Milestone has today announced the brand new MotoGP 13 Demo.
Once downloaded, the demo will offer the chance to select between two riders and take on three laps on the Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya. In addition, in order to give the gamers a quick sneak-peek of the game, all the options will be available.
“After several requests on our social media channels we’ve decided to show the true power of MotoGP 13 through a demo version. This launch is extremely important for us, ’cause it’s the first real hands-on for all users. We’re very proud of the game and we can’t wait to show it to our followers and fans. We will announce the official release date for the demo and for the game during the upcoming weeks”, affirms Michele Caletti, Game Director Milestone.
A demo for Insomniac’s Fuse will be available on Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Network on 7th May, allowing players to play online cooperatively with up to four players, or in a 2-player split-screen.
In the demo, players will take on the role of Dalton Brooks, Izzy Sinclair, Jacob Kimble and Naya Deveraux. “When it comes to Fuse, the biggest thing we’ve noticed when sharing it with others for the first time is that playing is believing,” said Ted Price, CEO and founder of Insomniac Games. “Fuse takes four player co-op in a new direction with features you won’t find in other third person shooters: from LEAP where you can jump between each of the four unique agents at will to the experimental Xenotech weapons to the deep RPG-like character progression system. And by the way, all of these features rock for solo players as well. Join us in this brand new universe for a quintessential Insomniac Games experience.”
Fuse will be available on 28th May in North America and 31st May in Europe for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
A new patch has been released for the PC version of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. The update adds a new and time limited Team Deathmatch variant as well as a number of fixes.
Check out the details below.
PC patch details
– Added a limited time game mode to the Bonus Playlist, the Arms Race Team Deathmatch variant awards players 150 score per kill. Let the Scorestreak wars begin.
– Added a new playlist to Party Games that includes all party gamemodes. Get the party started with Party Mix.
– Party matchmaking is no longer determined by the partyleader’s content ownership, but is instead determined by any content that is owned by all party members. – General improvements to matchmaking.
– Multiplayer Issues Addressed
– Fixed an issue where portions of the screen would be cut off in some display resolutions.
– Fixed a crash that would sometimes occur while rendering a clip
. – Fixed some cases where gamepad button prompts would be missing while using a gamepad.
– Fixed an issue where the double XP icon would appear in Custom Games and League Play when double xp was not being awarded.
– Removed an erroneous store link in the videos section of File Manager.
– Store links now correctly link to individual item store pages instead of the Black Ops 2 game page in Steam.
– Fixed an issue reported by the community where players could get infinite ammo for the Death Machine and War Machine.
– Addressed an issue reported by the community where players may not die when getting stuck with a Crossbow Bolt.
– Fixed an issue reported by the community where the Hunter Killer drones will float around slowly when they miss a target from a certain angle.
– Players can now enter the crouched position while sprinting with the Riot Shield equipped.
– Care packages now appear in blue and orange on the map when Color Blind Assist is enabled. – Resolved an issue where players and turrets could survive the water rush when in certain areas on Hydro.
– Addressed an issue with League Teams appearing incorrectly when a player views another player’s League Team in the Leaderboards.
– Fixed a formatting issue in Leagues Season Final text where the date the player was placed was wrapping incorrectly.
– Overkill challenges will now progress if the player is using an alternate select fire mode.
– The upper metal plate of a planted Assault Shield now appears in the proper position during a Killcam.
– Addressed an issue with the Custom and Private Match change team scoreboard not updating in real time when the overlay is on screen. – Addressed a rapid scrolling issue in the Preset Class Menu.
– Chopper Hunter Field Specialist challenge updated to Aircraft Hunter with a description that reflects the aircrafts that need to be destroyed to complete the challenge.
– Fixed an issue with the last player alive defusing the bomb in Search & Destroy not receiving any defuse points.
– The icon to distinguish a Search & Destroy bomb location is now visible to a Codcaster who is spectating the defending team.
– Fixed an issue in the Combat Record where the images would disappear when scrolling off of and on to the Combat Record.
– Gameplay Balancing
– Reverted global spawn influencer change from previous game update due to undesirable side effects.
– Zombies Issues Addressed
– Players can no long get stuck by skipping the loading cutscene before a map has finished loading.
– Addressed various zombie pathing issues throughout the map.
– Fixed an issue where character conversations would overlap with each other.
– Addressed several exploits involving zombie pathing and the zombie shield.
– Resolved various pathing issues where zombies would not path to players behind open doors.
– Fixed an issue where players would see a ‘Connection Interrupted’ message on screen at the end of the game.
– Resolved an issue with textures displaying in low resolution.
