Assassin's Creed III announced and dated
Ubisoft officially announced Assassin's Creed III and will be released on October 30, 2012. It's no surprise that yet another Assassin's Creed title is on the way, but what's interesting is that this title has been in production for three years now. It was revealed during an ongoing conference call where Ubisoft chief Yves Guillemot made the announcement.
If Assassin's Creed III has indeed been in production for three years, I'm guessing they will be bringing something completely new to the table.
No further details yet, but rumors suggest the setting will be during the American Revolution.
Assassin's Creed III will be out for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and possibly the Wii U.
[Source: IGN]
Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer Free on Steam
So Activision, one of the publishing giants in gaming today, will be offering the multiplayer portion of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for free on steam this weekend. Valve made this announcement on their site this past Wednesday (2/15/2012) and from what I can tell this will only be available for the duration of this weekend.
Activision will be hosting a Free Weekend for Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3! Pre-load the game now and be ready to play when the free weekend starts on Thursday, February 16th at 10am Pacific Time.
Click here to start pre-loading, or visit www.steamgames.com/about to install Steam.
The Free Weekend of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 3 will let you play the entire multiplayer portion of the base game.
Source [store.steampowered.com]
New Farcry 3 trailer to get you all hyped up
Since it's reveal in last year's E3, Farcry 3 has been silent ever since. Well it showed up again with a new trailer that just got me all hyped up for the third installment. No gameplay footage, but it's one damn good trailer.
The trailer also reveals the game's release date. If your excited as I am, mark this date - September 4, 2012. Farcry 3 will be out on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.
Want to see the gameplay? check out the demo shown at E3. I had to watch it again myself thanks to the hype.
Mortal Kombat Vita Trailer
We already know that Mortal Kombat will be coming to the PlayStation Vita complete with all the DLC characters and costumes plus new Vita exclusive game modes that take advantage of the systems features such as using the gyroscope to balance or using the touchscreen to input fatalities. However, there is one thing in this trailer that boggles my mind.
To be specific it's the whole changes in the background. Now this could just be a metaphor of you being able to play Mortal Kombat anywhere OR it could also mean that it will have one of the features that I find absolutely astonishing in another Vita fighting game called Reality Fighters. And that would be the ability to use the rear camera to project a video feed that becomes the background arena in the game.
A simple gimmick that isn't really groundbreaking but is definitely something that can set it apart from the home console version. Frankly, if that feature is included in the game then I am sold on both the game and system. I have yet to confirm if this really is a feature in the game but if it is then sorry Reality Fighters. On another note, if that was actual Vita game graphics shown in the trailer, then it looks even better than the footage that was released earlier.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv5_ABRNxoc[/youtube]
The last four characters joining Street Fighter X Tekken officially announced
Capcom showing some love to the fans. Yesterday, during Valentine's Day, they revealed a handful of new Street Fighter X Tekken videos revealing the final four characters joining the game. The info about the last four characters were leaked a few weeks back so we had an idea of who they are, these videos just proves it.
M.Bison and Akuma reveal trailer
Jin and Ogre reveal trailer
They also revealed yet another amazing cinematic trailer plus a story trailer. Yes there is a story, Capcom still tries to place a strong story when it really isn't that interesting. We just want to fight.
Story Promo Trailer
Cinematic trailer 6
Street Fighter X Tekken is out on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on March 6, with the PC version coming on May 11. That's right, together with the four videos released, they also announced a release date for the PC version.
[Source: Capcom Unity]