The previous FF XIII leading lady will only be playable through DLC.
According to an article posted at Andriasang, Final Fantasy XIII’s previous heroine, Lightning, can be acquired as a playable character in the upcoming sequel, provided you purchase the DLC.
King killing console style.
Good news for Xbox 360 console owners out there. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, one of the most acclaimed PC games of 2011, is being made available for the Microsoft console. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and CD Projekt RED announced that the game will be made available for the Xbox 360 console on April 17th.
A name change and a release window may have been revealed.
Reuters is reporting that Nintendo's successor, the Wii U, will be released at the end of this year. However, it may be released with a different name according to CVG. Come E3 2012 this June, it is rumored that Nintendo will rebrand the Wii's successor.
ESA's legal fees for Brown v. EMA will be on California.
Joystiq is reporting that the State of California has agreed to reimburse the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) $950,000 in legal fees for fighting Brown v. EMA up to the Supreme Court. Originally, $1.1 million was requested. This includes reimbursements for the 2008 case, which the state already paid. California has paid the ESA more than $1,327,000.
The studio that birthed Spyro and Ratchet & Clank is done with Resistance.
Resistance 3 was a great game and a fitting end to a trilogy that Insomniac started with the launch of the PlayStation 3. While it was a critical darling, the shooter wasn’t as successful at the register, selling roughly half the copies of its predecessor. Low sales aren’t keeping Sony from having developer Nihilistic Software bring the series to the PlayStation Vita in the form of Resistance: Burning Skies, but as far as Insomniac is concerned they’re done with the franchise.
Pre-ordering will nab you a free copy of Rayman 2.
Ubisoft revealed today that Rayman Origins will released on PC on March 29, 2012. The title was originally released on the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 last November and will also see a release on the Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita.
Seems like the soul still burns with this latest installment in the Soul series.
It’s been four years since the last SoulCalibur was released and a lot has changed. The fighting genre has seen a revival and the market is a lot more crowded than before. So when the sixth installment was announced in May 2011, fans of the series knew that business as usual would no longer be enough. The new SoulCalibur V would have to make substantial changes in order to differentiate itself from the other big titles in the fighting genre as well as evolve from its previous iterations in the series.
The news was revealed in an investor meeting.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings told a Q4 investor meeting yesterday that Netflix has no plans to offer a video games rental service. Hastings didn't offer more details as to why the company scrapped its plans, nor did he say whether or not they have plans to do so in the far future.
Rumor has it that the virtual currency system will be abandoned by year's end.
According to a source within the company, Microsoft's virtual currency system, Microsoft Points, will be phased out by the end of 2012. This will be implemented for Windows Phone, the Zune Marketplace and, of course, Xbox Live. At the end of 2012, all transactions will be based on each region's respective currency.
The yearly convention returns this summer.
QuakeCon's dates have been revealed for this year. It will be open to the public and attendance is FREE! We all like free stuff, right? The convention will take place between August 2-5 at the Hilton Anatole hotel in Dallas, Texas.
