| Pokemon X and Y features new region and rideable Pokemon May 14th 2013, 14:55 Nintendo unveils the France-like Kalos region alongside four new Pokemon. 
3DS adventures Pokemon X and Y will be set in an entirely new region called Kalos, Nintendo has announced. Nintendo also announced that the capital of Kalos will be Lumiose City, which contains a massive tower reminiscent of Paris' Eiffel Tower. The Pokedex in Pokemon X and Y will also be split across the Kalos region's three unique areas, and the game will include "more than 640" of the Pokemon encountered across the previous games in the series. Nintendo also unveiled four Pokemon new for Pokemon X and Y: the life-leeching electric Pokemon Helioptile; the swift flying Fletchling; Pancham, who can lower the defence of an enemy Pokemon and then switch out for another; and Gogoat, a rideable Pokemon who can be used as a mount in the game for the first time in the series. Pokemon X and Y will launch for 3DS in October 2013. For more information on the game, check out GameSpot's previous coverage. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
|  | Payday 2 no longer a digital-exclusive May 14th 2013, 14:46 OverKill Software's heist-themed action game coming to retail worldwide this August for Xbox 360 and PS3; PC version will be available on Steam. 
Payday 2 will launch this August globally at retail for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, developer Overkill Software announced today. Previously, the game was confirmed for a digital-only release on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network, and PC. "We have a bit of a problem here at Overkill--there are just too many great ideas and none that we were really happy to throw out--so Payday 2 has become just too big to reserve release on Xbox Live and PlayStation Network alone," game director David Goldfarb said in a statement. The PC version of Payday 2 will remain a digital-exclusive and will be available through Steam. Payday 2 includes a number of features not found in 2011's original Payday: The Heist, including a skill and progression system. In addition, the game features four different professions, each with its own unique abilities. For more, check out GameSpot's Now Playing video feature below with Goldfarb. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Konami partners with GameSpot for pre-E3 live stream May 14th 2013, 14:36 SITE NEWS: GameSpot will host third annual show through website and Xbox Live app; Metal Gear Solid V, Lords of Shadow 2 information to be revealed. 
Metal Gear publisher Konami announced today that its third annual Pre-E3 Show 2013 will be live-streamed on GameSpot and through the GameSpot TV app on Xbox Live. The show kicks off at 10 a.m. PDT on June 6. A special landing page for the presentation is now live. Gamers who tune into the show will be briefed on Konami news, game trailers, and exclusive interviews ahead of the 2013 Electronic Entertainment Expo the following week. Notably, Konami will give an inside look into Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain during the show and will also debut an all-new trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. Behind the scenes footage for the next Pro Evolution Soccer title will also be on hand. To bolster the reach of the event, CBS television stations in eight markets will air promotions for the show. This marks the first time a gaming company's online news event will be promoted in a nationwide TV ad campaign. Promos for the Konami event will air on CBS stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Seattle, and Sacramento, as well as through CW stations in San Francisco, Atlanta, and Seattle beginning May 27. GameSpot is owned by CBS Interactive, a division of CBS Corp. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Nvidia Shield launching in June for $350 May 14th 2013, 13:37 Android-powered portable gaming system given price, release window; Double Fine's Kickstarter game will be available. 
Nvidia's Project Shield--now known as Nvidia Shield--will launch by the end of June for $350, the company announced today. It will will be available through Nvidia's website, as well as at Newegg, GameStop, Micro Center, and Canada Computers. Fans who signed up to received Shield update can begin preordering today, while reservations will open to the general public through the company's website on May 20. Along with news of price and release date, Nvidia announced a handful of games coming to the Shield. Double Fine is supporting the platform with two titles: its Kickstarter-funded Broken Age and Costume Quest. Other titles coming to Nvidia Shield include Flyhunter from Pixar veterans, as well as Skiing Fred from Dedalord Games and Chuck's Challenge from Niffler. The Nvidia Shield gives gamers access to an array of gaming avenues, including Nvidia TegraZone, Google Play, and Steam. The system runs on the Tegra 4 processor and boasts 16GB of memory, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, a mini-HDMI output, a microSD storage slot, and a headphone jack. The device also features a five-inch, 720p multi-touch display. For more on the Nvidia Shield, check out GameSpot's preview of the device from the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Twitch viewing app hits Xbox 360 May 14th 2013, 13:06 New app from video site available only in the United States for Xbox Live Gold subscribers; does not allow streaming, only viewing. 
