Author - Jerry Paxton

Red Dead Redemption: Myths & Mavericks Screens

Rockstar Games has released four new screenshots from the upcoming Myths & Mavericks DLC pack for Red Dead Redemption. Myths and Mavericks is a free download that will be available on September 13th for Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network.

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ARMA III Website to Launch on September 9th

Bohemia Interactive has put up an official countdown timer at the future website of ARMA III. The countdown will end on Friday, September 9th at 0900CET and signify the launch of the game’s official website.

The new website will feature exclusive never seen before media content including videos, screenshots and background information, key aspects to the story and features of Arma3 will also be unveiled including:

·         Storyline Overview
·         Personnel Characters
·         Factions
·         Weaponry
·         Vehicles (Land, Air and Sea)
·         Environment

ARMA III is scheduled for release on Windows PCs in the Summer of 2012.

MSI Launches GTX570m Gaming Laptops

MSI has announced that the GT780DXR and GT683DXR gaming laptops are now available – both featuring Nvidia’s new GTX 570m mobile GPUs. The higher-end GT780DXR features 12GBs of RAM as well as a an Intel i7 CPU and retails at a base price of $1799. You can checkout both laptops over at MSI’s official website.

“As the market leaders in gaming notebooks, MSI prides itself in delivering performance machines that meets and exceeds the expectations of even the most advanced gamers,” said Andy Tung, vice president of sales, MSI US.  “The latest additions to MSI’s G series, especially by incorporating NVIDIA’s top of the line graphic cards, reinforces our commitment to the genre.”

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New A Game of Thrones – Genesis Screenshots

Focus Home Interactive has released five new screenshots from its upcoming strategy title, A Game of Thrones – Genesis. The game is due out on September 29, 2011 for Windows PCs and promises all the political intrigue and medieval combat that can be found in the George R.R. Martin novels of the same name.

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From Software Video Shows Dark Souls and Armored Core V

This five minute long video takes us behind the scenes at From Software as they work on both Dark Souls and Armored Core V. We even get a look at their incredibly-tiny sound booth! They seem to have a genuinely good time developing video games and we are very excited to see how both of their upcoming games turn out.

Supremacy MMA Pre-Order Perks Trailer

505 Games and Kung Fu Factory have released a new trailer for their upcoming Supremacy MMA, showing off the game’s pre-order perks. Customers who pre-order the game, which is due out September 20, from Gamestop will receive both the exclusive playable level “The Glass Slipper” and the chance to expand their roster and play as undefeated Strikeforce icon Shane Del Rosario.

Batman: Arkham City The Album Details


Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced that the upcoming Batman: Arkham City The Album will be released on October 4, two weeks before the game’s October 18 launch date. The album features a plethora of contemporary artists including Coheed and Cambria as well as The Raveonettes all singing tracks which draw on the influences of the forthcoming game as well as the world of Batman.

Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez said, “I write in a very conceptual format with the stories that surround Coheed and Cambria, but Batman has a much larger, defined history and rules that go along with it. My goal was to find universal themes from Batman’s existing history to help give the lyrics legs and dimension so that the song could live within that world.”

Track Listing

  1. Panic! At The Disco – Mercenary
  2. Coheed and Cambria – Deranged
  3. The Duke Spirit – Creature
  4. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Shadow On The Run
  5. Blaqk Audio – Afterdark
  6. The Raveonettes – Oh, Stranger
  7. ††† (Crosses) – The Years
  8. The Damned Things – Trophy Widow
  9. Daughtry – Drown In You
  10. The Boxer Rebellion – Losing You
  11. Serj Tankian – Total Paranoia

*Bonus Collector’s Edition track

  1. A Place to Bury Strangers – In The Shadow

 

Dead Nation: Road of Devastation DLC Pack Announced

Housemarque has announced “Road of Devastation” the first DLC pack for their PSN title, Dead Nation. The DLC pack is a new chapter in the game’s story, continuing where the base game leaves off. It will also include new equipment, loot, etc. No word yet on release date or pricing.

“We’ve been working hard since the launch of Dead Nation to bring exciting new content to the fans of the game,” says Housemarque CEO, Ilari Kuittinen. “Since the launch of the game, Dead Nation has been a top selling PSN title having fans all around the globe. After being included in the Welcome Pack offering, the game has reached over 3.8 millions downloads, which is simply mindboggling and unheard of for a PSN game.”

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Star Trek Online Going F2P, Honoring Lifetime Subs

Perfect World Entertainment, now-owners of Cryptic Studios Star Trek Online, have announced that the game will be going free to play later this year. Additionally, they have announced it will be available entirely online, with no retail store purchase required for installation. Most importantly, the game will honor the lifetime subscribers by giving them perpetual premium accounts, which boast a number of features over free ones.

“In addition to seeking out new life and exploring strange new civilizations, part of our continuing mission for Star Trek Online is to expand and improve,” said Jack Emmert, CEO, Cryptic Studios. “Transitioning to a free-to-play model is a natural way to share all we’ve built with a broader community of players and we couldn’t be more excited.”

Checkout the account feature matrix at the game’s free to play info site.

Global Ops: Commando Libya Announced

Kalypso Media has announced Global Ops: Commando Libya, an upcoming third-person actioner set for release in early 2012 on Windows PCs. The game puts players in the boots of soldiers on a mission to recover a lost nuclear weapon before it falls into the wrong hands.

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