It’s always unfortunate when a developer is forced to push back a game as it leaves many unhappy gamers. On the bright side of things, these delays give said developers a chance to iron out any kinks that may have been left in the game and further polish it thus making it more ready than market. Well, despite this bright side, I’m sure many of you are going to be disappointed to hear that F.E.A.R 3 has been delayed once again.
Previously the game had been pushed back to May but now it’s been noted that the game’s new release date is June 24th of this year. Let’s hope that this is the last delay we’ll see and F.E.A.R. 3 is actually able to make its way to market. We don’t want another Duke Nukem Forever mishap.
Warner Bros Interactive and its studios, which include Rocksteady Studios (developers of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman Arkham City) and NetherRealm Studios (developers of Mortal Kombat), have struck a deal with Epic Games for an Unreal Engine 3 license to all their games through 2014. Why 2014? Well, that’s apparently when Unreal Engine 4 will be released, and UE4 will only be available for next generation consoles. That’s good to know. It’s also good to know that the next Batman game (after Akrham City), will most likely be a lot prettier than the current one.
Epic recently revealed an updated version of the engine at GDC, which blew everyone’s mind. You can check that sweet video here.
There are several different fighting franchises on the market with behemoths like Street Fighter and Tekken currently leading the pack. However, retro gamers will know that Mortal Kombat has long been one of the most iconic fighting franchises to ever hit the market.
The latest title to hit the current generation of consoles is Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe but if you weren’t aware, NetherRealm Studios is currently hard at work on a reboot of the franchise for the Xbox 360 and PS3 simply dubbed Mortal Kombat. While the game isn’t set to hit store shelves until April 19th, it was just made known today that a demo of the game will be hitting the PlayStation Network later this month. PlayStation Plus subscribers will be getting preferential treatment here with access to the demo on March 8th while normal PSN users will grab the demo on March 15th. As for the Xbox 360, there is currently no word on when a demo will be released for Microsoft’s console.
Again, Mortal Kombat is currently set to hit store shelves for the Xbox 360 and PS3 on April 19th of this year.
It seems that the guys over at Joystiq have managed to take the above screen shot of the Batman: Arkham Asylum main menu that reveals something we previously didn’t know. It seems that the game will be getting a free DLC pack sometime next week, as you can see from said screen shot.
Of course, we have absolutely no details regarding the DLC pack but chances are Rocksteady or Warner Bros. will come clean sometime within the next couple of days.
Here’s something I’m sure no one saw coming — It was recently announced that Rocksteady Studios’ Batman: Arkham Asylum has earned itself a spot in the Guinness World Record Book.
It doesn’t have the biggest games, doesn’t feature the highest polygon count, but it is the “Most Critically Acclaimed Super Hero Game Ever”. Wait, what? Who the hell decides which game is the most critically acclaimed, isn’t that all about opinion? I mean the game looks cool and all but who is tasked with deciding stuff like this?
It looks like Guinness has sold out, I wonder how much Warner Bros. had to pay to get Arkham Asylum in the book.
The new DLC for Monolith Productions’ F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is looking scary. Reborn will be putting you in the shoes of Replica Soldier Foxtrot 813 as you play through four new missions. It’s estimated that it will take two hours to complete.
A demo for F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn will be out August 27th, while the full version will have to wait until September 3rd for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
Comic-Con is in full swing and Microsoft is in attendance. The company recently took center stage to let everyone know that there will be a Halo themed anime minseries entitled Halo Legends.
Halo Legends will apparantly make its way onto DVD and digital platforms (Xbox Live?) in early 2010 courtesy of Warner Bros. The show will be produced by 5 Japanese anime studios which include Bones, Casio Entertainment, Studio4 C, Toei Animation and Production I.G.
Frank O’Conner, creative director of 343 Industries, let us know that Halo Legends will exist to give viewers a further insight into the Halo universe and along with giving it a new direction. A new direction? You mean to set us up for the impending release of Halo: Reach.
Midway’s been in deep water for some time now but finally Warner Bros. has picked them up and acquired all of their assets. But one question remains, what will the studio be called?
It was previously thought that Midway would just cease to exist and now operate under the Warner Bros. brand. However, Midway exec Geoff Mogilner was quoted to have said the following:
The name and the mark are owned by Warner Bros. and it is up to them to figure out the branding strategy.
Well Warner Bros., as long as you come out with a new Mortal Kombat game, we’ll call it even.
When it first began, DLC seemed more like an experiment into how much extra companies could charge for new content than anything else, but these days it’s almost a guarantee for any major release. Though it might not have gotten the acclaim of most other titles in the series, Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe performed well enough to warrant some DLC of its own.
Unfortunately this won’t ever see the light of day due to the financial stumblings of Midway and their buy-out by Warner Bros. Ed Boon posted a render for sorceror Quan Chi onto his personal twitter account with the commentary “Excited about MK9 and WB, but wish we could have released DLC for MKvsDC”. Due to the abbreviated nature of twitter there aren’t any more details but with a huge roster of Mortal Kombat characters who hadn’t made the cut we’d probably have seen a fair number of fan favorites added to the list.
Not too long ago buzz began circulating the internet that suggested Midway’s San Deigo studios were in the final stages of being purchased by Warner Bros. Unfortunately for them, they have recently released a statement that Warner Bros. will not be picking them up.
And, to make things worse, they said that they have just 60 days to find a buyer before going completely out of business. Common you foreign investors, Midway needs your money help!
