Kalypso Media and B.Alive have announced the launch of the official website for the upcoming airline sim, Airline Tycoon 2. The website features character bios, screenshots, videos, and more. The game is scheduled to launch this October on Windows PCs and will allow players to get the thrill of running their own airline and all the decisions required of that position.
Ratloop Asia has released the official trailer for their upcoming PSN exclusive, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, which is due out this October.
Focus Home Interactive has released the official trailer for its upcoming strategy title, A Game of Thrones: Genesis. The game is due out on September 29 for Windows PCs and is based in the fantasy world created by George R.R. Martin.
Electronic Arts has released a new trailer for their upcoming racer, Need for Speed: The Run, which tells us a bit about the game’s storyline. The game is due out on November 15, 2011 for the iOS, Xbox 360, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Windows PC, and Wii platforms.
Jump Games working on iOS and Android games for the upcoming film, Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman. They will be fighting games featuring gigantic robots duking it out across various venues. The games will also feature single and multiplayer modes. Real Steel is due out on October 7, 2011 while the exact release dates for the mobile game are as yet unknown.
Speaking on the launch of the game, Rohit Sharma, CEO, Reliance Entertainment (Digital business) said, “Jump Games is thrilled to launch the official game for 2011’s most awaited Hollywood action movie Real Steel. It is a well crafted and layered game which will give the players a unique gameplay experience with high quality graphics. Action based movies lend themselves easily into games with engaging gameplay and Real Steel does exactly that with its futuristic action packed story. In our endevour to create world class content we developed some of the top games for the App store globally and we are looking at tapping that market aggressively. ”
Bohemia Interactive has released a new blog post over at the official site for their upcoming helicopter simulation, Take On Helicopters, talking about the game’s animations. Take On Helicopters is due out on Windows PCs come October 27, 2011.
For Take On’s animations, we decided to create a long list, prioritised by the must have, should have, and the awesome-but-unlikely-to-have, given what happened to the horse last time (we’re just kidding, the horse was actually very professional). Animations were also divided up into those taking place inside a helicopter (such as using a video camera) and those taking place outside (such as inspecting a tail rotor). Within each category we identified those which are very specific (such as a complicated ‘get in’ animation’) and those which are more generic, like signalling to a helicopter in the air.
For the full blog post, click here.
Filmax has announced that it is producing two more movies in the [REC] film series. [REC]3 Genesis will be released in March of 2012 while [REC]4 Apocalypse is due out next fall. Additionally, Filmax released the first teaser trailer for [REC]3 Genesis, which you can see below.
SteelSeries has announced a contest where the winner will take home: 2 Tickets to BlizzCon, Airfare, Accommodations, $200 to spend, $200 to Morton’s Steakhouse, and front of the line access during the show. BlizzCon runs from October 21, 2011 through October 22, 2011 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. The contest runs until September 30, 2011 and can be found at SteelSeries official website.
Namco Bandai Games has announced that its upcoming RPG, Dark Souls, will be released on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms come October 4, 2011 – with a European released just three days later, on October 7.
Spiritual successor to 2009’s critically acclaimed PlayStation®3 system exclusive Demon’s Souls – winner of GameSpot’s “Overall Game of the Year” and “Best PS3 Game”, and IGN’s “Best RPG for PS3” awards – Dark Souls is a new action-role playing game (RPG) developed by FromSoftware. Stricken by the curse of undead, gamers are abolished to the northern realms and must battle hideous demons and unimaginable monsters to collect souls and find the Eternal Flame of Life, which is losing its light, to survive and cure the curse of undead.
EA Sports has announced that its newest hockey game, EA Sports NHL 12, has exceeded sales records in its first week of release on the market by selling over 450,000 copies and making over $27 million dollars. The company also stated that this makes NHL12 the highest-grossing entry, to-date, in the hockey game franchise.
“The fan response to NHL 12 has been incredible, and we’re delighted to expand the franchise to Facebook next month,” said Andrew Wilson, Executive Vice President, EA SPORTS. “NHL 12 is our most exciting hockey game ever, with more than 300 gameplay improvements and the ability to play with some of the NHL’s greatest legends.”
