Swear at the ref in Fifa13

Posted by John Mahoney on June 4, 2012
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With Kinect continuing to take over every gaming genre and franchise on the market, it is now targetting the sports games.

Fifa 13 will have voice-recognition using Xbox Kinect, allowing you to make substitutions and change tactics without stopping the gameplay.

Kinect will also pick up your reactions to the ref, including swearing. Commentators will say things like: “the ref didn’t deserve that.”

Madden NFL will also recognise your voice, allowing you to direct the game and command your team mates as you play.

While this may be a bit restrictive, with the focus being very much on Kinect, there is the potential for even more immersion when you don’t have to stop the game just to make silly changes, like a sub. The update to Skyrim is an example of this, allowing you to use dragon shouts with Kinect.

LEGO Lord of the Rings Trailer Released

Posted by Kieffer Wilson on June 1, 2012
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Another year, another series that is made into a LEGO video game, not that anyone is complaining. Just in time for The Hobbit movie it looks like a LEGO Lord of the Rings is being developed right now. Similar to LEGO Batman 2 the game will have voice acting but this sounds like clips of audio from the actual movie. The trailer is a tad short of content but just enough to get any LOTR fan excited.

Dishonored gameplay trailer released

Posted by AJ on June 1, 2012
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GameTrailers have released the first gameplay trailer for Bethesda Softwork’s upcoming stabby assassination game: Dishonored. To the tune of “what shall we do with the drunken whaler” the trailer shows more of the Dishonored world including the effects of the on-going plague, the government forces and plenty of stabbing.

Quite where the drunken whaler comes into it all remains to be seen but it does add in a whole load of atmosphere to an already dark and gritty looking game.

For more information on Dishonored check out the official game website here.

Alexander “AJ” Bridgwood

DC puts on the fighting gloves

Posted by Kieffer Wilson on June 1, 2012
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If you enjoyed the popular title: Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe back in 2008, then you’re in luck!

Warner Bros. has announced a new fighter that will be developed by NetherRealm titled Injustice: Gods Among Us. The game’s plot will involve the heroes that we have all come to love turning evil and duking it out.

At some moments the announcement trailer does seem a bit ridiculous. It’s hard to determine what type of fighter this game will be, if Superman can send his foes up into space, as seen in the trailer, and Batman to kick enemies through buildings.

Spotted characters include Batman, Superman, the Flash, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn , Lex Luthor and Solomon Grundy. It has also been announced that the game will have just as many fighters or more as Mortal Kombat.

 

Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise announced

Posted by Kieffer Wilson on June 1, 2012
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For those of you who loved beating, stabbing, burning, trapping, torturing , shooting and disintegrating teddy bears you better sharpen your swords! The trailer for the next Naughty Bear has been released, expected in Fall 2012 the game will be released on PSN and XBLA.

Check out the trailer now!

LucasArts announces Star Wars 1313

Posted by Kieffer Wilson on June 1, 2012
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Well, sorry to disappoint all you Battlefront fans but the new Star Wars game that was going to be announced at E3 isn’t Battlefront 3. Yes everyone knows you want it but instead they have announced a concept that sounds promising!

Star Wars 1313 is going to be a mature third person shooter revolving around the story line of a bounty hunter and a criminal conspiracy. Hold up, hasn’t LucasArts already played the Mature card as their selling point? Ah yes that was The Force Unleashed and that game ended up being toned down and shortened to be less than Luke Skywalker’s right hand

But let’s keep our hopes up, Star Wars Bounty Hunter was a decent game, sure it wasn’t the greatest futuristic bounty hunter simulator but a game revolving around Jango Fett was everything a fan had hoped for! And blasting holes through wanted men with bloody detail and a dark tone sounds like it could be very fitting for a bounty hunter. Though the main question I have is who is the protagonist? I wouldn’t mind having another character I have never heard of but I would much rather be Boba Fett.

We will see more details at E3.

RIFT Expands with Storm Legion

Posted by Kieffer Wilson on June 1, 2012
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If you haven’t been caught up in Diablo 3, Guild Wars 2 or Tera Online maybe you are still playing RIFT. Yeah it’s that “WoW Killer” that you heard of early last year and seemingly went under the radar the past couple of month. But now it’s back just in time to catch all the online RPG hype with it’s new expansion: Storm Legion. Continue Reading

Humble Bundle V is released

Posted by Kieffer Wilson on June 1, 2012
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It has been a while since we have seen a main Humble Bundle released, in fact it was about 6 months ago but now the bundle is back with a fistful of hits including Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Psychonauts, LIMBO and Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP. Also, if you pay more than the average and you can pick up the masterpiece Bastion! If you don’t own any of these games you should seriously consider picking up this bundle, paying $1 alone gets you the first four games and even if you already own one of them this is a great way to support the charities and developers you love!

The bundle will be going for another 13 days so don’t miss this opportunity at www.humblebundle.com.

The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Dawnguard trailer released

Posted by AJ on May 31, 2012
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Bethesda Softworks have released the first trailer for their upcoming game add-on for The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Dawnguard.  The trailer heavily features those creatures which stalk the night, vampires and the Dawnguard who seem to be a group of soldiers dedicated to getting rid of the vampires. The trailer seems to hint at being able to choose which side you’d like to fight on which should hopefully mean completely different stories depending which path you go down.  Also included in the trailer is a new weapon, the crossbow, which should make for some new interesting gameplay options for those who prefer the ranged combat.

So, which side will you be looking to choose to fight on?

For more information on the game check out the official website here.

Alexander “AJ” Bridgwood