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- 10 Christmas-Themed Game Spinoffs
- Tecmo Koei America Announces Q1 2011 Lineup
- Watch The Raving Rabbids Travel In Time Christmas Trailer
- Bethesda to Interplay: Hands Off Our Fallout IP
- Divinity II The Dragon Knight Saga PC Demo
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Raziel and Kain Trailer
- Harmonix is Independent Again
- DC Universe Online Alertzone Videos
- Two New TERA Videos
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Achievements
- Dance Central, RAGE, Reload, ZombieSmash! Videos and More!
- Madden Price-Gouging Suit Certified by Judge
- R.U.S.E. Gets Free DLC
| 10 Christmas-Themed Game Spinoffs Posted: 23 Dec 2010 07:41 PM PST
Where are our Christmas games? Nobody knows, but that sad situation needs to be rectified. To aid the game publishers in this, Phil and Ross brainstormed up ten holiday-themed game spinoffs that should happen f–king now, damn it. Ross Lincoln’s gamesUncharted: Naughty and Nice
It's December 24th. After nearly dying in the escape from Shambala, Nathan Drake is enjoying some well deserved R&R while shopping for last-minute Xmas presents. Unfortunately, fate has other plans. Stopping for a drink to relieve the stress of trying to find a Kinect unit, Drake passes out. He wakes in London, where he's greeted by a jovial, if tracking-bracelet bedecked Julian Assange who offers him a job he can't refuse: steal the ultimate Wikileaks coup – the list of everyone who's been naughty. The plan is to publish the list of everyone in the US Government and the WTO who made the list, and the payoff for Drake is promised to be huge. Never mind that the chance to finally find out the secret of a certain Dutch bishop with an army of mythical sweatshop workers is too good to pass up. Unfortunately, Nate gets more than he bargained for as it turns out that Assange isn't the only one seeking the goods. Working through shadowy intermediaries, Krampus has gone rogue and seeks to use the list for his own purposes. Now Drake is caught in the middle of an information war between total douchebags that spans the globe from the shopping districts of New York to vast wastes of the North Pole. Nate will need to draw on every skill he has – and some coupons he's been sitting on – to make it out alive. Rome: Total War – Jo Saturnalia!
It's December, 102 BC, and everything in Roma is topsy turvy. Slaves can gamble, masters must serve them dinner, the people are celebrating the end of the year with gifts, and the Gauls are planning to invade while everyone in the eternal city is too drunk from Holiday revelries to notice. That must mean it's Saturnalia, when all good Romans come together to celebrate friendship, family, and the God who ate his own sons. In this exciting Holiday expansion pack, the world of Rome: Total War gets a yuletide makeover as you plot and scheme against your rivals to dominate the winter holidays through means fair, foul or military, before December 25th, when the Praetorian Guard puts everyone back in their place. Choose from one of 5 factions (Slaves; Senators; Gauls; The College of Pontiffs and the Merchant class), and strategize wisely during this fast paced scenario set during Rome's version of Christmas. Features:
. ChristMass Effect
Having barely survived the fight against the Collectors in the center of the Galaxy, Commander Shepherd and his ragtag crew of battle hardened shipmates return to council space just in time for the greatest challenge they've yet faced: Find a present for their loved ones before the shops close at 7 PM on December 24th. ChristMass Effect, the second DLC pack bridging the gap between Mass Effect 2 and 3 ramps up the RPG aspects of the acclaimed series, as you navigate the treacherous avenues of the Galaxy's largest shopping mall in search of the perfect gift. Are you the Harbinger of your Seasonal Destiny? Or will you be stuck working on some calibrations? Unlock new Biotic bargaining powers, be a Renegade or Paragon shopper, and discover valuable holiday bargains. Redeem them on XBLA! Rock Band: Christmas Number Ones
Finally, an expansion pack that doesn't force you to pretend you like Led Zepplin. You and your friends rock out to every single English Christmas number one pop song from 1975 to 2010 and if you're lucky, become the newest band to reach this pinnacle of Anglophile musical success. Phil Owen’s gamesAlan Wakes Up On Christmas Morning
The last bit of Alan Wake DLC provides the happy ending we've been hoping for all along for our beleaguered author. OR DOES IT? Thomas Zane returns once again — this time as a snowman — everybody gets presents, and Alan gets to make out with that lady sheriff! OR DOES HE? Tom Clancy's Ghost of Christmas Past Advanced Warfighter The Ghost of Christmas Past is f–king sick and tired of doing the emo bulls–t job Dickens set up for him so many years ago. He's gone back to one too many super special previous Christmas, and he wants to give his marks a boot to the balls/a bullet to the brain while trying to make them stop being so Scrooge-y! This year, the Ghost's assigned target is none other than Osama bin Laden, and if he wants to take down the Boss Terrorist/teach him about the true meaning of Christmas, he'll have to make use of all the futuristic tools we know and love in the Tom Clancy universe! Just Cause 3: Just Clause (Sequel possibility — Just Clause 2: The Mrs. Clause)