Video platform Twitch today announced the arrival of a dedicated app for Xbox 360 that will allow gamers to view content, but not stream it. The Twitch app for Xbox 360 is only available in the United States to those with an Xbox Live Gold subscription. Twitch's worldwide audience now stands at 34 million unique viewers per month, and the arrival of the Xbox 360 app is a measure of reaching gamers wherever they are, CEO Emmet Shear said in a statement. "Our app for Xbox 360 brings Twitch video to the television and into the living room of millions of Xbox Live members for the first time," Shear said. "Given the huge number Xbox owners and how many of them love gaming spectatorship, it's a natural fit to bring the Twitch experience to the 360." Twitch launched during the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo and has since partnered with a string of high-profile companies and brands, including Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, and Activision. Using the Twitch app for Xbox 360, players will be able to watch the top 300 live Twitch channels and browse videos either by channel, game, or featured content. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Video Games: The Movie heads to Kickstarter for post-production May 14th 2013, 13:03 Mediajuice Studios launches second crowd-funding campaign asking for $60,000 to finalize indie film. 
Mediajuice Studios today launched a Kickstarter campaign to finalize its independent film Video Games: The Movie. The filmmakers recently wrapped up a year's worth of location and interview shoots, and are now looking to secure $60,000 complete post-production on the project. Funds amassed from the Kickstarter campaign will be used for editing, a musical score, voice-over narration, the acquisition of licensed archival clips, motion graphics, and to secure interviews related to the next generation of consoles. "I hope that once we're done, Video Games: The Movie will stand as a benchmark for all other movies about the games industry; and that it will help dispel some of the nagging falsehoods that ignorantly plague game makers and players, and keep them from receiving mainstream acceptance like other art forms such as films, music and books," director Jeremy Snead said in a statement. "In the end, our hope is that this film will help further legitimize the industry and the culture to those who continue to disregard it without really spending time to learn about it," Snead added. The film features interviews with some of the industry's most experienced and influential designers, celebrities, and executives, including Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau, Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton, and a long list of others. Video Games: The Movie also shot a number of scenes on-location at industry events like Comic-Con, Pax, and E3 and studio shoots at places like Gearbox Software, 343 Industries, and Epic Games, among others. Snead and Mediajuice Studios originally launched a crowd-funding campaign for Video Games: The Movie through IndieGoGo last year, gathering $1,790 of a $107,550 goal. Unlike Kickstarter, IndieGoGo is not all-or-nothing, thus allowing Snead and Mediajuice Studios to use those funds. Video Games: The Movie is expected to premiere this summer in Los Angeles, before being released theatrically and on home video and video-on-demand through a distributor yet to be announced. For more on Video Games: The Movie, check out GameSpot's interview with its creators. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | MMO War Thunder coming to PS4 May 14th 2013, 12:55 Gaijin Entertainment's World War II military MMO making console debut on Sony's next-gen platform this holiday as War Thunder: Ground Forces. 
Gaijin Entertainment is bringing its military-themed massively multiplayer online game War Thunder to the PlayStation 4 this holiday, the publisher announced today. The company said War Thunder: Ground Forces for PS4 will make use of the PS4's "potent power" to "redefine War Thunder's rich gameplay" and will also leverage the new DualShock 4. Gaijin Entertainment also teased that War Thunder on PS4 will boast "innovative cloud options," as well as a head-tracking system, "deeply integrated social capabilities," and support for the new "Share" button." War Thunder for PC is currently in open beta. It is described as a next-generation MMO combat game dedicated to World War II military aviation, armored vehicles, and fleets. The game features PvP experiences, PvE content, and a mission editor, among other elements. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | ZombiU 2 prototype in development at Ubisoft May 14th 2013, 12:38 "It's too soon to tell you more," says studio creative director. 
