First Details on L4D DLC

Valve is expected to make an announcement revealing more details of the upcoming downloadable content for Left 4 Dead, says Valve writer Chet Faliszek. The announcement was supposed to happen before christmas but Valve being them, someone probably stole the announcement press release. Heh!

Faliszek confirmed that the DLC will bring in new scenarios to play saying "what we want to do is just deliver more content you can play at this point." The DLC will also open up Dead Air and Death Toll campigns for the Versus mode, a move that will certainly be appreicated by many of the players who lamented the 2 campaign limit. The SDK will also be made available at some point but it may not be with the DLC.

Faliszek also said that the DLC will release at the same time for the Xbox 360 as it would for the PC. That is certainly good news for the Xbox players but not so much for the PC players. Considering Microsoft’s hard-arseness about putting a price on anything that moves in the XBLM, it could possibly mean that the DLC will be a paid one. Valve couldn’t release the DLC with a price on one platform and free for another, could they? Or will Valve effectively convince Microsoft? Only time will tell I guess.

New Details on X-Men: Wolverine

Press release:
Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) has released new details on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, whose titular hero is one of the most popular Marvel characters of all time. The video game, scheduled for release in May 2009, coincides with the global debut of Twentieth Century Fox’s release of its feature film, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, which is also based on the famous Marvel character. 

From the award-winning studio Raven Software, the video game enlists players to experience the tormented origins of Wolverine, from his escape of the Weapon X facility to the jungles of Africa and beyond.  The game is currently in development for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Windows® PC , Wii™ home video game system, Nintendo DS™, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and is not yet rated by the ESRB.

“We have an amazing team with Raven Studios at the helm, creating what will undoubtedly be the quintessential, true-to-character Wolverine video game experience that fans have been craving,” said Rob Kostich, vice president, global brand management, Activision Publishing, Inc.  “X-Men Origins: Wolverine amps up the action by bringing to life Wolverine’s wholly unique skills such as his brute strength, regenerative mutant abilities, and indestructible adamantium claws and skeleton in an immersive experience that is fitting to one of the most enduring and popular characters of all time.” 

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an epic action-adventure featuring a true-to-character Wolverine gameplay experience that takes gamers through and beyond the movie’s storyline.  Set in a variety of vivid real-world locales, the title challenges players to hone their animal instinct as they uncover hidden dangers, hunt and destroy enemies, and take on seemingly insurmountable situations while discovering the truth about Wolverine’s tragic past.  With razor-sharp adamantium claws unsheathed, the future X-Man enacts lightning-quick combat, evasive maneuvers, in-depth combo attacks, and an array of brutal finishing moves.  Wolverine doesn’t just deliver massive damage, either – he also takes it, thanks to his mutant regenerative power that heals him in real time right before the player’s eyes. 

The title is in development by Raven Studios and Amaze Entertainment.

New Details on X-Men: Wolverine

Press release:
Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) has released new details on X-Men Origins: Wolverine, whose titular hero is one of the most popular Marvel characters of all time. The video game, scheduled for release in May 2009, coincides with the global debut of Twentieth Century Fox’s release of its feature film, X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, which is also based on the famous Marvel character. 

From the award-winning studio Raven Software, the video game enlists players to experience the tormented origins of Wolverine, from his escape of the Weapon X facility to the jungles of Africa and beyond.  The game is currently in development for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, Windows® PC , Wii™ home video game system, Nintendo DS™, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, and is not yet rated by the ESRB.

“We have an amazing team with Raven Studios at the helm, creating what will undoubtedly be the quintessential, true-to-character Wolverine video game experience that fans have been craving,” said Rob Kostich, vice president, global brand management, Activision Publishing, Inc.  “X-Men Origins: Wolverine amps up the action by bringing to life Wolverine’s wholly unique skills such as his brute strength, regenerative mutant abilities, and indestructible adamantium claws and skeleton in an immersive experience that is fitting to one of the most enduring and popular characters of all time.” 

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is an epic action-adventure featuring a true-to-character Wolverine gameplay experience that takes gamers through and beyond the movie’s storyline.  Set in a variety of vivid real-world locales, the title challenges players to hone their animal instinct as they uncover hidden dangers, hunt and destroy enemies, and take on seemingly insurmountable situations while discovering the truth about Wolverine’s tragic past.  With razor-sharp adamantium claws unsheathed, the future X-Man enacts lightning-quick combat, evasive maneuvers, in-depth combo attacks, and an array of brutal finishing moves.  Wolverine doesn’t just deliver massive damage, either – he also takes it, thanks to his mutant regenerative power that heals him in real time right before the player’s eyes. 

