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BBFC: Dragon Age Ultimate Edition to include Awakening and all DLC

September 3rd, 2010 No comments
Despite popping up on GameStop and having been rated by Australia's OFLC, the so-called "Dragon Age Origins - Ultimate Edition" still hasn't been officially announced by EA. Now the British Board of Film Classification has gone ahead and listed the supposed contents of the re-release, which is "made up of a number of separate components," including:
While the GameStop listing has since been removed, the retailer had posted a $60 price and an October 12 release date for the Ultimate Edition. We'll be sure to note the official details when EA officially announces them.

JoystiqBBFC: Dragon Age Ultimate Edition to include Awakening and all DLC originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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‘Dead Space 2′ Multiplayer Confirmed

September 2nd, 2010 No comments

Dead Space 2

One of the most impressive demos I saw during E3 was "Dead Space 2." It's not that it really broke new ground for the franchise, just a few updates here and there, but it just looked so polished, and it was a blast to play. I had no doubts there was fun to be had with this game, but whether it was enough of an improvement to justify an additional $60 was still hovering around in my mind. Turns out EA and Visceral will be padding "Dead Space 2" with adversarial multiplayer.

After leaked info about the multiplayer mode in "Dead Space 2" began to spread from the annual Gamestop managers convention, an EA rep went ahead and stepped in to confirm that "'Dead Space 2' will feature multiplayer where you'll be able to strategically dismember your friends for the first time."

Based on that statement, I'm given to assume that the multiplayer in "Dead Space 2" will be strictly adversarial, rather than co-op. This makes a certain amount of sense, given that the series has always been about heavily scripted scenes and that creepy, all-alone-in-space-with-monsters feel, neither of which would really work in co-op.

I'm still a bit curious how Visceral plans on making deathmatch work in "Dead Space 2." The controls in the single-player don't exactly allow for quick, twitchy movement, and I can't see multiplayer being all that fun if people are just standing toe-to-toe, shooting at one another. Here's hoping Visceral has a trick up their sleeve and that the whole mode isn't just a way to convince folks like me that there's more to this sequel than meets the eye.

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Medal of Honor trailer previews Helicopters vs. Town cage fight

September 2nd, 2010 No comments
The latest trailer for EA's Medal of Honor reboot focuses on a segment from the single-player campaign -- one which pits a pair of heavily armored attack helicopters against a village of hostiles. Who will emerge victorious? The results may -- who are we kidding? The helicopters, of course.

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JoystiqMedal of Honor trailer previews Helicopters vs. Town cage fight originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dragon Age ‘Witch Hunt’ DLC teaser offers a taste of our Warden’s final quest

September 2nd, 2010 No comments

Mirror’s Edge and Puzzle Agent slide and sneak onto iPhone tonight

September 1st, 2010 No comments
According to a report from Touch Arcade, the previously iPad-only Mirror's Edge will become available for purchase this evening on iPhone and iPod Touch, alongside Telltale's first "pilot program" release, Puzzle Agent. Given Faith's reduction in size from iPad to iPhone, the price for Mirror's Edge will be dropping accordingly from $9.99 to $4.99.

Puzzle Agent will also carry a $4.99 price point, staying in line with the pricing for other Telltale Games on iDevices. Both games are confirmed to be available via the iTunes App Store right now in some international territories and are expected to arrive in the US App Store around 11PM ET tonight.

JoystiqMirror's Edge and Puzzle Agent slide and sneak onto iPhone tonight originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Sims 3: Barnacle Bay expansion coming this fall

August 31st, 2010 No comments
Embark on a quest for booty in the upcoming expansion, "Barnacle Bay," for The Sims 3 -- er, wait, we're mixing up packs here! Rather: You'll get to explore a tropical paradise in the Barnacle Bay expansion pack, due this fall. Whether you decide to be a lowdown, dirty pirate on the hunt for treasure and grog, or a sightseeing tourist looking to soak up virtual sun, is up to you.

The Barnacle Bay area will be sold exclusively through The Sims 3 Store this fall. Within, you'll discover new locales such as Founder's Beach, Goldbeard Galleon Gallery and Pirate's Hideaway -- plus several other locations and NPCs that await your inner Magellan. The expansion pack will also include "nearly two dozen" new items.

