Torchlight 2 release date confirmed

Runic Games has officially given Torchlight 2 a release date. The point and click action RPG will be out on September 20, 2012, that's roughly three weeks from now!

The announcement was made in Runic Games'  forums informing their community first on the release date.

The post also mentions that the news will be properly announced to the public sometime tomorrow.

Excited for Torchlight 2? With the game priced at only $20, I might just give this game a chance.

You can pre-purchase the game on Steam, pre-purchasing Torchlight 2 will grant you a free copy of the first game.

You get to play 'house' in Skyrim soon

Bethesda announced the second DLC for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. After slaying some dragons and exploring dungeons, it's time to unwind by coming home to your very own home that you built yourself. Building your dream fantasy home is now possible in the Hearthfire DLC, and if you've always wanted a virtual child in a fantasy world, you can adopt a child if that's your thing. Check the trailer below.

It's great that Bethesda is expanding the crafting system. Building and customizing your own house looks great. You can create a small cottage all the way up to a huge house equipped with an armory, alchemy, and pretty much everything a dragonborn needs. , but I have no idea why child adoption was included. Was that really demanded by the community?

As usual, Hearthfire hits Xbox Live first on September 4 for 400 MS points. No word when this will be release on Playstation 3 and PC.

Raiden joins Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale

Here's another character joining Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale. Raiden from the upcoming action slasher Metal Gear Solid: Revengeance is now confirmed. Trailer for Raiden has hit the when and he's looks like a pretty strong contender. Check out Raiden doing some juggles below.

Raiden is a close-ranged fighter who is capable of building tremendous amounts of AP with various combos and juggles. He uses a special chain-attack system that lets him branch off into different combo attacks depending on the string of attacks input by the player. He has plenty of ways to both start and end combos, whether they be on the ground or in mid-air. Raiden can also defend against attackers attempting to interrupt his combos from behind with reverse stabs and parries, which is useful in a four-player free-for-all.

It's going to be a bit awkward to play characters like the new Dante and Raiden from Revengeance when their game hasn't even come out yet.

To find out more, check out this link about this crossover fighting game.

Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale will be released on November 20, 2012 for Playstation 3.

Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale adds another Cole into the mix

Sony just announced another character joining Playstation All-Star battle Royale roster, and that character is the evil version of Sucker Punch's Cole MacGrath. I'm not a fan of putting a different version of the same character, but at least Evil Cole does play differently. Check out his trailer below.

 Evil Cole harnesses the powers of both electrokinesis and pyrokinesis in battle, offering a style more ruthless in nature than his moral counterpart, Cole MacGrath. When you pick up the controller, you’ll immediately notice the differences between their fighting styles.

So far, I'm not all that excited with the roster. I want a more classic line-up like Spyro The Dragon, or Crash Bandicoot. Right now it's all the recent Sony characters. Ape Escape's Spike was a great choice, so hopefully we see more character reveals like that in the future. The game is a few months away though so hopefully they saved the best for last.

Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale will be released on November 20, 2012 for Playstation 3.

[Source: PS Blog US]

The Walking Dead Episode 3: Starved For Help release date announced

Telltale just confirmed that the third episode to The Walking Dead game will be released tom, Aug 28 on PSN, XBLA  on Aug 29. With PC? EU PSN and PC dates for Episode 3 wasn't on the announcement. 

PC gamers and players from EU, Bear with them, I'm sure they will include the missing dates and will update this post when it comes.

Starved for Help will cost you $4.99 or 400 MS. If you bought the Season pass for $24.99, episode 3 will be ready to download with the dates above.

Yet another ninja announcement from Telltale but it's a good thing episode 3 is coming out on August as promised. The studio also released a new trailer for episode 3. IGN got first dibs on the new trailer, check it out below(WARNING! MINOR SPOILERS)

[Source: IGN]