Gears of War and Erector have joined forces to bring four sets exclusively to Toys R Us stores ranging in price from 20-50 dollars. Shown above is the King Raven helicopter which comprises over 300 pieces and four figures. The other three sets are the Centaur Tank, Armadillo APC and a Battle Set which can be seen below.
I think it’s time to re-discover my kid side when Lincoln Logs and building model Millenium Falcons were the spice of life.
Insomniac Games, developers of the Ratchet & Clank and Resistance series, have released a new trailer for their first multiplatform game, Fuse. In it the leader of the Overstrike 9 team, Dalton, gives you some handy rules to live by in the Fuse universe. The game is still looking a bit on the bland side but I will give Insomniac the benefit of the doubt because they have never really shipped a bad game and I don’t think the company will want their first game on multiple platforms to be sub-par.
Fuse releases in March 2013.
In the newest issue of Edge Magazine new [amazon_link id=”B006YDPU48″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Dark Souls 2[/amazon_link] directors, Tomohiro Shibuya and Yui Tanimura, discuss how they intend to make the game instantly ready for new gamers that are not familiar with the first Dark Souls title (i.e. its soul sucking difficulty). I know a lot of Dark Souls fans are afraid that this means the sequel will be dumbed down for the masses and honestly I can’t blame them. Let’s read this quote by Shibuya:
“Accessibility to players who haven’t picked up Dark Souls is definitely a key topic.Right in the beginning when players first pick up the game is something that I will definitely focus on. To not immediately throw them into Dark Souls but provide a good introduction in terms of what the game’s about and how the game should be played.”
“Hopefully that adjustment at the very beginning of the game will help draw in players and get them addicted right away without immediately making players feel rejected by the game system itself.”
Now I admittedly have not played the first Dark Souls but I know of stories of people who have and enjoy the mind-crushing difficulty and as a fan of the Mass Effect series I can say that when reading that statement I can’t help but hear the same words coming from EA and Bioware about Mass Effect 2&3. Mass Effect 1 was a true space opera RPG that dumb down combat, leveling and almost everything else in the name of “accessibility”.
I hope I am wrong Dark Souls fans.
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Crystal Dynamics has released the first in a series of videos showcasing Lara’s upgradeable skill set and how you will be using the Base Camp feature to add skill points into different categories that will help Laura in her adventure. Watching the first episode of this shows that the developers are trying to make this more than a mere Uncharted clone.
[amazon_link id=”B004FS8LYK” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Tomb Raider[/amazon_link] releases on March 5, 2013.
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As part of Mega Man’s 25th anniversary Capcom has announced that Mega Man 1-6 will be coming to the 3DS via the Nintendo eShop for the first time in North America. The original Mega Man will be released on December 27th with Mega Man 2 following on February 7th. Games 3-6 will be released throughout 2013.
So get ready, because if you were known for throwing your controller while playing Mega Man 2 (raises hand) you better show more restraint or a new 3DS will be in your future.
Want to be a member of Seal Team Six without all the years of blood, sweat and tears? How about killing insurgents while hunting Osama Bin Laden for ‘Murica? Well EA is here to grant your wish with the Zero Dark Thirty map pack for [amazon_link id=”B0050SY5BM” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Medal of Honor: Warfighter[/amazon_link]. The new DLC is based on the part of Pakistan where the United States carried out the mission to kill the terrorist leader as well as the name of the upcoming film about the mission.
The new DLC will cost $9.99 but will be free to the people who purchased the limited edition of the game. Also, EA will donate one dollar from every map pack sold to help military and veterans families. Classy move EA.
Medal of Honor: Warfighter Zero Dark Thirty map pack will release on December 18th.
A new video for The Last of Us has been released and it shows the transformation of Annie Wersching into the newest character revealed for the game, Tess, through motion capture. This scene shown is from the new trailer that was shown at the VGA’s which has Joel and Tess in a heated argument.
The Last of Us releases on May 7, 2013.
You like to slice things up with big shiny blades? Do you like Metal Gear games without any Snakes in them (looking at you MGS 2)? Then here is the cover art for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. It’s shiny.
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance releases on February 19, 2013.
Today was not a good day to be an employee at website Machinima who laid off almost 10% of their staff just two weeks before Christmas. The layoffs affected the editorial staff. Machinima employees were given no forward notice of their terminations.
To rub salt in the wound, Machinima released an official statement about the matter.
“Today Machinima underwent a reorganization to address its global growth, and this process unfortunately resulted in layoffs. Less than 10% of Machinima’s workforce was effected. Also as part of the restructure Machinima is hiring across key divisions including Sales, Marketing and Product.”
So for all the people that created and edited content for the website take heart, they are hiring new employees to help sell your content.
Why must this game keep teasing me with this beautiful Lara Croft action?!! Crystal Dynamics reboot of the series continues to impress with every new bit of video shown. Tomb Raider begat Uncharted and now Uncharted has begat the Tomb Raider reboot.
Tomb Raider releases on March 5, 2013.