Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Suda 51 have released the official announcement trailer for their upcoming Lollipop Chainsaw. Due out in 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 platforms, Lollipop Chainsaw puts players in the role of zombie-hunter/cheerleader hacking her way through hordes of zombies.
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Electronic Arts and Bioware have released some new screenshots from the Gamescom gaming event in Germany. Mass Effect 3 is due out next year for the Windows PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 platforms.
EA Sports has announced a new street soccer game called EA Sports FIFA Street. The game promises an “authentic” street soccer experience set in various locations around the world, such as Buenos Aires, and is said to feature a new control system.
“This is the first time our award-winning FIFA development team is creating a street soccer game, and we are going to deliver a level of authenticity never before seen in this genre, along with amazing gameplay,” said Matt Bilbey, Vice President and GM of Soccer, EA SPORTS. “FIFA Street will appeal to new fans that are looking for a unique, fun soccer experience, and long-time FIFA fans looking for an authentic street soccer experience with the level of quality that they know and love from the FIFA franchise.”
EA Sports FIFA Street is due out in early 2012 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms.
AddictingGames has begun its Summer Games Showdown, a three-week long gaming olympics where players can play various flash games for a number of prizes, including an Alienware laptop and an iPad 2.
The Summer Games Showdown will culminate on September 13 when three lucky gamers, one each from the Gold, Silver and Bronze level, will be awarded a grand prize via a random drawing. Top prizes include:
With the launch of exosyphen studios new hacker sim, Hacker Evolution Duality, the company has also released a new set of screenshots. The game is available now on most PC digital distribution systems.
Activision and Radical Entertainment have released the official 2011 Gamescom trailer for their upcoming actioner, Prototype 2.
Wargaming.net has announced the third in their “World of” online game series: World of Battleships. This game will set players on the open seas against one another in a huge variety of World War II’s most illustrious naval ships. Additionally, Wargaming.net announced that all three games will share common currency so that players can use their micro-transaction funds in whichever experience they like.
Wargaming.net CEO Victor Kislyi states: “Humans always needed to conquer the elements — earth, water and air. With World of Tanks, World of Warplanes and World of Battleships we will offer players to conquer all, simultaneously.”
dtp Entertainment and Ronimo Games have released some new screenshots from their upcoming XBLA and PSN arcade game, Awesomenauts.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that their upcoming Batman: Arkham City will support Stereo 3D on the Windows PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
Gamers on Xbox 360 and PS3™ can delve deep into Arkham City’s breathtaking environments and immersive gameplay in stereoscopic 3D when playing on any 3D HDTV and wearing active shutter glasses that are compatible with the television. In addition, Batman: Arkham City supports NVIDIA 3D Vision technology, allowing PC players to also experience the action in stereoscopic 3D on GeForce® GPU-equipped desktop or notebook PCs and compatible 3DTVs.
Batman: Arkham City is due out on October 18, 2011 in North America.
Kalypso Media has announced that its upcoming dictatorship-sim, Tropico 4, will be released on August 30. The game is being developed on the Windows PC platform but will also be released on the Xbox 360 come mid-September.
