In our continuing coverage from last night’s World of Warcraft: Catclysm Launch Event, we bring your a collection of some of our favorite pictures the evening’s activities – with shots of everything from TAFKAL80ETC to the best cosplayer we saw (short of those folks who’s Murlock costumes were made from balloons).
Checkout our photo album, After the Break!
NaturalMotion has announced the official release of their follow-up to Backbreaker, Backbreaker 2: Vengeance. In this game, you play as a tackle attempting to take down a runner with the ball before he reaches the end zone. For fans of the original, Backbreaker 2 also includes the original ‘Tackle Alley’ game mode.
Backbreaker 2: Vengeance retails for $2.99 and is available now.
Streaming game service, OnLive, has announced a flat rate ‘PlayPack’ subscription plan of $9.99 a month. The plan, which will begin on January 15th, 2011 will allow subscribers to access over 40 games as much as they want every month. Game titles include past hits such as FEAR 2, Prince of Persia, and HAWX.
Additional highlights:
– The PlayPack is immediately available to OGS owners and will become available to all OnLive members starting January 15, 2011.
– The PlayPack kicks off with titles such as Prince of Persia, Tomb Raider: Underworld and LEGO Batman and will include a combination of recent, indie and classic games.
– OnLive will continue to offer its current free trials, 3 and 5 day rentals and Full PlayPass options for a la carte new release games.
– The $99 OnLive Game System is now shipping to customers who have placed pre-orders.
You can find out more at OnLive’s official website.
In honor of today’s launch of Diney Interactive Studio’s Epic Mickey, they have released a new trailer featuring a musical mash-up by musical artist D!tto. The mash-up featured is between a track from artist Perch and D!tto himself. Epic Mickey is out exclusively on the Nintendo Wii platform.
Square Enix has released a new trailer for their upcoming Final Fantasy XI expansion, Heroes of Abyssea. Due out next month, the game expansion is now available for a $9.99 pre-order at the game’s official website.
NBC Universal has sent word via the UniversalPics twitter account that the upcoming prequel of John Carpenter’s The Thing, titled ‘The Thing’, will be released on October 14th, 2011. This is an updated date as according to posters seen at Universal Studios in Hollywood, the date was originally April 25th, 2011.
You can check out our iPhone 4 footage of the still-unreleased trailer for the upcoming film here (we know its bad quality and will update it when the official trailer release is made).
Capcom has released a new trailer shwoing of the MegaCopter from their upcoming platformer, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2. The game continues the story set out in the original Bionic Commando Rearmed and is due out in the first quarter of 2011 on the Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network.
EA Sports has announced that it’s first offering for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS platform, Madden NFL Football, will be available in the first half of 2011 in time for the handheld’s launch. Madden NFL Football promises a variety of gameplay modes, such as 11 on 11 football as well as a Season Mode. The game will also include the ‘GameFlow’ play call system seen in its larger console brethren.
Checkout some new screenshots from Madden NFL Football, After the Break!
Capcom has announced that MotoGP 10/11 is now in development for a March of 2011 release window. The game is being developed by Monumental Games and promises to feature an all-new handling and physics engine for more realistic play as well as a greater level of customization so both experienced and new players can get off the ground racing more easily.
Checkout the first screenshots of MotoGP 10/11, After the Break!
Atari has announced that their new physics-based puzzle game, The Undergarden, is now available on both Windows PCs and the Xbox LIVE Arcade. The game retails for 800 Microsoft Points (or $9.99) and promises a world of exploration for players to immerse themselves in, free of conflict or the potential of harm.
