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2K Games Announces the North American Street Date for Mafia II

Frank Hunter — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:34:36 +0000

2K games announced the release dates for the highly anticipated title, Mafia II, this afternoon. An abridged version of the press release is set below:

2K Games announced today that Mafia® II will be available in North America on August 24, 2010 and internationally on August 27, 2010 for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, and Windows PC. Mafia II is currently in development by 2K Czech, the same creative team behind the award-winning, genre-defining Mafia®, which captivated millions of gamers around the world.

Through a compelling narrative, Mafia II transports gamers into the dark and unforgiving world of the Mafia. The fiction is embellished by a sophisticated, era-evoking atmosphere that meticulously replicates the clothing, cars, music and advertising of 1940’s and 1950’s Americana. Players will easily become immersed in the game’s cinematic Hollywood-style experience with strong, believable characters in a living, breathing metropolis. By fusing high-octane gunplay with white-knuckle driving and an engaging narrative, Mafia II looks to be the industry’s most compelling Mafia title to date.

Born the son of a poor immigrant, Vito is a beaten down Italian-American who is trying to escape the life of poverty that consumed his childhood. Vito, along with his lifelong friend, Joe, will descend into the world of organized crime. Looking to escape the life of hardship that his father led, Vito dreams about becoming a “made man,” and together with Joe, will work to prove themselves to the Mafia as they try to make their names on the streets. However, the two quickly realize that life as a wise guy isn’t quite as glamorous as it seems.

Additionally, Mafia II will be playable by the public for the first time at the Penny Arcade Expo East.

We at AmpedGaming are slated to take a look at Mafia II at PAX East this weekend. We’ll provide some first-hand details and opinions as soon as we’ve gotten the chance to see the title for ourselves. For now though, just breathe deep. Gotta love the smell of tommy guns in the morning…

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Mass Effect 2 Mineral Gathering Inspires Rap Song “Those Minerals”

Jon Huie — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:56:57 +0000

Anyone who listened to last week’s Mass Effect 2 filled podcast knows how much one of my podcast cohorts, Arsen Nazaryan, loves scanning and gathering minerals in the game. This mundane activity in Mass Effect 2 normally makes me feel a need to put the TV tuner card in my PC to good use, but YouTube user Kabuto the Python took it as inspiration for a song. A pretty good one at that. Definitely worth checking out below or here.

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Fable 3 Co-op To Be More Interesting Than In Fable 2

Jon Huie — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:24:07 +0000

Fable 2’s co-op was very disappointing to me. The few times I did actually play the mode introduced in this sequel just proved to be a waste of time for the player who was entering the other’s world since you couldn’t join with your custom made character nor could you bring back any experience.

Peter Molyneux, head of Lionhead Studios, intends to change this in Fable 3.

On last week’s 4 Guys 1UP podcast, Molyneux detailed improvements to the co-op portion of the game. Not only will the actual character that you play with in your game be able to go into other people’s worlds, your dog and weapons will remain with you as well. As a bonus, he’s throwing in the ability to wander away from the world’s owner, a much welcomed addition for both parties involved, especially for anyone who’s had someone else walk away from the console for a while mid-play.

There was also talk about how you should be careful of who’s invited into your game. Apparently there’s going to be actual consequences if the other player decides to mess things up. The “touch” functionality was brought up as well, with Peter explaining that you could either walk down the street holding hands or drag your friend to your dungeon for some fun.

I’m pretty sure with my previous Fable II track record, I’ll begin with option one and end with option two.

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Additional Xbox 1 vs 100 Type Programs On The Way

Jon Huie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:01:22 +0000

After the surprising success of the 1 vs. 100 game show experiment, Aaron Greenburg over at Microsoft has mentioned that similar types of programs are indeed being thought of throughout the year. With such a large install base (23 million people), it wasn’t hard for them to convince advertisers to come on board.

“It wasn’t that hard for us to convince folks (advertisers),” Greenburg says. ” Now we’re looking at not just doing more of that, but how do you think about new types of programming on a network of 23 million people.”

While I’ve continuously forgotten to play 1 vs. 100 live since it left the beta phase, I’m definitely looking forward to seeing what they decide to put out there.

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Mass Effect 2 DLC Detailed, Titled “The Cerberus Network”

Arsen Nazaryan — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 02:02:42 +0000

As you’ll hear from our most recent podcast (where Jon, Matthew, and I vehemently show our support for the game), there’s a ton of excitement over Mass Effect 2. Why is that? Because Bioware is an excellent development studio and Mass Effect was the epitome of a shooter-RPG gaming experience. Now we have the chance to do it all over again through two disks instead of one? Yeah, there’s a reason we’re crapping our pants about this one.

EA’s huge press release revealed that they will be unlocking “The Cerberus Network” in-game at launch. Each new copy of Mass Effect 2 will ship with a one-time exclusive code and those who get the game used can buy the code online. “The Cerberus Network” is “a conduit for players to receive bonus content as well as daily messages and news on upcoming releases for Mass Effect 2 for no extra charge.” Doesn’t that sound incredible? I agree, it certainly does.

Also slated for release-date enjoyment is the exclusive DLC that will pack an entirely new mission and introduce you to the ruthless gun-for-hire, Zaeed. Bioware also announced another DLC pack that will introduce players to the Hammerhead, an entirely new vehicle, which is a hover tank that players can use to get across rugged terrain. Hold on, I know it’s overwhelming but there’s still more. New missions and in-game items are on the horizon for the game after launch, including the Cerberus Assault Armor and M-22 Eviscerator Shotgun.

Now, this all sounds amazing but I still have a question. Are we paying for the DLC released after launch? If so, what is it priced at? And why create the Cerberus Network if we’ll just end up paying for stuff at the end? I suppose these questions will be answered shortly as Mass Effect 2 will launch next week for the XBOX 360 and PC on January 26 in North America and January 29 in Europe.

We. Can’t. Wait.

[Source: EA]

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Lost Planet 2 screenshots

sweatyapple — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:52:59 +0000

Capcom’s Lost Planet 2 takes place 10 years after the events of the first game on the same frigid planet. As far as I know the release date is as yet undetermined, but is due sometime after April 2010. A demo was release a while back for both PSN and Xbox Live. Pictures courtesy of GamesPress:

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Assassins creed fan film

Jim Chaliz — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:58:23 +0000

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Jim Chaliz — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:04:18 +0000

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Microsoft says “Halo:Reach Will Be The Biggest Game of 2010″

Jon Huie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:49:26 +0000

In an interview with Gamasutra, Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg made the prediction that the Xbox 360 exclusive Halo: Reach is sure to be 2010’s biggest game of the year. When titles like the Playstation 3’s Gran Turismo 5, God of War III and MAG were brought up, he was quite dismissive.

Wait, isn’t 2010 the year Final Fantasy XIII and Starcraft 2 come out as well? I know Halo’s a pretty popular franchise and all, but last I checked South Korea (or any country for that matter) didn’t use the game as it’s national sport.

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UFC Undisputed 2010 To Make Debut At Spike TV Video Game Awards

Jon Huie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 20:41:23 +0000

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