Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – Jack the Ripper Trailer January 20, 2013

It is an understatement to call what I’m about to show you guys a trailer. It is a tradition for Konami to premiere a new Metal Gear Solid game with a trailer unlike anything we had seen before. In 2000, the first trailer for Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty was released and clocked in at just under ten minutes. It featured a mixture of in-game cinematics and gameplay. In comparison, other companies would show no more than 90 seconds and show gameplay clips cut to rock music.

Well, we’re in the last few weeks leading up to the release of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, a spin-off game from the Metal Gear Solid series featuring RAIDEN, the hero of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and now is the perfect time for Konami to break out a seven minute trailer showing what this game has in store for players.

The following trailer is referred to as the Jack the Ripper trailer. For those of you familiar with the story of MGS2, Jack the Ripper was the nickname that Raiden earned as a child soldier when he served under Solidus. As an adult, his childhood was extremely traumatic to him and it was only by repressing those memories was he able to cope. After the events of MGS2, he could no longer ignore his childhood memories, and this trailer shows that something has happened to him during the course of this new game that could cause him to become even more dangerous than he was before. For those of you who need a reminder how dangerous he was, in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, he took out several walking tanks using only a sword.

Take a look and see for yourselves what he’s in for next.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is coming February 19th, 2013 to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Super Power Beat Down Video Game Battle Royale January 20, 2013

Our friends over at Bat in the Sun, the creators of the series Super Power Beat Down and several amazing Batman fanfilms, were asked by Machinima.com to produce a video which took some of the most popular characters from recent video games and battle each other to determine just who was the best.

This is one heck of a fight featuring five very popular powerful characters from across gaming.  Cortana from Halo, Connor from Assassin’s Creed 3, Vaas from Far Cry 3, Max Payne from Max Payne and Lee from The Walking Dead.

A teaser was released in anticipation for the Inside Gaming Awards Show, but until this point the public has not seen who was the victor.  Well the votes have been tallied online, and now we can see who won.

Don’t forget, you can still cast your votes for Episode 7 here!

God of War: Ascension Single-Player Demo Announced January 20, 2013

Hope you PS3 owners are enjoying the God of War: Ascension multiplayer beta today!  Sony has announced that there will be a God of War: Ascension single-player demo coming in February 2013.  No details about that have been released yet, but Sony promises that more details will be coming leading up to the demo’s release.  If you can’t wait that long, a single-player demo from this past E3 was already released on the Total Recall (2012) Blu-Ray Disc.

You can read all the details about the demo and the God of War: Ascension Collector’s Edition here.  Or you can check out this teaser, which sets the stakes of just what Kratos is in for in this next game, and what enemies and bosses may be in his way.

God of War: Ascension releases March 12th, 2013 exclusive to the Playstation 3.  If you’re interested in the joining the multiplayer beta on the Playstation 3, check this out.

God of War: Ascension Multiplayer Beta Code January 20, 2013

Sony is wrapping up the final hours of the God of War: Ascension multiplayer beta and now they want to open that beta to all Playstation 3 owners!  If you want to get a brief taste of the first multiplayer mode ever released for a God of War game, fire up your Playstation 3, because here’s a code that will get you in.

F2TA – HMNB – 762G

This code is an all access code, which means it will work for ANYONE who redeems it.  You can read all the details about the multiplayer beta here.

All players who participate in the beta will unlock the Champions Blade and Armor for their multiplayer champion when the final version of the game releases.

God of War: Ascension is coming March 2013 exclusive to the Playstation 3.

Aliens: Colonial Marines Has Gone Gold January 17, 2013

The game I got to preview at E3 2011 and PAX East 2012 has gone gold!  Aliens: Colonial Marines, has completed development and is being sent to manufacturing for release next month.  The game is a sequel to the movie Aliens, which was directed by James Cameron and released in 1986, and follows the events after the movie.  This could answer questions that the Alien sequels never did.

So what do we have to look forward to?  Well you can check out one of my previews about the game.  Or you can check out this latest trailer, which is probably on TV right now!

Aliens: Colonial Marines is coming February 12th, 2013 to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.  It will be on the Wii U by the end of March.