Co-headlining EA SPORTS upcoming MMA title will be five-time champion Randy Couture. Couture has a 16-9 record and has also been credited as one of the sports’ most popular fighters. Couture will join several other fighters who have signed onto the project, including Jay Hieron and Fedor Emelianenko.
EA SPORTS MMA is due out next year.
Activision has released some new screenshots as well as a video vignette of the superhuman Ms Marvel from their upcoming Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Ms Marvel has superhuman strength, endurance, stamina, flight, physical durability and limited precognition.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 will be released on September 15th, 2009 for the Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, and Xbox 360 platforms.
Be sure to checkout the screenshots After the Break as well!
Eidos has released a new ‘Gadgets’ trailer for their upcoming actioner, Batman Arkham Asylum. Arkham Asylum is due out on August 25th for the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms. In the game, players will find that the asylum is a persistent entity where they can freely wander about on their quest ala BioShock.
It looks as though Swedish game developer, GRIN, has officially-closed up shop due to ‘publishers delaying payments’ to them. GRIN was the developer behind the new Bionic Commando title as well as the Terminator Salvation game and Wanted: Weapons of Fate.
From the official statement on the site by founders Ulf and Bo Andersen:
‘It is with a heavy heart we announce today that GRIN has been forced to close its doors. This as too many publishers have been delaying their payments, causing an unbearable cashflow situation.
After twelve years of hard work, employing hundreds of wonderfully talented men and women, it is over. It has been a great adventure and the GRIN family has experienced what few have.’
GRIN, you are a great group of guys and we wish you all well in the future.
Electronic Arts and Slightly Mad Studios have released some new screenshots from their upcoming Need for Speed: SHIFT that shows off the game’s Nissan Skyline GTR. Due out September 22nd in North America, SHIFT promises enhanced car customizations by way of cosmetics as well as parts and a revised 3d cockpit system.
Checkout the screenshots After the Break!
The Dante’s Inferno dev team have released their latest diary on the third circle of hell: Gluttony. Gluttony will feature such bucolic imagery as clouds of urine and rivers of defecation for your vacationing enjoyment. Dante’s Inferno is scheduled for release in January of 2010.
Cryptic Studios has released a new ‘Big Boss Battles’ trailer for their upcoming Champions Online. Take special note of one of the bosses which should make Simpsons fans happy (its spelled with a ‘K’, not a ‘Q’, cryptic!). Champions Online is due out on Windows PCs come September 1st.
Looks like Jeff Schiefelbein has acquired permission to create a haunted house based on Konami’s Silent Hill series and will be bringing it to Southern CA this October. The Silent Hill haunted house will be located in Brea, CA and will also be accompanied by a second maze at what creator Jeff Schiefelbein is calling ‘Sinister Pointe’. The second maze is called FEAR and, we imagine, will re-use many of the props from Schiefelbein’s SAW: The Haunted Attraction from last year at the same location.
Via DreadCentral
It would seem that cool new things are afoot at Best Buy stores! Well, one, anyway – the store located in West Jordan, Utah. It seems that the store is advertising a new games policy whereby customers can price match new games with the prices of the equivalent used titles at other stores (GameCrazy, GameStop, GameWeRipYouOffonUsedGames, etc)! If adopted nation-wide, this means Bet Buy will have taken away any incentive to buy the used titles at other retailers! The game industry will be very happy to hear this as they claim used game sales eat into their profits.
Via CAG
We have contacted Best Buy for an official comment regarding the policy and will update this post when we hear back.
NCsoft has released a new video talking about their upcoming MMO, AION, and player-character customization. AION is due out on September 22nd for Windows PCs and has already been a huge hit in South Korea, which started playing in November of last year.