The title is in development by Raven Studios and Amaze Entertainment.

World of Warcraft Subscriber Base Reaches 11.5 Million

Press release:
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that World of Warcraft®, its award-winning subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is now played by more than 11.5 million subscribers worldwide. This new high was reached following the November 13 release of the game’s second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King™.

Within its first 24 hours of availability, Wrath of the Lich King sold more than 2.8 million copies, making it the fastest-selling PC game of all time. In addition to winning a number of editor’s choice awards from major gaming publications, the expansion has now gone on to sell more than 4 million copies in its first month, setting a new record for monthly PC-game sales. Both sales records were previously held by World of Warcraft’s first expansion, The Burning Crusade®.*

“We’re pleased to welcome the new and returning players who have helped World of Warcraft reach these new milestones, and we appreciate the enthusiasm and support that the game’s global community has continued to show,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment®. “We look forward to providing all of them with an excellent entertainment experience for a long time to come.”

To keep pace with the continued growth of World of Warcraft as well as development on other Blizzard Entertainment games, the company is currently hiring for numerous open positions. More information on available career opportunities can be found at http://eu.blizzard.com/en/jobs/. More information about the latest World of Warcraft expansion is available at the official Wrath of the Lich King website: http://www.wow-europe.com/wrath/.

Single Duke Nukem Forever Screenshot

Continuing with their tradition of releasing a single piece of media every 2-3 months, 3D Realms has posted a new screenshot of its upcoming-but-dunno-when bubble gum chewing and alien butt kicking action game Duke Nukem Forever. The screen features some, and hopefully not all, bad ass ugly looking monsters. Have a look:

Point. It has none.

Ports and Expansions: Reason Why F.E.A.R Lost Its Touch

In an interview with CVG, Dave Matthews, lead artist of F.E.A.R 2: Project Origin said that ports and expansion for F.E.A.R is the reason why the franchise has lost its appeal towards gamers.

"[TimeGate] took the story in a direction that we didn’t intend," he added. "We look at Extraction Point and Perseus Mandate as an alternate universe, a ‘what could have been’, and because of that it doesn’t necessarily diminish the story that we were trying to tell. F.E.A.R. was about Alma, F.E.A.R. 2 is about Alma, and we wanted to continue the story the way we originally intended."

Dave Matthews promises that the ports for the 360 and PS3 version of the game will be as close to PC version, unlike the original F.E.A.R.

"Now we’re handling all three versions, we’ve changed our development structure to develop all three SKUs simultaneously and there’s no lead platform," he said. "While there will be some slight variations between the different versions, so if you’re on PC you can push some things further, our main goal is to make sure the experience is synonymous across all three platforms."

Project Origin is scheduled to scare the hell outta you on February 13, 2009.

Alan Wake Screenshot Update

Browsing through the newly redesigned official website of Remedy’s Alan Wake, we stumbled upon a bunch of new screenshots for the game. Check them out below.

I believe we are past the ‘new media’ phase for this game. We know it looks fantastic. We know the game is going to be great. About time Remedy throws in some story/character information about the game. Or even a release date would be perfect, wouldn’t it?

Steam on Holiday Sale

We are not sure how Valve pulled this off, but they have. But let’s not indulge in petty details, shall we? Let’s get to the point. Steam is on a holiday sale and as a result, all games in the store have been discounted by at least 10%-75%. Yes, ALL the games.

Hurry up on the purchase though; the sale lasts till January 2nd, 2009. And now if you will excuse us, we have some dollars to save.

 

Clicky here for the full detailed list.

Mafia II Official Trailer #2

Coming straight from the Spike TV’s VGA awards is a hot new trailer of 2K Games’ Mafia II, sequel to the highly acclaimed underworld action adventure. This is the second trailer for the game, while the first was CGI, this looks to be in-game. Check it out:

Grab the HD version here.

GTA IV: Lost and Damned Trailer

GTA IV: Lost and Damned, the highly anticipated, Xbox 360-exclusive downloadable content will be releasing on Feburary 20th, 2009. And to kick start things a little, Rockstar has released an official trailer showcasing the story mode and the characters. And after looking at the trailer, our beliefs have been reconfirmed that Rockstar may have failed at porting their game but possibly will never fail at providing excellent content. Err…let’s cut the fanboy-ism here and get on with the trailer:

Grab the HD version here.

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