After a very long guessing period, gamers know can expect Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s upcoming The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, to be released on November 1, 2011 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows PC platforms. The game puts players into another fellowship of warriors who was sent North into lands not explored in the films.
EA Sports has announced that is Season Ticket program is now available for fans. EA Sports Season Ticket allows gamers who pay an annual fee of $24.99 or 2000 Microsoft Points to receive four all-new program benefits: access to play all participating EA SPORTS games via a full-game digital download three days before consumers have the option to purchase a disc at retail launch; a 20-percent discount on downloadable game content; free premium web content; and membership recognition. GameStop will introduce EA SPORTS Season Ticket in North America with an innovative multichannel marketing campaign, including its PowerUp Rewards™ program of more than 11 million members.
“EA SPORTS Season Ticket is an exciting program for our core fans – it lets our biggest fans play earlier, play more and play better than anyone else,” said Peter Moore, President, EA SPORTS. “EA SPORTS Season Ticket is an important step in our vision for transforming how deeply fans connect with the sports games they love through digital products and services. We’re excited to continue evolving EA SPORTS Season Ticket as we listen to what consumers want most in their gaming experiences.”
SEGA has announced that customers who pre-order their upcoming Rise of Nightmares from GameStop stores will get a number of bonus items.
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• “Mini Zombie” from the game that will interact with the player’s Avatar on the Xbox 360® dashboard • Gamestop-Exclusive Premium theme for their Xbox 360® dashboard, inspired by some of the game’s most terrifying locations • Gamestop-Exclusive Gamer Picture pack that includes a total of ten pictures |
Rise of Nightmares is due out on September 6, 2011.
Flying Wild Hog has released a brand-new gameplay trailer for their upcoming, PC-only shooter, Hard Reset.
Electronic Arts has announced that authors Andy McNab and Peter Grimsdale are working on an official novel to go along with the upcoming shooter, Battlefield 3. Battlefield 3: The Russian will tell the back-story of RU Special Forces operator Dima, one of the hero soldiers featured in the Battlefield 3 single-player campaign narrative.
“It is impossible for any single medium to fully capture the emotion and intensity of war. The Battlefield 3: The Russian novel is one window into the experience, and the game is another. They complement each other perfectly,” said Andy McNab. “Working with DICE has been a fantastic ride. Battlefield 3 is going to surprise people this autumn. The story, the characters, the world and the intense action come together to create a resonant, memorable experience.”
Battlefield 3: The Russian will be available on October 28, 2011.
ViewSonic and Nvidia have teamed up to create a new 24-inch, 3D-capable monitor known as the V3D245. The new monitor features a 1920×1080 native resolution and 120Hz refresh rate. Additionally, it will feature a built-in Nvidia 3D Vision emitter and come with a pair of Nvidia’s 3D Vision glasses. For those without speakers, the monitor will also come equipped with a built-in stereo speaker system! The monitor is set to launch in mid to late August for a MSRP of $499.
“Gamers, movie buffs and photo enthusiasts will love moving up to 3D. And there’s no better way to do so than with ViewSonic’s V3D245 3D monitor, with its built-in NVIDIA 3D Vision technology, which produces the most immersive and crystal clear 3D images,” said Phil Eisler, general manager of 3D Vision at NVIDIA. “Set-up is quick and easy. Simply connect the monitor to your NVIDIA GeForce graphics card, put on the included NVIDIA 3D Vision glasses, and start enjoying games, videos and photos in a whole new way.”
Bethesda Softworks has announced that the upcoming Agents of Change DLC pack for BRINK will be available starting on August 3, 2011. Also released were some new screenshots from the upcoming DLC pack will retail FOR FREE and looks to re-kindle the fighting between the two game factions.
Focus Home Interactive and Cyanide Studio have released some new screenshots from their upcoming strategy-RPG, Confrontation. Being developed exclusively for the PC platform, the game is due out this fall.
SEGA has announced that the latest DLC pack for its strategy epic, Total War: Shogun 2, has been released on Steam for $3.25 dollars. The Sengoku Jidai Unit Pack adds ten new elite units useable in both single and multiplayer experiences.
Namco Bandai has released their official video game lineup for the upcoming Gamescom gaming expo, which runs from August 18 through August 21, 2011 in Germany.
Dark Souls (Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3)
Release date: October 4 in North America and October 7, 2011 in Europe
A new action-role playing game (RPG) developed by FromSoftware, Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to 2009’s critically acclaimed Demon’s Souls. With tense dungeon crawling and fearsome enemy encounters, the seamlessly intertwined world of Dark Souls is full of extreme battles, rewarding challenges, nuanced weaponry and magic, and the flexibility to customize each character to suit any desired play style.
Ace Combat™ Assault Horizon (Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3)
Release date: October 11 in North America and October 14, 2011 in Europe
ACE COMBAT® ASSAULT HORIZON™ introduces a revolutionary close-range assault system that delivers high-speed acrobatics and one-on-one encounters to make dogfights more tense and exciting. Players will engage in combat across the globe, dodging skyscrapers, and turning their enemies into fiery supersonic debris in both single player and online multiplayer.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations (Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3)
Release date: 2012
Based on the popular animated NARUTO SHIPPUDEN series and coming to North America in 2012, the title will offer a vast selection of playable & support characters spanning every generation of the NARUTO saga, alongside incredible online functionality to take the NARUTO ninja fight onto the global stage in the much-beloved fighting series.
RIDGE RACER™ Unbounded (Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3, PC)
Release date: 2012
RIDGE RACER UNBOUNDED takes the RIDGE RACER series in whole new direction by adding a punishing dose of destruction to the familiar arcade gameplay. Players will careen through the competition using their four-wheeled street-racing thoroughbreds as high-octane wrecking machines with a new mantra – Drive, Destroy, Dominate.
