Thursday, August 23, 2012

Feral Interactive Announce Empire: Total War Gold Edition Comes To Macs On 13th September

Feral Interactive have announced they are bringing Sega's Empire: Total War Gold Edition to Macs on 13th September. this Gold Edition comes with the game, game updates and DLC including The Warpath Campaign. Feral have also announced they will bring online Multiplayer using Game Center to the game later in the fall. the game is set to come out at both retail and digitally for $39.99, £29.99 and €34.99.



Requirements:
2.0GHz Intel Mac
4.0GB RAM
256MB or better graphics card
Mac OS 10.7.4 or later. 

The game does not support the following graphics cards: ATI X1xxx series, ATI HD2xxx series, NVIDIA 7xxx series and Intel GMA series.

Press Release

Ubisoft Announce They Are Bringing I Am Alive To PC's On 13th September For £11.99

Ubisoft have announced they are bringing I Am Alive to PC. the game will be released digitally from stores like Ubishop and Steam for £11.99 on 13th September. This PC version has been enhanced from the PSN and XBLA releases. the game plays in higher resolution with improved graphics. there are also 2 new modes. Easy Mode allows infinite retires and has a smoother introduction tot he game. Replay mode lets players replay any level in the game.



Press Release

2K And Gearbox Reveal A Limited Edition Borderlands 2 Bundle, Comes With One Off Top Trump Cards


2K and Gearbox have revealed a special UK Limited Edition Borderlands 2 Bundle. only available from "indie" video game retailers and in very limited numbers, only 5000, this bundle includes Borderlands 2 and a copy of the Borderlands 2 Top Trump game "Guns Guns Guns". this Top Trump pack will never be sold separately at retail and will only be available as a pre-order bonus. Borderlands 2 is set to come out from 21st September.


 Press Release

Ubisoft Have Released The First Behind The Scenes Look At Assassin's Creed III

Ubisoft have released the first behind the scenes look at Assassin's Creed III. this video is titled Making A Masterpiece and focuses on the team behind the game, the work they do and the sheer scale of the game. the video also talks about the setting of the game, the importance of the historic date and how suitable it is for the game. the video shows in-game action as well as some concept art.


Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Microsoft Announce Kinect Is Getting A Price Cut Across The America's, New Zealand And Australia

Microsoft have announced they are dropping the price of Kinect. this permanent price drop only affects the USA, South America, Australia and New Zealand. this price drop is not coming to Europe, Japan or the Middle East. the price of Kinect in the USA will drop to $109.99, and Australia and New Zealand get their price drops on 4th October.

Source: Major Nelson

Square Enix A Event In Tokyo To Celebrate 25th Anniversary Of Final Fantasy Will Reveal Whats Next For Final Fantasy XIII



Square Enix is holding a  25th Anniversary Of Final Fantasy event in Tokyo on 1st September. they have teased that during this event they will be revealing more about the "Lightning Saga", talking about the direction they are going to take Final Fantasy XIII/XIII 2. Square Enix have launched a new website and say more will be revealed on it.

Source: Square Enix Blog

Zero Punctuation - Steam Roundup

This week Yahtzee plays some Steam Games. in all he plays Unmechanical, Orcs Must Die 2 and The Book Of Unwritten Tales. will he enjoy any of them or will they be just as disappointing as he has been finding this years Xbox Summer Of Arcade.