Following Midway’s descent to bankruptcy, Ubisoft has stepped up to the plate to announce that it will be handling sales, marketing and distribution of Wheelman in most major markets.
The action-driving game stars Vin Diesel and offers gameplay in the same vein as the Driver franchise. Developed by Midway’s Newcastle studio, the game is set to hit PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on March 24.
Ubisoft will specifically be responsible for distribution in North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland and the UK, while Midway will publish it in all other territories.
Codemasters today re-announced the Operation Flashpoint sequel after two years, revealing that it is coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 alongside the PC. In addition, the game dropped the ‘2’ from its title and is now titled Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising.
Seeing as how Bohemia – series creators – have moved on to produce the ArmA franchise, Codemasters is developing the sequel internally. It makes use of the EGO engine, which was seen in action in Race Driver GRID and Colin McRae: DIRT.
Dragon Rising is due out this summer.
EA sent out a reminder that the downloadable “Pure Time Trial Map Pack” for Mirror’s Edge will be available for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 today.
The pack is priced at 800 Microsoft points ($10) and will add seven maps that will surely be good to play while high. It will also add nine new races and promises “no guns, no cops and no city.”
The pack was originally expected on January 29. It is already available on Xbox Live Marketplace; PC and PS3 users will have to wait a while longer.
Indie studio Paleo Entertainment sends word that its first-person shooter Merchants of Brooklyn will be released through Steam on March 17.
Powered by the same engine that runs Crysis, the game features both single and multiplayer modes. Similar to Crysis, players make use of a prototype biomechanical arm they can use to “tear through the environment and charge fallen debris for use as hand grenades, as well as dismember and demolish anything that stands in their way.”
Paleo was the second studio to license Crytek’s infamous engine. The first licensee was Avatar Reality, who is making a Mars-set MMORPG.
Many quarters of the Internet erupted with whining from gamers responding to the fact that the PC version of Braid would cost $20 – a $5 premium over the Xbox 360 version. Those whiners can rest easy now, as the creator of the game has reduced the price to $14.95.
“Yesterday, Stardock announced that they would be selling Braid at the end of March for $19.95,” wrote creator Jonathan Blow. “This price has proven to be unpopular in certain areas of the Internets, so I’ve reduced it to $14.95.”
“Some people have asked why I picked the $20 price point,” he continued. “The answer is, I just looked at some comparable games on the PC and saw how much they were charging.”
Blow added that more distribution platforms will be announced soon.
Valve has announced via the Scout update page that two new maps are in the pipeline, set for release. These updates are part of Valves recent tradition of giving all of the different classes major updates.The two new maps are as follows:
Watch Tower
created by Joshua ‘JoshuaC’ Shiflet
An Arena map that plays unlike any of Valve’s Arena maps, with a heavy focus on vertical space and long, open sight lines. Control of the central building is a key decision that teams must wrestle over. More Sniper friendly than most Arena maps, it’s a perfect complement to the Scout update. Batter up!
Junction
created by Sean ‘Heyo’ Cutino
A Gravel-Pit style map that the community has been heckling us to include for months. Junction is a sharp contrast to Watchtower. It’s full of tight spaces and short sight lines, which create combat opportunities dominated by ambushes and explosive weaponry.
You can head over to the page Valve put up for the update to check out some screen shots of the new maps, here.
I remember playing The Oregon Trail on those old Macs back in elementary school with all of it’s black-and-white, pixely goodness. Shoot the buffalos if you run low on food, mourne over the dead, playing as the doctor everytime because he had the most money. Those were the good days.
Well, the times have certainly changed with a version of The Oregon Trail making its way to the iPhone thanks to the App Store.
Players will embark on a journey from Michigan, to Oregon, using the iPhones touch screen and accelerometer to master the 6 minigames throughout.
The Oregon Trail is being developed by Gameloft, for the iPhone and will hit the App Store at the end of this month.
Read (Joystiq)
The Nintendo DSi’s April 5th North American release date is quickly approaching which means a launch title is appropriate, right?
It was recently announced that Rhythm Heaven will get the honors of being a launch title to coincide with the Nintendo DSi.
From the developers of WarioWare, Rhythm Heaven will task players with creating a beat to go along with the background music by tapping, flicking, holding, and sliding the stylus on the touch screen.
A Japanese commercial for the game has been included after the break, and I must say, it looks suprisingly challenging.
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DC Unlimited has recently released a slew of pictures that showcase their latest series, Series 5, of World of Warcraft action figures.
The series is as follow:
- Scourge Ghoul Rottingham • 7.25” height
- Night Elf Hunter: Alathena Moonbreeze with Sorna (owl pet) • 8.25” height
- Alliance Hero: Lo’Gosh • 8.5” height
- Illidan (Demon Form) • 11.75” height (including wings)
Unfortunately for you collectors out there the Series 5 action figures won’t go on sale until October 28th of this year. That’s a pretty long time to wait, common DC Unlimited!
Although, the Demon Form Illidan looks pretty damn sweet.
Check out the rest of the figures below.
Read (World of War.net)
