Frozenbyte released the Trine 2: Director’s Cut trailer, which is available exclusively for the Wii U. The title will be available on the Nintendo eShop. The Director’s Cut version of Trine 2 contains 20 levels and includes the Goblin Menace expansion and a Wii U exclusive area known as the Dwarven Caverns. More importantly, the game is very pretty. It is one of those titles that makes you wonder ...
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Since Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade was successful in Japan, DeNA Co and Square Enix decided to bring it to North America. The game will be released for free on mobile devices someday, and players can pre-register for it here: ffairbornebrigade.com Players who pre-register will have access to a free, three month exclusive in-game card of Cloud, which will apparently help during boss battles. R...
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Red Bull Media House partnered with Microsoft Studios to create the Kinect game Red Bull Crashed Ice Kinect. The name of the developer behind the title is Bongfish. I bet they have fun business cards. It makes sense that an energy drink company would partner with a video game company since their target demos have quite a bit of overlap. I’m guessing they realized they were missing a crucial elemen...
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Didn’t Halo 4 just come out? Well, the folks at 343 Industries want to keep their players happy, and are releasing the Crimson Map Pack for download on December 10th. It will have three new maps, which will help keep any mapathy at bay. No word yet on whether or not there will be a download that will soothe the shame and humiliation that follows getting owned by a 10 year old. For right now, just ...
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Gazillion Entertainment dropped some new details about the story features of Marvel Heroes. I know that there is a lot of love and hype around DC games, since Batman: Arkham Asylum knocked it out of the park, but there’s a special place in my heart for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. It was a lot of fun, and Marvel Heroes looks to me a bit like Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. I always opted to play as Wolve...
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I know you’re all dying to know about the creative process behind the Black Ops 2 trailer, “Surprise.” Shut up, you totally want to know the details behind an advertisement for a video game. It’s this sort of stuff that makes me excited to wake up in the morning. Well, this and the promise of leftovers from Thanksgiving. Food is awesome. Fans of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 will be happy to know wher...
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Amplitude Studios and Iceberg Interactive are bringing players a second helping of free add-on content for Endless Space on Steam. How kind of them. Free stuff is always nice. In addition to the free update, they’re having a Steam community event and a 50% discount. There’s a lot of stuff in this add on, so it is time to turn to our old, succinct friend, the bulleted list: Echoes of the Endless wi...
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Ubisoft has kindly given gamers a look into the bloody, screamy, and shooty world of ZombiU in a new video. I pray that they use the words, “bloody, screamy, and shooty” somewhere on the back of the box in the inevitable collector’s edition of ZombiU. ZombiU is Nintendo’s attempt to get back those beloved gamers that grew up on Nintendo products. They know that now we like violence and zombies and...
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Anuman Interactive has announced a partnership with author Benoit Sokal to create Syberia 3. Sokal wrote the initial two games in the Syberia series, and will write the script for Syberia 3 in 2013. “After two long years of waiting for the fans, with Benoit writing the script and Elliot joining our team, “Syberia” has truly entered its production phase. With its incredible feel and the sheer quali...
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The new Grand Theft Auto V trailer is here, giving gamers a chance to see the setting, characters, and release date for Rockstar’s beloved series. It is pretty amazing to see how this series has changed. You used to just drive around and shoot people since the game had a zany, unhinged feel to it. Now you can drive around and shoot people all while contemplating the meaning of life and the difficu...
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