The Walking Dead to release on PS Vita

Telltale’s episodic point-and-click adventure game, The Walking Dead, will eventually be available for the PS Vita this year. The winner of 80 awards will be receiving a second season for the fourth quarter of 2013. The second season might be impacted by a user’s previous season one decisions.

Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014 will be available for Android

Wizards of the Coast announced its next installment of Magic 2014. Duels of the Planewalkers 2014 will be available this summer for PC, Xbox 360, PS3, iOS, and finally for Android. The next addition to the franchise will include 10 brand new decks, 15 new encounters, and 10 new puzzle challenges.

Rovio’s Bad Piggies releases next Thursday

Next week Rovio’s new game, Bad Piggies, will be available for iOS, Android, and Mac. Eventually, the game will release to PC and Windows Phone. Bad Piggies will allow players to create contraptions to advance through levels as well make players steal eggs. Check below at the debut and gameplay trailer for more details.

Steam discounts British indie game bundle and The Walking Dead; The Walking Dead: Episode 3 – Long Road Ahead available tomorrow

This midweek madness sale is pretty awesome. Steam has discounted Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead to 40% off, making it a wonderful $14.99 for all five episodes. This is undoubtedly due to the upcoming release of Episode 3 – Long Road Ahead, which has released today for PlayStation Network. However, other gamers will have to wait one more day for its release to Xbox Live Arcade, PC, and Mac. In addition, tomorrow Episode 2 – Starved For Help will release on iOS. You can pick up the bundle of the game that includes all episodes upon release for just $14.99 as well from the iTunes App Store. If you wish to purchase it individually, then the episode will cost $4.99. I thoroughly have enjoyed the first two episodes and highly recommend the game to anyone who’s interested in it. Picking it up for just $14.99 is a great deal.

Also there’s the British Indie Game Bundle that features six games: Defcon, Eufloria, Frozen Synapse, Gratuitous Space Battles, Revenge of the Titans, and Ben There, Dan That! and Time Gentlemen, Please! Special Edition Double Pack. The bundle is available for just $9.99 (75% off).

Both these deals will end as always on Thursday at 7pm EST.

Indie Royale’s Gone Fishin’ Bundle has launched

Indie Royale is once again back and this time, they have Gone Fishin’. This new bundle includes six games going with the pay-what-you-want model, but with a minimum pricing of $5.52 at the moment. It offers Sol: Exodus, All Zombies Must Die!, Cubemen (first three all available through Steam), Squids, Platformance: Castle Pain, and Platformance: Temple Death. Every game except All Zombies Must Die! is available through Desura and DRM-free downloads. In addition, Cubemen and Squids are the only available games for Mac. Also upon purchasing the bundle, you’ll receive VectorGeddon, its PC debut, and Sol:Exodus‘ artbook and official soundtrack. Check out the video and official blog post below that each highlights the games included and look at the official website here. There’s still seven days left to claim your bundle now. Oh and if you pay $8 or more, you’ll receive Floex’s aka Tomáš Dvořák, who created the Machinarium soundtrack to Amanita Design’s point-and-click game, wonderful album, Pocustones.

The first bait on the hook is Seamless Entertainment’s Unreal Engine-powered 3D space-action game: SOL: Exodus now available for Windows on Steam, Desura and DRM-free. Save humanity from the dying sun by finding a new home, and blast your way through multiple missions while enjoying easy-to-grasp Wing Commander-esque controls and core gameplay alongside an involved story. Destructoid calls SOL: Exodus an “accessible, exciting spacefighter sim” and suggests that “(a)nyone looking for a good space dogfight should feel obliged to give it a try.”

If that isn’t enough to reel you in, Doublesix Games’ undead-heavy topdown shooter All Zombies Must Die! will surely tempt you to bite. Available for Windows on Steam, this game offers a smattering of role-playing and strategy features, an unexpected cartoon-like art style and witty dialogue filled with clever pop-culture references. For those who played All Zombies Must Die! on the PSN or XBLA, you’ll be pleased to note that the PC release offers relief to zombie swarming by adding a new ‘treacle’ mechanic, “which will allow players to wade through otherwise impassible zombie crowds.”

