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News Warner Signs Major Deal To Exclusively Use Unreal Engine 3 Until 2014
Warner Bros has pledged its alleigance with the worst engine in video gam-
.. Whoops. Did we say that out loud? Sorry. Ahem. Let's start again: Warner Bros has signed a long-term deal with Epic, ensuring the publisher's portfolio exclusively uses the Unreal Engine until 2014. That means you can almost guarantee the next Batman and Mortal Kombat game...
News Batman: Arkham City's Riddler Is Basically Jigsaw From The Saw Movies (Or So We're Told)
One of the best features of Batman: Arkham Asylum was the little Riddler challenges dotted around the world
Batman: Arkham City gives ol' Edward Nigma a bigger role — comparable to that of Jigsaw from the Saw movies. Here's the catch: Nigma's constantly setting Batman puzzles to solve. If you fail to complete them, a resident of Gotham dies. Sound...
News God Of War III's Director Is Stoked For Kratos' Appearance In Mortal Kombat
God Of War III's director, Stig Asmussen, has taken to the PlayStation Blog to talk about Kratos' cameo in Mortal Kombat
The Sony Santa Monica gaffer pointed out, "Mortal Kombat had a huge influence on me growing up. I remember the first time I saw it in the arcade I almost crapped myself!" He added: "I was like, 'Look what they...
News Rocksteady Slaps An Eight Hour Campaign Length On Batman: Arkham City
Haven't you heard? The latest craze is to tell everyone how long your game's main campaign is going to last long before its launched
We've already had solid figures for Homefront and L.A. Noire, and now Batman: Arkham City's developer, Rocksteady, has decided to chime in — slapping an eight hour campaign on the hotly anticipated super-hero...
News First Batman: Arkham City Gameplay Trailer Covers All The Bases
Warner Bros and Rocksteady Studios have covered all the bases with Batman: Arkham City's debut gameplay trailer
There's some gameplay footage, cinematics, villain reveals and plenty more to mull over in the two-minutes of footage embedded after the jump. Most exciting are Batman's new locomotive abilities, which see him dive-bombing around the...
News Rocksteady Release New Batman: Arkham City Artwork
Following the announcement of a release date for Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham City, the British developer has released a fresh set of concept art for the game which can be found through here
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News Raiden's Still Wearing That Silly Hat In Mortal Kombat
We'd never tell him for fear of getting our head ripped off, but that lamp-shade Raiden from Mortal Kombat insists on wearing is a fashion nightmare
Seriously, look at him. How can he feel comfortable looking like that? The shame.</em>
News Batman: Arkham City Releases October 18th In North America, October 21st In UK
Warner Bros has announced that the hotly anticipated Batman: Arkham City will be released on October 18th in North America and October 21st in the UK
The game — developed by British studio Rocksteady — follows up 2009's surprise hit Batman: Arkham Asylum. Freed from the confines of the Asylum, Arkham City aims to recreate the same atmosphere...
News Mortal Kombat Shows Capcom How To Do A Good Training Mode
Thank the heavens, at least one fighting game developer understands the importance of training players how to play before throwing them into impossibly difficult match-ups
This latest Mortal Kombat trailer is a bit dry — since when did developers actually start fronting their products? — but it's massively exciting for part-time fighting game...
News We're Totally Going To 'Finish Him' In Next Week's Mortal Kombat Demo
Yes
We might be one of the only PlayStation outlets getting giddy over NetherRealm's Mortal Kombat reboot, but we say screw the haters — it's time to kick some butt! Thankfully we'll get an opportunity next week as Warner Bros confirms an exclusive demo for PlayStation Plus subscribers on March 8th. The demo will let you take control of four...
News Sorry Australia, You're Not Allowed To Play The New Mortal Kombat
According to reports on IGN AU, Mortal Kombat has been refused classification in Australia
The site states that retail outlets have been asked to remove any promotional material, as well as cancel pre-orders. Which downright sucks for any Australian's hyped about the upcoming brawler. For their part, publisher Warner Bros has said that it's...
News The Joker's Looking Rough In Batman: Arkham City
Warner's released some new shots of Rocksteady's highly anticipated Arkham Asylum sequel, Batman: Arkham City
That Joker dude, how on Earth does he pull girls like Ms. Harley Quinn? Must be the lip-stick.</em>
News Rocksteady Reiterates That Batman: Arkham City Is A Single-Player Only Experience
Rumours about Batman: Arkham City's multiplayer status have been swirling ever since the game was announced some time ago
Fans even went to the trouble of constructing some elaborate hoax material to try and dupe gamers (and bloggers) into thinking the Arkham Asylum sequel would have multiplayer in some form. But Rocksteady's top-bod, Sefton Hill,...
