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Have A Date With Game of Thrones

evilashchris@allaboutthegames.net — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:29:14 +0200

Game of Thrones, the hugely anticipated video game based on the George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series of novels, is set for release in the UK on 8th June 2012, announced distributor Koch Media today. The release of the official videogame is timed to celebrate the season two finale of the critically-acclaimed HBO TV show on Sky Atlantic on Sunday 3rd June, so at least you'll have something to tide you through until the next series.

Offering a brand new story developed with creative input from George R.R, Martin himself, Ga...

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Battlefield 3 gets the Elite treatment with new premium service

peej@allaboutthegames.net — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:24:12 +0200

As if paying for your server time wasn't enough, Battlefield 3 moves one step further towards becoming a rather expensive habit with the announcement of DICE / EA's new premium service for the game.
In line with Call of Duty's Elite service, Battlefield Premium (as the service is dubbed) offers players the chance for exclusive in-game content, weapons, maps and other goodies for a subscription fee. So far the list of content sounds absolutely amazing. Dog tags, specialist camo packs and assignments. Whooh how can we possibly stand this level of excitement.
The pr...

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Tomb Raider delayed until Q1 2013

peej@allaboutthegames.net — Mon, 14 May 2012 09:21:23 +0200

Oh dear, looks like 2012 is going to be another year where big and hotly anticipated titles slip slide away. We've already heard the news that Bioshock Infinite has shuffled off to 2013 rather than its previously advertised October 2012 release window. Now it seems Crystal Dynamics feels the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot needs similar polish applying to its exquisite flanks, as it's also now been toe-punted into 2013.
There could be any number of reasons but with the rumours of new console hardware a mere year away, it wouldn't take much of a bitter old cynic to imagine th...

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Infinity Ward to encourage 'Boosting' with new MW3 Face-off mode

HairyArse@allaboutthegames.net — Sat, 12 May 2012 20:50:18 +0200

Infinity Ward and Activision have revealed the addition of a new game mode for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, called Face Off, which hits the Xbox 360 on 16th May as part of the latest drop of map packs.
With much tighter, smaller, much more intimate maps, Face Off is designed specifically for 1v1 and 2v2 battles. An idea which sounds great in principle, as one of the things Modern Warfare 3's multiplayer suffers from is the frustrating enemy spawning which is influenced far too heavily by your team-mates. What typically happens is a stealthy player will sneak...

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Minecraft - Xbox 360 Review

peej@allaboutthegames.net — Thu, 10 May 2012 10:22:11 +0200

Do not go gently into that dark night...

I couldn't really understand what had happened. One minute I lived in a world full of definition, of autumnal colours and funereal noise. Next I awoke in a block-shaped nightmare, stranded in the middle of nowhere. Friends had warned me what would happen if I took the journey but like all good little addicts everywhere I thought I could handle a little Minecraft between other games. What could possibly go wrong?
The answer is that the human disposition towards addiction is the slipperiest of slopes. I should explain that I'm a Minecraft virgin, breaking my duck with the Xbox 360 version after slim dalliances with the free (or cheap) clones on offer previously. At 1600 points, big proper official Minecraft isn't cheap by any means, so it'd better be abso-bloody-lutely perfect right?
What happened next after those 1600 points were ruthlessly sucked from my Xbox Live Account by the entity known as Mojang follows…
Newtopia Day 1:...

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Help Kickstart Carmageddon: Reincarnation for Max Damage

HairyArse@allaboutthegames.net — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:17:17 +0200

Popular British Developer Stainless Games has launched a Kickstarter campaign to continue the development of Carmageddon: Reincarnation.
After buying back the Carmageddon license from Square Enix of all people, Stainless plans to relaunch this classic franchise, and according to the Kickstarter page aims to make:
"Carmageddon: Reincarnation a re-boot of everything that made the original games such a blast to play. The new game will be inspi...

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New Need for Speed and Dead Space titles prepped for March 2013

peej@allaboutthegames.net — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:15:47 +0200

This is news like Murdoch lying his arse off is news, but EA has let slip a couple of nuggets of info about 2013's potential blockbusters. A new Need for Speed game is on the cards (hopefully the hotly rumoured Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 from Criterion and not some lashed-up piece of crap by Black Box this time).
More Dead Space as well, because you're not in any way bored to tears with Isaac and his miserable predicament are you?
Obviously more will probably be seen at the upcoming E3 Expo. Excited? Of course you are, you're positively moist!

