EVE Online Celebrates 8th Birthday

2011/05/06

CCP Games has announced that its popular sci-fi MMO, EVE Online, has turned eight years old today. In honor of this birthday, CCP Games is giving players of the game a free item – A case of Quafe Zero! Quafe Zero promises to boost your Speed and Scan Resolution 5% for one hour with no side effects. In order to redeem your item, you hit the redeem item button in the EVE Online character selection client, then choose what character will receive the six-pack of the fictional soda pop.

EVE Online is currently giving gamers interested in the MMO a free, two-week trial.

Happy Mother’s Day from Prototype 2

2011/05/06

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Activision has sent us a very special Prototype 2 Mother’s Day card for your viewing pleasure. In it, a child’s mutating arm is reaching up towards a block-letter mobile. The ABCD blocks also read the message “All Badasses Consume Daily”. A good lesson for us all, I think!

Prototype 2 is due out in 2012 on the Xbox 360, Windows PC, and PlayStation 3 platforms.

Deus Ex: Human Revolution to Support Steamworks

2011/05/06

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Square Enix and Eidos Montreal have announced that their upcoming action-RPG, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, will not only be released on Valve’s Steam digital distribution service but also support the full range of Steamworks functions. These functions include auto-updates, Steam cloud capability, and Steam achievements. The game is available for pre-order on Steam now.

DEUS EX: HUMAN REVOLUTIONTM is making a triumphant return to its franchise PC roots, with digital availability on Steam®, the leading online platform for PC games and digital entertainment, as well as in boxed copy form at retailers worldwide at launch in August 2011. Eidos-Montreal has chosen this agreement with Steam because of its esteemed capability for an enhanced experience for the PC gamer, with boosted functionality and easy accessibility.

Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Forging A World Trailer

2011/05/06

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Bethesda Softworks presents a new trailer for their upcoming fantasy actioner, Hunted: The Demon’s Forge. Forging A World takes a look at how the developers created the game’s dark-fantasy universe. Hunted is due out on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in North America on May 31, 2011 and across Europe on June 3, 2011.

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L.A. Noire Soundtrack Remix Announced

2011/05/05

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Rockstar Games and Verve Records has announced an alternative soundtrack album for their upcoming crime-noire detective game, L.A. Noire. L.A. Noire: Remixed will feature a modern take on all of the classic tracks found in the L.A. Noire video game. The game’s soundtrack is heavily-based in the 1940’s and the alternative album infuses the various tracks with mixes by people like Dave Sitek, DJ Premier and Truth & Soul. Both the remix and original soundtracks will be available on iTunes starting on May 17th.

L.A. Noire: Remixed Tracklist
1. Elle Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan – “Stone Cold Dead in the Market” (Ticklah remix)
2. Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra – “Hey-Ba-Ba-Re-Bop” (Midnight Sun remix)
3. Dinah Washington – “A Slick Chick (On the Mellow Side)” (Maximum Balloon remix)
4. Louis Jordan – “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens” (DJ Premier remix)
5. Gene Krupa – “Sing Sing Sing” (Truth & Soul Remix)
6. Billie Holiday – “That Ol’ Devil Called Love” (Moodymann remix)

Disciples 3: Resurrection Introduction to the World Trailer

2011/05/05

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Akella has released a new trailer for their upcoming fantasy-strategy title, Disciples 3: Resurrection. Resurrection will allows players for the first time to play as the Undead Horde in a campaign to control the land of Nevendaar. It will also feature more than 70 hours of gameplay! They don’t make ’em like that anymore.

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Duke Nukem Forever Trailer Tackles Shrinkage

2011/05/05

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2K Games has released a new trailer for their upcoming, and highly-anticipated shooter Duke Nukem Forever which tackles the very real threat of “shrinkage”. Duke Nukem Forever is due out on June 14th. The game puts players once again into the alien-stomping boots of titular character Duke Nukem.

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BRINK Get SMART Trailer 6 – The Battlefield

2011/05/05

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This latest trailer from Bethesda Softworks gets down and dirty with the battlefield of their upcoming online shooter, BRINK, where players can control command posts, turrets, and a whole lot more. BRINK is due out May 10th and will put players into a post-apocalyptic future where the remnants of humanity fight over a small, floating city in the ocean.

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The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Gundabad Walkthrough Trailer

2011/05/05

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In this new trailer from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Snowblind Studios, we get a walkthrough a level in the upcoming The Lord of the Rings: War in the North. The walkthrough takes players trough the harsh mountains of Gundabad. War in the North is due out a bit later this year on the Xbox 360, Windows PC, and PlayStation 3 platforms.

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Pre-Order Supremacy MMA from Gamestop and Get Shane del Rosario

2011/05/05

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505 Games has announced that if you pre-order their upcoming Supremacy MMA at a Gamestop location, you will receive a special fighter: the undefeated Shane del Rosario! Supremacy MMA is due out in June of this year on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms.

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