Also offered in this tempting bundle are two games from 3 Sprockets, led by Cubemen, an acclaimed tower defense title now available for Windows and Mac on Steam, Desura and DRM-free. Play out the epic battle between red and blue by placing pixel men on the board to defend your base across 35 levels. The Skirmish mode offers what Gamezebo calls “a refreshing twist on tower defense” where players get to play against the AI or in multiplayer mode across 25 additional levels. Also from 3 Sprockets is bonus game VectorGeddon available for Windows and Mac as a DRM-free standalone exclusively on Indie Royale. It’s a fast-paced Missile Command style game where players spawn missile silos around the planet, and target incoming asteroids to destroy them in order to keep the population of Earth from hitting zero.

Suitably included in this ‘fishy’ bundle is Squids from The Game Bakers, available for Windows and Mac on Desura and DRM-free. Offering a clever mix of action strategy and RPG, this game is based on saving the world of the squids from an evil black ooze that threatens to destroy civilization by building a team of heroes to fight epic turn-based battles against corrupted crabs and shrimps. Touch Arcade calls the iOS versions of Squids “kinetic, clean, charming, and particularly streamlined” and says the game “has a ton of character, fun, and unique constructs to share.”

Last on the fishing lure are two PC debuts from Magiko Gaming: Platformance: Castle Pain and Platformance: Temple Death, both devious side-scrolling ‘masocore’ platformers available for Windows on Desura and DRM-free. Originally developed for Xbox Live Indie Games, these games are tough as nails but satisfying to beat. Platformance: Castle Pain stars a heavily armored knight who must overcome various challenging platform goodness to save the princess. Also debuting is Platformance: Temple Death, which is based on saving famous starlet Grace Belly by navigating though traps and challenges as an adventurer with a hat and whip. Indie Gamer Chick notes that the series is “pretty to look at, sound wonderful, and (…) offers a legitimate challenge without going out of their way to be unfair.”

Finally, those who pay $8 USD or their currency equivalent during the Gone Fishin’ Bundle will get ‘Pocustone’ the debut album from Floex (aka Tomas Dvorak), the Czech musician who created the lauded Machinarium soundtrack. This critically acclaimed album bridges relatively isolated genres such as nu-jazz, electronic and modern contemporary music, and appears in a bundle for the first time here.

The Walking Dead comes to iOS

Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead will be available on iTunes for just $14.99. Each episode is will be available for $4.99 each, but the $14.99 includes them all so you’ll save yourself $10 in the long run. If you have an iOS device, you’ll be able to play it on the following ones: iPad 2, the new iPad, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and 4th Generation iPods and above. I picked up the game during the Steam Summer Sale and definitely think that it’s a great game, despite not realizing that it was solely a point-and-click game. The story is engaging and overall, does a nice job with the whole make-a-decision-now and its consequences concept.

Gameloft’s The Dark Knight Rises mobile game launched

It is horrible what happened last night in Colorado. If you haven’t heard, a 24-year old kid murdered at least 12 people and wounded more than 50 at a showing of The Dark Knight Rises. Here’s an article concerning the events of last night from NY Daily News. My prayers go out to everyone who was affected by this tragedy.

Gameloft’s The Dark Knight Rises: The Mobile Game is now available to download from iTunes App Store for $6.99. Additionally, you can purchase a copy for Android too.

Ubisoft’s MotoHeroz and Rabbids Go HD available for free for 48 hours

You can pick up the two Ubisoft apps from the iTunes App Store within the next 48 hours. Additionally, you can pick up Babel Rising for just $0.99 now.

• MotoHeroz
• Rabbids Go HD

 

 

 

 

Happy Street receives a trailer, but still in beta

Godzi Lab, the developers of iBlast Moki 2, have released a trailer showing off their new title, Happy Street. The cute town-building game is currently on the Canadian iOS store as part of a limited beta release. However, there’s no launch date yet for a worldwide release. If you happen to use the Canadian iTunes App Store, you can pick up the game for free here.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted Limited Edition available just for pre-ordering

Electronic Arts latest installment of the Need for Speed series will receive a Limited Edition. This Limited Edition is available upon pre-ordering the title and will not thus cause you to spend extra money than the normal baseline price. However, it wouldn’t surprise me if they came out with another edition that does require you to spend $50 extra for more “fancier” stuff. The game will release on October 30th for PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, iOS, and Android. Below is the listing of the Limited Edition features.