While on assignment in the tiny island nation of Pinche Puta on Christmas Eve, Rico Rodriguez shoots Santa's Sleigh right out of the sky! Long story short: Rico grows a great big bushy beard, and he must take on the most difficult spec ops assignment of his life: relocating Santa’s Workshop to Pinche Puta! In the sequel, Rico learns of an obscure clause in his Santa contract that says he has to find a suitable Mrs. Clause within two years of becoming Santa or he'll die! Rico has his eye on the sexy wife of the dictator of the tiny island nation Culo, and to win her heart he'll have to infiltrate the island and murder her husband before his time runs out! Call of Duty: World at War on Christmas The libruhl media has stepped up its War on Christmas, and it's up to Captain Price and Soap to take 'em down! You may think they've seen everything in their battles with Zakhaev, Makarov and the evil General Shepherd, that's nothing compared with what they'll face on the streets of New York when they encounter the MSNBC Militia! Team Snowfortress It's Team Fortress but with snowballs and you play as various types of snowmen! And snowomen! Final Fantasy XIII Except This Time It's About Christmas or Something I Think
Square Enix makes the unprecedented move to remake their most recent single-player entry in the Final Fantasy franchise, but this time they hope to have the story make a little more sense by having the whole thing be a true Christmas adventure! Join Christmas Snow, Christmas Lightning, Christmas Vanille, Christmas Hope, Christmas Sazh and Christmas Fang as they work to take down the evil Christmas Santa Clause Primarch Dysley! Level up your characters using the all-new Chistmasarium and experience thrilling combat in the Christmas Synergy Battle system! The journey across Christmas Cocoon and down to Christmas Pulse has never been more Christmasexciting!
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| Tecmo Koei America Announces Q1 2011 Lineup Posted: 23 Dec 2010 05:07 PM PST
Tecmo Koei – still a babe of less than 2 years old – aren’t slacking just because it’s almost New Year’s Eve. They sent out a press release today announcing their slate of Q1 games, and if you like JPGs, Japanese action games, or fighting games with actual historical figures, you’re probably going to be pretty damned happy. From the release:
Save up, J-philes. You’re about to have a purpose for your Christmas bonus.
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| Watch The Raving Rabbids Travel In Time Christmas Trailer Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:11 PM PST I love the Holiday season. Love it. And as a result, I love this trailer too. Enjoy the cutest push for last minute game purchases ever.
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| Bethesda to Interplay: Hands Off Our Fallout IP Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:26 PM PST
When Fallout Online was announced more than 3 years ago, it sounded like a great idea. Sure, Interplay had just sold the general Fallout IP to Bethesda, but they successfully obtained the license to Fallout Online from Bethesda – under ‘limited circumstances’. That should have made everyone pause, but then Bethesda went and made the best game in the history of the series. Suddenly, an MMO set in the incredible Fallout 3 universe, Pip Boy radio station magic and all, seemed like a very real possibility. Unfortunately it turned out that Bethesda and Interplay didn’t get along as well as everyone thought, and things quickly devolved into a bitter court battle over the rights to use Bethesda’s original Fallout universe content. And as reported today by Gamasutra, that court battle just went in an unfortunate direction:
That last bit might sound laughable – how can the Fallout MMO illicitly use Fallout assets? Is this like when George Harrison’s manager Alan Klein bought the rights to the song He’s So Fine while George was being sued for plagiarizing it (which totally f’d him over?)
For their part, Interplay claims that Bethesda is essentially reneging on the terms of their licensing agreement. I’d speculate that Bethesda have their own plans for the Franchise, and see an MMO version as a threat to it, so they’re trying to kill it in the womb, but that would be irresponsible. Even so, it’s certainly probable that if Interplay is denied the use of critical imagery and concepts that have come to define the series, it would be a killing blow to the legitimacy of the planned MMO, and that alone reeks of trying to ghettofy the game. Gamasutra has been all over this case, and the full article is worth a look for more details. I’m not particularly big on MMO’s myself, but those of you who are, what do you think? Would a pip boy/logo-free Fallout feel like drinking generic “cola” instead of Coke? Would you play it anyway? Sound off in comments.
