[Wii U] Assassin's Creed III's Unique Wii U Features Detailed

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[GC'11, Vita] PlayStation Vita Social Media Apps Detailed

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[Wii] Bit.Trip Complete Detailed

[Wii] Bit.Trip Complete Detailed

The popular Bit.Trip series of downloadable games is getting the disc treatment on the Wii with a compilation called Bit.Trip Complete, developer Gaijin Games announced today. The disc will contain all six of the Bit.Trip games in their original form (Beat, Core, Void, Runner, Fate, and Flux), along with a laundry list of extra goodies:
120 completely new Bit.Trip challenges spanning all six gamesExclusive Audio Gallery with fan remixes, original songs, and demo versions of existing Bit.Trip themesExclusive Image Gallery with production stills, concept art, and promo imagesExclusive Video Gallery with more than 25 movies telling the story of CommanderVideo6 Letters to Bit.Trip Fans, written by Alex Neuse, the series’ directorExclusive Bit.Trip Soundtrack Sampler CD with music from all six gamesAll 6 games in the award-winning Bit.Trip series in one complete packageNew difficulty modes in all gamesOnline leaderboards
Bit.Trip Complete will apparently launch alongside the previously-announced Bit.Trip Saga this summer, which is a similar compilation for the Nintendo 3DS.

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Need for Speed: The Run detailed, racing to stores Nov. 15

by Ben Gilbert on Apr 29th 2011 9:55AM

Following yesterday's teaser reveal of Need for Speed: The Run, EA has today spelled out some details we didn't know and confirmed some that we inferred from the trailer. First and foremost, the game is indeed speeding toward a holiday release date of November 15, 2011 in North America (and Nov. 17 in Europe). EA Black Box is at the wheel (as rumored), with EA DICE's Frostbite 2 engine under the hood.

Additionally, The Run will feature the much-loved Autolog feature (as loved in Hot Pursuit and Shift 2), as well as the "hot cars and crazy-fast chases" we've come to expect from the NFS series. As seen in the trailer, the game will follow racers cross-country (Cannonball Run-style) from San Francisco to New York, with plenty of stops in between. EA's announcement also notes that "entering the race is just the beginning," with races taking place in "dense urban traffic," on "icy mountain passes" and "narrow canyons." Presumably we'll find out more about The Run as E3 approaches, this June.

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Hudson's final years detailed by insider

by Alexander Sliwinski on Feb 23rd 2011 10:30PM

In about a month, Hudson will likely be nothing more than a brand name, having been fully absorbed by Konami. In a post on The Kartel, John "Master" Lee, who wore a couple of hats at US-based Hudson Entertainment -- including former VP of sales and marketing, and general manager of games publishing -- explains in his own words the "downfall" of the company.

Lee, who was employed at Hudson Entertainment from 2006 until 2009, and continued working with the company after he left, gives a detailed account of Hudson's US division's rise and fall. He explains how the disaster of Bomberman: Act Zero came to be, why the US division started making good money for the company and how that attention eventually led Konami to make its final takeover. It's a good human account of the big business of gaming and cross-Pacific relations.

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[PS3] inFamous 2 'Duality/Morality' System Detailed

[PS3] inFamous 2 'Duality/Morality' System Detailed
The original inFamous featured a pretty standard morality system. Do good thing here, gain good powers, etc. But it looks as though the sequel is trying to help the morality system become more of an organic one.

"Karma moments from inFAMOUS [are] now represented by character driven dialogue and 3D mocap cutscenes," said Ken Schramm of Sucker Punch Productions. Your conscience will come into play upon the introduction of two new NPC characters, Kuo and Nix. Kuo is an NSA agent who is working to defeat 'The Beast' and Nix is a New Marais native who grew up in the swamps around New Marais and has hatred towards Bertrand because she witnessed him murder her family.

