| | | | |  Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis. Today's Filter includes new media for R.U.S.E., Tron: Evolution, a new DLC trailer for Transformers: War for Cybertron, a "sound" trailer for the spooky | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | Back from PAX and Labor Day! Thanks for holding it down, Alice! So how about that Duke business? Pretty crazy, huh? How was your holiday, Americans? Gaming News o'the Day Links from Morning Discussion | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Halo: Reach, releasing next Tuesday, is certain to be one of the biggest games releasing this year. To this end, Microsoft will be hosting the "ultimate" launch in New York City at the Best Buy theater, including a surprise musical performance. Fans on the West Coast can attend a special event at the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame in Seattle, with members of the development team and members of 343 Industries on hand. As expected, stores across the country will be holding midnight release events so gamers can get their hands on Bungie's last Halo ti... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 'Assault on Balauera,' a hefty free expansion for NCSoft's MMO Aion has launched, alongside a couple of nifty trailers showing off (and explaining) some of the new features and content. The patch will update Aion from version 1.9.0.3 to v2.0.0.2. The first trailer is an orchestral mash-up of new locations, combat, and creatures, whereas the second trailer has members of the development team explaining the contents of the expansion in more detail. [video]21268[/video] Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream. You can grab the patch from FileShack, and peruse the fifty pages of patch n... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If you're looking for some StarCraft II tournament action, this is your friendly reminder that the first month-long GomTV GSL tournament has begun in Korea. If you're up for staying up late, a low-quality stream is available for free during the matches. Subscribers gain access to a high-quality stream. After the games are played, archived VOD versions of the games are also posted. The first game of each match--best two out of three at this stage--is available for free, while subscribers will get game two and three (if needed). English commentary is provided on all videos by Nick "Tasteless" Plott and Daniel "Artosis" Stemkoski. Several non-Korean players have qualified and are competing for the prize money. They include IdrA, TLO, Artosis, and newcomer TorcH. One-off passes can be purch... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Bethesda's new trailer for Brink introduces us to audio director Chris Sweetman (Burnout: Paradise), lead level designer Neil Alphonso (Killzone 2), creative director Richard Ham (Fable II), lead writer Edward Stern, and, of course, game director Paul Wedgwood. [video]21255[/video] Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream. Brink will be released in spring 2011 and pre-order bonuses are already available across multiple retailers and digital shops. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Red 5 Studios have announced Firefall, a "team-based action shooter" with persistent elements. The studio has also released new screenshots and two trailers, featuring both gameplay and cinematics. The game looks like a cross-between Tribes and Borderlands and the gameplay looks solid. Beta sign-ups are now open at the game's official website, as well. Here's the gameplay demonstration, featuring jetpacks, first- and third-person play, vehicles, and a lot of gunplay. [video]21264[/video] Shackvideo users can use the | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Purchasers of the Legendary Edition of next week's Halo: Reach will be treated to spoiler-ridden, commentary-filled playthrough of the game's entire campaign. Bungie warns that the bonus content includes "massive spoilers" and it recommends finishing the campaign before watching the feature. To celebrate the event - and to commemorate those fans who picked up the Legendary Edition of Halo: Reach - Creative Director, Marcus Lehto, Audio Director and Composer, Marty O'Donnell, Cinematics and Story Lead, Lee Wilson, and Effects Lead, Steve Scott sit down together to deliver two full hours of exclusive, behind-the-scen... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Mass Effect 2 executive producer Casey Hudson has revealed some interesting statistics from the game over at IGN. BioWare put a whole bunch of hooks into the game, revolving around "events" to track things that players were doing. For example, the developers could track when dialogue was skipped by the player, leading them to discover that 15% of conversations were skipped by the total player population. Looking at all of these events on the PC and Xbox 360, BioWare found that the average completion time was 33 hours and that around 50% of players imported a save game from the original Mass Effect. More data can be found in the picture above or | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Activision sends word that playable demos for its two upcoming music games, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and DJ Hero 2, are "now available" on Xbox Live--though the DJ Hero 2 demo is not yet online. Expect them to be live sometime today, however.  