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| Divinity II The Dragon Knight Saga PC Demo Posted: 23 Dec 2010 12:16 PM PST
Divinity II – The Dragon Knight Saga includes the original adventure "Ego Draconis", and "Flames of Vengeance", the Dragon Knight’s new adventure that continues the epic story and adds dozens of hours of additional gameplay. Ego Draconis appears here as an entirely new and re-mastered edition with improved graphics and content that make the game even more beautiful and more impressive than ever before! As for Flames of Vengeance, this new adventure brings players new quests, new creatures and many new items. It also benefits from all the graphical improvements made to Ego Draconis, and delivers a spectacular finale to the Dragon Knight Saga! Divinity II – The Dragon Knight Saga offers a total of over 100 hours of gameplay and more than 180 original quests that combine into an epic and fantastic role playing experience. In this demo, you will live the beginning of your adventure as a Dragon Slayer. A Dragon Knight has been sighted in the surroundings of Broken Valley, and this is your chance as the latest initiate of your Order to prove your value! Exploration will be rewarding, as many epic battles, numerous quests and rewards await you around every corner of this big demo's playground!     
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| Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light Raziel and Kain Trailer Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:38 AM PST
Crystal Dynamics is proud to present the Raziel & Kain character pack for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. The stars of the Legacy of Kain games replace Lara and Totec (character models and voices) as the two iconic characters embark on a wild adventure that requires them to work together to defeat a new threat in an unfamiliar world. The Raziel & Kain character pack is available now on Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network. You can download this video here or watch it below.
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| Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:04 AM PST
We’ve all been watching the news, waiting to see how Viacom’s plan to sell Harmonix would end up. Today, we finally have our answer, and it’s a good one. Harmonix has announced on their forums that it has purchased itself from Viacom, and that it will once again be an independent studio going forward. Harmonix Developer John Drake had this to say on the sale:
This is great news, as Harmonix has just released its best title as a developer, Rock Band 3. Going forward, they should be able to make the games they want to make, assuming they can find a publisher willing to work with them. If you’re interested in seeing Viacom’s press release on the sale, you can find it here.
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| DC Universe Online Alertzone Videos Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:55 AM PST
DC Universe Online Alertzone Gorilla Island Trailer DC Universe Online Alertzone Area 51 Trailer
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| Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:32 AM PST
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| Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Achievements Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:22 AM PST
The newest installment of Capcom’s Marvel vs. Capcom fighting series is upon us, and “Fate of Two Worlds” is packed full with more gorgeously-rendered, resplendently-muscled combatants than ever. Successfully navigating the various Fields of Mars the game includes will net you a panoply of achievements, which we have listed below.
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| Dance Central, RAGE, Reload, ZombieSmash! Videos and More! Posted: 23 Dec 2010 09:30 AM PST
Just because we love you, here’s one post to catch you up on today’s videos, all in one nice and cute package. You can sing me songs of praise later. Dance Central DLC Trailer #2 RAGE HD Update Trailer ZombieSmash! HD Trailer Reload Trailer Silly Bandz iPhone Launch Trailer
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| Madden Price-Gouging Suit Certified by Judge Posted: 23 Dec 2010 09:29 AM PST
EA’s not having much of a holiday. First, they were sued by a group of college athletes alleging that EA illegally used their likenesses in football titles. Then, they were added to a $400 million lawsuit filed against former Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella. Now, a U.S. District judge has certified a class-action anti-trust lawsuit against the publisher that alleges EA has used its NFL licenses to artificially increase the price of its Madden NFL games. According to Hagens Berman (the firm representing the suit) partner Steve Berman,
You can read the full complaint in PDF form here. In particular, it cites the pricing battle between NFL 2K5 and Madden NFL 2005. With NFL 2K5 retailing at $19.95, Madden was reduced to a price of only $29.95 by November of that year. Right after that, EA signed their exclusive agreement with the NFL. Since then, the Madden games have retailed at the same price point as other high-profile titles. According to the complaint, this is due solely to the licensing agreements. Now, I’m not a lawyer, but I think this suit has a pretty steep hill to climb. It would be a lot easier if EA wasn’t selling these games for the same price as every other sports game, including 2K’s NBA series. Of course, you never know what may happen in a courtroom, so we’ll have to wait and see.
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| Posted: 23 Dec 2010 08:30 AM PST
If you’ve been playing Eugen Systems’ latest strategy title, R.U.S.E., here’s a little Christmas gift for you. There’s a free DLC pack now available on Steam, XBox Live and PlayStation Network. Titled “The Manhattan Project,” this DLC includes three new multiplayer maps and two new multiplayer modes. We’ve got a few details for you. Maps:
New Modes:
If you haven’t tried R.U.S.E. yet, perhaps reading our review will get you interested, assuming this poster hasn’t dimmed your enthusiasm.
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