Cities in Motion 2 has been announced by developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox Interactive as a sequel to the first business and public transport simulator. It will be released in the second quarter of this year.
Here is the debut Cities in Motion 2 gameplay trailer video.
Cities in Motion 2 gives players full control of their own transit empire as they utilize a wide variety of transportation vehicles to create the most effective transit system possible. Offering a bus load of new features, including day and night cycles and multiplayer modes, Cities in Motion 2 also introduces dynamic cities—as transit is built, urban sprawl will expand or depreciate based on the affordability of transit and the needs of each unique city’s inhabitants. From the scheduling of timetables to the adjustment of fares, transportation enthusiasts will be able to tweak a wide variety of options to provide for the demands of their population. Just remember: if transit is running late, you have no one to blame but yourself.
Summer game time! But is this the last summer for Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3?
It’s that time again, SUMMER GAME TIME!
Summer Game Time (TM :P) is a time when playing videogames is as important as going to your job. Why? Because you MUST FINISH your backlog of games that you never completed all year and from years past, in order to prepare yourself for the absolute ONSLAUGHT of holiday releases; many of which are sequels. If you are to enjoy those sequels to their fullest, then you must finish the games that preceded them in order to catch yourself up on what is happening in said sequels.
So what games are YOU planning on playing before the holiday rush?
Sequels being released this holiday include: Assassin’s Creed III, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Resident Evil 6 (October 2nd), Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (July 31st), Borderlands 2 (September 18th), Pokemon Black and White Version 2 (October 7th), Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time (October 1st), Fable: The Journey (October 9th), Medal of Honor: Warfighter (October 23rd), Far Cry 3 (September 4th), Gears of War: Judgement (2013), Splinter Cell: Blacklist (2013), etc.
Face off against a titanic boss in the third game in the Penny Arcade RPG series!
The third On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Penny Arcade game, Episode 3, will be released early, on June 25th, as part of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Xbox Live Indie Games section, as well as a legit release on Steam.
This is a much earlier release than was originally intended, as the game was supposed to hit in July. But since the game is done now, the developers thought it’d be dumb to sit on their hands until later. Cool right?! :D
Additionally, fans of the Penny Arcade comic-based videogame who purchase On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode 3 on Steam will get an extra goody! Buy it on Steam during the first week of its release will net you a full copy of the Indie darling “Cthulhu Saves The World”! The Steam version also supports SteamPlay and Mac gamers will be able to play the game once it hits Steam.
Here is a video of the game in action, which features a completely different style from the former two games in the series, and was made by Indie Developer Zeboyd Games, makers of Breath of Death VII and Cthulhu Saves the World, as well as other retro-style modern RPGs.
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode 3 is also scheduled to hit Android and iOS in the future.
The Elder Scrolls Online official E3 2012 trailer and videos! Check them out and tell me what you think!
The beta for Elder Scrolls Online is starting very soon, next week in fact! Be sure to look into that at the official website and sign up if you want to help them iron out the bugs and check the game out early!
Among the sleep offers a videogame-first, play the entire game as a 2-year-old child! That is NOT a typo!
Better yet, the game is a supernatural horror thriller, where you will see insane things taking place from your innocent, child eyes…. Just an average kid seeing things in the dark. As great a premise as I’ve ever heard!
Proof that the entire game won’t take place just in a haunted house…
Here is what the game looks like in action, in this first Among the Sleep Gameplay Trailer!
Awesome looking isn’t it?!
Play from the vantage-point of a baby!
Official Synopsis:
Among The Sleep invites you into the mind and body of a two year old child. After being put to bed one evening, mysterious things start to happen.
Being played in first person, the game lets its players immerse themselves in a child’s limitless imagination. This is a perspective we all have a distant familiarity with, but few can clearly remember what it felt like.
The baby’s bedroom can be a frightening place… at night.
In the borderland between dream and reality, surreal creatures and diverse environments will present you with both physical and mental obstacles that challenge your creativity.
Among The Sleep is set for release on PC & MAC next year in 2013.
I can’t freakin’ wait!
A teddy bear companion? A playable 2-year-old baby? A HORROR game? SIGN ME UP!
The CG artwork for Diablo 3 is absolutely phenomenal.
Diablo III, the highly anticipated, long-awaited modern entry in the hack-and-slash RPG series, has finally hit store shelves. The release date was May 15, 2012.
Diablo 3 succeeds Diablo 1 and Diablo 2, classic epics that gamers have long known and loved. The first game was released way back in 1996, with the latter hitting in 2000.
