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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Dynasty Warriors for Life PS inspired by Infinity Blade?

So it would seem for at least some of the layers were made available today two videos of Dynasty Warriors for PlayStation Life. While one can see the classic gameplay of the series, which is a combat against dozens of enemies at once, the other is visible in a section clearly inspired by Infinity Blade Epic Systems IOS.

Watch the video to see the new game modes, unusual for this series: Source: Destructoid

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Trailer debut Spelunky XBLA

What Spelunky? No, it's just a unique and fun game made by indie Mossmouth (better known as Derek Yu on the scene), already released on PC and coming to XBLA in an enlarged and improved technically. This is an old-school platformer with pixel art graphics that mocks the classics of the genre and becomes a drug for anyone to prove it.

If you like, give it a look, you will not regret. Official Website of Spelunky: Link

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Great graphics made for The Witcher 2 on Xbox 360

According to the latest statements by CD Projekt would be certain to ensure the Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2, a graphic rendering comparable to that of the PC version with mid-level specifications. At worst, therefore, according to the promises of the developers, it is almost certain that the version for Microsoft consoles will be better than a PC with minimum specifications.

"Do not take my word for it, but know that our goal is to get closer to mid-level specifications of the PC version," said the microphones in our network Tomasz Gop, senior producer of the company. "We believe that the true strength of the franchise depends on art direction, and people who played the PC version of the game, with specific rates, have confirmed that they were pleasantly surprised by the graphic performance".

The winner of the Academy of 2008 on the GT podium at Le Mans

From simulation to reality, it seems, the GT Academy has discovered a real talent in the person of Lucas Ordoñez, now a professional pilot for the Nissan team. Ordoñez it won the GT Academy tournament in its first edition in 2008, and now, three years later, he finds himself on the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans (the real one) second.

After a particularly rosy in the European GT4 Cup aboard the Nissan 370Z, Lucas Ordoñez raced this year on board a Nissan LMP2 on the legendary Sarthe circuit, during the 24 Hours of Le Mans. His team, the Nissan Signatech with a lot of the PlayStation brand livery on the car, managed to win the second place finish at the end of a race very torn.

Devil's Third on Wii maybe U

It seems that Tomonobu Itagaki would be interested in bringing up his next project U Wii, Devil's Third. During a recent interview, the boss of Valhalla Studios has in fact shown great interest in the new Nintendo console, but not in any way confirming the actual existence of a version for this hardware.

Itagaki stated then to hope that a console like the Wii U can revitalize the Japanese market right in respect of its incredible features. Back then on his current project, Itagaki said that development has come about 20-30% and that the launch is not expected before the beginning of 2013.

All teams will move to Rage Doom 4

And All the other information section of id Software currently working on Rage, including company founder John Carmack, will move on the development of Doom 4 as soon as the work will be concluded on the first. In essence, the soul of the Specialist Group on technology from id Software will be transported in bulk on the new chapter of Doom, as was expected, but this will probably happen only after the summer, when Rage is now completed and sent to the shops, with its release scheduled for October 7.

How much does the new Xbox 360 steering wheel?

The Xbox 360 Wireless Wheel Speed, announced last week, will be released in Europe next October and will cost about 50 €. Apart from the very special form, resembling the stick of a plane, and a fairly standard configuration of buttons, the new steering wheel will propose a system based on motion sensors and obviously support the rumble pack.

Here are some images come directly from Microsoft headquarters.

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Bungie releases app for free iOS

Bungie portable Amid the celebrations for the twentieth anniversary of Bungie, which also include the promise of an imminent announcement on the new project under way for the development team of Halo, the square is also the issue of a special app for the App iOS Store. The application is already available on iTunes, a free download at the bottom and back is a sort of hub of various information currently focused especially sull'unverso of Halo, with all the statistics at hand with social integration and social network.

