior execs, the year will be 2014.?Management does not expect new hardware consoles from Microsoft and Sony until 2014,? reads a statement from research firm Baird who is reporting on a series of investor meetings.?However,? it continues, ?a successful launch of Nintendo?s Wii U in 2012 could add pressure to accelerate a hardware refresh.?Recent rumors (one, two) have put next-gen hardware reveals on 2012.As for Sony?s upcoming handheld hardware, the PS Vita, GameStop is ?upbeat.? :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/18/wii-u-may-accelerate-new-xbox-playstation-gamestop/
Ubisoft dates PS3?s Child of Eden, delays COJ: The Cartel A recent release schedule Ubisoft?s sent out has slapped a date on the PlayStation 3 version of Child of Eden. Having already released the Kinect-enabled 360 version last month, the publisher plans to have the Move-enabled game out on September 23rd in Europe. No formal word on the NA date yet, though retailers are saying September 1st.The PC version of Call of Juarez: The Cartelalso got an update: the EU release has been delayed to September 16th. And it seems the US release is pushed back as well as Amazon and GameStop are listing it with September 13th date.The console version are releasing this week in both regions. :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/18/ubisoft-dates-ps3s-child-of-eden-delays-coj-the-cartel/
Asura?s Wrath ? new trailer [video=youtube;Mxil9M2hmiY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxil9M2hmiY[/video] A new location on display in this fresh Asura's Wrath gameplay video, and it's a somewhat unexpected one considering what we've seen of the title in the past; Capcom's suggestion to "expect the unexpected" near the end there may well be warranted. :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/18/asuras-wrath-new-trailer/
Since Asura?s Wrath is a capcom game, maybe we should wait 7 or 8months later for the ultimate edition like ultimate marvel vs capcom 3 lol. Or like any other games capcom re-sells with an ultimate or collectors edition tacked on.
Studio closures a result of ?stupid acquisitions? ? Epic exec Over the course of the past year, closures have rocked big studios, little studios, and medium-sized ones. What?s the cause of this?According to Epic?s European boss Mike Gamblel, they are the result of what he calls ?stupid acquisitions.??It happened because of stupid acquisitions,? Gambel recently told Eurogamer.?What was the point of a well-known children?s IP holder buying a hardcore racing studio?? he said of Disney?s decision to pick up Split/Seconddeveloper Black Rock.*?It doesn?t make sense.? :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/20...es-a-result-of-stupid-acquisitions-epic-exec/
Arkham City CE contents detailed Batman: Arkham City?s mysterious $100 collector?s edition is a bit less of a mystery today.While there are still no images of what it?ll all look like, Best Buy (via) has updated its product listing to reveal ?a premium statue, an art book, Gotham Knight animated content, early access to digital add-on content and more.?Best Buy only lists the CE for the PS3 for now. Fellow retailer GameStop has it for the PS3 and 360, but not PC.The game?s out in just a few months now, in October :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/18/arkham-city-ce-contents-detailed/
sound like it's going to be a nice CE, but no doubt the SCEE version will be poor as usual. Anyway I'm still looking forward to this game. XD
seems i spoke too soon about SCEE giving us a poor CE UK Arkham City Collector's Ed official News - - Page 1 | Eurogamer.net I'm rather tempted by this. XD
Former BioWare lead goes dungeon-crawling [video=youtube;HKFRBOFtEbQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKFRBOFtEbQ[/video] The title might be indicative of something dramatic and/or epic happening to a former BioWare employee, but the fact is that Cedar Hill Games ? founded by Tobyn Manthorpe (Baldur?s Gate, Neverwinter Nights) of BioWare ? is developing a new game called Emissary of War, a dungeon crawler set to be released on iOS devices such as the iPad and iPhone.Not unlike other games in the genre, you will be hacking and slashing uglies, upgrading your character weapons and tactics as you go about doing that. The twist lies in the storytelling, which Cedar Hill Games promises will be immersive despite the main characters being named Ghent and Hassock; a barbarian and alchemist sidekick on a diplomatic mission that unsurprisingly fails to go the way it was intended to. :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/19/former-bioware-lead-goes-dungeon-crawling/
The Darkness II delayed to 2012 2K's just sent word that The Darkness IIis now an early 2012 release.Previously on for this October, the Digital Extremes title can be expected on February 7, 2012 in North America and February 10, 2012 internationally.The delay affects all the PC, 360 and PS3 versions.Those at Comic-Con this week can get an early taste. There'll be 8 demo kiosks at the Top Cow booth (#2629). :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/19/the-darkness-ii-delayed-to-2012/