Even today the Diablo name is spoken with reverence, and people continue to play and love Blizzard’s genre-defining loot-dropping, dungeon-crawling action RPGs to a degree that few games ever obtain.
That leads us to the first modern entry in the series, and a game that has been in development for a very long four years. What can players expect from Diablo III? Find out in this “What Is Diablo 3?” documentary, which breaks down the game and what it offers.
Here is the debut trailer that enraptured players with the promise of epic gameplay to come, with a stunning cinematic Computer Generated trailer.
Along with this extended version.
Here are several commercials advertising Diablo III’s release.
Diablo III: It’s Not Safe TV Spot
Diablo III: End of Days Commercial
Sadly, I never got around to playing the original two Diablo games. I still plan on doing it, and sometime soon. Either way, Diablo III looks absolutely epic. And I can’t wait to play the game.
Sadly the Diablo 3 launch has been fraught with errors, lots of people having a hard time logging into the game. Hopefully Blizzard will get it all fixed soon.
If you aren’t familiar with the term “digitital download”, it refers to the ability to purchase and download a digital copy (as opposed to buying a physical object in a real brick-and-mortar store) of a videogame file that is stored on the device you purchased it on. In this day and age, digital versions of major videogames are available from many publishers and for almost every platform.
Additionally, the Personal Computer platform has hosted digital downloads for a much longer time period. It wasn’t until this decade that console systems, mainly with the advent of Microsoft’s Xbox and it’s “Xbox Live” service that console users were finally given the ability to download digital products and digital updates These updates included “patches”, that fix issues with the original release; Or “DLC” which stands for “Downloadable Content” and adds all-new gameplay content and features to an existing product, expanding it and ensuring the life of the product is extended as players dive back in to play the new content.
With the advent of the iPhone and Apple’s runaway success in revolutionizing the MP3 Music Player market with their iPod and it’s “App Store” digital marketplace, the cellphone market with their iPhone and the tablet PC market with their iPad and the mobile gaming market with their iPod Touch; the term “App” (which is short for “application”, like a computer application you install on your PC… basically a replacement word for “program”) became a household name. Along with actual Apps that give you expanded functions for your device, like a Calculator, Guitar Tuner, Music Program or Alarm Clock (which is what the traditional word “App” originally described, those types of programs), the word “App” eventually became a catchall term that meant any downloadable program for a small “mobile” device like a Cellphone, iPod, Android, PDA or Tablet… and eventually even downloadable videogames were sometimes referred to as “Apps”. Btw the catchall term for Apple devices is “iOS” as they use the “iOS Operation System”.
All this history is to make a point… these days almost any device, including portable videogame systems, consoles game systems, computer systems (PC, Mac, Linux), cellphones, tablets, eReaders and other devices, all of them can download digital products. More and more everything you know, from movies and TV shows to videogames to books, magazines, comics and newspapers, are available in digital form and purchaseable in a non-physical state for access on a certain device.
Here I will list the Videogame Digital Downloads of the Week for many of these services. For an overview of what each service is (or means), read the footer at the bottom of this article.
New Digital Videogame Releases This Week (April 23rd-April 29th 2012):
Game Name: Bloodforge
Price: 1200 Microsoft Points (US$15 / €14.40 / £10.20 / CAN$18.60 / AU$19.80)
Availability: Check availability in your Xbox LIVE region
Synopsis: With a brutal combat system, stunning art style, and a deeply compelling story, “Bloodforge” empowers you to slaughter hordes of demonic soldiers, deformed worshippers, and the gods themselves, using ferocious Rage Kills, devastating Rune attacks, and furious Weapon Combos. Help seal Crom’s fate – and the fate of the rest of the world – in this dark, visceral story of revenge, betrayal, and destiny.
April 25th (TUESDAY)
Deep Black: Episode 1 (Xbox Live Arcade)
Bloodforge (Xbox Lie Arcade)
April 26th (WEDNESDAY)
Max Payne Mobile (Android)
Chuck E. Cheese’s Arcade Room (DS)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (MAC)
Frenzy Pop (iPhone)
Operation CrossCounter (iPhone)
I will update this throughout the week if I learn of any additional releases not listed, or if something is listed in error. Any games you looking to pick up this week?
I never played the original Prototype, I really should do that… Prototype 2 looks freakin’ awesome.
Cities in Motion 2 has been announced by developer Colossal Order and publisher Paradox Interactive as a sequel to the first business and public transport simulator. It will be released in the second quarter of this year.
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