Team 17  have nowadays confirmed the PS3 release date for Worms Ultimate Mayhem, with the revamped package of Worms 3D and Worms: Mayhem coming to the PSN from the 15th November.

Ultimate Mayhem hit the Xbox Live Arcade back in October, but finally PS3 owners can unleash 3D worms hell this month at a cost of £9.99. For that price you will get 60 single player missions, quite a few challenges and graphical themes, 38 weapons and utilities and full on-line play for up to four players.

Worms Ultimate Mayhem hits the PSn on the 15th November in the UK priced at £9.99, unless you’re a Playstation Plus subscriber who will receive a launch discount.

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It was announced right now that Deep Silver have a publishing agreement with Telltale Inc. for the retail version of Back to the Future: The Game.

Previously available as download only, the game has seen substantial recognition and for a time all five episodes had been made readily available to PS Plus members for free.

Back to the Future : The Game will be released by Deep Silver for the PlayStation®3, for Wii™ and in some territories also for Windows Computer. The game will be obtainable in the following languages: English and German text and voice and in French (text only).

Game specifics and press beneath:

Deep Silver today announced a publishing agreement with Telltale, Inc. for the retail edition of Back to the Future : The Game. Deep Silver receives the exclusive rights to publish and distribute the retail version of the game in the EMEA territories. The game was created via a publishing agreement with Universal Partnerships &amp Licensing.

The phenomenally common Back to the Future films literally altered the future of the adventure film genre. Now, Telltale has developed a graphic adventure game that tells a fresh new time-travelling story where players will meet all the familiar characters that they’ve grown so fond of.

Back to the Future : The Game brings the iconic ‘Marty McFly’, ‘Doc Brown’ and the DeLorean Time Machine together in a totally new cinematic adventure. Six months immediately after the events of the third film, the DeLorean Time Machine mysteriously returns to Hill Valley. ‘Marty’ should go back in time and recruit aid from a resistant teenage ‘Emmett Brown’, or else the space-time continuum will be forever unraveled.

Back to the Future : The Game attributes the likenesses of the original stars that made the characters of ‘Marty McFly’ and ‘Doc Brown’ legendary: Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd. Lloyd is voicing ‘Doc Brown’ in the English version.

Back to the Future : The Game will be released by Deep Silver for the PlayStation®3, for Wii™ and in some territories also for Windows Computer. The game will be readily available in the following languages: English and German text and voice and in French (text only). The retail edition of Back to the Future: The Game will not be released “OUTATIME” but in the very first quarter of 2012.

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We are delighted to be able to announce the PAL release date of Worms Ultimate Mayhem is Wednesday 15th February 2012. We’d also like to introduce the game to you all and answer any questions you might have.

Can you introduce the game to us please?

Sure, Worms Ultimate Mayhem is a “best of” compilation of content material from both Worms 3D and “Worms 4: Mayhem, so it is got 38 weapons, plenty of customization options (including a selection of new ones) making for 115 individual customisation elements in total. There are also 60 single-player missions taken from both sources, generating it a massive game. We’ve taken the chance to increase on what was there currently too. We have produced some truly good improvements to the camera and produced the game even more approachable to this end we added a new utility (the Binoculars) to aid you aim, and an automatic shot help mechanic that helps your shots uncover their targets in effortless mode. We have also added some really cool loyalty content too.

In terms of visual improvements, we’ve brought the game up to date with a raft of enhancements. New water effects, up-scaled textures and fonts, greater polygon counts, specular supplies, true-time lighting and dynamic shadows all get the game seeking a tiny much more modern even though nonetheless retaining its desirable cartoon style visuals. Oh, and I shouldn’t forget the audio improvements too… we’ve a complete bunch of new music in the game, and some of the cut-scenes have been re-edited, voice-acted and lip-synched, which tends to make a huge difference!

What are the major gameplay features and mechanics in ‘Worms Ultimate Mayhem’?

Despite being 3D, the game is fairly much built about the very same principles as all the “Worms” games.
There’s the special 3D deformable landscape and the satisfaction of destroying Almost everything. It’s fairly satisfying blowing factors up, and that mindless destruction has always been a staple of the brand.

There’s the humour and genuinely laugh-out-loud moments, the crazy weapons (such as the Concrete Donkey, an Inflatable Scouser and a Bovine Blitz cow-themed airstrike!), the worms mugging to camera or the silly story sequences. Humour has often been an essential ingredient, and it in fact translates extremely nicely into 3D.

There’s customising issues: from what their worms put on and what they say to tailoring individual game settings. There’s also the ability to create your very own secret weapon, deciding how it’s launched, what effect it has and what it looks like. I believe that aspect has usually extended the life of the game as it enables players to make it their own.

And lastly, there’s the insane amount of content material. We often attempt and more than-deliver with the games we make, and Worms Ultimate Mayhem is no different: 60 single player missions, 8 challenges, 10 deathmatch challenges, 6 FMVs, five on the internet and offline multiplayer modes, 1,000,000+ game style alternatives by way of Wormpot, 23 speech-banks, 115 customisation items, 38 weapons and 5 Easter eggs. With plenty of PSN Trophies, including a Platinum, that is a lot of game to take pleasure in!

Worms Ultimate Mayhem will be priced at £9.99/€12.99, with an further launch discount for PlayStation Plus subscribers we look forward to answering any questions you could have in the comments.

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It was announced today that Gotham City Impostors will be available beginning February 7^th on Windows PC and on February 8^th on the PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE.