Assault Horizon?s pre-order LE announced; trailer [video=youtube;_oCYgEKUliA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oCYgEKUliA[/video] Namco Bandai?s revealed the pre-order Limited Edition for Ace Combat: Assault Horizon.Complete with a steel case, soundtrack, a notebook signed by the dev team, plus an exclusive F-4E Phantom II plane ? see it swoosh around in the video below ? the edition retails for the price of the standard edition. Not a bad deal at all then.The downer is that it?s available in Europe only. For now at least. The game?s out this October :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/19/assault-horizons-pre-order-le-announced-trailer/
EA Sports is indeed opening a studio in Austin, Texas What was hinted at a couple of weeks ago has turned out to be true. EA Sports is setting up a studio in Austin, Texas. The expansion will create about 150 new jobs, but we?re not sure about what exactly will be worked on there.Says EA Sports COO Daryl Holt, ?The beauty of Texas is it?s such a huge, knowledgeable sports culture. For us it?s not about moving a core franchise right now.?That means we can probably rule out Maddenor FIFAbeing produced in the lone star state, but maybe EA will use the new talent to give the NBA another shot? That?s a tough call because we don?t even know if there will be an NBA season this year thanks to the lockout. :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/19/ea-sports-is-indeed-opening-a-studio-in-austin-texas/
UK Charts: Zumba still at #1 Zumba Fitnesscontinues to do the business for 505 Games. The title has occupied the UK?s weekly all-formats chart?s top spot for five consecutive weeks now.It?s the eighth total #1 for the game.A newcomer manages to mix things up a bit this week: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part 2debuts at #7, though it manages the lowest week-one sales ever for a Harry Potter game.Another tie-in, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, does better; it?s up one spot to #2.Mid-summer price promotions add new sales to Call of Duty: Black Ops(up from #7 to #4) and more notably to EA Sports Activewhich sees a sales increase of 338%. It?s lands at #8. :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/19/uk-charts-zumba-still-at-1/
Darksiders II ? extended announce trailer [video=youtube;vsE5pddiWD8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsE5pddiWD8[/video] THQ's made available an extended cut of the Darksiders II announcement trailer; catch it here. It packs an extra eighteen seconds worth of footage. :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/19/darksiders-ii-extended-announce-trailer/
New Uncharted movie director ?starting from scratch? After the Unchartedmovie began what seemed to be a spiraling fall into a never-ending black hole with director David O. Russell obliviously ignoring the core of the franchise, newly appointed director Neil Burger is on a clean slate and ?starting from scratch.??Mainly we?re beginning from scratch and going back to the videogame. Because there?s a lot of cool stuff, actually, from the videogame, if you know it,? said Burger during an interview, with*that ?actually? possibly implying that Burger has actuallyplayed the games.?It?s really one of the most cinematic videogames, and one that has really developed characters. So, you know, there?s a lot of cool, really intense things that, if they work for the film?s story, I want to use them. :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/19/new-uncharted-movie-director-starting-from-scratch/
New Homefront DLC announced, ?coming soon? THQ?s just thrown out word that a new piece of multiplayer DLC ? ?The Rock?map pack ? for its invasion shooter Homefrontis on the way.Alcatraz and Bridge will be the new maps included, while Waterway and Overpass will now be playable in Team Deathmatch.The content will be available on the 360 first, like all other HomefrontDLC, but expect it to be made available for PC and PS3 later on as well.The 360 cost is 400 Microsoft Points. No dates yet, just ?coming soon. :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/19/new-homefront-dlc-announced-coming-soon/
Assassin?s Creed Revelations ? ?weapons? video [video=youtube;fVp5SunhCHc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVp5SunhCHc[/video] You always wanted to learn about the new weapons in this November's Assassin's Creed Revelations, right? Here you go, a weapons Q&A straight from Ubisoft. :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/19/assassins-creed-revelations-weapons-video/
JP and US release windows for Final Fantasy XIII-2 Final Fantasy XIII-2, the game that?s over halfway done and that Square Enix promises to be ?a completely different experience,? has been given a few rough release windows. That said, we?re still waiting for a precise date.It appears the sequel to FF*XIIIwill be heading to stores in Japan in December later this year and will see itself to US stores ? and probably EU ones too ? a month later, in January 2012. As initially expected and predicted, respectively.Final Fantasy XIII-2will be available on both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 right from the get-go. :vampire: Click The Link 4 More :vampire: http://www.thatvideogameblog.com/2011/07/19/jp-and-us-release-windows-for-final-fantasy-xiii-2/
