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December 16th, 2009 at 03:15pm
Under Xbox 360
EA has just announced that a new round of pummelers and pummelees have signed on for EA Sports MMA. The game’s site lists seven new fighters in total: Cung Le, Gilbert Melendez, Robbie Lawler, Ronaldo Souza, Matt Lindland, Scott Smith, and Josh Thomson — a few of whom have participated in UFC fights in the past. Considering the UFC president’s stance toward EA’s game, we have to wonder if their participation jeopardizes their chances with the UFC in the future.
We’ve also got a few in-game screenshots for you to train with. Practice your virtual arm bars by checking ‘em out in the gallery below.
[Via @EASPORTSMMA]
Seven fighters added to the EA Sports MMA roster originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 14th, 2009 at 08:00pm
Under Xbox 360
Would it be possible to use Dante Alighieri’s spinning corpse in oil derricks, as as a sort of fleshy drill, or perhaps to power a large centrifuge? That might be a real opportunity if Dante’s Inferno executive producer Jonathan Knight gets to make a follow-up to his forthcoming adaptation, a hope he elaborated on for G4.
There’s a hitch though: While Knight knows that EA will want a sequel to the game if it performs well, he’s not sure that the follow up in The Divine Comedy, Purgatorio, will lend itself as well to a game.
… So Visceral can turn one of the great literary works into a game about a scythe-wielding maniac fighting nipple-born monsters, but making a game about the seven-layer Mount of Purgatory that ends in Earthly Paradise is beyond it? Really?
Dante’s Inferno producer hopes for sequel, despite challenges originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 14th, 2009 at 06:30pm
Under Xbox 360
After Mass Effect 2 lead gameplay designer Christina Norman walked us through the Engineer class and it’s sanguinary droid last week, we were wondering how BioWare could possibly appeal to our inner tactician any more. It appears that the developer sought to do just that with this week’s introduction to the Sentinel.
Skilled in both biotic skills (thats space magic, folks) and tech abilities, Norman says the Sentinel is “the only class that can blast through any enemy’s defenses … with or without your squad backing you up.” With only a handful of weeks left before the game’s January 26 release date, it won’t be long before we get to find out exactly how adept the Sentinel is for ourselves.
Mass Effect 2 dev profiles Sentinel class, the ‘Jack of All Trades’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 11th, 2009 at 01:15pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
More than twenty years and five home consoles later, you’d think Nintendo would get this “third-party support” thing by now. However, EA CEO John Riccitiello says the console manufacturer is still learning how to reach out and offer a hand to games other than their own. “They’ve always been first-party-centric, and they’re learning how to be third-party supportive,” Riccitiello told Gamasutra. Looking at November’s NPD figures, it’s clear that Nintendo has been very good to itself. But is there hope for EA on the Wii? “Third-parties can do a lot better on the platform with the right support from Nintendo.”
What kind of “support” are third parties like EA looking for? Most likely, third parties are looking for co-opted marketing opportunities provided by other first-party platforms, like Sony’s PlayStation.Blog or Microsoft’s MW2-branded hardware. Unfortunately, Nintendo appears content with its hands-off approach to third-party marketing, offsetting all the blame for the failures of GTA: Chinatown Wars and countless other games at the hands of their respective publishers.
EA’s Riccitiello: Nintendo ‘learning’ how to support third parties originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 11th, 2009 at 01:23am
Under PS3
EA and Visceral Games have announced the Dante’s Inferno ‘Divine Edition’ exclusively for the PS3.
The Divine Edition will include developer commentaries, a Wayne Barlowe digital art book, the game’s soundtrack as well as a digital version of the Longfellow translation of Dante Alighieri’s Inferno. The Divine Edition will cost $59.99 and will be available to all gamers who purchase the game on the PS3.
In addition to the special edition, PS3 gamers will today have exclusive access to the demo for Dante’s Inferno. The demo is available to download for free on the PlayStation Network. Xbox 360 gamers will only be able to download the demo on Xbox Live on the 24th of December.
