Digital Harmony Games has released a first look trailer at their upcoming multiplayer title, Dragons vs Unicorns, which is due out in 2012 for iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows PC platforms.
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Deep Silver and Egosoft have, in a surprise announcement, said that “X3: Albion Prelude”, the bridge between the “old X Universe and new X Universe”, will be released on December 15th, 2011 for Windows PCs. It will also be released on Mac PCs sometime after.
Bethesda Softworks has announced that the demo for their popular shooter, RAGE, is now available on the PlayStation Network in North America and will hit European PSN customers later today.
Turtle Beach has announced that they have been named the “Official Headset of Spike TV’s 2011 Video Game Awards”. The Video Game Awards airs on Spike TV this Saturday – December 10th, 2011. Turtle Beach and its products will be integrated into all the category nominee pages that tie back to gaming audio. These include Best Song in a Game, Best Shooter and Best Original Score.
“The Spike TV Video Game Awards showcases the best and the brightest advancements of the gaming industry,” said Bob Picunko, Turtle Beach’s Chief Marketing Officer. “As audio plays an increasingly important role in video games, from game audio design and soundtracks, to communication during online play, it was natural that as a gaming audio pioneer, Turtle Beach would support the recognition of the industry’s best.”
2K Games has announced a new gameplay mode in their upcoming actioner, The Darkness II, called “Vendettas”. Vendettas are co-op (up to four players) missions where gamers take on various missions which run parallel to the game’s main, singleplayer campaign.
Gamers will be able to chose between the following four wielders of dark power:
Gore Verbinski’s Blind Wink production company has announced that they have entered into a deal with Microsoft where they will create exclusive content for Microsoft platforms. This content is said to include, but not be limited to, video games.
“We are thrilled to be working with Blind Wink to bring its cinematic production quality to our platforms,” said Matt Booty, general manager at Microsoft Studios. “Xbox 360 gamers can look forward to innovative and creative games from the mind of Gore Verbinski that explore new and exciting gaming territory and take full advantage of our platforms.”
Bionic Commando: Rearmed developer, Might and Delight, have announced a new platforming puzzler called Pid. Pid is due out in 2012 for several platforms, including gaming consoles and PC.
“It´s our ambition to create an experience that has the elegant simplicity of old adventure games, where the most important ingredient is rhythm found not only in the relation between story and visuals but also in the way the game plays,” said Jakob Tuchten, creative director, Might and Delight. “We’re building a refreshing experience that pays homage to the days of classic platform games while bringing something completely new to the global gaming marketplace.”
7554, from Emobi Games, is the first major gaming release from the nation of Vietnam. A first-person shooter title, 7554 puts players in the boots of a soldier in the Vietnam People’s Army as they fight against French Army in the first Indochinese War. The game is a singleplayer PC title, set to be released in the US and France sometime in February of 2012.