• Four hours of Double Speed Points: Players earn double speed points throughout the first four hours of multiplayer.
• 2012 Porsche 911 Carerra S: Optimized aerodynamic body that reduces drag for maximum speed and Nitrous Burn, delivering efficient and sustained speed boosts.
• Maserati GranTurismo MC Stradale: A Race Pack Powertrain tuned for increased power and the impact protection modification to provide increased stability and strength when driving at breakneck speeds

In addition to the Limited Edition, you will also receive these exclusive packs their available by certain retailers, though not sure which retailers give which packs. You’ll have to figure that out by yourself when you want to pre-order the game from your favorite retailer.

• Speed Pack: The Caterham Superlight R500 in the exclusive Satin Black livery, featuring the Track Tyres modification for improved road handling, and the Lightweight Chassis modification allowing players to reach mesmerizing speeds.

 

• Strike Pack: The Mercedes-Benz SL 65 AMG Black Series in the exclusive Satin Black livery, featuring the Power Pack Powertrain modification for an engine tuned for torque, acceleratio,n and the ability to reach breakneck speeds, and the Re-inflating Tyres [sic] modification making it easier to survive and counter rivals’ attempts to slow players down.

• Power Pack: The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor in the exclusive Satin Black livery, featuring the Reinforced Chassis modification for taking increased damage, and the powerful and violent Nitrous Dump modification for making tight jumps and powered up takedowns.

Lili to release in the coming weeks for iOS

Lee Perry, the ex-Gears of War and Fortnite designer, founded his new studio, BitMonster Games. The first game that will release from the recently formed studio will be Lili, an adventure RPG hybrid. The new title will soon be available for iOS devices. In addition, the game will us Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 3, after BitMonster Games signed a deal to use the engine for its upcoming releases. Perry assures the new studio will release games for PC as well. He stated: “‘Epic has been extremely supportive of our new studio and in helping us build the game of our dreams. We set out to create an adventure that is appropriate for nearly anyone. As a designer, it’s exciting to see that the Unreal Engine 3 tools are better than ever, and they provide everything we need to achieve a gratifying and imaginative experience'” (Eurogamer).

Rovio’s Amazing Alex is available in app stores

Rovio’s Amazing Alex is now available. Rovio remade Casey’s Contraptions into their new title post-Angry Birds. The game is available for iPhone, iPad, and Android and can each be found in their respective stores. PC and Mac as well as Windows Phone version are in development.

Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes and The Expendables 2 announced

Ubisoft has announced two titles, Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes and The Expendables 2. The Expendables 2 will  be available for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3, while Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes will hit iOS and Android devices sometime in the near future. Previously released for Nintendo DS and more recently Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, Clash of Heroes’ new touch-based interface will be developed by Tag Games.

The Expendables 2 will be sort of a prequel to the film that’s releasing in August. The player will be able to play as one of four characters: Barney Ross, Hale Caesar, Yin Yang, and Gunner Jensen. The storyline revolves around rescuing a kidnapped billionaire. In addition, the game will feature an online co-op and challenges along with a bunch of drivable vehicles and interesting locations.

 

Rovio’s Amazing Alex to launch in July

Rovio will be releasing their new iOS and Android app, Amazing Alex, sometime in July. Around the beginning of the year, Rovio purchased the rights to the app, Casey’s Contraptions. The new title from the Angry Birds developer will include ways to build levels and share them. The physics-based puzzler game will feature 100 levels upon launch and at least 35 interactive objects. The game will be regularly updated for free. If you’d like to know more about Rovio’s upcoming title, check out the official game website,  Twitter, and/or Facebook for more information. Also check out the teaser trailer below.

Kingdom Rush available for iPhone and iPod Touch!

One of my favorite iPad games has now officially launched on the iPhone and iPod touch. Kingdom Rush is one of the best tower defense games out on the market right now. Its gameplay can be easy, but overall as you progress, defending your land is a lot harder task than you expect it to be. Created by Ironhide Game Studios, the tower defense game has plenty of options to start against the hordes of goblins, orcs, and undead (to name a few enemies) you’ll battle against.

