We look forward to seeing you on the killing fields.
Hi-Rez Studios’ Tribes: Ascend has been in a closed beta long enough for 300,000 players to take the new online multiplayer through its paces. But that wasn’t enough, as the beta will be opened up to all comers tomorrow, February 24 at 5pm GMT.
Sorry, I won't be able to unveil any new games for you on the show, but I can talk about the news from Nintendo's latest public event!
Miss out on the Nintendo Direct show this morning? PB & Jason is here to deliver details on the important news of the day! Also in this issue: Talk about The Simpsons Arcade Game, Iron Brigade: Rise of the Martian Bear, and Rhythm Heaven Fever. Oh, and a little bit of Playstation Vita stuff, too. Click through to find the download links.
A collaboration title and release date also announced.
This morning, Nintendo had its Nintendo Direct video presentation and several announcements were made. Top among them was the announcement that The Last Story, one of the titles targeted by the Operation Rainfall movement, will be coming to North America this year courtesy of XSEED Games. The Last Story is the latest, and perhaps last, RPG developed by Mistwalker head and creator of the Final Fantasy series, Hironobu Sakaguchi.
The double pack can be bought on April 3, 2012.
Bethesda announced a double-pack release of Oblivion and Fallout 3 today. On April 3, 2012, you'll be able to pick up the two games on Xbox 360 and PC for $29.99 and $19.99, respectively.
A reality show is also in the works.
The PlayStation Vita version of Street Fighter X Tekken is getting 12 extra characters not yet announced for the console versions. In addition to the previously announced Sony exclusive characters, Pac-Man, Cole, Toro, Kuro, and Box-Art Mega Man, Capcom is also including Street Fighter's Elena, Guy, Cody, Sakura, Dudley and Blanka, and Tekken's Alisa, Christie, Jack, Brian, Lars and Lei.
The 3.0 Update brings a new business model
NCsoft's MMO Aion is going free-to-play this Spring. Although already announced in Europe, this is news to American players. The upcoming 3.0 update, entitled Aion Ascension, will introduce the new business model. The free-to-play model won't limit the areas players can visit or classes available, unlike most free MMOs.
Soon you can super uber combo in a world where triple corks are weak sauce.
Inspired by real locations and events such as snowboarding, the long awaited sequel to SSX has returned and it’s more social than ever. The sixth game in the SSX franchise focuses on teams of extreme athletes attempting to conquer the world’s most dangerous mountain ranges with their competition hot on their stalefish. By all accounts, EA Canada has returned SSX to its foundation.
New hardware, new ideas -- is that too much to ask?
Playing Twisted Metal is a lot like going to your ten year high school reunion. Sure it’s great to hang out with old friends, bask in nostalgia and relive some of the good ole days but at the end of it all you go home and thank god that you aren’t in high school anymore; that you’re not wearing the same clothes, that you aren’t living with your parents and that you aren’t as stupid as you were back then. But then again there are those like Twisted Metal that peaked in high school and would give anything to go back.
Here it is the full CG trailer for Mass Effect 3, "Take Earth Back".
