Eagle Dynamics has announced that its premiere combat flight simulation, DCS: A-10C Warthog, is now only $39.99 on both Steam and Direct2Drive. The $20 dollar price drop will come as a pleasant surprise for those of you wanting to take the plunge but might have some lingering doubts about joining the flight sim community. Now, you have no excuses!
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Ubisoft has released a new trailer showing off the hookblade weapon from its upcoming Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, which is due out on November 15, 2011.
Focus Home Interactive has released four new screenshots from its upcoming Cities XL 2012. The game will feature over 60 unique 3D maps on which to build your metropolis on as well as over 1000 unique structures to utilize in doing so. Cities XL 2012 will be released on October 20th in retail and online stores.
Microsoft and EPIC Games have announced that their newest entry into the Gears of War franchise, Gears of War 3, has sold more than 3 million units in its first week on-shelves, also pushing entire franchise sales over 1 billion dollars. Way to go, Delta!
“‘Gears of War’ was the first killer app for Xbox 360, and the series has continued to contribute directly to the overall success of the platform ever since,” said Microsoft Corporate Vice President Phil Spencer. “‘Gears of War 3’ kicked off the biggest Christmas period in Xbox history, setting the standard for the kind of amazing, action-packed experiences gamers should expect on Xbox 360 this year.”
Electronic Arts has released a new trailer for their upcoming shooter-remake of the classic Syndicate franchise. This trailer features a kicking soundtrack and a lot of cool gameplay clips – such as showing the player psyonically-drive an enemy to kill others and then commit suicide. While not a top-down remake, this title promises a lot of attitude and we are greatly looking forward to it!
SEGA has released a new, grindhouse-style trailer for their upcoming The House of the Dead: OVERKILL – Extended Cut. The game is due out on October 25, 2011 for the PlayStation 3 platform.
Zen Studios has announced that their Pinball FX2 game will be getting new gothic and fantasy-themed tables in the upcoming Sorcerer’s Lair DLC pack – due out October 12, 2011.
Bethesda Softworks and id Software have released a new gameplay trailer for their upcoming shooter, RAGE, taking a ride through Jackal Canyon as the game’s protagonist looks to recover a lost decrypter device.
Ratloop Asia has announced that their upcoming PSN title, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, will be released on October 18, one week later than previously-planned. The developer stated that the push back was to make sure the game was “fully cooked”. Hardboiled Chicken will retail for $11.99 and feature both single and multiplayer game modes.
“Yes, Hardboiled Chicken was originally going to make his debut a week earlier, but cluck, we prefer our chicken fully cooked and our eggs completely boiled,” said Sian Yue Tan, Producer / Studio Head, Ratloop Asia. “The artistically bloody cinematics, clever-action puzzle gameplay and tastefully poultry seasoned humor will be worth the wait!”
Grave Encounters is a low-budget mockudrama from the directing team known as the “Vicious Brothers”. Filmed in 2010, Grave Encounters made the film festival circuit for quite some time and is now out for your renting pleasure on several streaming services and will be released on disk come October 18, 2011 – just in time for your Halloween movie watching-pleasure. The film follows a crew of five ghost hunters making a “reality” TV show a la Paranormal State or Ghost Hunters, as they go into an abandoned insane asylum looking for evidence of the paranormal. Suffice it to say, these five people will find such evidence…
While the premise of the film has been done, the Vicious Brothers bring some new twists to the fore with this one. I can’t really say what these twists are without ruining the flick, unfortunately, suffice it to say that they are welcome moments. What really helps sell this film are the performances by its cast. Sean Rogerson plays Lance Preston, the team’s leader, attempting to echo the dramatic cadence of Ghost Adventures’ Zak Bagans. Rogerson does a good job portraying the, in “real” life very-cynical, character who finds out quickly that there is truly something to fear in the dark of the asylum. The various members of the crew all play off one another well, especially once things start going down-hill, and they are to be commended for raising this film above-bar. Not that it would have been a terrible movie without them – it just would have blended into a sea of mockudrama.
Overall, Grave Encounters is a fun horror flick to watch, especially in the dark with some friends and a bucket of pop-corn (yes, get the oil-popped, none of this “air-popped” stuff – a little won’t hurt you). Happy Halloween-time!