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Awesomenauts - Xbox 360 Review

repairmanjack@allaboutthegames.net — Tue, 08 May 2012 09:13:23 +0200

Bring your DOTA to the slaughter

Bring your DOTA to the slaughter
Awesomenauts is a co-op strategy game. I’m getting that out of the way first, because I’m not sure it’s apparent to people who have seen trailers or brief gameplay extracts. It wasn’t apparent to me – even in the first couple of rounds I spent with the game. It’s one of those PC-centric things that delights in acronyms; a MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena). I’ve heard it mentioned in the same breaths as League of Legends and Defence of the Ancients – although have little awareness of such things. What I do know, though, is that developer Ronimo has created something new here: a 2D side-scrolling version of the genre.
Initial impressions were a little underwhelming. I didn’t have the awareness of these acronyms to feather my interest, nor did the art style (chunky and cartoonish; animalistic avatars and Tonka “sci-fi” ap...

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Silent Hill: Downpour - Xbox 360 Review

repairmanjack@allaboutthegames.net — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:29:34 +0200

Mind-forged manacles

Mind-forged manacles
Entertain a slightly contentious idea, for a couple of minutes. What if the early Silent Hill games… aren’t that great? Combat has always been an abortive mess; they’re so disjointed in their narratives as to be completely separate from each other. They’re frequently clunky; filled with obtuse puzzles. Silent Hill 3 looked particularly impressive, given the era and hardware limitations, but can the same be said for the others in the series?
I’ve often wondered how the games would fare (and review) if released these days, where expectations and technical wizardry are now so advanced. It seems long-time fans were due to find out, with the much lauded (prior to release) HD collection, pairing the two most popular games in the series and finally giving them the treatment they deserved on “next- gen” hardware.
Except, if you’ve played them (and many haven’t due to word ...

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Avengers Assemble (for some pinball)!

evilashchris@allaboutthegames.net — Fri, 04 May 2012 15:23:05 +0200

Zen Studios have today revealed Marvel’s The Avengers, a pinball table based on the recently released movie from Marvel Studios. Marvel’s The Avengers will release as part of Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles, a brand new four-table pack for Pinball FX2 on Xbox LIVE Arcade, and Zen Pinball 2 on PlayStation3 and PlayStation Vita.
The Avengers table was developed with digital assets taken directly from Marvel Entertainment’s The Avengers movie. The table features custom balls for each of the Ave...

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Manic Miner 360 Coming Soon

evilashchris@allaboutthegames.net — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:47:36 +0200

Yes, you read that right. Manic Miner 360. Elite Systems have confirmed that its very first Xbox Live Indy Game, Manic Miner 360 has been submitted for “Peer Review”. This is usually a good indication that the game is imminent.
Manic Miner for the ZX Spectrum (an 8-bit personal home computer released in the UK in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd, which sold in excess of 5 million units worldwide) is one of THE defining games of the 1980s, and gamers of a certain age will be rather dewy-eyed at the thought of this port.

Manic Mine...

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Treyarch drops first Black Ops 2 trailer

HairyArse@allaboutthegames.net — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:00:16 +0200

Activision and Treyarch last night revealed the first official trailer for this year's much-anticipated but-not-as-much-as-in-previous-years if-you-believe-the-anti-hype Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.
Set both in 1980 and 2025 Black Ops 2 promises to blend the old Cold War technology seen in the first Black Ops game with futuristic warfare more akin to that seen in the Ghost Recon series. With branching story-lines, the usual levels of bombast and slick scripted action, open-world levels, controllable VTOLs, mechs and futuristic vehicles, it...

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Skyrim patched to accept Kinect voice control - ZUL MEY GUT

HairyArse@allaboutthegames.net — Tue, 01 May 2012 20:36:16 +0200

Remember that dusty-looking horizontal piece of plastic you blew £90 on not so long ago? You know, the one that looks like the decapitated head of Johnny 5 that's been sat forlonrly gathering dust next to the Wii with its back to you because you didn't like the thought of it looking at you? That thing you used once when you bought Zumba fitness and then never bothered playing with again because, frankly it was a bit shit? Yes, that thing!
Well...

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Prototype 2 Review

evilashchris@allaboutthegames.net — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:15:59 +0200

Mutants In Mega-City

Prototype 2 takes a little while to get going, but don't let the slow, steady slog of the introductory missions put you off. Soon you'll be somersaulting over a mutated twenty-foot-tall bastard with anvils for hands, webbing him up with your deliciously disgusting tendrils then taking his head off with your arm-blade. Of course, the game then lets you absorb his guts and take on his most useful mutation perk to twonk the stragglers. Which is nice.
You play James Heller, professional soldier and eloquent swearist, making his way home after a tour of duty, he finds the city still in the grip of the chaos caused by the virus outbreak of the first game. Blaming Alex Mercer, Prototype's main protagonist, the stage is now set for an always interesting, if not quite edge-of-the-seat nail-biting narrative.
But Prototype 2 isn't a game you'll be playing for the story, you'll be playing it for the fun. New York City is a wonderful playground...

