Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD PS Vita Gets A Release Date

Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD release date has been revealed, more details inside........

Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD now has a release date. It’s a remake of the Xbox game by the same name (minus the HD); it came to PlayStation Network (via PS3) in 2011. We haven't heard anything about the Vita iteration since last August, when we learned it would be coming very soon.

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD will come to PlayStation Vita in North America on December 18th, and will be available as a digital-only download. This news comes by way of the Oddworld Inhabitants Facebook page, which also notes that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is still approving the title. Thus, there’s no European release date yet. However the date should be very similar.

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Epix Heading To PS Vita

Movie channel Epix have confirmed the launch of a PS Vita app, more details inside.........

Epix subscribers will be able to access the streaming service on PS3 sometime before the end of March, and on PS Vita in spring.Use of the free Epix app requires a subscription through cable, satellite or telecommunications distributors. A full list of other supported devices is available on the Epix website.

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Lego Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey Announced For PS Vita

Lego's brand new franchise will be coming to the PS Vita, more details inside.........

Warner Bros confirmed that a brand new Lego franchise is in development. "Lego Legends of Chima comprises three games. Lego Legends of Chima: Speedorz is a "racing mini-game" that will be available today on Lego.com and tomorrow on iOS. Lego Legends of Chima: Laval's Journey, coming to 3DS and Vita in the summer and DS in the fall, is an "amazing adventure" starring the warrior Laval.

Lego Legends of Chima Online is the most ambitious of the three games, a free-to-play "online world" from WB Montreal that lets players build weapons and structures, and interact with the Chima characters in missions. It's due this fall.

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Confirmed For PS Vita?

The ESRB has updated its page on Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 to include the Vita as release platforms, more details inside.........

The ESRB rating (spotted by The Verge) also contains plot information and details of the game's more adult scenes.

"This is a first-person shooter in which players assume the role of a professional sniper (Cole Anderson) engaged in covert military operations. Players primarily use a long-range sniper rifle to complete mission objectives, but nearby enemies can also be killed with explosives and stealth attacks (e.g., stabbing or slitting their throats from behind).

"Some sequences depict blood-splattered corpses and/or civilians getting shot; one scene depicts soldiers pushing lifeless bodies into a mass grave."

Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 was originally due to launch this month, but a recent delay has fired the game back to 12th March 2013.

This news is slightly old but we were only made aware of this now thanks to a Facebook message tip from Mohammed Pasha!

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LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Announced For PS Vita

Following the previous Lego Legends of Chima announcement, Warner Bros have reveealed another Lego PS Vita game, more details inside.........

Warner Bros have confirmed that developer Traveler's Tails are officially working on "LEGO Marvel Super Heroes" for the Playstation Vita. The Avengers will assemble in Lego form this autumn.

The game will feature all the classic Avengers characters such as Iron Man, Loki, Hulk, Thor and more!

"Players will brave the ultimate mission to save the world as they explore famous landmarks in LEGO New York and take the adventure beyond Earth to iconic locations in the Marvel Universe,” said Traveller’s Tales’ Tom Stone.

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Velocity Ultra Announced For PS Vita

FuturLab has announced Velocity Ultra, a native Vita version of its highly praised PS Minis game Velocity, more details inside.....


Featuring a "completely overhauled" visual style, Trophies and online leaderboards, FuturLab MD James Marsden says it can be thought of "as the director's cut; everything we would have done the first time around if we'd had the budget".

While there's no solid release date, the studio's "on track to submit to Sony at the beginning of April, so we are guesstimating a release date in May".

For those hoping for a sequel to the original, Marsden added: "Velocity Ultra is a way for us to establish the Velocity franchise with a wider audience, and we've got plenty more Velocity in the works.

"In fact, we've just published a Velocity Sequel Questionnaire to find out what you want to see in a sequel. If you fill it out, you could win a copy of Velocity Ultra.

"Edge described the original as "a new standard bearer" for PS Minis in its 9/10 Velocity review.

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Star Fox 3DS (in 3d)

Star Fox 64 returns us to familiar landscapes and battles, but in 3D these take on new substance and seem more real than ever.

Star Fox 64 3D revisits the classic Nintendo 64 version of the game. For those who remember the original it is instantly recognisable. The game takes in the familiar landscape of the original from oceans and hills to the iconic ravines of Corneria City.

You control the Arwing ship via the 3DS’s Analogue nub calling on special moves via the D-pad. Bombs and lasers as well as acceleration and braking are mapped to the other face buttons. This leaves the Left/Right Triggers for banking and rolling.