Today it was announced that Rambo The Video Game (Reef Entertainment) will feature the original movie voice-tracks of John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) and Col. Samuel Trautman (Richard Crenna) in their definitive game on the world-famous series of movies.
A Reef spokesperson said: “Our goal is to produce the finest Rambo video game ever made. To do that, we are including dialogue, special effects, and music from the movies.
STUDIOCANAL, the owners of the Rambo films, searched their extensive archives and tracked down audio reels containing the original voice recording tapes for FIRST BLOOD, FIRST BLOOD PART II & RAMBO III. These tapes provided us
Shoot-Out: All-out action in fixed-perspective shoot-outs – players will need to make tactical use of cover-options to survive the enemy onslaught. Mini-missions, multiple-paths, quick-time-events, interactive scenery and more than 25 enemy types will keep player’s adrenaline-pumping.
Destruction: Unleash heavy weapons such as the M60, explosive-tipped arrows and time-bombs. Cause some wide-spread damage against hard-targets. Take control in iconic scenes from the films such as Rambo’s destruction of the Police Station in FIRST BLOOD ™.
QTE-Fight: Authentic fight scenes from the movies are recreated in third-person, quick-time-events sequences.
Fixed-Gun & Vehicle: Take aim of gun turrets and rocket launchers in an array of authentic fixed-gun and vehicle sections from RAMBO: FIRST BLOOD PART II ™ and RAMBO III ™.
Stealth-Hunt: Fixed-perspective infiltrations through forests and enemy-camps armed with Rambo’s trademark Bow and Knife. Dodge search-lights and time your bow attacks perfectly to silently eliminate enemies from the shadows. Knife sections will give players the choice of lethal or non-lethal force.
Bosses: Boss showdowns and take-downs from the films – everything from Rambo’s single, explosive bow strike on Lieutenant Tay to shredding Russian helicopters with the DShK 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun.
Koch Media today announced that Mars War Logs, the PC sci-fi role-playing game from Spiders Studio and Focus Home Interactive, is now available at UK retail following an earlier digital release.
To celebrate, watch the launch trailer below, immersing players in the game’s rich universe:
Mars War Logs takes you to Mars, nearly a century after a huge cataclysm that threw Mars and its colonies into chaos. You play as Roy, a renegade caught in the middle of a civil war, while different corporations fight over the most precious resource, water.
Follow an immense main quest in which every choice counts, develop your character and your combat style by choosing among many different talents and skills. In dynamic, real-time combat, face fearsome opponents including some of the most terrifying creatures of Mars. The craft system lets you create and modify your equipment, your weapons and your armour.
Your behaviour during dialogues, as well as your choices and decisions will influence your companions and the fate of the people who will cross your path… and maybe the fate of all the colonies on Mars.
Mars War Logs is now available on PC and retails for £14.99. Mars War Logs will be available to download very soon on Xbox LIVE and PlayStationNetwork.
Everyone’s favourite Borderlands 2 will receive its fourth expansion in June, Gearbox has confirmed. ‘Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep’ will be available from 25th June on Xbox 360 and PS3 for 800 Microsoft Points (£6.80 / $10) and $10 respectively. It will also be included as part of the Borderlands 2 season pass.
The DLC is said to revolve around the tabletop game of ‘Bunkers and Badasses’, which is loosely based on Dungeons and Dragons.
Tiny Tina will serve as the dungeon master, narrating the action, while changing boss attributes, locations and character names on the fly, according to IGN.
The DLC was originally outed after Gearbox PR Steve Gibson was snapped sleeping in front of a ‘Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep’ advertising board (via StealthyBox).
Are you ready for E3 this year as it will be a big one for Microsoft and Sony traditionally hold large press conferences before the E3 conference begins but this year no big conference from Nintendo.
Here are the schedules for those conferences and any other press conferences happening around E3.
Company Times
Microsoft Monday 10th June @ 9:30AM PT/5.30PM UK Time
Ubisoft Monday 10th June 10th @ 1PM PT/9PM UK Time
EA Monday 10th June @ 3PM PT/11PM UK Time
Sony Monday 10th June @ 6PM PT/2AM Tuesday 11th June UK Time
Dropbox has updated it’s iPhone and iPad app to version 2.2.
Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your iPhone and iPad and even the Dropbox website! With the Dropbox app, you can take everything that matters to you on the go.
Read your docs or flip through your albums when you’re out and about. Save photos or videos to your Dropbox and share them with friends in just a couple taps. Even if you accidentally leave your iPhone in a taxi, your stuff is always safe on Dropbox.
