Posted 5/5/12 4:56 pm EST by Clint Mize in 3DS / DS, Features, Interviews, Mac, News, PC, Previews, PS3, Reviews, vita, Weekly Wrap-up, Wii, Xbox 360
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Posted 5/3/12 11:02 am EST by MTV Video Games in News, penny arcade
By Jeffrey Matulef
Update: ALL PAX Prime passes are sold out. That was fast! We hope you got them in time!
We warned you last week that these would go fast, but I don't think even Nostradamus could have predicted that they'd go THIS fast. The PAX Prime registration site began selling passes the morning of April 25th, only for the site to quickly shut down due to technical difficulties. Registration only just reoppened yesterday around 2p.m. PST before all three day passes were sold out after approximately four hours. Sheesh!
Posted 5/2/12 5:15 pm EST by MTV Video Games in News, PS Vita, PSP
By Jeffrey Matulef
Publisher Atlus has announced the highly acclaimed PS2 role-playing game, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 is coming to the PS Vita this fall as Persona 4 Golden. This enhanced version will have remastered visuals and audio, including more voice-acting. Persona 4 Golden will also contain extra content like new events, personas, anime cutscenes (including a new intro with a new song from composer Shoji Meguro), a new character named Mary, and an "online dungeon rescue feature," where players can gain assistance from others when they're near death.
Posted 5/2/12 2:51 pm EST by MTV Video Games in News, PS3, PSN
By Jeffrey Matulef
As we speculated last week, indie studio Giant Sparrow's mostly monochromatic first-person puzzler, The Unfinished Swan, is coming to PSN.
The core concept involves splattering empty black and white planes with paint to reveal the environment around you. Or at least, that's how it begins.
Posted 5/2/12 10:45 am EST by Charles Webb in Interviews, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Pictured: Emmett Shear (l), Marcus "djWheat" Graham (r)
Recently, game streaming site TwitchTV hit a fairly substantial milestone: after a little under a year since its debut (it made its bow online last June) it now reaches 15 million gamers monthly. That's a lot of people coming to the site each month to watch other gamers play. According to TwitchTV CEO and co-founder Emmett Shear, that represents an increase of users of 13% month over month with the average viewer watching the site for about an hour per day. For Shear, he sees the audience increasingly using the site like TV; “That’s a shift in how people consume media that I think is really interesting.”
On the other end of things, there's eSports commentator Marcus "djWHEAT" Graham, who sees the broadcasting service as a means for some gamers looking to go pro at their hobby to make a career out of the burgeoning streaming industry. When I asked about how a gamer can make a name for him or herself in eSports, Graham said “If you’re a pro, it’s pretty simple: you can go to these tournaments and make a name for yourself by playing. But I think that what Twitch is doing is offering an accelerated way to get their name out there.” He likens it to the early 90’s trend of skaters making videos, rising to prominence based on their stunts, style, and personality. “Imagine if that process of getting a skate tape to me doesn’t take eight months, and suddenly a person’s watching on a stream as you play right there.”
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Posted 5/1/12 6:45 pm EST by MTV Video Games in News, PC
By Jeffrey Matulef
We're really getting spoiled these days. Not only are there fifty bajillion wonderful free games on sites like Newgrounds, Kongregate, and Armor Games, but sometimes we get passionate game creators like Scott Cawthon (Scott Games) who bring us free full length adventures with shockingly accomplished production values. The Desolate Hope is his newest title that's sure to intrigue fans of classic science fiction.
Posted 5/1/12 4:05 pm EST by MTV Video Games in News, PC
By Jeffrey Matulef
Three former Bioshock developers have left 2K to start up their own independent game studio, The Fullbright Company. The Portland, OR based outfit consists of Bioshock 2 designer, Steve Gaynor, alongside programmer, Johnnemann Nordhagen; and editor/researcher, Karla Zimonja.
Posted 4/30/12 11:20 am EST by Charles Webb in FPS, News, PC, PS3, Screenshots, Xbox 360
Arkane Studios' upcoming assassination FPS emerges from the shadows with new screenshots featuring abilities, pretty ladies.
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Posted 4/26/12 10:14 am EST by Clint Mize in News, PC, Previews, PS3, Xbox 360
I’m not really sure where to begin with Bethesda published, Arkane Studio’s new game ‘Dishonored’ and I must admit I came into the preview pretty cold without much knowledge of what to expect. I just knew that is was a first person melee game with magic powers. If you watched the debut video, you may have just dismissed this as a BioShock set in an industrial-age, steampunk dystopia featuring mystical elements, and I really wouldn’t say you’re wrong. However, I find it pretty lazy when something is described as ‘x but with y’. So, I aim to tell you why you should put away any assumptions and keep a keen eye out for this game.
Posted 4/10/12 3:30 pm EST by Charles Webb in News, PC, PS3, Release Dates, Xbox 360
Chris and Leon will be on your game boxes a month and a half earlier than originally announced, Capcom's taking a third stab at its mechs against giant bugs series, with the official reveal of Lost Planet 3, and Devil May Cry gets a new trailer.
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