Depth has been accentuated throughout to take advantage of the 3DS’s 3D display on the top screen. Something about the constant movement of Star Fox 64 seems to increase the sense of a 3D world.

Loks totally awesome, and the perfect game for a 3D platform

Like Zelda Ocarina of Time on the 3DS, this is a remake rather than a new game and possibly a quick easy win for Nintendo. That said though, there has been considerable attention to detail, both in the user interface and new textures that have been added to create an experience that still feels fresh.

No release date has been announced for Star Fox 64 3D,

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Resident Evil Revelations for the 3DS

Capcom announced that Resident Evil: Revelations, the 3DS survival horror game, uses the same MT Framework engine that powers console games like Lost Planet 2 and Resident Evil 5. According to Capcom, the engine delivers stereoscopic visuals and “graphical quality comparable to consoles.”

The trailer’s not showing much in the way of gameplay, but the cutscenes look pretty cool. Zombies on a cruise ship during a nasty hurricane. That actually sounds like a promising idea.

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Ridge Racer 3DS

Namco-Bandai’s premiere racing franchise is making its way onto the 3DS. Looking similar to the PSP version but with (of course) 3d cars

Just in case you are not aware of what ridge races is? (in which case frankly you have been living under a gaming rock the last 7 years), Ridge Racer is a series of arcade racing games developed and published by Namco for both the arcade and various consoles.

Ridge Racer uses tracks which take place in the fictional city of Ridge City. Ridge City contains varied landscapes such as cities, beaches, woods, and mountains. Ridge City is located in Ridge State, whose location is unknown.

The actual scope of Ridge city has changed over the series, adding new tracks all the time. However, The City still retains the original course from Ridge Racer and Ridge Racer 2. In some of the earlier games, all of the tracks share the same starting line and finish line, but open or close off different parts of the track to yield a different course, with the gameplay itself often focusing on drift racing.

The soundtrack predominantly features fairly up-beattechno music composed by Namco in-house artists. Most of the games use Reiko Nagase as a mascot, and many feature Full Motion Video sequences by Kei Yoshimizu from Keica inc.

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Mario Cart 3DS

Ah 3D mario cart, there is a god, taken from the truly balanced report of the official Nintendo magazine “Is it the best Mario Kart game ever?”.

In a nod to the very first Super Mario Kart, the characters will now glance at their rivals as they pass by–a neat touch.

Go-Karts were the only vehicle on display; whether or not the motorcycles from Mario kart Wii return remain to be seen.
Power-sliding is back, and seems to function similar to Mario Kart DS, as opposed to the time-based Wii version.
the bats are back.

First introduced in Mario Kart 64’s Banshee Boardwalk, they saw their return in Mario Kart Wii’s Wario’s Gold Mine, and were seen fluttering around the 3DS’s “cliff side” level.

How does the 3D feel on a handheld?

So the 3D, And yes, it works beautifully. Nintendo is almost certain to have used an off-the-shelf lenticular screen technology, already seen in several mobile phones and laptops.

You can perceive 3D only if the console is directly in front of you, but this is fine for handheld gaming. I actually found it pretty adaptable in terms of viewing from different vertical positions.

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ATV Wild Ride 3D To Be The First Racing Game For Nintendo eShop On 3DS

Mutant Mudds developer Renegade Kid’s upcoming racing game, ATV Wild Ride 3D, features online multiplayer, online ranking and 3D visuals.

Although it will be a download-only title, Renegade Kid co-founder Jools Watsham says ATV Wild Ride 3D is a “retail-quality” game.

The game will be released in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.

What’s new in ATV Wild Ride 3D? What can you do on the 3DS that you couldn’t on the Nintendo DS with the previous ATV Wild Ride game?

One of the big new additions to ATV Wild Ride 3D is online multiplayer and on-line ranking; to determine who is the best Wild Rider in the world. Online racing without ranking seems a little empty, so we’re hoping the worldwide ranking provides a sense of competition that brings players back to the game.

On the cosmetic side, we have spent a lot of time and effort overhauling, well, pretty much everything really including, higher resolution textures, real-time lighting and shadows, specular highlights, mip-mapping, suspension physics, new engine sounds and higher quality audio across the board.

And, it is in 3D of course, which looks fantastic!

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Fire Emblem: Awakening Launches In North America At Retail And In Nintendo eShop On 3DS

Fire Emblem: Awakening launches in North America on February 4th. When the tactical role-playing game arrives, consumers have the option of purchasing it in physical form from retailers, or downloading the entire game straight from the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS.

The price of each version is $39.99, and if you pre-order a physical copy from GameStop, you’ll receive an art book.

Fire Emblem: Awakening reaches Europe in April.

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