The game consists of just four building types: mage towers, barrack towers, archer towers, and artillery towers. Each enemy has a particular resistance to either magic or physical damage or even both; therefore it’s your ultimate wits that will help you figure how best to stop them before they deplete your kingdom’s health. Each round you have 20 lives and a particular sum of money to spend to create your defenses. In addition, you also have two cooldown dependent summoner spells: reinforcements and meteors. The meteors have an incredibly long cooldown while the reinforcements are two farmers for example that can be summoned almost around 10 seconds or so. Also although there are only four types of buildings, you can, after three upgrades, choose one or two path upgrades. For example, the mage tower can transform into an teleporting-enemies-around arcane tower or a reduce-enemies-armor tower (that also summons a nifty stone elemental, who acts as a guard).

So if you love tower defense games, certainly purchase Kingdom Rush, it definitely doesn’t disappoint. The sounds are cute, the graphics are nice, and the difficulty balance is great. There’s also plenty of achievements to strive for and after completing the game, there will be special challenges that await you. Get it at the iTunes App Store for iPad ($2.99) or iPhone/iPod Touch ($0.99). Or if you don’t have an iOS device or just don’t wish to pay the developers for the awesome game, then you can play the game online for free.

Watch the new Horn trailer now

Yesterday I reported about a new entry from Phosphor Games here. Well today there’s a new trailer releasing some gameplay footage of the upcoming game using Unreal Engine 3. Check it out! Oh and yes in fact Zynga, the company that makes tons of those infectious and obnoxious Facebook games, will be publishing the game. Expanding their horizons, oh yes they are.

Get 100 free games in one nifty app from Atari, but it only lasts today

Atari is celebrating their 40th birthday by offering Atari’s Greatest Hits app for free from the iTunes App Store. All 100 games contained in the app are free and will be “free-to-play until you remove or reinstall the game”.

Horn could be the new Infinity Blade

Horn looks like it could rival Epic Games’ Infinity Blade. Infinity Blade is one of those games here it’s easy to put down and pick it right back up due to the short battles. Infinity Blade is the first game to release on iOS using the Unreal Engine 3 and in addition, it has become the most profitable Epic Games’ franchise “in terms of man years invested versus revenue only, not total profit” (Eurogamer), according to Mark Rein. However, Horn looks just as impressive compared to the fastest-grossing app in iOS history. The iOS Phosphor Games‘ new entry will have players explore a world where an entire village has transformed into monsters. In this third-person action-adventure game, you control a young blacksmith on a search for questions regarding the the unusual and unfortunate occurrence placed on his village. You’ll be able to leap over ledges and participate in one-on-one battles. The battle system is similar to Zelda in which while you are attacking, you can circle around your opponent and dodge attacks or counter-blows.

 

 

FIFA 13 Ultimate Edition available to pre-order June 29th, two pre-order bonuses to choose from

FIFA 13 has two pre-order incentives, in addition to the FIFA 13 Ultimate Edition. You can pre-order the Ultimate Edition or you can purchase only on  the day of release, September 28th. Other than that you’ll be out of luck to purchase the FIFA 13 Ultimate Edition that includes 24 FIFA Ultimate Team packs: 12 items, including players, contracts, stadiums, managers, staff, fitness, healing, balls, kits and badges. Gold Packs consist of players rated 75+ in-game, and include one rare item, such as enhanced player attributes, longer contracts, and the most coveted players. One pack will be introduce each week over the course of 24 weeks.

Also if you just pre-order FIFA 13 or FIFA 13 Ultimate Edition, then you can have one of two options in pre-order incentives: EA Sports Football Club pre-order and adidas All-Star Team pre-order (however these bonuses only pertain to PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 orders). EA Sports Football  Club pre-order includes 10,000 EA Sports Football Club credits to redeem against in-game items such as special celebrations, Virtual Pro attribute boosts, extra matches in Head-to-Head Seasons mode and more. Adidas All-Star Team pre-order features: the exclusive adidas All-Star Team comprised of 23 of the world’s top players, such as Lionel Messi, Nani, Karim Benzema and many others. The exclusive squad will feature special adidas kits that can be used in Online Pro Clubs.

Pre-order the Ultimate Edition on Friday, June 29th.

New smartphone game Assassin’s Creed: Utopia will not be directly linked to AC III, instead set pre-AC III

In addition to delaying the PC release of Assassin’s Creed III, Ubisoft has announced a new Assassin’s Creed smartphone game titled Assassin’s Creed: Utopia. However unlike Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, this game is not linked to Assassin’s Creed III and will not affect your game.

