I Am Alive hitting the Playstation Network on April 3
Ubisoft confirms that their latest downloadable game, I Am Alive, will hit the PSN on April 3 in the US and April 4 in Europe. The game will cost you $14.99. The game is already out on Xbox Live since March.
It's set on a world torn apart by a devastating earthquake of some kind. The story revolves around the Protagonist exploring a ruined city in hopes to find his family alive. The concept and setting look amazing, but what puzzles me is that this game was announced way back in 2008, and is now a download-only title. Not a retail game. Years in development for a $15 dollar game? There was definitely issues during that time which makes me a bit hesitant
Still have the urge to grab this game but maybe a small discount in the future might make it easier to press the "buy" button.
Dark Souls announcement incoming
And Dark Souls is back on the spotlight! Namco Bandai says that a big announcement is coming. What is it? Your guess is as good as mine. People say it could be DLC content for the game, some say a PC port. For me, I hope it's content. This game was just too good and I'd be happy to get back into the crazy world of Dark Souls to die over and over again.
If you want to really find out about this announcement, the official Facebook page of Dark Souls is asking fans to click that famous "Like" button on this app to bring out the news sooner. If you want this so bad, I suggest you tell your friends.
What do you guys think it is?
Kingdoms of Amalur The Legend of Dead Kel DLC Trailer
Kingdoms of Alamur: Reckoning is around two months old and already they are releasing some meaty DLC. When I say meaty, a DLC that's actual Downloadable content. Not the skin or weapon DLC's we see too damn often nowadays. Check out the trailer for the DLC "The Legend of Dead Kel".
The Downloadable content seems to pit the fateless one against pirates, well dead ones. The content will include new weapons, new Twists of Fate, enemies, and a new area filled with quests.
The Legend of Dead Kel will be available for download on March 20 for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. If the price is decent, I might consider buying the DLC to have extra stuff to do in Kingdoms of Alamur.
Skyrim 1.5 update brings killcams for ranged and magic
The 1.5 update for Skyrim will be adding something interesting. Instead of the usual bug fixes that comes with updates, this one in particular adds new features to the game. When the update goes live, you will have kill cams for your bows, magic, and more melee kill moves.
The update is now live in Steam for beta testing and will be live soon for all platforms. I've set aside Skyrim for now, but with the strong support from the game's community and the devs themselves, the games slowly evolving making me consider to go for another playthrough. Check out the sneak peek of the update.
Check out Bethesda's blog for the release notes of update 1.5. If you have Skyrim on the PC, you can test the 1.5 update in the beta right now, just follow the instructions after the release notes.
Mortal Kombat Vita Gameplay Trailer
When Netherrealm studios announced Mortal Kombat for the Vita, we were shortly presented not only with gameplay identical to it's home console counterpart but a slew of extra mini games and features too. We thought those were plenty but it seems there's more.
Aside from the fluid 60fps Mortal Kombat fighting gameplay that we now know and love, mini games such as igniting falling bombs to juggle the fighters and keep them airborne, fending off incoming missiles by tapping or wiping of blood that gets splattered on the screen using the PS Vita's touchscreeen have been included in the portable version of the latest Mortal Kombat. A few more mini games were showed and one of them is cutting off limbs from a fighter one by one ala a Fatality. Another showed you using Kenshi's psychic powers to ward off projectiles or using the gyroscope to balance a character to prevent them from falling into a pitt. What caught me off guard was the Fruit Ninja like mini game that was shown at about 0:42. It looks just like Fruit Ninja but instead of slicing up fruit, you slice up what appear to be body parts, there are even bombs in the Fruit Ninja mode.
The Vita version of Mortal Kombat looks to be the complete package of the console version and so much more. The only missing feature is online play which is a little sad but local adhoc play is available and is said to run at a perfect 60fps so you're opponent can't blame "the lag" when you rip their spine out.
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