Features:
Always have your stuff with you, no matter where you are.
Add files to “Favorites” for fast, offline viewing.
Easily save photos and videos to your Dropbox.
Share your photos and docs with family and friends.
Today saw an updated for the BBC iPlayer App taking it to version 2.0.4.
BBC TV and Radio programmes now on your iPad and iPhone.
Watch and listen live, or choose your favourites from over 400 hours programming from the last 7 days.
– Watch live TV
– Listen to live radio
– Scroll through and find Featured and Most Popular programmes
– Add programmes to your favourites and have them ready and waiting when a new episode or series is available
– Drag and drop programmes to Favourites with one easy move
– Browse through the schedule for upcoming programmes
What’s New in Version 2.0.4
– It’s more like a TV! We’ve made it easier to find and watch live BBC programmes on the iPad – check out the new On Now section next to Most Popular!
– Get all your favourite Scottish Gaelic programmes on BBC Alba
– You asked us to make Airplay easier. It’s always been possible, but now simply click the Airplay button on the iPlayer video itself!
– As usual a whole range of bug fixes to make the app even more stable.
Instagram has just updated its iOS app with a new ‘Photos of You’ feature that lets you tag people in your photos.
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We’re excited to introduce Photos of You and bring you a new way to share and discover stories on Instagram. When you upload a photo to Instagram, you’re now able to add people as easily as you add hashtags. Only you can add people to your photos, so you have control over the images you share. And it doesn’t stop at people—you can add any account on Instagram, whether it’s your best friend, favorite coffee shop or even that adorable dog you follow.
There will now be a Photos of You section on your profile. When someone adds you to a photo, you’ll receive a notification and the photo will appear in your Photos of You. Want to make sure you like the photo first? No problem: you can easily adjust your settings so nothing appears on your profile until you approve it. Before your Photos of You section is visible to other people, you’ll have until May 16th to play around and get used to the feature.
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Instagram Features
• 100% free custom designed filters and borders such as XPro-II, Earlybird, Rise, Amaro, Hudson, Lo-fi, Sutro, Toaster, Brannan, Inkwell, Walden, Hefe, Nashville, 1977, and others.
• Linear and Radial Tilt-Shift blur effects for extra depth of field.
• Instant sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Foursquare, and Posterous
• Unlimited uploads
• Interact with friends through giving & receiving likes and comments
• Full iPhone 4 front & back camera support
• And much much more…
What’s New In This Version:
– Introducing Photos of You! Add people to your photos & share who’s with you
– Send us feedback about bugs & errors using the new “Report a Problem” feature
– Privacy settings can now be found on your Profile screen under Edit Your Profile.
You can download Instagram from the App Store for free.
The level features a mariachi-style cover of Survivor’s ‘Eye of the Tiger’.
Ubisoft has announced that the delayed game will now debut on Wii U, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
The platformer was originally intended to debut in March as a Wii U exclusive. The release was put back to sync up with the release on the other platforms.
The ‘Rayman Legends Challenge App’ debuted on Wii U as part of last week’s eShop update.
Rayman Legends will be released on 30th August in Europe.
This week saw the release of Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon from Ubisoft, and it’s time to review it, Mark IV style.
Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon lets players get the girl, kill the bad guys and save the world in a VHS-era vision of the future! As Sergeant Rex Power Colt, you are part man, part machine, all American.
You are a state-of-the art Mark IV cyber-commando on a mission…of vengeance. You’re out to bring down your old commanding officer and his battalion of ruthless killer cyborgs and you’ll stop at nothing to get the job done.
The first thing to note is that even though it’s called Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon, it really isn’t anything to do with the Far Cry story, and it’s not DLC. It is a separate and standalone game and that you don’t have to have previously played Far Cry to enjoy. In fact, I may get a lot of grief for saying this, but I enjoyed Blood Dragon more!
So you might be asking yourself why is it called Far Cry 3 then? Is it just a cheap ploy by Ubisoft to sell more copies as unsuspecting Far Cry 3 fans rush to buy it? The answer is no, that isn’t the case at all! It is developed by the same team that did Far Cry 3, and uses “the Far Cry 3” engine, along with some of the gameplay styles and locations (sort of).
You can just imagine the conversations that took place in those early development meetings – we want to do a game that looks like it was made in the early 80s, we want it to look and feel like those 80s action films such as Commando and Terminator, and we want dinosaurs as that’s what the Far Cry 3 fans want. Well, two out of three ain’t bad! And you could argue that dragons are cooler than dinosaurs. And did I mention those dragons can fire laser beams? No? Oh, sorry, I will get to that in a moment.
