Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Turbine have released the first in-depth look at two of the champions in Infinite Crisis: Nightmare Batman and Wonder Woman.
Nightmare Batman is a feral hunter that ravages his opponents, and can use his Vampire Batarang, Bat Swarm, Feral Embrace, and other abilities to help dominate in battle. Wonder Woman – the Amazonian princess fathered by Zeus – can use special abilities like Lasso Grab, Protection, Amazonian Prowess, and Blocking Bracers to help support her team in a fierce fight.
Infinite Crisis is a free-to-play, multiplayer online battle arena game scheduled for release on PC in 2013.
Beginning today through Sunday, April 7th, at the Hollywood Palladium Theater, Activision and Treyarch are celebrating the Call of Duty Championship, presented by Xbox. 32 of the most skilled Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer teams are competing head-to-head on the Xbox 360 for their share of a $1 million total prize purse, and the opportunity for one team to secure the honor of Call of Duty World Champions. Activision is live streaming minute-by-minute coverage of the Call of Duty Championship, which can be viewed via the Xbox Live Dashboard in participating regions, on Xbox.com, Call of Duty Elite and the Call of Duty Facebook page, and via Twitch.tv, among other destinations. The Call of Duty Championship finals live stream begins on Sunday, April 7th at 6:00 p.m. EST.
Focus Home Interactive today announced that Farming Simulator will be released for the first time on consoles in September, with PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions full of exclusive content.
Farming Simulator on console first offers a whole new, North American environment, adding to the European environment already present on PC. New farming vehicles and other new features will also make their appearance.
Paradox Interactive has released a video developer diary for Victoria II: Heart of Darkness, the second expansion to Victoria II. In this first video developer diary, project lead Dan Lind introduces the newspaper system, as well as the new feature International Crises.
Victoria II: Heart of Darkness will release on April 16th on all major digital download portals.
Activision and Treyarch today announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uprising, the game’s second DLC pack, will be available on April 16th first, exclusively on Xbox Live for 1200 MS Points, with other platforms to follow. Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uprising will include four new multiplayer maps, plus a new Zombies experience called “Mob of the Dead” that takes players to Alcatraz with four of the actors behind some of Hollywood’s most iconic mobsters, including Ray Liotta, Chazz Palminteri, Joe Pantoliano, and Michael Madsen.
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uprising’s new “Mob of the Dead” Zombies experience finds the four prohibition-era mobsters, Billy Handsome (Liotta), Al “The Weasel” Arlington (Pantoliano), Salvatore “Sal” DeLuca (Palmentiri), and Michael “Finn” O’Leary (Madsen) serving time in Alcatraz Prison, only to discover that being behind bars is the least of their problems. With plans to break out of Alcatraz foiled by the rise of the undead, the quartet of inmates will have to lean on their mob-derived skills with firearms, blunt instruments and improvised weaponry as they battle the zombies infesting and overrunning the island. In order to survive, players must work their way through the steel cells and aging concrete buildings while fighting off a multitude of zombified prisoners and guards trapped on the island with them. Additionally, if a player becomes an unfortunate victim, “Mob of the Dead’s” new feature known as “Purgatory” sends players into the afterlife. This new twist on Zombies gameplay is ripe with its own set of objectives, and offers fans a truly new and unique experience.
Uprising also delivers another four new multiplayer maps set around the globe. “Magma” is a modern Japanese village with volcanic eruptions carving multiple paths throughout the town. “Encore” takes place in the aftermath of a deserted London music festival and leaves numerous opportunities for run-and-gun, close quarters combat. “Vertigo” is a futuristic high rise in India housing a high-tech lab featuring dizzying vistas and multi-tiered pathways. Finally, “Studio” is a contemporary remake of “Firing Range,” a multiplayer map from the original Call of Duty: Black Ops. “Studio” is a Hollywood movie back lot with a variety of cinematic themes that range from Sci-Fi to the Old West.
Two Tribes today announced that Toki Tori 2 is now available for download on the Nintendo eShop for the Wii U.
Capcom has released a new trailer for Remember Me, providing a look at a number of enemies you will face in the game. Remember Me will be available on June 4th for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios today announced that on April 30th, the free-to-play action MMORPG Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter is heading into Open Beta, allowing millions of players unrestricted access to the game world.
As an added thank you to the committed Founders, beginning on Friday, April 12th, Founders will get the first opportunity to experience Neverwinter’s professions system as part of a newly added 60-hour Beta Weekend 4. Founding members may simultaneously pursue four different professions: Leadership, Mailsmithing, Platesmithing and Leatherworking.
Deep Silver today announced Ride to Hell: Retribution, an action-adventure title set in the 1960’s. Players will take on the role of Jake Conway, a man out for revenge against the brutal biker gang, The Devil’s Hand, using any means necessary. Ride to Hell: Retribution will be available June 25th on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC via Steam.
Disney confirmed that it has closed down the LucasArts video game studio which the company bought last year as part of its $4 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm.
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