Machinima released an exclusive playthrough of Hitman: Incept… I mean Hitman: Absolution. Check out the full 16 minute playthrough of the game below.
Source: Machinama
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Dust 514 trailer
Trailer from Dust 514, CCP’s new MMOFPS game set in the Eve universe.
Silent Hill: Downpour delayed to 2012
According to a post by MCV, Silent Hill: Downpour won’t be making its November release date. Instead, the game is slated to be released Q1 2012.
Konami hasn’t officially stated the new release date or explained why the game was delayed in the first place, but hopefully they will let us know soon.
I’m just going to assume that the delay has something to do with the looming Silent Hill HD collection. Maybe Konami wants us to experience Silent Hill in HD before we play their newest game?
Source: MCV
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record trailer
In Dead Rising 2: Off the Record the player will once again be in control of Frank West and will face off against new enemies and have access to even more combo weapons.
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record will be released in North America October 11, 2011.
Dark Souls to last many years
Dark Souls is looking to be one of the hardest games out there, but also one of the most rewarding. Lee Kirton, Namco Bandai UK’s marketing director, told VG247 that although the game will be unrelenting in it’s difficulty it will rewarding for those that stick with it. He goes on to say, “I think that this is a game that everyone should try. It is incredibly rewarding and we’ve kept a lid on a lot of story and gameplay. One of the most rewarding video game experiences ever made, I’d say.”
I can’t wait to get my hands on it. Dark Souls will be released October 4, 2011 in North America and October 7, 2011 in Europe and will be on both PS3 and Xbox 360.
Journey release set for Spring 2012
In a post on their website thatgamecompany said that because of the success of the closed beta for Journey they were able to project a release date for their newest game.
“We don’t want to throw out a date that we are not sure about, and later disappoint our players,” said thatgamecompany’s Jenova Chen.
“Fortunately, the online beta went very well, and our continued playtests have given us great feedback on the work we have left to complete.”
Chen said a release date of Spring 2012 has been set for Journey.
Source: thatgamecompany.com
Square Enix says Final Fantasy XIV damaged the Final Fantasy franchise
In a press conference on September 27, 2011, Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada said that Final Fantasy XIV has “greatly damaged” the Final Fantasy brand. Wada also talked about Square Enix’s plans to fix FFXIV, but didn’t go into much detail regarding the entirety of the Final Fantasy Franchise.
Wada said, “We’ll continue with our reform work, which basically amounts to fully redoing the game, and hope to revive the FFXIV that should have been released.”
Honestly, it’s about time Square Enix publicly stated what everyone has been thinking for a while. But I don’t think it’s just FFXIV that has damaged the Final Fantasy franchise. Between remakes, sequels, and the release of unfinished games, Square Enix has been lacking greatly in the creativity department. FFXIV was just the proverbial last nail in the coffin.
I really hope Square Enix has some plans for the Final Fantasy franchise to regain some trust from the fan-base. It has been a while since I have been excited for anything with the “Final Fantasy” name on it.
Source: andriasang.com
Ban hammer? No, flood the game with phantoms!
From Software answered the age-old question (or at least the question that arose this week): What do you do with people who are playing your game before you want them to? Send insanely high-level phantoms after them, of course.
In response to people who were somehow able to play Dark Souls before its official Japanese release, From Software decided to flood the early players’ world with Black Phantoms. The Black Phantoms are level 145 mobs with 1900 HP and all abilities maxed out at 99. Edge Magazine offered a comparison of these stats with that of their reviewer’s character, which has almost 60 hours of play-time: Level 43, 1001 HP, and abilities ranging from 8 to 30.
I actually think this is an ingenious way to deal with the early players. Why bother banning them when you can make not playing the game their choice.
Source: Edge Magazine
Studio Ghibli’s Ni no Kuni is coming to America
In good ol’ Neil Diamond fashion, Level-5 president Akihiro Hino said that Ni no Kuni: Shiroki Seihai no Joou for the PS3 will be coming to North America in early 2012.
Ni no Kuni is a role-playing game based off a DS game of the same name. According to Gamespot, the PlayStation 3 version of Ni no Kuni will have the same storyline as the DS version until about the middle of the game, at which point the storyline deviates.
With the North American market starving for quality Japanese role-playing games, we can only hope that Ni no Kuni will (temporarily) sate the thirst of JRPG fans.
If you missed the trailer for Ni no Kuno, check it out. Make sure you have a towel handy—drooling over the game’s beautiful graphics is inevitable.
Source: Gamespot.com
Dark Souls Complete Prologue
The last part of the Dark Souls prologue has been released. And instead of showing the fourth one by itself, you get all of them lumped into one video.