Work on a prototype for a sequel to Wii U launch title ZombiU is underway at Ubisoft Montpellier, the studio's creative director Jean-Philippe Caro has said. Speaking on Twitter, Caro said "the team is working hard on a prototype" but that "it's too soon to tell you more." Since the game's release, Ubisoft has said that one of ZombiU's most warmly received features--permanent death for characters--was almost scrapped by the development team. Speaking to GameSpot earlier in the year, Ubisoft managing director Xavier Poix said the message behind the Wii U was hard to convey and that it might have led to ZombiU's ukewarm critical reception when the game launched in 2012. "The whole idea of the asymmetrical gameplay and using two screens to do two very different things is not simple to explain to people," said Poix at the time. "ZombiU was designed to be a game for core players launching with a new Nintendo console. We should have communicated better in this respect to let people know what kind of experience to expect. It wasn't obvious enough that there would be a new controller and new gameplay and a new skill set to develop." For more information on ZombiU, check out GameSpot's previous coverage. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Fuse not ruled out for Wii U May 14th 2013, 11:12 Insomniac Games CEO also says he'd like to see Nintendo bring more classic franchises to the Wii U. 
Insomniac Games CEO Ted Price won't rule out porting co-operative shooter Fuse to the Wii U, but says that he'd like to see Nintendo do more to support the fledgling console. "We have to be selective because it's easy to start to stretch yourself too thin," said Price in an interview with Digitally Downloaded about Wii U development, "so we're careful about where we go." "One of the questions I got a lot of early on was 'why aren't you developing for the Wii U?' and the answer was simply bandwidth. We had to focus on delivering a great game on multiple platforms, but there's a point where we had to make hard choices, and for us we needed to limit the number of platforms for Fuse." Speaking about the Wii U, Price said he'd like to see Nintendo produce more of its classic franchises for the console. "As a player what I would love to see is more of those games that I grew up with. Zeldas, Marios, Metroid - those are the games I look for from Nintendo, and I hope more of them come out for the Wii U." Fuse is the first multiplatform title for Insomniac Games, with the California developer previously focusing its efforts--such as Ratchet & Clank, Resistance, and Spyro the Dragon--on Sony platforms. Price previously hinted on Reddit that the company would consider developing for PC, but is not actively looking into the Wii U at present. When asked if that rules out a port of Fuse on the Wii U, Price said "we're not ruling out anything in the future. We are a content creator and we want to reach as large of an audience as we can." Fuse will be released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on May 28 in North America and May 31 in Europe. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Nintendo wins appeal in Wii court case May 14th 2013, 10:39 Nintendo did not infringe on patents with the Wii, rules court. 
The United States Court of Appeals has upheld a previous ruling that Nintendo did not infringe on patents held by Motiva LLC. The US International Trade Commission said in January that Motiva's sole use of its patents was to engage in a lawsuit against Nintendo, and subsequently ruled in favour of the Mario owner. The lawsuit had been ongoing since 2008 when Motiva sued Nintendo, with the latter company arguing that the former had no intention of using the patents to either create its own product or license the products to another company. Motiva held U.S. Patent numbers 7,292,151 and 7,492,268, which was involved a peripheral for measuring the movement of its user. "Motiva was never close to launching a product incorporating the patented technology--nor did any partners show any interest in doing so, for years before or any time after the launch of the Wii. Motiva’s only remaining prototype was a product far from completion, and a multitude of development and testing steps remained prior to finalising a product for production. Moreover, the evidence demonstrated that Motiva’s litigation was targeted at financial gains, not at encouraging adoption of Motiva’s patented technology," wrote Circuit Judge Sharon Prost in the ruling. "We are very pleased with this result," said Nintendo deputy general counsel Richard Medway in a press release. "The court confirmed that Motiva's sole activity, litigation against Nintendo, did not satisfy the ITC's domestic industry requirement." "Nintendo has a passionate tradition of developing innovative products while respecting the intellectual property rights of others. We vigorously defend patent lawsuits when we firmly believe that we have not infringed another party's patent." Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Puzzle & Dragons gets 3DS release in North America May 14th 2013, 09:10 Japanese version of Puzzle & Dragons Z will be out this winter. 
The Japanese social puzzle game Puzzle & Dragons will be released on the 3DS in both North America and Japan. According to GungHo Online Entertainment CEO Kazuki Morishita (via a Siliconera interview), the company will be releasing Puzzle & Dragons Z on Nintendo's console, though he did not state its release date yet. The Japanese version of Puzzle & Dragons Z will be out later this winter. The game will feature drop elements exclusive to this version. Gungho's recent financial report (via Polygon) stated that sales of the original game were $113 million in the month of April. The original game, Puzzle & Dragons was released on iOS and Android in North America and Europe last November. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | BlazBlue creators hosting 25th anniversary event in Japan May 14th 2013, 09:01 Arc System Works Festival to take place on May 19; Arc Revolution Cup tournament to feature finalists for latest BlazBlue and Guilty Gear titles. 