In the first person shooter, 12 players battle for control of an unhinged Gotham City overrun by impostors inspired by the DC Comics characters Batman and The Joker. The game will feature maps and modes inspired by DC Comics’ Batman license. With a range of customisation options players can engage in a unique fast paced game.

Gotham City Impostors is a download only title that will be available for the Xbox 360^® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 and Windows PC.  Fans of the game can go to www.GothamCityImpostors.com for the latest updates and news.

Details below:

Today Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment announced that Gotham City Impostors will be available beginning February 7^th on Windows PC and on February 8^th on the PlayStation® Network and Xbox LIVE®.

Gotham City Impostors is a download only title that will be available for the Xbox 360^® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 and Windows PC.  Fans of the game can go to www.GothamCityImpostors.com for the latest updates and news.

Gotham City Impostors is an original first-person shooter where up to 12 players battle for control of an unhinged Gotham City overrun by impostors inspired by the DC Comics characters Batman and The Joker.  Players can engage in deliriously fast paced, uniquely vertical, and completely unconventional urban warfare where progress supports leveling up and access to a mind-boggling array of customization options.  Fans can unlock new Bats or Jokerz  Impostor costumes and build their own specific load-out from a huge assortment of traditional and homebrew weaponry, equipment, and perks. Gadgets such as the Glider Rig, Grappling Hook, and Spring Boots give gamers unprecedented mobility options, while support items like the Bear Trap, Boomerang, and Body Armor open up new tactical options.  The game will feature maps and modes inspired by DC Comics’ Batman license.

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Nicely, you’ve completed it. Yes, I’m referring to all of you who put your desire to play EverQuest aside for almost a decade and a half in hopes that the game would a single day be totally free to play. Nicely, beginning on March 16th of this year, your time has come. EverQuest will be entirely totally free.

As is expected, the game will be following the well-known F2P model of having the choices for recurring subscriptions that grant you a whole bunch of content material, the potential to purchase items individually, and, of course, the alternative to not spend something at all.

Lastly, when the game undergoes the transition all players will receive a welcome pack containing items like some experience potions, a summonable mercenary companion, and a decoration to put in your house. The decoration, in all likelihood, will scream “Look how new I am!” at any and all passersby.

So, is cost-free access enough of an incentive to play a game created way back when NSYNC was king? Or is it merely a relic of a past age? I’m referring to EverQuest of course, not NSYNC. They’re timeless.

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Anyone preparing to pick this up in anything other than Japanese may well be waiting a long time.

We’ve been keeping an optimistic eye on Extreme Escape Adventure: Excellent Men and women Die in the final few months. The psychological visual novel of mindgames, backstabbing and poison-injecting watches has been the source of a lot intrigue from specific 3DS-owning circles specifically fans of its spiritual DS predecessor, Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.

See this? You can’t have it. Sorry.

However, those who’ve had this game on their radar and have been awaiting news of a Western release as the game’s Japanese February launch date grows closer might be in for a nasty surprise.

The ever-vigilant eyes of Nintendo 3DS Weblog have uncovered a depressingly easy proclamation on the NeoGAF forums from an employee of Aksys, who had previously been believed to be bringing the game westwards due to their perform on Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors.

It transpires that Aksys themselves are of no thoughts to operate on translating the project and bringing it to other territories. What this signifies is that Extreme Escape Adventure would need to have to discover a distinct publisher to localise the game instead, or be doomed to never see the light of day in the West.

Understandably, fans are rather disconcerted by this news, including the Aksys employee himself, who has stated his personal individual interest in playing the game in English.

Taking all this into consideration, some fans have declared that this might be some shrewd teasing on the developer’s or publisher’s part to gauge interest in the game. It would befit a title about deception and mind-tricks, soon after all but even so, it is hunting like 3DS owners may possibly have to give up on seeing this game in their native nations.

Huh. Bummer. Nonetheless, at least there are worse methods to be told you are not going to get one thing brilliant.

By Tony White on 27 January 2012

3DS Buzz

Right now Capcom confirmed an official release date for their upcoming compilation of previously Xbox Live Arcade exclusive titles.  This collection of eight games will be released for the initial time in physical form, all wrapped up together for you to choose up at your nearby retailer.

The full list of titles in the compilation are: 1942: Joint Strike, Bionic Commando: Rearmed two, Final Fight: Double Impact, Flock!, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil (including the Rocketmen: It Came From Uranus expansion), Super Puzzle Fighter II: Turbo HD Remix, Super Street Fighter II: Turbo HD Remix, and Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3.  Capcom should possibly believe about producing much less ridiculously lengthy names for their games.

This eight game collection will be available in North America on March 27, 2012, exclusively for the Xbox 360 for $ 39.99.

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There has been talk of a 3DS version of Rayman Origins thrown around for a while, but until recently, there was no official confirmation. Well, that changed recently, as Ubisoft has the handheld version of the brilliant platforming game slated for a February 20 release in North America. Check out the trailer after the jump.

The 3DS version of Rayman Origins is just another February release to take note of, others including Resident Evil: Revelations (also for 3DS) and I Am Alive (another Ubisoft title, for XBLA/PSN). Europe actually gets the game a few days earlier, on February 16.

If you didn’t get a chance to play Rayman Origins, you definitely missed out. I played through most of the Xbox 360 version, and let me tell you: this is a proper Rayman title, and one of the best platforming games on the current-gen consoles. I would even put it up there as a runner-up for the best platforming game of 2011, next to the 3DS’s Super Mario 3D Land.

This handheld version should be great – just another fantastic 3DS release in 2012. Check out the “Making Of” video featured on IGN: