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Good news for fans of THQ’s Darksiders and Saint’s Row: Brian Farrell has mentioned revisiting these successful franchises, among others. The releases have been set for the fiscal year of 2012, and, according to joystiq, they’re looking at the year for “accelerated growth with three major core game titles scheduled: Warhammer 40k Space Marine, a sequel to Darksiders and the third generation of our popular Saint’s Row franchise.”
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata confirmed that the next installment in the series of Zelda will be showed at this years E3.
“We will show the new Zelda title for Wii at this year’s E3,” said Iwata at Nintendo’s third quarter financial meeting.
Hopefully Nintendo can go above and beyond with this title as they have disappointed many gamers with other Wii titles.
Twelve finalists were chosen yesterday for this year’s Indie Game Challenge, six belonging to the non-professional category and six to the professional category. The competition, held every year and supported by Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), GameStop Corp. (NYSE: GME), and The Guildhall at Southern Methodist University, gives amateur game-developers a chance to rake in more than $350,000 in prize money and scholarships. Winners are to be announced February 19th at the D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit in Las Vegas. Adam Sessler, host of G4’s X-Play, will host the event.
The twelve finalists are as follows:
Non-Professional Category
Climb to the Top of the Castle – TwO Bros. Games
Dreamside Maroon – Terraced
Galactic Arms Race – Galactic Arms Race
Gear – Team 3
Waker – Poof Productions
zeit2 – brightside games
Professional Category
Aaaa! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity – Dejobaan Games, LLC
Altitude – Nimbly Games
Cogs – Lazy 8 Studios
Fieldrunners – Subatomic Studios
Miegakure – Marc ten Bosch
Vessel – Strange Loop Games
Contestants will also receive
[a]n audition session with a professional game publisher (like Capcom, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, NAMCO/Bandai, Nintendo, Sony, THQ, and Ubisoft) of no more than 30 minutes in which Finalist will have opportunity to showcase game for possible publishing contract, which would be offered only at sole and unfettered discretion of participating professional game publisher.
Electronic Arts announced that its sci-fi thriller Mass Effect 2 has sold 2 million copies since its release on Tuesday of this week. It looks like this is the first big hit of the year and shows signs that even with our economic down turn video games sales are still holding through strong.
Microsoft annonced that rather than having game ratings for each individual game in its upcoming virtual video game aracade Game Room, the Game Room itself will be rated, at a rating of E10+.
This allows Microsoft to freely flow games into the arcade quicker to its users since they won’t have to wait for the ESRB to approve each game. The bad side though, some of your favorite games that include such things as strong violence and language will not be showing up in the Game Room.
EA Sports FIFA Online, a free-to-play version of the console games, is set to launch “over the next 12 to 24 month” in the U.S. and Europe, giving soccer and football fans (respectively) something to do at work. The closed beta for the game begins on February 3rd (application link), and is set to only allow 20,000 testers for the first phase, but open beta is scheduled to begin sometime in June.
After literally years of anticipation, the Playstation 3 gamers, as well as PC gamers, finally get what they want. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City will be coming to both the Playstation 3 and PC platforms on March 30th, 2010.
We are happy to announce the much anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Games for Windows® – LIVE on March 30, 2010. For the first time, PlayStation 3 and Games for Windows – LIVE players will have the opportunity to experience the last two thrilling chapters of the Grand Theft Auto IV saga.
The two action packed episodes will also be available for download on the PlayStation Network and Games for Windows® LIVE on March 30, 2010. Each episode boasts the same detailed and immersive Liberty City we all know and love. Games for Windows – LIVE players can enjoy 32-player multiplayer matches and an advanced video editor, and all fans will have the chance to once again listen to the dulcet tones of Liberty City Radio.
The two episodes mentioned, if you don’t already know, are “The Lost and Damned” and “The Ballad of Gay Tony.” You’ll have the option to download them seperately from the Playstation Store or Games for Windows LIVE Marketplace, or purchase them together on a disc that will be available in stores, just like the Xbox 360 version.
The long-awaited title, God of War III, has been dated for a March 16th, 2010 release. The announcement came from a post on Playstation Blog. The boxart was also released.
To no surprise, the game is rated M according to the boxart. A trailer for the game will be coming February 11th, exclusively to Spike’s Gametrailer’s TV.
Apple has revealed yet another new gadget today, the iPad. It was unveiled earlier today at Apple’s “Latest Creation” event in San Francisco. Steve Jobs was the man on stage to present the new product.
Here are a few product specs that he pointed out, as well as some that have been posted online:
One thing that I want to take note of is that it will be available in two different versions: Wifi-enabled and 3G compatible. The 3G-compatible models have an option between two data plans through AT&T: 250MB of data per month for $14.99 or unlimted data per month for $29.99. The data plans are prepaid and activated directly on the iPad, so there’s no contract. The prices are as follows:
Are we forgetting something? Oh yeah! The entire reason we’re posting it on our site. The iPad will be able to play all apps and games available on the AppStore. Apple chose to show off Gameloft’s N.O.V.A., which Gameloft’s senior business development manager Mark Hickey took the stage to present. Nova appeared on the AppStore last month, but an iPad version will be released later this year. EA’s vice president of worldwide studios Travis Boatman also took the stage to show off Need for Speed: Shift. An iPad version of Shift will also hit the AppStore later this year.
In a nutshell, it’s a larger version of the iPod Touch/iPhone, but with the feel of a MacBook. The WiFi models ship out in 60 days, while the 3G models ship out in 90 days.
Tomorrow, Assassin’s Creed II Battle of Forli, the first of two announced DLCs, will be available on both the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3. It is set at a price of 320 MSP ($3.99).
Expect the second DLC sometime next month.
Editor Update: The launch trailer for Battle of Forli has been released, and it can be viewed after the break:
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