News Batman: Arkham City Looks Particularly Pretty, Don'tchathink?
Batman: Arkham City's lead gaffer Sefton Hill was talking up the game's bigger environment open-world environment yesterday
Just to remind you there's been no visual sacrifice, have a new screenshot. There's more over at VG247.</em>
News Rocksteady: Arkham City "Five Times Bigger Than Arkham Island"
Rocksteady's top man Sefton Hill has said that Batman: Arkham City's location setting is "five times bigger" than Batman: Arkham Asylum's island setting
The clue, perhaps, is in the name. The footprint of Arkham City is about five times bigger than Arkham Island, but our primary intention was never to create a bigger gameworld just for the sake...
News Latest Batman: Arkham City Trailer Is Fake, Still Kinda Awesome
A new Batman: Arkham City trailer has hit the oh-so-honest Interwebs, showing off the Joker and "Bats" crunching a few goons in co-op
As awesome as the footage is, it happens to be fake. How can we be so sure? Intuition and a catalogue of evidence provided by Joystiq. You can watch the video through here. It's definitely worth your time.
News F.E.A.R. 3 Pushed From March Back Until May
F
E.A.R. 3's</a> already been delayed once, but that's not stopping Warner Bros from pushing the game back another time. The game, which was originally due in March, has now been pushed back into May. Presumably the move has been made to maneuver F.E.A.R. 3 away from a slew of other top tier first-person shooter titles due this quarter. Of...
News Jade & Goro Confirmed For Mortal Kombat Reboot
The latest issue of GameInformer has confirmed two more characters set to be added to the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot's roster
The mass-armed Goro will join the buxom Jade, with the former's lair stage teased. Hopefully we won't have to wait too long to see the characters in action.
News Kratos Will "Look And Feel" Like Fans Expect In Upcoming Mortal Kombat Reboot
Kratos has a very distinct gameplay feel in the God Of War games that's been copied honoured in a range of other video games
With Sony's leading anti-hero set to make an appearance in NetherRealm's upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot, director Ed Boon's reassured fans that the studio's pulling out all the stops to ensure the character's trademark...
News Mortal Kombat Nets Retailer Exclusive Fatalities In The US
Kratos is a nice little addition for PlayStation 3 owners intending to pick up Mortal Kombat when it launches on 19th April next year
Retailer exclusive fatalities are not so nice. Still, that's exactly what Warner Bros. has announced, confirming original finishers for Scorpion, Sub-Zero and Reptile when the title is pre ordered from various...
News VGA 2010: Batman: Arkham City Gets Strange, Dr. Hugo Strange To Be Precise
Hype
It might be a CG trailer without an inch of gameplay, but this Batman: Arkham City teaser really sets the tone for Rocksteady's upcoming sequel. The trailer introduces the game's new lead antagonist, Dr. Hugo Strange, who is in charge of Arkham City itself. The trailer doesn't reveal much, but it does set the tone.
News VGA 2010: Kratos Kicks Some Ass In The New Mortal Kombat
It was rumoured earlier in the week, but now NetherRealm's put an end to speculation: Kratos will join Mortal Kombat's character roster exclusively on PlayStation 3
The God Of War was officially revealed as part of the VGAs last night, despite waves of speculation last week. Check out the trailer after the jump. (Hint: It's pretty cool.)
News Kratos Set To Appear In New Mortal Kombat Game
HipHopGamer was spot on -- Sony's angry anti-hero, Kratos, is set to appear in yet another franchise that's not his own
The God Of War — who's already taken time from slaying Olympus to participate in a spot of golf — is apparently set to appear in the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot's arcade mode. According to Official PlayStation Magazine,...
News Learn the Ropes in New Aragorn's Quest Move Trailer
Swing, slash, parry!
Tomorrow Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest finally completes its trip to Mt. Doom – well, Europe – so it's the perfect time to find out how the game's Move controls work in practice. Pretty much as you'd expect, actually. Swinging, thrusting and swiping with your Move all executes different moves, hopefully providing Move's...
News Haha, This Mortal Kombat Trailer Is So Melodramatic/Kinda Awesome
We love it when games try to give gameplay completely barren of plot a story
In Mortal Kombat you punch people, and rip their head off, and breath fire on them. That's all there is to it. And it's awesome. Is there really need to concoct some kind of revenge story involving clans and melodrama? NetherRealm thinks so.