In order to make it truly an 80’s adventure Ubisoft needed an 80s action hero to voice the heroic Sergeant Rex Power Colt. Having grown up watching 80s action films, there were a few obvious choices, but I think that Arnie and Sly were probably a little expensive, so who better than Michael Biehn? After all, as Kyle Reese in The Terminator he helped save Sarah Connor and was the father of John Connor. He was also Lt Hicks in Aliens, and he was in Navy SEALS, a rather underrated movie that is worth a viewing.
The game starts with Rex and his partner Spider on a helicopter on their way to a location to stop the bad guys and save the world. You know, the usual plot of most 80s action movies. Within the first few minutes alone there are so many 80s references to spot, such as Predator, Terminator, Robocop and Commando. I won’t spoil them because it’s more fun to notice them yourself, but that was only the first 5 minutes.
There is a brief tutorial at the start of the game, which is actually very amusing, so make sure you actually take the time to read each screen that flashes up!
So then its on to the various missions, armed with a cyber-eye, a katana, shurikens, various other guns, oh, and some dice. And before you stop and read that again, I did write dice. You use them to distract the enemies by throwing them. Obvious really when you think about it.
This is a classic run around, shoot the bad guys and have fun type of game that really doesn’t take it self seriously. You have specific missions you must complete, plus side missions you can take in order to not only gain XP (or rather CP as it’s referred to in the game) in order to level up and be a better solider, but also to gain new attachments for your weapons. These side missions range from shooting a rare bird to rescuing scientists who are in danger of being killed. Levelling up is automatic and each block of levels give you something, such as an extra health bar or an enhanced or new ability. None of this trying to figure out which skill to spend your points on, you get what you are given, and you will like it!
Once you complete the first part of the game you have your own garrison, which serves as your base of operations, and enables you to buy weapons, ammunition and other stuff that you use to kill the bad guys. Taking over the garrison also unlocks fast travel (think Far Cry 3 – after all, that’s what its based on) so that you can go between the garrison and other parts of the map.
As well as fast travel you can also drive vehicles, swim, zip line and more. Again, the sorts of things you would have seen in every 80s action flick.
Overall it will probably take you around 8 hours to finish, which is actually longer than some AAA titles, and it’s also more enjoyable than a lot of them!
There is a lot of humour in the game, in fact that’s pretty much most of the game, and there are so many 80s references to spot. I am certain there are ones I missed and its great to compare what you saw with your friends.
The visuals in the game are actually really good, especially considering the 80s style – and believe me, the first time you see one of the dragons charging and shooting lasers I challenge you not to crack a smile.
The music is typical 80s synth and it really adds to the atmosphere. In fact for days after I found myself humming the main tune, oh great, now I’m doing it again. And if you like the music you can actually buy the album too.
This game really is a must have if you are a fan of the 80s, a fan of fun games, a fan of shooters, and a fan of dragons who fire lasers out of their eyes. And it has one of the best endings of any game out today – but I won’t spoil it for you, you will just have to play it. And make sure you read all the loading screens and comments as they are nothing short of genius. This digital title is actually one of the best games out today and worth buying, even more surprising because it is a digital download title, if for no other reason than listening to Michael Biehn swear and make sarcastic comments. And did I mention the laser beam firing dragons?
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon is available now via digital download for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. The cost is: 1200 MS Points for the Xbox version, and $14.99 for the PC version.
And if you want to see the first 50 or so minutes of gameplay, including the whole introduction sequence, you can do so now:
What do you think? Are you going to buy it? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection could launch on the next-generation Xbox, Hideo Kojima has suggested. Explaining its absence from the Xbox 360, Kojima told his online radio listeners (via Kotaku) that Metal Gear Solid 4 is too big for the console’s DVD disc format.
Releasing Metal Gear Solid 4 on the Xbox 360 would require anything up to seven discs, it was revealed.
“I want to put it out [on the Xbox 360], but we won’t be releasing it,” Kojima explained.
“When it’s the next [Xbox] console, maybe we can release it. If we released a version on the Xbox 360 without MGS4, then it’s not The Legacy Collection,” he added.
Announced last month, the upcoming Legacy Collection contains Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: HD Edition, Metal Gear Solid 3: HD Edition, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Edition, Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions and Metal Gear Solid 4: Trophy Edition.
Releasing to celebrate the 25-year anniversary of the Metal Gear franchise, the package also includes two digital graphic novels from Ashley Wood.
Last year’s Metal Gear Solid HD Collection contained remastered versions of Metal Gear Solid 2, 3 and Peace Walker.
