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  • Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Premiere Trailer

    Photo courtesy officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk
    Photo courtesy officialplaystationmagazine.co.uk

    Ahoy! Avast! And get ready for almost a year of pirate jokes until Assassin’s Creed IV comes out. I know, I know, I will grow just as tired of thinking of them and writing them as you will of reading them, but what are we gonna do? This is the hand that Ubisoft has dealt us and we might as well run with it.

    Back to subject.

    Hey! Have you been wondering just where in the heck you can find that pesky trailer for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag at?! Why it is just below and it features that scourge of the seven seas Blackbeard, though sadly, not the Ian McShane version.

    God, I miss Deadwood.

    He is preaching up all the mateys at the local pub about the legend of Edward Kenway, a legendary pirate who would go on to father a boring British guy and grandfather an even more boring Indian grandson.

    Those Kenway’s sure do like sampling the world’s culture’s, don’t they?

    Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flack releases on October 29th for every system imaginable. I am pretty sure there is a 3DO version also.

  • Say Hello To The Greatest USB Drive Ever Made

    Photo courtesy joystiq.com
    Photo courtesy joystiq.com

    USB drives are everywhere. Chances are you have one on you right now. Hell, I stepped on one on my floor last night walking to go get some Pop Tarts. So it takes a special kind of design to get me to want to buy a new one and actually take care of it.

    Behold! The Mega Buster USB drive.

    Capcom will be selling these beauties next week for 20 bucks a pop and it will come pre-loaded with all kinds of Mega Man goodness. You will get a link to download the Street Fighter X Mega Man game, soundtrack, wallpapers and two digital art books.

    You want it, just admit it. It’s easier when you admit things.

  • It Is Never Too Early For Tomb Raider Cosplay

    All photos courtesy geektyrant.com
    All photos courtesy donttellme.deviantart.com

    We here are counting down the days until this Tuesday when Crystal Dynamics’ reboot of [amazon_link id=”B004FS8LYK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Tomb Raider[/amazon_link] is finally released on the world. The good people over at Geek Tyrant are making the wait a little bit easier by finding this set of cosplay photos for Lara’s newest adventure.

    The cosplay comes courtesy of Alexa Karii who really does the character justice in her photo set. Go and check out her other cosplay sets on her DeviantArt page and leave a nice comment for all the hard work.

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  • A Host Of Screenshots Arrive For The Witcher 3

    All photos courtesy gameinformer.com
    All photos courtesy gameinformer.com

    It is an exciting time to be a video game fan. The promise of new consoles on the horizons means we get to finally see just what next-gen means for the next 5-10 years. CD Projekt Red has released a slew of new screens from The Witcher 3 using their new engine that will also be running their Cyberpunk 2077.

    The Witcher 3 will be a full open-world experience with CD Projekt Red claiming that the story will take up to 50 hours to complete. I played the Witcher 2 for around 10 hours and could not get myself to finish it. Not saying it was not a well made game, it just was not catching me. I admit that I will end up getting The Witcher 3 because I am a sucker for fantasy games and give it another try.

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  • Beyond: Two Souls Release Date Revealed

    Photo courtesy hooscity.se
    Photo courtesy hooscity.se

    Today Sony has announced that [amazon_link id=”B0050SX7BQ” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Beyond: Two Souls[/amazon_link] will release on October 8th for the Playstation 3. The game is developed by Quantic Dream, the makers of Heavy Rain and Indigo Prophecy. It stars Ellen Page in the role of Jodie who is quite more than she appears to be.

    Quantic Dream had Page fully act out her role with the use of their motion capture technology which gives the characters unprecedented realism in their performances.

    It was also announced that Willem Dafoe is a part of the cast as well. Green Goblin is portraying Nathan Dawkins, a paranormal scientist who works for the government and is fascinated by Jodie.

  • Why Is Star Wars: 1313 Not Moving Forward?

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    Photo courtesy attackofthefanboy.com

    Way back when at E3 2012, Lucasarts showed off amazing looking footage for a brand new Star Wars game titled Star Wars: 1313. It was dark and gritty and it was beautiful. So much so that when the show was over debate began on whether this was actually our first look at a true next-gen game. Then….nothing. No developers talking up how hard they were working on it, no hints on what systems or possible releases dates. It went off the radar.

    So what gives?

    Seems Kotaku may have turned over the right rock and figured out where the game has been hiding. It appears that the game has been put on hold since the Disney acquisition of Lucasfilm last year to focus completely on getting J.J. Abrams’ Episode VII going into production. There is no word on if the game will be moving forward after a certain amount of time or if it will simply fall onto Disney/Lucas’ immense back burner.

    I do hope that the higher ups at Disney do not just think of one avenue of media to make money off of Star Wars. The Lucasarts game history is a checkered one, yes, but also one that is filled with classic games and I hope that Star Wars 1313 is given a chance to be fully realized and see the light of day.

  • New Xbox Bundle Combines Batman With Darksiders

     

    Photo courtesy joystiq.com
    Photo courtesy joystiq.com

    Microsoft is releasing a new bundle for the Xbox 360 that will combine a 250 GB hard drive with Batman: Arkham City and Darksiders 2. The Spring Value Bundle will costs $299.99 and is available now at all retailers.

    Along with the games you will also receive a free month of Xbox Live.

  • Tomb Raider: The Final Hours Reaches Its Final Video

    Photo courtesy videogamers.com
    Photo courtesy videogamers.com

    It is finally time to see the last video in the Tomb Raider: The Final Hours series. Over the past six months the series has introduced us to the actors portraying the characters, the creation of the unique music, the first hands-on for the public at San Diego Comic-Con and last time, the immense strain that the developers felt as they tried to finish final bug testing on their way to release.

    This final video has host Zachary Levi interviewing the department heads on this final run until the game gets into the hands of gamers. Crystal Dynamics has done a great job with the lead up to the game and its time is almost here.

    [amazon_link id=”B004FS8LYK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Tomb Raider[/amazon_link] releases on March 5th.

  • Watch The First Developer Video For The Last Of Us

    Photo courtesy cbsnews.com
    Photo courtesy cbsnews.com

    Naughty Dog has started to release developer videos leading up to the June release of The Last of Us.

    The first is titled “Hush” and focuses on the development process that went into creating the infected citizens. Not wanting to make them simply zombies, they took their inspiration from the fungal plants they saw on the BBC documentary Planet Earth and wondered what would happen if the fungus spread to humans.

    Naughty Dog has something special looking on their hands as many have seen since E3 a few years ago.

    [amazon_link id=”B007CM0K86″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]The Last of Us[/amazon_link] releases on June 14th.

  • Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Box Art Revealed

    Photo courtesy polygon.com
    Photo courtesy polygon.com

    The worst kept video game secret of the past few weeks is official. Assassin’s Creed’s next installment will indeed have a pirate theme and apparently try to see how many weapons one man can have on his person at one time.

    Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is the next chapter in the AC saga and will star Edward Kenway, who is father of Haytham and dear old grandad to Connor from Assassin’s Creed 3. It now seems likely the naval battles from AC3 were a testing ground to see if a whole game could be set around them. Let’s just hope you don’t spend the first six hours of the game as another character that is not on the cover.

    As with past Assassin’s Creed installments, it was announced that the Playstation would be receiving extra content totaling about an extra hour of gameplay.

    Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag releases this fall.