BioWare is looking to their past to craft Dragon Age's future.
Now that Star Wars: The Old Republic and Mass Effect 3 are out the door, it’s time for BioWare to start looking towards the future. That future doesn’t include last year’s Dragon Age II, however; BioWare recently announced that all work on Dragon Age II, including a rumored expansion, has been halted.
Shut down will impact titles featuring online pass.
EA recently published a list of service updates, indicating an April 13 2012 termination date for online functions of several games. EA has cited the usual reasons for server shut down, such as lack of customer interest in the titles, and the desire to free up staff stuck supporting unpopular games. While this may not seem particularly newsworthy, several titles on this list are on servers supported by EA’s infamous “online pass” feature, which charges second hand users an additional fee to use online, server hosted content.
Characters, costumes and more will be released starting April 3.
Capcom has released their plans for delivering Street Fighter X Tekken DLC packs. These will consist of both free and paid content throughout the whole year in an effort to keep the game fresh and interesting for fans. Starting on April 3, 2012, various costumes, quick combos, color packs, gems, and characters will be periodically released.
South Park RPG and unnamed next gen title affected
Joystiq has reported that Obsidian Entertainment was struck by layoffs this week, affecting staff across the board. As a result, staff currently developing the South Park RPG were let go, and an unnamed next gen project was canceled.
Major Nelson confirms the rumored changes.
Earlier today an anonymous source tipped off xbox360achievements.org that some changes are coming to the total number of Gamerscore points and achievements Xbox Live Arcade titles can have. Starting on April 1, each XBLA title can carry double the number of achievement points, going from 200 to 400, and 10 more total achievements, increasing from 20 to 30. Major Nelson has since confirmed this information, also revealing that starting in June, all XBLA games will mandatorily carry 400 Gamerscore points.
Namco's new racer was supposed to launch next to Mass Effect 3.
We hear about game delays all the time, but it’s rare for a game to get pushed when it’s so close to release. That’s the case for the upcoming Namco Bandai racing game Ridge Racer Unbounded. The game was actually slated for release this week, up against Mass Effect 3 and Street Fighter x Tekken. But this isn’t simply a matter of getting out of the way of two highly anticipated games; Unbounded is now TBA 2012.
A recent trade event has revealed the news.
During a special trade event tonight, it was revealed by publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment that Lollipop Chainsaw now has an official release date. The Grasshopper Manufacture-developed game is set to release on June 12 in America, with the European version coming just three days later for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Akira joins the cast of the next DoA.
The new hotness in fighting games has to be the guest character. This is nothing new, but in recent years it has become a major feature of the fighting game. We famously had Star Wars invade SoulCalibur, Freddy Krueger pull the Mortal Kombat cast into his boiler room, and this week sees Street Fighter x Tekken release with a plethora of guest characters, most of which will be PlayStation exclusive. Not to be outdone, Tecmo is jumping into the fray for Dead or Alive 5, but the first guest announced is probably the last thing anyone would guess.
March is going to be busy.
Survival Horror fans will have plenty to keep them occupied in a few days as Konami has announced that Silent Hill Downpour, Silent Hill: Book of Memories, and the Silent Hill HD Collection will all be released in the second half of this month.
Get a feel for the environments and settings from these five images.
After Assassin's Creed III information was leaked and subsequently officially confirmed yesterday, fans have been reeling over the news. Set during the Revolutionary War, the series is set to tap into completely new territory for gaming in general. Hot on the heels of the announcement come five pieces of what look like screen shots, but are more likely concept art given the coloration and smoothness of the images. The images come courtesy of All Games Beta, but there's no indication of how they managed to procure them. Be sure to click through to get a look at all of the images!