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Get Mucky With The DiRT Showdown Demo

evilashchris@allaboutthegames.net — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:46:26 +0200

Codemasters, the, well, masters of the racing genre are today releasing a DiRT Showdown demo for us to enjoy.
Featuring both a full-impact solo race and a devastating multiplayer demolition derby event, the DiRT Showdown demo will launch worldwide today and will be available from Xbox Live Marketplace, PlayStation Network (or SEN as it likes to be called these days), and Steam on PC.
Gamers who download the DiRT Showdown demo are also invited to sign up for Racenet, the free new online extension for Codemasters Racing games, which enables p...

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Zen Studios Having a Mobile Sale in Honour of The Avengers Movie

evilashchris@allaboutthegames.net — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:23:19 +0200

To celebrate the release of Marvel Entertainment’s The Avengers, all of Zen Studio’s Marvel themed mobile pinball tables are now on sale, the new super-bargain price is just $0.99, so I guess that makes them 60 odd pence for us British types.
Captain America, Wolverine and Thor on iOS, and Fantastic Four, Wolverine and Thor on Android have been reduced from $1.99 to $0.99. The sale ends on Monday, May the 7th, so be quick if you want to try some excellent pinball for a bargain price.

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The Walking Dead - Xbox 360 Review

repairmanjack@allaboutthegames.net — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:30:19 +0200

Dead Modern

Watch “The Walking Dead”. That’s been at the top of my to-do list (which is starting to feel like a Bucket List) for some time. I’ve dug deep into zombie lore over the years, through books, movies and – of course – games. Zombies, man. They’re a superstition, a metaphor (in the right hands), a villain. Frankly they’re a cultural phenomenon. They’re the go to bad guy for the video game industry – even more so than the ubiquitous Nazi populace. They achieved meta-status thanks to Treyarch’s slightly bizarre idea of merging those two screen villains with a tangential CoD mode. Zombies are big business in gaming. Dead Island wrung a skilful and atmospheric first person bludgeon-’em-up out of them; post-CoD modes we’ve seen them offered as dlc bullet-sponges in Borderlands, et al, or some tenebrous version of them requiring mopping up in just about any genre you c...

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Walking Dead Shambles On to A Format Near You

evilashchris@allaboutthegames.net — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:49:10 +0200

Telltale Games have released an all-new trailer focusing in on the story of ‘A New Day,’ the first episode of The Walking Dead games series based on Robert Kirkman’s Eisner Award-winning comic book series.

You'll be able to experience the first episode of the summer-long adventure horror series, which arrived yesterday for download on SEN, PC and Mac, and will release today on Xbox LIVE Marketplace for Xbox 360.

‘A New Day’ and the following four episodes deliver an experience tailored by the decisions that each player makes, m...

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Bloodforge Review

evilashchris@allaboutthegames.net — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:04:05 +0200

MANOWAR

Bloodforge has the honour of being part of Microsoft's Arcade NEXT promotion, an event aimed at driving sales and awareness for the Xbox LIVE Arcade, so just how do you follow the media darlings that are Fez and Trials Evolution?
Well Climax Studios reckons you need a bit of the old ultra-violence, and you know what? They make a rather compelling case.
You play the role of Crom, a war veteran so hard and grizzled he even wears his disgusting skull helmet to fetch food for the table. Of course this being a fantasy game when you get home the village is aflame and your missus is on the wrong end of a baddies pointy sword. So, suitably enraged off you trot to take down the King of the Gods with your righteous vengeance. Fortunately you don't have to travel completely alone, a sexy crow lady Goddess steers you along the right path and explains the early mechanics, eventually gifting you the powerful Bloodforge, a gauntlet whic...

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Apple Jack 2 Trailer Appeals to the Core Gamer

evilashchris@allaboutthegames.net — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:46:25 +0200

My Owl Software's twitter feed just burped up the all-new trailer for their forthcoming sequel to Apple Jack, the not-at-all unimaginatively named Apple Jack 2.
Promising 61 levels, three boss battles and hopefully some more of that excellent floaty guitar music that made the original such a joy, Apple Jack 2 will be releasing in the near future on the Xbox Indie Games channel at the bargain price of 80 moon points.
If you can't bring yourself to wait that long though, go and play through the original again, it's still one of the very be...

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