Electronic Arts has released the debut trailer for its upcoming SKATE 3. The third in the series, SKATE 3 will be released sometime in May of 2010. The trailer also features the caption, ‘Team up, Throw down’, in the title card along with the release month. Speculation indicates this is a sign to greater multiplayer functionality including team competitions, but time will tell.
Activision has released a plethora of new Xbox 360 avatar items based on their upcoming Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. While the game might be due out on November 10th, your Xbox 360 avatars can now dress up in full Ghost uniforms and even play with an R/C UAV! Each costs, of course, mostly in the 240 Microsoft Point range.
You can see the full array of Modern Warfare 2 avatar items here.
Valve has announced that a new update has gone live for it’s multi-player frag fest, Team Fortress 2. This time, it is a Halloween themed update with five new achievements, a new map, and two new hats to snag. The new map, King of the Hill Halloween Harvest Event, is the only place to get some of these achievements done. The map is filled with ghastly ghosts that will scare you and force you to flee from the fight, booby trapped pumpkins that with blow up when a stray bullet hits one. The two new hats are the Ghastly Gibus, which was given out to those lucky few who found it on Valve’s website, and the Halloween Paper Bag Mask, my personal favorite.
You can get all the info here at the Team Fortress 2 update page.
Don’t forget to click on the tombstone on that page to find out more about the mysterious Zepheniah Mann….
Activision has released the first DLC pack for its recently-released rhythm title, DJ Hero. The DJ Hero Extended Mix Pack 01 features the following new mixes:
– “All Of Me” by 50 Cent featuring Mary J. Blige vs. “Radio Ga Ga” by Queen
– “DARE” by Gorillaz vs. “Can’t Truss It” Performed by Public Enemy (See the video below)
The DLC pack retails for 480 Microsoft Points on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and $5.99 on the Playstation Network.
Capcom has announced that their upcoming re-issue of Resident Evil Zero will be released across North America on December 1st, 2009. Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero promises to take gamers on a terrifying journey as a rookie member of the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo team.
Resident Evil Zero was originally released for the Nintendo Gamecube console back in 2002.
Here is another clip from tonight’s Spike TV 2009 SCREAM Awards featuring William Shatner accepting an award on behalf of Star Trek director, J.J. Abrams. The full 2009 SCREAM Awards will air tonight on Spike TV at 10pm. One of our intrepid reporters will post his full photo blog as well, so be sure to check back later!
On-Rails shooter Dead Space Extraction, which we reviewed here, has only sold 9,000 units since its September 29th launch date on the Nintendo Wii. The game, which tells the story leading up to the events of the next-gen console title, Dead Space, was not marketed well by Electronic Arts and it appears that they are hoping for a holiday season bump in sales before 2010.
Via EdgeOnline
If you are one of the many gamers looking forward to picking up the God of War Collection on the PS3 this November, you should know that the Official Playstation Blog has announced ship with a voucher enabling you to download the official demo for God of War 3. The demo will be the one that was seen at this year’s San Diego Comic Con and should sufficiently give you a taste of the full game, which is due out in March of next year.
Football fans, take note! The demo for Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 (PES 2010) has arrived on the the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for download. Playstation gamers can expect the demo on the PSN in October. The demo for PES 2010 will allow up to four local players to take part in a five minute-long exhibition match.
The full, retail edition of PES 2010 should hit stores later this fall.
The folks at Bungie and Microsoft are sleeping soundly in the knowledge that their new Halo 3: ODST has sold about two million units, worldwide, in just a day’s time! Also, the leaderboards setup by Bungie to chart multiplayer performance show that about 950,000 players have signed up since it went on sale.
Via VGChartz
