Zero Punctuation - Metro: Last Light

This week Yahtzee hops on board Metro: Last Light. he didn't review the first game, but he assures us he enjoyed it. does this sequel carry on the world that was built or are you endlessly travel to samey looking locations in a plot you've already forgotten?

The Escapist : Zero Punctuation : Metro: Last Light

EA And Maxis Reveal The Amusement Park DLC For SimCity Is Out Today

EA And Maxis have announced the Amusement Park DLC for SimCity is out now. available from the EA Origin Store for £7.99, players can now build and customise their own amusement park. there are 9 rides, 3 entry gates and 5 concession stands to play with. this DLC also brings 5 new missions to SimCity based around tourism.

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Tecmo Koei Reveal Their E3 2013 Line-up, 5 Games Across PS3, Xbox 360 And PS Vita

Tecmo Koei have revealed their E3 2013 Line-up:

YAIBA: NINJA GAIDEN Z

[PlayStation®3, Xbox 360® / Early 2014]

DEAD OR ALIVE 5 ULTIMATE

[PlayStation®3, Xbox 360® / September 6, 2013]

DYNASTY WARRIORS 8

[PlayStation®3, Xbox 360® / July 12, 2013]

ATELIER MERURU PLUS: THE APPRENTICE OF ARLAND

[PlayStation® Vita / September 3, 2013]

TOUKIDEN

[PlayStation® Vita / Q4 2013]

 
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Feral Interactive Announce They Are Bringing Napoleon: Total War - Gold Edition To Macs On 3rd July

Feral Interactive have announced they are bringing Napoleon: Total War - Gold Edition, a game by Creative Assembly and Sega, to Macs on 3rd July. This Gold edition includes the main game, patches/improvements and DLC including The Peninsula Campaign and 3 Unit Packs. Also added is support for LAN and Game Center (when purchased from the Mac App Store). the game will hit both retail and digital and cost around $29.99/ £19.99 (inc. VAT)/ €24.99.

Minimum system requirements:

2.0GHz Intel Mac,

4.0GB RAM, 

256MB or better graphics card,

Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later. Mac OS X 10.8.3 is required for Game Center support (available to Mac App Store customers only).

The game does not support the following graphics cards:

ATI X1xxx series, ATI HD2xxx series, Intel GMA series, NVIDIA 7xxx series and NVIDIA 8xxx series. 

The following graphics cards require 8GB of system RAM: 

Intel HD3000, NVIDIA 9400, Intel HD4000 and NVIDIA 320M.

 
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Vivid Games Reveal Real Boxing For PS Vita, Coming This August On The PSN

Vivid Games have revealed Real Boxing, a downloadable game coming this August. built on the Unreal 3 engine, Real Boxing is a boxing simulation that has you creating a character and taking them from amateur to pro. Real Boxing will make use of the Vita's touch screens and there are a wide range of character customisation options. the game features commentary and the crowd reacts to how the fight is going.

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March UK PC Charts; SimCity, BioShock Infinite, The Sims 3: University Life, StarCraft II: Heart Of The Swarm, Tomb Raider

Ukie and Ipsos MedicaCT have released the first official UK PC Chart that features both boxed/retail and digital sales of PC Games. this may not cover every digital retailer, but this is the most comprehensive PC chart. they have released a combined chart, individual charts for boxed and digital and they have also released DLC charts. these charts are for the month of March.

PC boxed & digital game sales combined (Units)

Rank	Title	Company
1	SimCity	Electronic Arts
2	Bioshock Infinite	2K Games
3	The Sims 3: University Life	Electronic Arts
4	Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm	Activision Blizzard
5	Tomb Raider	Square-Enix
6	Football Manager 2013	Sega
7	Battlefield 3	Electronic Arts
8	The Sims 3	Electronic Arts
9	Just Cause 2	Square-Enix
10	Far Cry 3	Ubisoft

March 2013		PC digital game sales (Units)
Rank	Title		Company
1	Bioshock Infinite		2K Games
2	SimCity		Electronic Arts
3	Tomb Raider		Square-Enix
4	Battlefield 3		Electronic Arts
5	The Sims 3: University Life		Electronic Arts
6	Just Cause 2		Square-Enix
7	Hitman Absolution		Square-Enix
8	Far Cry 3		Ubisoft
9	Football Manager 2013		Sega
10	Trials Evolution Gold		Ubisoft

March 2013

PC boxed sales (Units)

Rank	Title	Company
1	SimCity	Electronic Arts
2	Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm	Activision Blizzard
3	The Sims 3: University Life	Electronic Arts
4	Tomb Raider	Square Enix
5	Football Manager 2013	Sega
6	The Sims 3	Electronic Arts
7	Bioshock Infinite	Take 2
8	The Sims 3: Seasons	Electronic Arts
9	Guild Wars 2	NCSOFT Europe
10	Crysis 3	Electronic Arts

March 2013

PC digital full game sales (revenue)

Rank	Title	Company
1	SimCity	Electronic Arts
2	Bioshock Infinite	2K Games
3	Tomb Raider	Square-Enix
4	Battlefield 3	Electronic Arts
5	Football Manager 2013	Sega
6	Far Cry 3	Ubisoft
7	Crysis 3	Electronic Arts
8	Tomb Raider Survival Edition	Square-Enix
9	Assassin's Creed 3	Ubisoft
10	Guild Wars 2	NCSOFT Europe

March 2013		PC digital expansion game sales (revenue)
Rank	Title		Company
1	The Sims 3: University Life		Electronic Arts
2	The Sims 3: Seasons		Electronic Arts
3	Anno 2070 - Deep Ocean		Ubisoft
4	The Sims 3: Ambitions		Electronic Arts
5	The Sims 3: 70's, 80s & 90s Stuff		Electronic Arts
6	The Sims 3: Generations		Electronic Arts
7	The Sims 3: World Adventures		Electronic Arts
8	Anno 2070 DLC Complete Pack		Ubisoft
9	Sleeping Dogs - DLC Collection		Square-Enix
10	Total War: Shogun 2 - Rise of the Samurai Campaign		Sega

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Turbine And Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Reveal Cyborg As Character In Infinite Crisis

Turbine and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have revealed Cyborg as a character in Infinite Crisis. They also released a new piece of art featuring Green Lantern, it features Arcane Green Lantern, Prime Green Lantern, and Atomic Green Lantern.

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