Arc System Works, the company behind the BlazBlue and Guilty Gear series, will be celebrating its 25 year anniversary by hosting an event called the Arc System Works Festival (ArcFes for short). The ArcFes will be held at the Pacifico Yokohama National Convention Centre in Yokohama, Japan, and will be held on May 19. The festival will be feature the national finals of the Arc Revolution Cup tournament. The games featured in the tournament include BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma, Persona 4: Arena and Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R. The final qualifiers bout for the tournament will be on May 18 and will be held at the Tokyo Leisure Land Akihabara arcade. Apart from that, the ArcFes will also have a Guilty GearXBlazBlue Music Live concert featuring the game's music played on-stage, and a live web radio show featuring 11 of the Japanese voice actors from both the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue games. The event will also be revealing new information about the company's upcoming games and updates to existing titles. BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma is slated to be out for the PS3 this October in Japan. A North American release date has yet to be confirmed. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Shadow of the Eternals crowdfunding project expands with Kickstarter May 14th 2013, 08:59 Spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness' new crowdfunding page to run in parallel with existing campaign on official website. 
Precursor Games has opened up an additional crowdfunding page for its upcoming game Shadow of the Eternals via Kickstarter. Precursor Games CEO Paul Caporicci said that the new campaign page will work in tandem with the existing crowdfunding page on the official site. The money will be used for the creation of the game's first episode. At this point in time, the Kickstarter page has raised $25,118 out of its $1,350,000 goal with 35 days left. Backers who donated on the website's crowdfunding page will get an exclusive Whately Expose pack which is a digital collection of the game's lore, manuscripts, and clues. Shadow of the Eternals was revealed earlier this month and was billed as the spiritual successor to Eternal Darkness on the Nintendo GameCube. The game is slated for a 2014 release on the PC and Wii U in episodic form. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | Final Fantasy XIII-2 re-release and DLC bundle head to Japan this July May 14th 2013, 08:56 New bundle to feature all of the game's DLC except for the Assassin's Creed, Mass Effect, and AKB48 singer-created outfit. 
Square Enix has announced on its online store that it will be re-releasing Final Fantasy XIII-2 and its downloadable content in two separate editions for the PS3 in Japan. The single-game edition is called the "Ultimate Hits Final Fantasy XIII-2", which is essentially a "greatest hits" version that will cost gamers 2,940 yen ($29). The DLC bundle is called the "Final Fantasy XIII-2 Digital Contents Selection", which includes all of the game's DLC, which includes the three story-expanding episodes, the weapons, the costumes, and the colosseum monsters. However, the Assassin's Creed outfits, the Mass Effect costumes, and the AKB48 singer Yuko Oshima-drawn outfit for main character Serah will not be included. The bundle will cost 5,040 yen ($50). Both re-releases of the game will be out on July 18 in Japan on Square Enix's online store. There is no word on whether this bundle will be available outside of its native country. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
| | WWE 2K14 slated for October 29 release May 14th 2013, 07:27 2K Sports' wrestling game WWE 2K14 to arrive in October this year for the Xbox 360 and PS3. 
2K Sports' upcoming professional wrestling game WWE 2K14 has been scheduled for an October 29 release on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, parent company Take-Two Interactive has announced. The date was unveiled in Take-Two Interactive's report for the 2013 fiscal year ending March 31. WWE 2K14 is being developed by Yuke's (Rumble Roses, WWE SmackDown vs. Raw series) and Visual Concepts (NBA series). Take-Two Interactive acquired the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) license for video games earlier this year following THQ's bankruptcy. The multi-year licensing agreement will see WWE games continue to be developed by Yuke's. The new partnership nullifies previous WWE and Yuke's contracts, allowing the companies to sign new deals with Take-Two Interactive. As part of the deal, THQ will pay WWE $650,000 in royalty payments for games sold while under bankruptcy protection. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot
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