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JoystiqThe Sims 3: Barnacle Bay expansion coming this fall originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Ultimate Edition officially announced — and released

August 31st, 2010 No comments
EA officially announced this morning that Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Ultimate Edition will be available at retail for $60 on Xbox 360 and PS3 ... um, today. Leaked by retail sites earlier this month, the package includes the main game, Onslaught mode, Battlefield 1943 and items originally included in the limited edition.

The "ultimate edition" moniker gives this package a feeling of finality we aren't exactly comfortable with. Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam, the multiplayer expansion for the game, is still allegedly scheduled for Winter 2010. So, if that ever gets bundled in, what? It'll be Super Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Ultimate Edition Turbo HD Remix?

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JoystiqBattlefield: Bad Company 2 Ultimate Edition officially announced -- and released originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Criterion once pitched ‘Need for Speed: Split Second,’ worked on Skate or Die remake

August 30th, 2010 No comments
In the latest issue of GamesTM, Criterion Games creative director Alex Ward dishes news on a Skate or Die remake that EA offered his studio back in 2002, which was eventually canned by Criterion. This, Ward says, soured relations between the developer and EA for some time, effectively killing Criterion's pitch on a Need for Speed title -- titled "Need for Speed: Split Second," if you can believe it. "We called a meeting with the EA guys, told them we were walking away [from Skate or Die] and they went mad," Ward said. "threatening to sue us, put us out of business ... there was a lot of anger and frustration. Then we got a call from the Need For Speed guys and they said 'we can't work with you guys any more; you just walked away and there's a shame on your company, so we can't talk to you.'"

Though the pitch was killed, Criterion instead got to work on developing its Burnout series and is now developing another reboot for EA: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. It also appears that the direction in which Skate or Die's remake was going -- a more realistic, simulation-style skateboarding game -- eventually became EA's Skate franchise. "I wanted to explore what it was like to just go out for a skate and have that feeling of just doing whatever you want. There was that experience from when I went skating in real life that just wasn't captured in videogames. I wanted to be able to get off the board," says Criterion dev Craig Sullivan. There are said to be many more interesting tidbits in the issue, which hits newsstands on September 5.

JoystiqCriterion once pitched 'Need for Speed: Split Second,' worked on Skate or Die remake originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Former SAS op Chris Ryan handling Medal of Honor prequel novel

August 29th, 2010 No comments
EA has tapped British author Chris Ryan to write a prequel novel to Medal of Honor, which will use in-game missions as the basis for "an authentic and respectful account of an elite soldier fighting in Afghanistan." Ryan is the author two bestselling novels, in addition to The One That Got Away, a narrative account of his time as a Special Forces operative on the Bravo Two Zero patrol in Iraq. Presumably he'll use both his combat experience and storytelling prowess to do the game franchise right. Hopefully his first line will be better than the one we came up with: "They loaded their guns carefully, knowing that soon, they'd be shooting a lot of people."

The creatively named Medal of Honor: The Book will be offered as a bonus with preorders of the game from UK retailer HMV, but we're not sure if it will be available for sale elsewhere -- we've contacted EA for comment and will update if we hear more. We sure hope it sees print in the US, if only to find out what a former British operative thinks of the Medal of Honor, a uniquely American military decoration.

JoystiqFormer SAS op Chris Ryan handling Medal of Honor prequel novel originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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L4D2′s next Mutations: Gib Fest on PC; Chainsaw Massacre on 360

August 28th, 2010 No comments
Valve has announced the latest Mutations for Left 4 Dead 2 and it looks like the Survivors will have a leg up on the undead hordes. It's good to know that even in the apocalypse, humans can sometimes catch a break.

In the PC version, players can check out Gib Fest, where all survivors are packing M60s with unlimited ammunition. Xbox 360 players will have to get a bit more up-close-and-personal in Chainsaw Massacre -- all survivors will have access to nothing but Chainsaws. Who wants zombie kebab?

JoystiqL4D2's next Mutations: Gib Fest on PC; Chainsaw Massacre on 360 originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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