The lead designer for SOCOM 4 leaves Zipper Interactive

Travis Steiner founded a new company Travis Steiner, lead designer for SOCOM 4, Zipper Interactive has decided to leave, said today the community manager of the team in question, Jeremy Dunham. Steiner decided to act alone from now on, opening his own label, an idea already established in recent years but that the designer had decided to postpone until after the conclusion of the new SOCOM.

Having been such a key element of Zipper, who has contributed to the evolution of the series crucial tactic, it is likely that new projects will come from new label (that you do not know anything yet) could provide interesting things.

• Video: Zipper Announces SOCOM 4 Deploys on PS3 This Week (19/04/2011)
• 'SOCOM 4′ Beta Impressions (04/04/2011)
• SOCOM 4 has a $15 used game tax (20/04/2011)
• Sony's "SOCOM Pro" premium content for SOCOM 4 to be free with new purchase, $15 for everyone else (SOCOM 4) (18/04/2011)
• Sony Releases New 'SOCOM 4′ Solo Trailer (10/04/2011)

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Information and pictures for Phantasy Star Online 2

The fantasy comes back online in an event organized by Sega in the legendary district of Akihabara in Tokyo, dedicated to Phantasy Star Portable 2, there were also the first details of Phantasy Star Online 2. Information not much to tell the truth, but if nothing else we can deduce something from the images shown in the gallery below that shows the usual mix of special high-tech sci-fi and wildlife on the randomly generated locations within the various areas explored.

Nintendo confirms Wii's successor in 2012

Official presentation at E3 addensatesi After several rumors in recent days, comes the official confirmation from Nintendo that a new home console, Wii destined to succeed, it will arrive on the market in 2012. The console, which still has no name, will therefore be presented at E3 2011 to be held June 7 to 9.

This is confirmed through an official statement from Nintendo, although sales of the new machine has not yet been included in the financial plans for the next fiscal year ending March 2012, bringing to think of a possible exit from next April. The new console, the rumor has the codename "Project Cafe" and so would be the first next-gen machine to reach the market as both Sony and Microsoft, it seems, would want to wait until 2014 first to present their alternatives.

Wipeout In the Zone - The official trailer

Avatar the fray Wipeout In the Zone is a title intended to Kinect that promises to make us relive the excitement of the show Wipeout. The transmission, in Italian with commentary by Lillo and Greg, shows a series of unlikely evidence of dexterity, style Mai Dire Banzai, provide for the physical humiliation of competitors.

Wipeout In the Zone - Official Trailer

• Wipeout: In the Zone trailer will brutalize your Avatar (24/04/2011)
• Wipeout Kinect game coming this summer (16/03/2011)
• New 'Wipeout' game coming exclusively to Kinect (Xbox 360) (16/03/2011)
• Wipeout's John Henson Prepares For Fatherhood (04/03/2011)
• See Lane twins, Larry and Gary, win $50,000 on repeat of ABC's “Winter Wipeout” tonight! (13/03/2011)

Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale - Trailer of the setting

The journey begins D & D fans will finally get back in the Forgotten Realms Dungeons & Dragons with Daggerdale. The trailer shows the tower which is the setting for this new action-RPG that, of dragons and golems, the technical sector shows a rather good considering that this is a product intended for the sole digital delivery market.

Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale - The journey begins

• New Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale Trailer (21/04/2011)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale trailer will remind you of the Forgotten Realms (24/04/2011)
• Daggerdale trailer ascends a foreboding tower (22/04/2011)
• "Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale Fighter Trailer" and related posts (04/04/2011)
• Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale - New Fighter Trailer (04/04/2011)

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An avalanche of discounts on the App Store

Easter seems a good Easter rich to the App Store, which these days is going through a period of very interesting discount, by different publishers. In particular, we report the balances of Electronic Arts (like NBA Jam and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to 89 cents), Chillingo and Sega, but there are many games at reduced prices in recent days.

Here below a list of discount bonds taken from TouchArcade and reported to the American section of the App Store. We do not know exactly if all balances have shown a genuine consideration also in the Italian section of the Apple digital delivery or what the exact price in euro, but in the meantime we report the complete list.

About Tokyo Jungle, the PlayStation CAMP project

Power to the animals begin to check the information on the new project is under way within the initiative "PlayStation CAMP", or "Creator Audition Mash Up Project". In practice this is a project exclusively tied to the Japanese territory, which aims to discover new talents in the field of gaming pursuing the shared development of video games on PlayStation 3 and PSP.

The game has been chosen as the title is to be pursued Tokyo Jungle, of which we see the first images on Andriasang taken from Famitsu. In practice this is a sort of simulation of a hypothetical future where cities are occupied by the Nipponese wilderness. Apparently, we are in story mode to follow the stories of several individual animals, while in survival mode is chosen by the player the length of time that follow the history of various animals around the city.