The demo, titled ‘Gates of Hell,’ promises to give gamers a preview of Dante’s journey through the nine circles of hell. Gamers will “experience Dante Alighieri’s re-imagined past, as a crusader who returns home to Florence to discover his true love, Beatrice, murdered. Sworn to her rescue, Dante must journey to the Gates of Hell and beyond to battle undead monstrosities, unholy boss demons, and Death himself.”
Dante’s Inferno is a game based on the literary works of Dante Alighieri and sees protagonist Dante being led down the nine circles of hell on a quest to save his beloved Beatrice. The game will be available on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PSP from the 9th of February in the US, and February 12th in Europe.
“We are thrilled to offer an exclusive game pack for PlayStation 3 gamers,” said Jonathan Knight, Executive Producer for Dante’s Inferno. “The PlayStation platform has a long history of delivering AAA action/adventure games. Adding Dante’s Inferno to that rich catalogue is very exciting for the team. And with the demo now available on the PlayStation Network, players can finally get a taste of what awaits them in the full game on Feb 9th.”
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December 10th, 2009 at 02:24pm
Under PS3
EA has released a trailer for the opening cinematic from its upcoming action shooter, Army of Two: The 40th of Day. No surprise that it’s packed full of explosions as Shangai becomes a warzone.
Army of Two: The 40th Day will be available for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PSP early next year. The game hits shelves across Europe on the 8th of January 2010 and a few days later in North America on the 12th of January. Enjoy the action below:
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December 10th, 2009 at 02:11pm
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Dante’s Inferno, the upcoming action adventure game from EA and developers Visceral Games, is looking hot, and not just because its set in hell either.
Dante’s Inferno is a game based on the literary works of Dante Alighieri and sees protagonist Dante being led down the nine circles of hell on a quest to save his beloved Beatrice. The game will be available on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PSP from the 9th of February in the US, and February 12th in Europe.
Browse a batch of new screenshots for the game below to see how its shaping up for its February release date.
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December 10th, 2009 at 02:01pm
Under PC
EA has released two new screenshots for its upcoming RPG, Mass Effect 2, both showcasing the Engineer combat class. Developer Bioware was kind enough to reveal the Engineers earlier this week in a new trailer for the game, which you can watch here.
Mass Effect 2 will be available early next year, on the 26th of January in North America and the 29th of January in Europe.
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December 10th, 2009 at 02:00pm
Under Xbox 360
Terrifying video game news site Rely On Horror claims to have recently gotten its hands on the next issue of Game Informer, which contains a pretty comprehensive breakdown of the new methods of Necromorph murder featured in Dead Space 2. According to the site, the Informer article reveals that the game’s designers are trying to make the game spookier, placing hero Isaac Clarke (who learned the ability to speak between games, it seems) in more death-defying situations, and likely a few impossible-to-defy-death situations as well.
According to the report, the game’s action has moved off of the Ishimura, instead placing Clarke on the similarly monster-infested interstellar city Sprawl, which dwarfs the original game’s setting in size. Finally, the article supposedly ends with the developer dropping the following tease regarding multiplayer: “All I can say is it’s really fun, and you’ll get to strategically dismember your friends.” Oh, man — Bushido Laser-Saw confirmed! Or, rather, it might be confirmed. There’s no way to tell for sure until we get our hands on the Clarke-covered magazine.
[Via VG247]
Rumor: Dead Space 2 info extracted from Game Informer originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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December 10th, 2009 at 12:45pm
Under PSP
Modern Warfare 2 has made blowing up American capitals so passé. EA Montreal is far more visionary, preemptively blowing up the largest city of our future masters: Shanghai. The explosive intro to Army of Two: The 40th Day certainly fits the studio’s new “blockbuster-type” focus and reassures doubters that this game will be a more serious affair than the first. Perhaps you’ve noticed the deliberate lack of bromance in this clip?
Watch Shanghai blow up in Army of Two: The 40th Day’s intro originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 10 Dec 2009 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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