First and third party characters invade the roster.
Screenshots taken from the beta version of the highly anticipated PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale have hit reddit, potentially revealing twelve more characters in the All Stars' roster. The list includes:
The popular convention keeps L.A. its home for 3 more years.
Whenever you leave the show floor at E3 on the final day, there is a banner that beckons you back the following year, and provides the dates of the next convention. That banner was conspicuously absent at E3 this year. Our own Jason Ross covered that at length in an episode of PB & Jason, but the main issue had to do with the construction of the Farmers Field Stadium possibly interfering with the convention. There was speculation that the show would end up in Las Vegas or even Atlanta, quite far from the majority of the North American games industry, but those rumors can be put to bed. It was confirmed today that E3 will grace the halls of the Los Angeles Convention Center for another three years at least.
One of the most unique games on the system can be yours--gratis.
Don’t count the PS Vita out just yet. Even though it’s been slow going the Sony handheld has had some interesting games coming out. One of the more notable ones is Gravity Rush, and you can get it for free with the purchase of a Vita for a very limited time.
September is when you can get your hands on this improved PC classic.
Many fans of BioWare became such because of games like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic or Mass Effect. But there was a time when the RPG developer was known as a PC company, working on huge hits such as Baldur’s Gate. That game is still highly respected by PC gamers, but for many younger players or people who cut their teeth on consoles the game has been difficult to play on modern systems. We’ve already reported about Overhaul and their project to bring Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition to PC, Mac, and tablet devices, but we have some juicy new information about the upgraded game.
Get your "kung fu panda" on when the game drops in September.
Considering that Blizzard is a company known for releasing games at an almost glacial pace when compared to most developers, having two products in the same year from them is almost a news story on its own. Now that Diablo III has come out and shattered all manner of PC sales records it’s time to look forward to the next big thing from Blizzard. Of course, that means World of WarCraft, and that means the Mists of Pandaria expansion.
Continue the puzzle adventure later this summer.
Quantum Conundrum is the next brain child of Kim Swift, one of the people behind the original Portal. Our own Nick DiMola reviewed it recently, and if you were still on the fence on the title, Square Enix is ready to sweeten the pot with some new DLC.
The ArmA 2 mod is almost ready to stretch its wings.
If you follow the PC mod community closely, or listen to a good number of video game podcasts, you’ve most likely heard all about Day Z by now. The punishingly hardcore zombie apocalypse simulator is a mod for the hyper realistic military shooter ArmA 2, and has helped the formerly modest-selling European developed game multiply its sales. The mod has been so successful that Day Z creator Dean Hall would love to turn the game into its own entity.
The long developed game may have been canned.
The seemingly never-ending saga of Final Fantasy Versus XIII continues!
Sora ran out of magic spells and keys to unlock new video games.
The developer who designed the critically acclaimed Kid Icarus: Uprising has shut its doors recently. Unfortunately, the company has released a statement on their website noting that they closed on June 30, 2012. The company was spawned as a joint venture between Sakurai and Nintendo and funded almost entirely by the Big N.
A healthy line up of guests, events, and demos should draw in the crowds.
The date and location of this year’s QuakeCon have been known for some time, but Zenimax has just provided the first details of what will be on the show floor. The event will kick off with John Carmack’s keynote address at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas on August 2. A host of other panels will follow through the duration of the conference that wraps on August 5. Panels like “The Game of Making Games” and an Idle Thumbs Podcast will provide a steady flow of things to do while giving your rig a break from the “world’s largest LAN party.”
