Developer: Kylotonn Games Publisher: Atlus USA Platform: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC ESRB Rating: M for Mature (Blood and Gore, Intense Violence) Marching onto the field of battle is Atlus’ The Cursed Crusade. This epic adventure is a nice blend of action-adventure gameplay with a deep combat system and RPG elements. Sporting local and online [...]
Square Enix is obviously looking to refresh Final Fantasy following the mixed reaction to Final Fantasy XIII and the not-so-well-received MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, and they may be looking toward action RPGs. Speaking with Edge, producer Yoshinori Kitase said the global market is moving away from turn-based systems and toward
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim is the best game of 2011, and in the top 10 games of all time according to Metacritic. Today we can see that the highly anticipated Skyrim, which was released in the UK today, is thought of as currently the best game of 2011, based on user reviews. The massive role-playing [...]
Set for a February 3rd (2012) release, Soulcalibur V will be allowing Ezio Auditore from Assassin’s Creed franchise make a guest appearance as a playable character. He will come complete with his assassination tools as well, including the Stiletto, Roman Longsword, Crossbow, hidden guns and of course, the trademark hidden blades. Namco Bandai seem very [...]
Developer: Kylotonn Games
Publisher: Atlus USA
Platform: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC
ESRB Rating: M for Mature (Blood and Gore, Intense Violence)
Marching onto the field of battle is Atlus’ The Cursed Crusade. This epic adventure is a nice blend of action-adventure gameplay with a deep combat system and RPG elements. Sporting local and online co-operative play, this crusade may be cursed, but it is not necessarily a bad thing.
Square Enix is obviously looking to refresh Final Fantasy following the mixed reaction to Final Fantasy XIII and the not-so-well-received MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV, and they may be looking toward action RPGs.
Speaking with Edge, producer Yoshinori Kitase said the global market is moving away from turn-based systems and toward
Naruto Impact is an action/fighter created that features over 50 characters (26 which are playable), co-op play, boss battles, 1-on-1 fighting, and 1-vs-100 action. The game is now available for purchase in North America, Japan, and Europe. Naruto Impact is released on the playstation portable platform and is a huge success in Japan.
Between North America and Japan the game has sold an estimated 101,534 copies!
The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim is the best game of 2011, and in the top 10 games of all time according to Metacritic.
Today we can see that the highly anticipated Skyrim, which was released in the UK today, is thought of as currently the best game of 2011, based on user reviews. The massive role-playing game has beaten Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Fifa 12 and Portal 2 to the title.
According to recent research by the mobile analytics firm Flurry, Nintendo and Sony aren’t dominating the world of mobile gaming like they once dead. According to their findings, the revenue collected on the iOS and Android platforms this year is more than the handheld revenues of Sony and Nintendo combined. iOS and Android revenues have been growing steadily the past 3 years and this year it is believed that they will take the lead in dramatic fashion.
Set for a February 3rd (2012) release, Soulcalibur V will be allowing Ezio Auditore from Assassin’s Creed franchise make a guest appearance as a playable character. He will come complete with his assassination tools as well, including the Stiletto, Roman Longsword, Crossbow, hidden guns and of course, the trademark hidden blades.
Namco Bandai seem very happy about this news, with Senior Vice President saying
During it’s 2Q earnings report Ubisoft shared sales data for several of its popular franchises. The Assassin’s Creed series has passed 30 million units sold worldwide since the franchise was first released back in 2008.
The Game of Thrones is moving from books and television to computers and popular game consoles.
Best-selling author George R.R. Martin and cable’s HBO, which had a hit earlier this year with a series based on his fantasy novels, are working with developers on three games, all due next year:
•Game of Thrones, a role-playing game from developer Cyanide Studio and publisher Atlus for PS3, XBOX 360 and PCs, is based on an original story by Martin. HBO plans to share video with the developers so that the game parallels the series.
•Bigpoint (Battlestar Galactica Online) is developing a free-to-play Game of Thrones massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
•A Thrones-based social networking game — think FarmVille comes to Westeros — is also in the works.
Martin helped formulate the game’s scenario, says Yves Bordeleau, studio director at Cyanide Montreal, which created the Genesis game.
“All the situations and story line were written under (his) monitoring in order to fit with the story the fans have already read, and thus fulfill their expectations.”
The Game of Thrones realm, a fantasy inspired by Britain’s War of the Roses, “makes an excellent basis for a strategy game because, as you may know, the universe of Westeros is full of twisted plots, spying and treachery, which have been really interesting to turn into gameplay,” Bordeleau says. In Genesis, “the player will have to use diplomacy, underhanded methods or warfare to take the upper hand.”
Even though Martin is involved in all the games, the author says, “I am not an expert in this field. … I trust in (the developers’) expertise.”
Among the characters Martin created for the in-development and as-yet-untitled role-playing games are a member of the Night’s Watch on the frozen Wall and a Red priest. The game “has some interesting stuff and looks gorgeous,” he says.
Other projects aside, Martin is looking “to wrap up (the Song of Ice and Fire saga) in as powerful, effective and moving a way as possible in the last two books. And they will be gigantic books, just like (this year’s hardback release) A Dance With Dragons.”
He knows he’s “facing many more years of writing. Hopefully I can stay ahead of the HBO series,” which returns in April.
“That creates a certain amount of pressure, having a freight train coming up behind me. Right now it’s way back, but it’s moving faster than I am.”
Dante returns in high definition.
A new high definition collection has just been announced. This time it’s for Capcom’s Devil May Cry series. The Devil May Cry HD Collection will include the original three Devil May Cry titles — Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 2 and Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening Special Edition.
Capcom is preparing to launch the Devil May Cry HD Collection in early 2012 for $39.99 in North America for both Xbox 360 and PS3. All the games will feature high definition visuals, of course, as well as bonus content and Trophy and Achievement support.
Here are some screenshots to accompany the announcement.
Ready to play with the Saints in 3D and with a mouse and keyboard as God intended? I suppose you won’t know until you see the requirements below! Complete with advanced depth of field, reflections, ambient occlusion quality, SLI and Crossfire capability, AMD Eyefinity support, DX9, DX10, and DX 11 support, Saints Row The thrid should look fantastic on the right machine.
Required
OS: Windows® XP
Processor: 2GHz Dual Core Processor (Intel® Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon™ X2) or higher
Memory: 2GB System RAM or more
Graphics: 320MB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 3.0 support. NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 series or better. ATI Radeon™ HD3800 series or better
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 10GB
Sound: 100% DirectX® 9.0C compliant sound card or equivalent onboard sound
Co-Op Play: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 cards require 640MB of Video RAM. ATI Radeon™ HD3800 cards require 1GB of Video RAM
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OS: Microsoft® Windows® 7
Processor: Any Quad Core Processor (Intel® Core i5 or AMD Phenom™ II X4) or 3.0+ Dual Core CPU
Memory: 4GB System RAM or more
Graphics: 1GB Video RAM GPU w/ Shader Model 4.0 support. NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 400 series or better. ATI Radeon™ HD5000 series or better
DirectX®: DirectX® 11
Hard Drive: 10 GB
Sound: 100% DirectX® 9.0C compliant sound card or equivalent onboard sound
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