Soul Calibur Hitting iPhone, iPad & iPod touch Next Week
As the hardware finesse of the iPhone and its iOS touting brethren increases so do the number of high quality games available for the platform. For example, come next week, Soul Calibur will be makings its debut on iOS. Apparently this particular version is a port of the Dreamcast game with the developers managing to retain all 19 original characters.
Furthermore, modes that will made an appearance in the game are as follows:
- Arcade Battle
- Time Attack
- Survival
- Extra Survival
- Practice
- Museum
We’ve yet to be notified as to how much the price tag will be but once we figure it out we’ll let you know.
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Just Dance Franchise Tops 25 Million
When originally released many thought if Microsoft’s Kinect would be marked off as a gimic like other motion controlled systems we’ve seen in the past. However, now that Kinect has been on the market for quite some time it’s easy to see that it has a bright future. Not only does Microsoft have plans to integrate the technology into their Windows desktop platform but the games already available for Kinect are doing surprisingly well.
One you may not think to be doing better than others, Just Dance, seems to be a poster child for Kinect success. Ubisoft has just taken center stage to let us know that the entire Just Dance franchise is already at 25 million total sales. For those who aren’t aware, Just Dance currently has 3 titles in the normal Just Dance line, 2 in the Just Dance Kids line and one in the Just Dance Summer Part line making for 6 different titles.
While it’s not much when compared to heavy hitters like Call of Duty, it’s definitely a promising sign for the entire Kinect platform.
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Win 1 Million Dollars With a Perfect Game in MLB 2K12
There are many proven ways to become rich including robbing a bank, creating a pornography empire and starting Facebook. Unfortunately, each of these methods will task you with leaving the couch for a considerable amount of time. If this doesn’t float your boat and you’d much rather sit around playing baseball you, my friend, are in luck.
In recent years 2K Sports have been giving out a whopping $1,000,000 (yes, that’s a million for you math majors) to the lucky player who manages to pitch a perfect game in any given year’s MLB 2K. 2012 seems to be no different with 2K Sports recently announcing that they will again be holding this contest when the game launches in around 52 days.
Those who want to get down on this will want to keep their eyes glued to the contest’s landing page here. On that note, if you win, feel free to send us some of your earnings as a way of saying thanks for telling you.
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Armored Core V Release Date Announced
Namco Bandai is set to warm the hearts of mecha loving fans everywhere with the impending release of Armored Core V. Taking control of giant, destructive robots gamers will have a chance to either trek through the game’s story mode or duke it out with friends in online 5-versus-5 multiplayer combat.
Unfortunately, will be graced with the game come January 26th, we’ve yet to pin down a North American release date. Luckily, that hiatus has today come to an end as Namco Bandai has offiically announced that Armored Core V will be made availabe in the US for the Xbox 360 and PS3 on March 20th and Europe on March 23rd.
Those who need to wet their whistle with some Armored Core goodness before making the dive can hit the jump for some gamplay footage.
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Minecraft 1.1 Update Available Now
Despite being on the market for quite some time now indie smash hit Minecraft continues to chug along at a healthy pace. While iconic creator Notch may have given up creative control over the game to work on bigger and better things, updates are continuing the flow like the gracious water found within the game’s landscape.
Today, news has broke that Minecraft 1.1 is being pushed to all. Seeing how it’s just an incremental update, don’t expect too many hard hitting features similar to those found in the Adventure Update but there is still some fun to be had. Below is a list of what’s included courtesy of Mojang:
- Bow Enchantments
- Golden Apple recipe
- New language translations.
- Slightly smoothed color transitions between biomes
- Reduced brewing time to 20 seconds
- Added spawn eggs to creative (the colors of the eggs even look like the mobs)
- Added world type options (currently only super-flat and default)
- Removed collision box from ladders
- Sheep eat grass and regain their wool
As always the update will be pushed to your client as soon as you boot it up so there shouldn’t be a need for any manual updating. On that note, if you get a chance to give Minecraft 1.1 a whirl let us know how it goes. Additionally, you can check out a video released by Mojang showing of 1.1′s features after the break.
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Rockstar Twitter Contest Puts Your Face in Max Payne 3
After a near decade long hiatus Rockstar’s Max Payne franchise is finally set for a reboot with Max Payne 3. From the looks of it, Max Payne 3 will be a very welcome addition to the series. Seeing how the last game we saw from the Max Payne series was Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne in 2003, gamers can expect a major boost in tech as was displayed quite some time ago in a tech demo (which you can view here).