Apparently there will be several moments that will force you to choose between advice given by both parties as you progress through the game. Below you'll find a teaser trailer for the cutscene as Cole saves Kuo.

inFamous 2 is due out later this year as well as the six-part comic series leading up to it.

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[PC, PS3] DC Universe Online End-Game Content Detailed

[PC, PS3] DC Universe Online End-Game Content Detailed
Are you one of those gamers who has been bravely duking it out in the MMO DC Universe Online? If so, here's a new trailer that details the end-game content and what you can expect from some of the areas.
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NPD December 2010 – Hardware and Software Sales Detailed - RipTen

Nintendo led in the Hardware count with the DS selling 2.5 million while the Wii moved 2.36 million units. While this sounds good, both systems were down from their numbers posted last year.

The Xbox 360 saw incredible growth in December, moving 1.86 million consoles in its best sales month ever recorded by tracking firm NPD – the only console that improved it’s numbers when compared to 2009.

The PS3 came in third out of the major consoles moving only 1.21 million units.  The DS passed the PSP in total U.S. sales.

The NPD recognized Call of Duty: Black Ops, Madden NFL ’11, Halo: Reach, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Red Dead Redemption as the top five titles of 2010 in terms of sales volume.

Hardware
Nintendo DS – 2.5 Million
Wii – 2.36 million
Xbox 360 – 1.86 million
PS3 – 1.21 million

December 2010 Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC)
01. Call of Duty: Black Ops** (360, PS3, Wii, NDS, PC) ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
02. Just Dance 2 (Wii) UBISOFT
03. World of Warcraft: Cataclysm** (PC) ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
04. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood** (360, PS3) UBISOFT
05. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) NINTENDO
06. Disney Epic Mickey** (Wii) DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
07. Madden NFL 11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP) ELECTRONIC ARTS
08. Michael Jackson The Experience** (Wii, NDS, PSP) UBISOFT
09. NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PS2, PC) TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
10. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (360, PS3, Wii, PC) ELECTRONIC ARTS

**(includes CE, GOTY editions, bundles, etc. but not those bundled with hardware)

Annual 2010 Top 10 Games (New Physical Retail only; across all platforms incl. PC)
01. Call of Duty: Black Ops** (360, PS3, Wii, PC, NDS) ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
02. Madden NFL 11 (360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP) ELECTRONIC ARTS
03. Halo: Reach** (360) MICROSOFT
04. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) NINTENDO
05. Red Dead Redemption (360, PS3) TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE
06. Wii Fit Plus** (Wii) NINTENDO
07. Just Dance 2 (Wii) UBISOFT
08. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2** (360, PS3, PC) ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
09. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood** (360, PS3) UBISOFT
10. NBA 2K11 (360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, PC) TAKE 2 INTERACTIVE

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[PSP] Yuna Detailed, Create-a-Quest in Dissida 012: Duodecim

[PSP] Yuna Detailed, Create-a-Quest in Dissida 012: Duodecim That's right, if you guessed from the not-very-subtle foot shot in the most recent trailer for Dissidia 012: Duodecim that Yuna would be appearing in Square's sequel then you were 100% correct.
Shonen Jump has been kind enough to go into some of the meatier details of her appearance as well. She is sporting her look from Final Fantasy X and will attack using her summons (for example the magazine scan shows her dual-attacking with Shiva and Ixion). Her EX Burst is roughly translated to 'Sending off to the spirit world', and will involve her calling upon her Aeons who will each fire an attack off at the opponent, it is unknown if this includes the secret Aeons.

We have also learned that the game will feature a create-a-quest feature. So once you are done with both the original Dissidia and Dissidia 012: Duodecim's stories you will be able to dive face-first into your fanfic dreams. It is unclear how the quest creation will work or how they will be distributed but it appears quests can be shared across the country.

You can transfer character levels from the original Dissidia across to the sequel as well. That's a relief to know that my level 100 Cloud won't need to absorb another huge chunk of my spare time.

The game is slated to release on the 3rd of March in Japan and is a Q1 title for America.

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