Electronic Arts has released some launch screenshots for their newly-released Shank 2. Shank 2 launched yesterday on PSN and PC for $9.99 USD, and today on XBLA for 800 Microsoft Points.
Author - Jerry Paxton
NEW YORK – February 8th, 2012 – Touting this year as the era of the indie developer, Paradox Interactive today announced a few of the tricks up their sleeve for this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Three new games will be announced, all based on brand new IP:s, including the new project from the Magicka team!
The Paradox Interactive gaming lounge at GDC will showcase four titles, three of which have yet to be announced. Paradox Interactive want to show you that their new collaboration with talented small game studios will rock your world. Or at least shake it a little bit.
To be announced at GDC, really, but we can’t resist a little teaser:
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New York, NY – February 8, 2012 – Giving sports fans something special to cheer about this season, 2K Sports today announced the MLB 2K12/NBA 2K12 Combo Pack will be available for purchase on March 6, 2012 at participating retailers for the MSRP of $69.99 exclusively for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
Launching in conjunction with Major League Baseball 2K12, the MLB 2K12/NBA 2K12 Combo Pack will feature a full retail version of 2K Sports’ new Major League Baseball offering, MLB 2K12, along with a full retail version of NBA 2K12.
Players who purchase the MLB 2K12/NBA 2K12 Combo Pack, along with those who purchase the standalone MLB 2K12 offering, will be eligible to compete in this year’s $1 Million Perfect Game Challenge in which the eight finalists who throw the highest-ranked perfect games will compete in a live tournament with the winner claiming the grand prize. For more on this year’s Perfect Game Challenge, please visit facebook.com/MLB2K.
“If you are serious about sports gaming, this offer is simply too good to pass up,” said Jason Argent, vice president of marketing for 2K Sports. “Fans waiting to get their hands on MLB 2K12 will also be able to grab NBA 2K12, our greatest basketball title to date.”
NBA 2K12, the latest installment of the top-rated and top-selling NBA video game simulation franchise* has won 26 Sports Game of the Year awards since its October release. For more info on NBA 2K12, please visit http://www.facebook.com/NBA2K.
Developed by Visual Concepts, a 2K Sports studio, MLB 2K12/NBA 2K12 Combo Pack is rated E for everyone by the ESRB.
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 8, 2012) – Square Enix London Studios, a part of the Square Enix Group announces Sleeping Dogs™, a gritty open-world cop drama set in the vibrant city of Hong Kong. Developed by United Front Games in collaboration with Square Enix London Studios, Sleeping Dogs will be available in the second half of 2012 for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC.
Sleeping Dogs catapults players into the role of undercover cop Wei Shen, tasked with taking down one of the world’s most fearsome criminal organisations from the inside… the Hong Kong Triads. As players explore the bustling and crowded Hong Kong island, through its neon-lit side streets and sprawling street markets, an incredible story unfolds of loyalty and betrayal where Wei begins to question his own motives as he is sucked in deeper than he could ever imagine.
Offering players an island packed with action, every street corner, market stall, harbor dock or city skyscraper can become an opportunity for intense shoot-outs, adrenaline-fuelled street races and intense, brutal martial arts combat. Featuring one of the most intuitive and imaginative combat systems, Sleeping Dogs empowers players to perform an extensive set of martial arts moves, singlehandedly taking on numerous opponents. Players perform bone-crunching kicks and combos, vicious counters and a cinematic set of environmental takedowns making use of countless real-world items from circular saws to phone booths, incinerators to refrigerator doors.
“From the moment you pick up the controller and experience the blend of driving, close combat and shooting you know you’re playing something fresh and a bit special,” said Lee Singleton, general manager of Square Enix London Studios. “Sleeping Dogs has one of the best melee combat systems out there – it’s super brutal with devastating takedown moves, and when added to UFG’s proven heritage in driving games, a first class story and the vibrant backdrop of the Hong Kong underworld we get a fiery recipe with fun written all over it.”
“Working on Sleeping Dogs has been such a huge passion for the team at United Front Games and we’re really pleased to be working with Square Enix London Studios,” said Stephen Van Der Mescht, executive producer at United Front Games. “The extensive experience that both studios have in creating compelling open world gameplay and rich, rewarding combat makes for a perfect partnership. Working together we’re ensuring Sleeping Dogs is the most intense and immersive game it can be.”
The developers of the game RIFT wanted to pass along that they are hoping to go for a Guinness World Record next week for the most in-game marriages within a 24 hour period! Participate and those players will receive a new in-game title. Also, checkout the weddings trailer below!
Earlier today, the good folks at Paradox Interactive produced a live stream of gameplay from their upcoming naval war sim, Naval War: Arctic Circle. Checkout the replay below:
CCP Games has announced the launch of two new EVE Online related websites:
- The new EVE Online.com site, designed as the perfect destination for those curious about EVE or trying it out
- The new EVE Community portal, forged to fully support the award winning player community of EVE Online
Over at the sites, there is a wealth of stuff to check out, of particular note are the ship viewer, which showcases a portion of the ships of EVE Online, and the starmap, which pulls in-game data to show the dynamic and vast nature of the EVE Online game universe.
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced that the NeverDead Expansion Pack Volume 1 will be available for download on February 21, 2012. Fans will be able to expand their online experience with a new playable character, three new challenges within the expanded Asylum level and two new online costumes for the main character, Bryce Boltzmann.