“‘There are no links between the games'”, Assassin’s Creed producer Andreane Meunier told Eurogamer at E3. “‘But the narrative will lead into the ACIII narrative, since it’s a kind of pre-era to the Assassin’s Creed III era'” (Eurogamer).

For the new title, Ubisoft is working together with GREE. So far there is now launch date as of yet, but surely it will subsequently release around the console launch date come this October. There is apparently a huge fan-base that is in tune with the narrative side of Assassin’s Creed, such as the novels, comics, and even Assassin’s Creed Recollection. In fact these people just wish to read about the series rather than play the PC/console/handheld games. Really? I mean that’s all well and good, but the games are my favorite video game series. I guess those people just don’t like to “experience” the interactive part of the series. To each their own.

Assassin’s Creed: Utopia will not be a card game, but it will provide a bit more information concerning Abstergo, which will in fact be developing a program titled Utopia in order to “revisit and reconstruct eras” according to Meunier. Earlier this year the GREE Assassin’s Creed project was unveiled. According to that article by Eurogamer, the new game will hit sometime in December, but of course we won’t really know until Ubisoft announces the launch date.

Electronic Arts works with DreamWorks for film adapation of Need for Speed series

DreamWorks is creating a Need for Speed film off of the hit Electronic Arts game. The movie is scheduled to release in 2014 and will begin its production next year. Brother George (She’s Out of My League) and John Gatins (Dreamer, Real Steel, Flight) have developed a story that is about the series rather than on  a specific individual game. Both John Gatins and Mark Sourian will produce the film with Electronic Arts, while Scott Waugh will direct the adaption.

Electronic Arts has stated “In Need for Speed, the cars are hot, the racing is intense and the story keeps players at the edge of their seat” and the film will be a “fast-paced, high-octane film rooted in the tradition of the great car culture films of the 70s while being extremely faithful to the spirit of the video game franchise” (Eurogamer).

Until then check out the E3 trailer below of Need for Speed; Most Wanted 2. Also you can visit the official Need for Speed: World website to download the game for free. Of course, you’ll have to make an Origin account if you don’t already have one to snag the title.

Assassin’s Creed Recollection adds Revelations update

One of my favorite games on the iPad has now received a new update. Assassin’s Creed Recollection  is available for free now as of several months ago. Ubisoft has truly made a wonderful game free-to-play and full of a lot of content to boot. The game will prompt you to purchase the extra Revelations content for just $2.99. Check out the official site here detailing the awesome content in this real-time card game. Additionally, you can watch Assassin’s Creed: Embers, the short film about Ezio Auditore’s time in his Tuscan Villa, in game.

The new Revelations expansion features:

-144 new Memories with game-changing abilities
–Revelations Story Bundle: 30 Solo Missions and Challenges with an exclusive Story exploring the ties between Ezio and Altair
-Improved visualization of the Memories’ abilities
-Tactics tweaks
-New offers to buy Animus Credits

Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 available now

Wizards of the Coast next installment of Duels of the Planeswalkers has released to PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 yesterday and for the first time ever it is available on the iPad. Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 for the iPad is initially free, but to unlock a lot more content the cost is $9.99. The new titled includes new features such as new cards, puzzles, and multiplayer. Check out the trailer below.

Suda 51 voices Logfella in Japanese edition

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP will be releasing to Japan tomorrow, which actually technically it is according to their time zone. The game will feature game designer Goichi Suda (Suda 51) as the voice for Logfella. It’ll release to PC, Mac, as well as iOS. Also there is a new soundtrack that features remixes of Jim Guthrie’s work. Check it out http://sworcery.jp/remix/

The Dark Knight Rises mobile game announced

The Dark Knight Rises, the third installment of Christoper Nolan’s Batman film series, will be in theatres on July 20th. The best-selling film series will feature Selina Kyle and Bane in the upcoming movie. Not only will The Dark Knight Rises release in theatres, but also it will release on mobile devices. Gameloft announced their new game with a teaser trailer. The new game features Batman heavily kicking and punching bad guys. There’s no launch date as of yet, but it will release on Android and iOS devices. There will also be a real-time strategy browser game based off the film as well and it’s titled as The Fire Rises. Published by Warner Bros., the Facebook integrated game has no release date yet as well.