THQ close study of RF: Battlegrounds

Another study by THQ closed its doors. This time the bad news came to the team THQ Digital Warrington, formerly known as Juice Games. Yesterday was the same fate happened to the developers Homefront, Kaos Studios. Homefront 2 will be developed by THQ Montreal. Juice Games, the team debuted in 2005 with the racing game Juiced, and he continued his journey two years later with its sequel.

The latest work by THQ Digital Warrington was Red Faction: Battlegrounds and was planning a new chapter in the Warhammer 40K series, Team Kill, whose fate is now hanging in limbo.

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Dissidia: Final Fantasy on PS3?

Square Enix is still undecided whether to make the jump to the series on the PS3 Dissidia: Final Fantasy so far been confined to PSP. The producer of the series, Yoshinori Kitase, told Siliconera that Square Enix is considering, but is still undecided. "The idea of reproducing the two chapters out of Dissidia PSP PlayStation 3 could be interesting but we must consider whether we have time." There are many existing sagas releases on other consoles that have seen the light in HD on the PS3 version, by God of War Tomb Raider, Prince of Persia and through Sly Raccoon.

Microsoft has the steering wheel for Xbox 360 Wireless Wheel Speed

There is a strange form a new, particularly wireless steering wheel coming to Xbox 360, Wireless Speed Wheel, presented on the occasion of E3 2011. The device presents itself as an ideal controller for games like Forza Motorsport and has an ergonomically shaped with the presence of several keys directly on the steering wheel, wireless, triggers for acceleration and braking and vibration.

Everything will be priced at € 49.99 as of September 26, 2011 for Xbox 360.

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CD Projekt Witcher praises 2 for 360

CD Projekt RED aims to maximize the ability for the Xbox 360 console port on the fantastic role-playing game The Witcher 2. According to the development team could end up with a graphic rendering of the average configuration of the PC version. "The Xbox version will be much better than that visualized with the minimum requirements for the PC," said senior producer Tomasz Gop.

"Obviously we are aiming at the most, for now we are very close to what we saw in the average configuration of the PC version." The Witcher 2 coming to Xbox 360 by the end of this year, but are now too many to predict the output on the PS3 ... maybe later.

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New DLC for Dirt 3

Power and glory A new DLC is available today for download on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network for Dirt 3, a new set of machines that add to the large group of cars in the game. The "Power and Glory Car Pack includes five vehicles belonging to various categories, including the legendary Lancia Delta S4 Group B, here they are: BMW M3 Rally - Rally 80s Lancia Delta S4 - Group B Rally Ford Focus ST RallyX - Rallycross Scion tC - SSX Gymkhana Chevrolet Camaro Concept - The Modern Trailblazer DLC is available for 480 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live and Games for Windows Live, or € 4.99 on PlayStation Network.

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AC Special Edition: Revelations

Ubisoft has released the contents of the Special Edition of Assassin's Creed: Revelations, for now reported to be exclusive to only a few chains in England. It will feature the following extras: No mention of possible special packages, boxes and gadgets attached, but already checked an imaginary horizon Ultimate Edition content on which, however, nothing is known.

The last chapter is dedicated to the Assassin's Creed Ezio Auditore come out in November on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The Witcher 2 on Xbox 360 graphics to the level of the PC?

At least the average level with the announcement of the arrival of The Witcher 2 on Xbox 360, the big question that emerged in the people is the actual quality of the graphics that the console version can reach, as the game CD Projekt is one of the most advanced among those present on the PC today. Clearly the graphics set to the maximum level, which commits the PC perform better, already the most technologically ahead of the current console, it seems decidedly out of the question, but developers are confident about the results.

Two million volunteers for the beta of Elite

According to Activision, more than two million people have already expressed interest in the Call of Duty: Elite, the new service that will debut with Modern Warfare 3. As announced by Activision Amrica Dan on his blog, in fact, two million people have signed up to beta Elite which will begin July 14.

"Two million volunteers over 30 million fans of Call of Duty is only a small part. Do not mind us overcome these figures." The service will offer some free features along with a profile premium pay.