News Batman: Arkham City Still Coming In "Autumn 2011" Despite Retailer Listings To The Contrary
Warner Bros has reiterated an "Autumn 2011" release window for Batman: Arkham City, after VG247 dug up retailer listings pledging the game for a March 2011 release
Just to confirm, Batman Arkham City will be available in autumn 2011, a Warner Bros rep told the website. Both Play and ShopTo have the game down for March 25th, while
News The Batman Takes Centre Stage In a Load Of Arkham City Screens
"It's the Batman," is a phrase you're likely to scream if you're some kind of criminal reading this page
Don't worry guys, it's only screens from the caped crusader's latest game, Batman: Arkham City. It's not the real thing, yo. Story padding aside, Arkham City looks really good.</em> There's more screens over on Joystiq.
News Take a Look at Aragorn's Moves on PS3
Trailer for Tolkien adventure
It may already be out in North America, but Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest is still questing across the Atlantic Ocean to reach Europe at the end of October – the 29th, to be precise – and this trailer shows off Aragorn's new Move-powered attacks in full flow. According to publishers Warner Bros. Interactive:...
News Batman: Arkham City Welcomes Back The Riddler
For all Batman: Arkham Asylum's brilliant game design, we had the most fun solving the Riddler's puzzles
For those of you who haven't played the game (erm, why not?) these short side missions had you scanning areas of the environment to solve puzzles. They were fun because they were both simple to locate and challenging to pin-point. One of our...
News Show Your Magic Moves in the Aragorn's Quest Sweepstakes to Win a PS3
Hit Sauron in the ring
If you fancy yourself as a bit of a gaming wizard, now's the time to put those arcane arcade skills to good use. Warner Bros. Interactive has launched a sweepstakes to promote its upcoming Tolkien epic Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, asking fans to create their own augmented reality videos showing off their magical...
News Can This Mortal Kombat Kollection [No Pun!] Just Be Announced Already?!
Now the ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus collection has been announced for PS3, the current worst kept secret in the video game industry happens to belong to another PlayStation compilation package
The Mortal Kombat: HD Arcade Kollection has been popping up on retailers for months, but we've still not heard a squeak of a confirmation out of...
News GOOD GRIEF, BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY LOOKS GOOD!
Way to break embargo, Batman
A Flickr user has uploaded, what looks to be, the first batch of Batman: Arkham City shots. They look pretty incredible to be honest. The shots show Two-Face, Catwoman, Harley Quinn and more. There are 20 shots in total. Hit the link, y'all.
Rumour Rocksteady Confirms Multiplayer For Arkham City
According to a post on Batman: Arkham City fansite, ArkhamCity
Rocksteady's sequel will feature multiplayer when it launches next year. That's according to a story in the latest issue of British magazine, PSM3. Few other details were given about the game's multiplayer, but one can assume it will be implemented into the series' Challenge Rooms mode...
News Mortal Kombat "Shadows" Trailer Is Packed With Testosterone
This new Mortal Kombat trailer makes us want to punch things
It has a similar effect to the first time we heard Limp Bizkit's "Break Stuff". We were impressionable young teenagers at the time; but man, that song made us want to punch people in the face. The franchise reboot from NetherRealm Studios is heading to PAX this weekend, and...
News Official PlayStation Magazine UK October Issue Leads With Batman: Arkham City
GamesRadar's posted the cover for the October issue of Official PlayStation Magazine UK
As you can see, the issue leads with Rocksteady's Batman sequel, Batman: Arkham City. We're just surprised that Harley Quinn's wearing clothes this time.</em>
News Anyone Remember This Is Vegas?
Vaguely
We vaguely remember This Is Vegas. There was a bit of a push behind it at E3 2008, but by the time this website launched (in January 2009) things had gone quiet for the Midway published game. To be honest, we'd forgotten about it. So it's been weird seeing rumours pop-up all over the Internet this week regarding the projects status —...
GamesCom 2010 Kitana & Cyrax Join The Mortal Kombat Roster
Warner Bros and NetherRealm has confirmed two new characters for the Mortal Kombat roster today: Cyrax and Kitana
Both will be playable in the new game set to launch next year. Don't forget, the game will feature full stereoscopic 3D support on the PlayStation 3.
News Gam3sCom Twenty10: F.3.A.R. 3 Slips Into 2011, Pregnant Antagonist Alma Is Reportedly Pissed
If you were looking forward to playing the curiously titled paranormal FPS F
3.A.R</a> this year, you'd better sit down. We'll be straight with you: it's been delayed. The game - which was originally due in October of this year - is now expected sometime in 2011. We imagine Call Of Duty has a little something to do with it. That's all we know...