In NeverDead, players become the immortal Bryce Boltzmann, a tragic hero who has endured a suffering existence due to the murder of his wife at the hands of Astaroth, the Demon King. Moving through life without aspirations other than where he will find his next drink, he fights alongside his partner Arcadia for the National Anti-Demon Agency (NADA), exterminating modern day demonic forces.
Highlights of the NeverDead Expansion Pack Volume 1 include:
• New Character: Play as the fashionable, charismatic pop-idol, Nikki Summerfield in cooperative challenges with your friends through online multiplayer.
• Three New Gameplay Challenges – Revisit an expanded Asylum level with 3 all-new challenges:
– Egg Hunt: Scour the expanded Asylum level for collectables scoring points by delivering them to designated “Score Zones.” Make sure to hold on tight to your collectibles as opponents can snatch any that you drop along the way. With enemy ambush points and environmental hazards at every turn, this challenge is tricky!
– Fragile Alliance: A competitive race through a number of checkpoints spread across the map. You can interrupt other player’s progress by attacking each other. The increase of environmental hazards and enemy spawn points will keep you on your toes.
– Onslaught: Unlock the entire Asylum level section-by-section by defeating all enemies.. Demon-seals that block off areas will dissipate as you defeat enemies from the previous area, providing more-controlled player movement and encounters.
• Two Additional Character Costumes: Dress Bryce up in these new costumes before going back into the online fray.
Here is a new teaser trailer for the upcoming Windows PC racing title, Gas Guzzlers: Combat Carnage.
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February 7, 2012 – EA SPORTSTM today unveiled the complete music track listing for EA SPORTS SSXTM, featuring 36 licensed tracks* by established and upcoming artists and ten original tracks composed specifically for the game’s Deadly Descents. In addition, these original ten tracks – created by The Qemists, Camo & Krooked, Raffertie, and Amon Tobin – are now available for download as part of the ‘SSX’ soundtrack via iTunes®.
“SSX has always been one of EA’s most music intensive, genre diverse and sonically adventurous titles,” says Steve Schnur, Worldwide Executive of Music & Music Marketing. “The songs on this new soundtrack cover ground from indie rock, dub step, hip-hop, drum + bass and beyond. As fans of the ultimate snowboarding franchise have come to expect, our artists range from top cutting-edge stars to tomorrow’s hottest underground acts. Ultimately, it’s a soundtrack full of next-level music that is totally ripe for discovery.”
Gamers will have the ability to upload their own music to SSX to create custom playlists for menu and in-game music. SSX also features a dynamic music remix tool that will automatically remix licensed tracks and custom music based on the player’s actions and performance in-game.
One of the most critically-acclaimed titles coming out of E3, SSX is now featured on 14 ‘Most Anticipated Games of 2012’. SSX launches on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game system on February 28 in North America and by March 2 in the rest of the world**.
*The complete list of licensed tracks for the SSX soundtrack includes:
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Artist |
Track |
| Camo & Krooked | Breezeblock |
| Camo & Krooked | Portal |
| Dels | Capsize ft. Joe Goddard & Roots Manuva |
| Digitalism | Blitz |
| DJ Shadow | I Gotta Rock (Irn Mnky Swagger Mix) |
| Felguk ft. Example | Plastic Smile |
| Flux Pavilion | I Can’t Stop |
| Foster the People | Houdini |
| Handsome Furs | Damage |
| Hyper | Accelerate |
| J Boogie’s Dubtronic Science | Magik (Egyptian Lover Remix) ft. Aima the Dream, Cait La Dee & Raashan Ahmad |
| Kid Digital | Done With That ft. Profit |
| Konrad Old Money | Big Error |
| Lateef the Truthspeaker | Oakland ft. Del the Funky Homosapien & The Grouch |
| Nero | Scorpions |
| Noisia | Could this Be |
| Noisia | Machine Gun |
| Pretty Lights | Hot Like Dimes |
| Raffertie | Twitch (It Grows and Grows: SSX Version) |
| Run-DMC | It’s Tricky (SSX Pretty Lights Remix) |
| Skrillex | Scatta ft. Foreign Beggers & Bare Noize |
| Styrofoam Ones | Better |
| The Big Pink | Stay Gold |
| The Herbaliser | What You Asked For |
| The Hives | 1000 Answers |
| The Naked and Famous | Young Blood |
| The Prototypes | Your Future |
| The Qemists | Bones ft. Kellermensch |
| The Qemists | Stompbox |
| The Qemists | Lifeline |
| Theophilus London | I Stand Alone (Ocelot Mix) |
| TRS-80 | Mirage |
| Turbowolf | A Rose for the Crows |
| Two Door Cinema Club | Something Good Can Work (The Twelves Remix) |
| Wretch 32 | Traktor |
| Zion I and the Grouch | Drop It on the 1 |
A modern day reinvention of one of the most critically acclaimed arcade franchises of all-time, SSX will allow players to experience the franchise’s signature fun and adrenaline-packed gameplay across iconic regions all over the world. Using NASA topographical satellite data, SSX has a massive world for players to explore. Throughout nine expansive regions, SSX packs reality-defying gameplay into every run letting players Race, Trick, and Survive as they descend huge open mountains. In addition, Explore, Global Events and RiderNet – SSX’s recommendation engine – headline an online feature set that will redefine social competition for gamers, making it fun and easy to compete with friends with no lobbies or wait times.
**March 15, 2012 in Japan.