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FileShack for the week of May 5, 2012 features a Rimelands: Hammer of Thor demo, the Eastern Front mod for Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, and more….
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OverloadUT bites the bullet to pre-order Endless Space, a 4X turn-based game in space, to give Shackers an initial impression based on the alpha….
Blockbuster games headline this episode of Weekend Confirmed. Elder Scrolls Online, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, and God of War: Ascension alone could more than fill the show but there’s more. Mike Schramm of TUAW and Joystiq helps the two Jeffs and Garnett bring the awesome needed to keep up with it all….
Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you’re eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.…
The announcement of the Elder Scrolls Online met with mixed response. Today we get to see a cinematic trailer for it and learn a few of its secrets from the upcoming article in Game Informer. From there we turn to mobile sensation Draw Something, which has dramatically cooled since being bought be Zynga for $210 million and has now added branded words to its library….
As you put the finishing touches on your Thor codpiece in preparation for going to see The Avengers this weekend, you can be secure in the knowledge that the movie will live on as a virtual pinball table. Zen Studios announced an Avengers table for Zen Pinball 2 and Pinball FX 2 today, coming as part of the “Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles” four-table pack….
Two well-known voice actors have joined Republique, the iOS adventure game from former Halo 4 creative director Ryan Payton. The mobile market is going to get some Snake and FemShep in it, with the chords of David Hayter and Jennifer Hale.
David Hayter is best known as Snake from the Metal Gear Solid series, and has worked on scripts for X-Men and Watchmen….
Hello, weekend! How lovely to see you! And, what’s that, you’ve brought some fine PC game deals at digital distributors? Well bless your heart! Why, just at the top of your bulging sack I see Deus Ex: Human Revolution for $7, Driver: San Francisco for $10, Jagged Alliance: Back in Action for $28, Batman: Arkham City for $15, and Syndicate for $30, so who could tell what wonders lie beneath!…
The social games explosion caught many in the industry off-guard, with many traditional games publishers still trying to crack that nut. EA’s efforts, which included the recent purchase of PopCap Games, has secured a number two position for the company. However, while CEO John Riccitiello admits they’re still lagging behind the market leader, he also criticizes their data-driven, versus entertainment-driven, focus….
XSEED has announced it’s bringing two more niche Japanese titles to handhelds in the US. The publisher will be releasing both Ragnarok Odyssey and Orgarhythm to North America. Both Vita games are slated for a 2012 release.
XSEED will handle the localization for both games. Ragnarok Odyssey is an action game with some Monster Hunter DNA and Norse Mythology, from Game Arts–the studio behind the Lunar and Grandia franchise….
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