Itagaki: Devil's Third in 2013

And the Wii version probably U Tomonobu Itagaki, the former head of Team Ninja and founder of Valhalla, said that the development of Third Devil's promises still quite long. Impress Watch the game designer has confirmed that the game will not be launched before 2013, with the title still around 20-30% of its development path towards completion.

Materials and information will be disclosed rather clear, however, during the Tokyo Game Show 2011 in September. Itagaki also hinted that a version of U Wii game could be considered, given the time of release.

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Tekken 2 TT in 2012 on console

The console version of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 will probably debut in 2012, while the arcade version will be available in Japanese arcades in the fall. The producer of the series, Katsuhiro Harada, told Source that Videogame Tekken Tag Tekken will be the first of several being developed by Namco Bandai to arrive in stores.

"I can not tell you the exact order of the various Tekken because we have not announced anything. TTT2 will probably be the first. The game is 80% complete and will arrive in autumn in Japan and Asia." And the console versions? "Hard to say. We can not run the game on the console immediately after the arcade version.

Upcoming News featured Homefront by THQ

In addition to those announced for Gamescom Despite the recent closure of Kaos Studios, reported only yesterday officially by THQ, the publisher has however confirmed the upcoming release of other titles in the series Homefront in the future. Danny Bilson, the head of the company, said that in the very next period should get more precise information on the following series of fantasy FPS setting to policy originally created just by Kaos.

Kojima, and Molyneux to Gameslab 2011

From 29 June to 1 July Barcelona will host the 2011 Conference Gamelab. The seventh edition of the Spanish dedicated to the medium will host some of the stars of the gaming industry. Attending this year the creator of the saga Metal Gear Solid, Hideo Kojima, Peter Molyneux, Cliff Bleszinski, the founder of Electronic Arts and Digital Chocolate, Trip Hawkins, the vice president of Zynga, Louis Castle, American McGee and the pioneer of the Worlds virtual Richard Bartle.

3 No More Heroes Wii U

Goichi "Suda51" Suda has hinted that No More Heroes 3 will arrive on Wii U. In an interview with Destructoid, Suda has confirmed that the upcoming No More Heroes will arrive on Nintendo's new console. "I do not know if the protagonist is a boy," said Suda. "Maybe I could implement some other idea. We'll see.

Of course I can not tell you anything about it."

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Transformers Universe - Trailer, screen-saver, artwork and information

Partially revealed during the BotCon BotCon At the Pasadena Jaggex showed for the first time the editor of the characters of Transformers Universe, the MMO action in key developed in collaboration with Hasbro. So this is an official product that will respect and complement the storyline of the franchise made by the cartoon from the book of Exodus and securities war for Cybertron series.

The title will allow you to create your own Autobot or Decepticon, and will include an editor to create new decals to personalize the transformer. Will not be possible to use the characters in the saga of who will be present, however, as NPC. The setting of the MMO action and probably will include all types of Transformer, including those capable of flying.

Important announcement from THQ to Gamescom

THQ will unveil a new game during the Gamescom to be held in Germany in August. According to information supplied by Danny Bilson Videogame to Source, that is an important game. "I promise you a great advertisement for the Gamescom. This is a new game yet to be revealed." "I can only tell you that this is an ad in a suitable context in which they find themselves hundreds of thousands of people.

The feature of Wii for Tekken U

The shame of his mustache drawn Katsuhiro Harada shows us a number of features that may or will be integrated into Tekken Wii U. It begins with the ability to use the second screen to play two matches in two different and you get to a number of social features including the ability to earn and spend credits to play and to scribble on the faces of the characters who we beat.

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EA: "We have lost fans with Dragon Age 2"

EA has admitted that he had "lost some fans" with the publication of role-playing game Dragon Age 2. Accused in particular locations: the events taking place in and around Kirkwall and the start and stop the players are fighting in the same scenarios. "The fan reaction has been disappointing, we were expecting from them the same enthusiasm that we had towards the game," he told the boss Source Videogame EA Games, Frank Gibeau.