News What's That? There's A Mortal Kombat Arcade Compilation Heading To The PlayStation 3?!?
Every three or four years we think to ourselves, "Y'know, we could really settle for some Mortal Kombat right now
" So we seek out a copy; be it a second-hand cartridge off eBay or a PSN download. We sit down, load the game up and lose our first fight. "Wh-?! What?" we declare in anguish, "Why is Mortal Kombat so slow, clunky and...
News Secret Batman: Arkham Asylum Map Shows Arkham City Was Under Our Noses All Along
Rocksteady must be having a good old laugh at the video games community
While we all haplessly described the Batman: Arkham Asylum sequel as "Arkham Asylum 2", they'd hidden a map of Arkham City (the sequel's true name) within its predecessor. GameInformer's posted up a video of the secret room, revealing its secret entrance for the first...
News Paul Dini Returns As Writer For Batman: Arkham City
MTV Multiplayer's confirmed that Paul Dini will return as the writer for Batman: Arkham City
Dini said that work on Batman: Arkham City began almost immediately after work on Arkham Asylum was completed. And while he was keeping schtum about the specifics of the game's storyline, he did drop a hint regarding the current state of the project...
News Batman: Arkham Asylum Sequel Officially Announced, Called Batman: Arkham City, Due Fall 2011
Warner's just announced the sequel to last year's Batman: Arkham Asylum, confirming it will be called Batman: Arkham City
The game's due for release next Fall on PlayStation 3. Alongside the official announcement, GameInformer's revealed the cover for their September issue, which features Arkham City on the front. The cover features Catwoman and a...
News Official PlayStation Magazine To Drop The First Details On Batman: Arkham Asylum 2
Official PlayStation Magazine's confirmed that it will drop the first details and screens on Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 next month
The issue will drop on September 2nd, 2010; so you've less than a month to wait eager readers. The game's believed to be set inside Gotham City itself, with the Joker and Harley Quinn certain for adventure. Other characters...
News Comic-Con 2010: Green Lantern: Rise Of The Manhunters Announced For The PlayStation 3
To tie in with the upcoming Green Lantern movie, Warner Bros and DC Entertainment have announced an action-adventure title
Green Lantern: Rise Of The Manhunters will put you in the shoes of the ringed rocket, battling bad-guys in presumably derivative worlds. What, this is a movie tie-in after all! If we keep our expectations low, we might be...
News Mortal Kombat Reboot Gunning For The "Most Robust Online" System In The Genre
Mortal Kombat's lead designer, John Edwards, has been talking up his game's multiplayer component
He's told GamingUnion that the reboot will have the most robust online fighting game system ever imagined. Were planning on having DLC for a lot of things, he said. Maybe new characters, new Fatalities, its pretty much open for anything...
News Have A Final LEGO Harry Potter Trailer On Us
Gah, what more can we say? It's LEGO
It's Harry Potter. It's the first four years. It's out tomorrow? Dum-de-dum. Yup, here's your LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 launch trailer. Rockin'. We love you Hazza.
E3 2010 Mortal Kombat Brings The Fatalities For Sure
If you were worried that last week's Mortal Kombat reveal looked a bit tame, we've embedded a montage after the jump that may just cause you to bring back your breakfast
Well, not quite, but know that Mortal Kombat is indeed back, for real this time. The footage comes via ScrewAttack, and looks kind of ridiculous. It's gory, it's gross, it's a bit...
News Debut Mortal Kombat Trailer Is Awesome, Gross
NetherRealm ain't messing around with the new Mortal Kombat game
They said it was a return to the franchise's heritage, and boy does the new trailer show that off. You can get it over at Kotaku. But be careful watching the ending - it shows a spinning blade and a dude's crotch making connection. Yup. Not messing around at all.
News MORRRRRRRRTAL KOMBAT! Warner Bros Announce New 2D Mortal Kombat Title For The PlayStation 3!
Warner Bros' has just announced the latest entry in the Mortal Kombat franchise, due to release sometime in 2011 on PS3
The game's in development at Ed Boon's newly named NetherRealm Studios. The new Mortal Kombat will bring the series back to its 2D heritage (at last), with a "triumphant return to the series mature presentation and a...
News LEGO Harry Potter Demo Lands In Late June
Harry Potter
In LEGO! How about that? When we read Philosopher's Stone all those years back, we never imagined we'd still be talking about Mr. Potter now. But we are - in LEGO form no less. Let's get to the point: Warner Bros. has a demo for LEGO Harry Potter planned for late June. It would be next week, but unfortunately Microsoft's got exclusive...