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and DJ Hero 2 The Guitar Hero demo packs four playable tracks within the game's Quest Mode, narrated by KISS' Gene Simmons. They are: - Black Sabbath - "Children of the Grave"
- Foo Fighters - "No Way Back"
- Slash featuring Ian Astbury ...
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A demo for EA Sports MMA will be released on September 28 on the PS3 and Xbox 360, taking players to the world of mixed-marial arts as imagined by Electronic Arts. We last saw the game at E3.   Screenshots of the demo Fans can take control of current STRIKEFORCE heavyweight champion, Alistair Overeem, or utilize the brute strength of former professional wrestler, Bobby Lashley. The two middleweights featured in the demo are predominantly Jiu-Jitsu fight... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Xbox Live Gold subscribers will be able to snap up a selection of Resident Evil 5 downloadable content with a 40% discount on Xbox 360 thanks to this week's 'Deal of the Week,' Microsoft's Larry 'Major Nelson' Hyrb has announced.   The 'Desperate Escape' and 'Versus Mode' DLC packs. - Untold Stories Bundle - 560 Microsoft Points (42% off)...
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  An updated version of the Crackdown 2 downloadable content 'Toy Box' went live over the weekend, fixing the nasty bugs the DLC suffered when it launched on September 2. "These issues were caused by problems mastering the DLC package," Gaz Liddon, studio head of developer Ruffian Games, reiterated in a forum post on Saturday. "They have now been resolved with a new version of the Toy Box DLC that Microsoft has released today." Should you have previously downloaded a dodgy copy of the DLC, to fix your woes you'll need to delete the DLC from your system then re-download it. The errors caused the super-powered open-world game game to crash or... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Although it had a shaky launch, City Interactive's Sniper: Ghost Warrior has some intense, well-crafted moments. Those looking to create more moments--so long as slow-motion and bullets are involved--will soon have the chance to download five new multiplayer maps for the game. [video]21252[/video] Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream. Although press material for the DLC claims the content is currently available, it has yet to appear online for the PC or Xbox 360. No word on the price for either platform, but we're holding out hope it will launch for free as an apology for the game's launch issues. We fully anticipate a bullet to tea... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sony has launched another mandatory firmware update for its home console, with hopes to close a hole in the system's security. According to the BBC, firmware update 3.42 for the PlayStation 3 will combat the recently released USB device PS Jailbreak and other software-based emulating exploits. Since it first appeared online for sale, Sony has battled to keep the USB dongle PS Jailbreak out of the hands of its customers. Using a security loophole, the device allowed gamers to play pirated software. Sony would not detail the specific changes made in the update, but a representative told BBC: "As we always have, we will continue to take necessary actions to both hardware and software to protect the intellectual content provided on the PlayStation 3." Further detail on the European P... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A new entry in 2K Sports' tennis franchise Top Spin will be smashing onto Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii in 2011, the publisher announced today. Made by Mafia II developer 2K Czech, Top Spin 4 will offer "redesigned controls, jaw-dropping player models and Signature Style animations, enhanced TV-style presentation elements, and one of the deepest player rosters to date featuring tennis' top athletes and legendary pros," or so 2K says. 2K's director of product development, Greg Thomas, boasted in the announcement ... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  Project: MyWorld, Realtime Worlds' "3D social gaming experience," has been bought by an anonymous US company, Develop reports. The MyWorld team was laid off as the developer also behind Crackdown and APB attempted to stave off bankruptcy but the company still entered administration in August. When business rescue firm Begbies Traynor stepped in, a portion of the team was | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This week should prove interesting as I woke up to realize I had, somehow, caught the PAX Nerd Flu. Apparently, covering the event remotely is now enough to catch the deadly disease. Stay tuned this week for the conclusion of Shack's PAX Prime 2010 coverage, our impressions of PlayStation Move along with its launch titles, and more. In the meantime, how was your weekend? | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | |  |
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