New images for Inversion

Center of gravity? Set in the near future, Inversion is the new third person shooter developed by Saber Interactive for Namco Bandai and will be available for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in February 2012. Judging from the images and video released (soon will publish a full-bodied on the gameplay), but it seems that work is progressing and maybe business all the time that separates us from the developers will need to develop the multiplayer mode .

Soon the announcement of Bungie Aerospace

On July 7, Bungie will reveal Aerospace Bungie, the developer promises on its website. Aerospace is part of the celebrations for the twentieth anniversary of Bungie, say the authors of Halo. Bungie Aerospace Corporation is a company through which Bungie has registered the trademark "Crimson", as we reported some time ago.

The Crimson has been registered trademark in relation to "computer games downloadable from a global network" and "games for use on mobile phones and devices, while an application for IOS devices will be called Bungie Bungie Mobile. According to rumors, Bungie is working on an MMO with the indicated code-named Destiny, will the game publisher Activision, a company with which the authors of Halo have signed a ten-year agreement.

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U Wii considerably more powerful than 360 and PS3?

Ubisoft says it's too early to judge the analyst Arvind Bhatia of Sterne Agee Group has interviewed some developers and the feedback has estimated that U Wii could be around 50% more powerful than Xbox 360 and PS3. But Ubisoft for its part is not so sure that we can make accurate estimates with the development kit is not yet definitive.

The company has declared, however, enthusiastic about the language of the machine that is very similar to the Wii while integrating support for multicore and many new features.

MS - There will be a year Halo

Word of Phil Spencer boss of Microsoft Studios, Phil Spencer, wanted to reassure fans by saying that the Halo franchise will not be squeezed like a lemon. The presentation of two securities, or Halo: CE and Halo Anniversary 4, is an exception because the tenth anniversary of the series. Sure, it was also considered as a remastered version of Halo 2, but there are no plans to release a Halo for the year will systematically retrieve the old chapters in the saga.

THQ confirms new Homefront

The boss of the core division of THQ games, Danny Bilson, confirmed the development of a new Homefront despite the closure of Kaos Studios, creators of the first installment of the war. "We treasure what we learned with the first chapter," said Bilson in Videogame Source. "We will make an interesting ad on the future of the brand." Bilson admits that he loved the game but it was not to be entirely satisfied: "For us it was an important experience, we have learned many things.

THQ - An important announcement during Gamescom

The new RTS Relic will be announced in August revealed that THQ, Relic's new RTS, author of Company of Heroes and Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, will be presented during the convention in Cologne to be held August 17 to 21. During the same event the publisher will also present the new title of the Turtle Rock guys famous for developing Left 4 Dead.

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Online Wii and 3DS U "similar" to PSN and XBL

The Nintendo Wii will offer an online experience U power than its predecessor, said Nintendo. "Attiamo expected that high definition and wi-fi is spreading", says Nintendo's marketing manager, Rob Lowe. "Now every house is wi-fi or broadband. All are related, but when we launched Wii five years ago the situation was different.

The 3DS can make you understand what direction we are following the online Wii U . "Mr. Iwata will reveal the details later, but already shows significant increase compared with 3DS DSi and DSi XL. The friend code system has been finished and now the experience is very similar to that offered by PSN and Xbox Live." "With U Wii will try to meet the needs of online game enthusiasts and at the same time try to involve people who have previously had difficulties in this area."

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Cross-platform game for SFxT PS3/Vita

Capcom announced the game cross-platform versions of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Life x Street Fighter Tekken. The producer Yoshinori Ono has confirmed that the Videogame Source inFamous protagonist of the series will be a playable character in both versions and has hinted that it will be possible to make cross-platform multiplayer match.

"We just started working at the Life version. We're trying to do everything possible to put in relation with the PlayStation 3. At the Tokyo Game Show will explain everything better."

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