Max Payne 3 is slated to launch in March of this year which means it’s about time for Rockstar to start the hype train. And what better way to start the hype train than with a contest? Rockstar has just announced they will be holding a Max Payne 3 contest that won’t gift you with money, fame or beautiful woman but instead, something much better. That’s right, lucky contestants will actually get a chance to have their face immortalized in the game’s multiplayer.
So far, Rockstar has picked 4 winners as made evident by the above image but fret not as there is still room for 4 more. To enter the contest all you have to do is follow @RockstarGames on Twitter and tweet out anything you deem worthy of their attention with #MaxPayne3 included somewhere in said tweet. Sounds easy enough but with such ease is sure to come an onslaught of contestants.
If you’re willing to fare the competition and want some more info, that can be acquired here.
[Rockstar]
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PS Vita Sales Surpass 500,000 Units
There has been a lot of talk circulating regarding the PlayStation Vita. This device features very high end specs including a quad-core processor, front/rear touch panels and dual analog sticks. However, with the emergence of high tech smartphones complete with thousands of low priced games many have wondered if the PS Vita has any chance. Things didn’t look very good qwhen a ton of different reports sufrfaced saying that the PS Vita was posting less than stellar sales.
However, in the grand scheme of the things, the PS Vita isn’t doing too bad. Sony has just come forth during CES to let us know that their brand new portable gaming console has managed to sell 500,000 units. Seeing how the console is still very new and hasn’t yet shipped in North America things are sure to get better from here.
Do you plan on getting a PS Vita? Why or why not.
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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Demo Now Available on Xbox 360 & PS3
Final Fantasy has been one of the longest running RPG franchises on the market today. Not only do they have a massive 13 titles that fall into the main line encompassing both MMORPG and single player experiences but they’ve also been known to make sequels of specific titles. Final Fantasy X was the first example of this with Final Fantasy X-2 and now Final Fantasy XIII has gotten the same treatment with, you guessed it, Final Fantasy XIII-2.
While the game won’t officially be out in North America until January 31st, those who want to get down early can do so. The reason I say this is because a Final Fantasy XIII-2 demo is now available for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Gamers will take control of Noel and Serah within the Bresha Ruins where they will face off against Atlas – one of the game’s bosses.
If you’re indecisive on whether or not you want to grab the game, this is a perfect way you can get down without spending any cash. If you get a chance to give it a go let us know how the experience is in the comments below.
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Modern Warfare 3 Maps Incoming, Lots of Them
Activision has struck gold many times in the past with franchises such as Guitar Hero but it’s hard to find a franchise as popular as Call of Duty. Spanning a massive amount of titles and many different consoles, Call of Duty has gone on to become the de facto FPS game putting others to shame in terms of sales numbers.
Modern Warfare 3, the franchise’s latest release, is no different selling a massive 6.5 million copies during the first 24 hours it was on the market. But, if you thought Activision would be satisfied with making a mere $400 million in 24 hours, you would be sadly mistaken.
A lot of talk has circulated in regards to future DLC for the game. In the past, Activision has taken it upon themselves to release various DLC packs (mostly consisting of multiplayer maps) for Call of Duty titles. Well, it seems that they are looking to ramp this up considerably with Modern Warfare 3 by releasing a massive 20 DLC packs in the next 9 months.
The first content pack will be made available on January 24th for Xbox Live gamers who subscribe to Call of Duty: Elite containing two maps dubbed Liberation and Piazza. Furthermore, those who subscribe to said service can expect at least monthly installments of these downloadable packs.
This is all fine and dandy, but there’s been virtually no word on when PC, PS3 and non Call of Duty: Elite subscribers can get access to the any of this content. We’ll keep you posted as more information is made available. In the mean time check out a trailer for the first Modern Warfare 3 DLC pack after the break.
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Diablo 3 Definitely Coming to Consoles?
Diablo 3 is one of the year’s most anticipated games. Not only has the Diablo franchise been one of the most iconic online dungeon crwalers of all time but its’ been nearly a decade since the last title was released. Unfortunately for us, Blizzard has pulled the usual card keeping very quiet in regards to a release date for the game.
While we already know that Diablo 3 will obviously be released for the PC, we’ve heard rumors that it would also be making its way to consoles. Well, it seems that Blizzard has officially confirmed this today. As the story goes, a Twitter user contacted Blizzard’s Micah ‘Bashiok’ Whipple via Twitter asking if the game will make its way to consoles to which Whipple replied:
Yup. Josh mosqueira is lead designer for the Diablo console project.
Of course, he didn’t exactly say that Diablo 3 as we’ve come to know it will be making its way to consoles nor did he mention what consoles the game will be making its way to. Either way, it seems very likely that we will see the Diablo franchise make the jump to consoles at some point in the near future.
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