Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Cinematic Trailer February 16, 2013

We’re less than a week away from the release of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and Konami has released the latest trailer for the game. Dubbed the Cinematic Trailer, it offers a great overview on the game’s story and characters, and gives us a snippet of the enemy bosses that Raiden will be battling in this game.

If you’d prefer a closer look at the bosses, check out this trailer for Desperado Elite, and see that Raiden is not the only Cyborg in town.

And for those of you who may not like Raiden’s new appearance and prefer his look in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Konami has announced that they will offer Raiden’s MGS4 suit as day 1 DLC for the price of $1.99 US.  Take a look at it in action.

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

Dead Space 3 Companion App Released February 13, 2013

Want a direct feed to all the Dead Space 3 news wherever you go?  Need some help getting through some of the trickier sections of any of the Dead Space games?  Want to check out all the game’s latest trailers when you’re out of the house?  Your problems are now solved.

IGN has released the official Dead Space 3 companion app for the iPhone and iPad.  In it you can read the latest Dead Space 3 news, check out the most recent game trailers, save wallpapers, and read WikiGuides for the three main Dead Space games.  It’s a great little companion app you can use when you’re playing Dead Space 3, and its free to download off Apple’s App Store.

You can download the IGN App for Dead Space 3 for free here.

Pokémon TV App Released February 13, 2013

As some of you may know from reading my site essay, “Do We All Live in a Pokemon World?” I watched a lot of the Pokémon TV series in the late 90s and early 00s, and even though Pokémon is still a thriving series with new episodes coming regularly, I prefer the original seasons of the show which haven’t aired in quite some time.  Fortunately these episodes have not been lost to time.  If you visit Pokémon.com, there is a section on the site specifically dedicated to streaming episodes of the Pokémon animated series among the fifteen seasons the show has been on the air.  If you’re a fan of the early seasons or prefer to rewatch the recent episodes, you can watch whatever seasons you prefer on the Pokémon TV site.  In fact, if you create an account through the site, watching the posted videos will allow you to earn coins for special site unlockables.

However, before today, you could only watch these Pokémon episodes from a computer.  Today, you won’t need a computer.  The Pokémon Company has officially released the Pokémon TV app for free to Apple and Android smartphones.  The app broadcasts a wide range of episodes from across the various Pokémon seasons, and they rotate new episodes in once a week.

The app lacks Pokémon.com account integration but really its the best way you can watch Pokémon episodes on the go.  So pick your favorite season, and get to watching.

So for those of you with an Android or iOS device, check out your respective app stores and give it a download.

God of War: Ascension – Kratos Comes to Life Trailer February 12, 2013

In previous God of War games, the voice actors would be used strictly for their voice.  It would be recorded in a studio and the performances of the in-game characters would be created by the game’s animators.  In later God of War games, motion capture was used, but it would be based on a previously recorded voice performance and motion captured by a separate performer.

In God of War: Ascension, this is no longer the case.  Take a look at this great behind the scenes video and see how the game’s voice actors are preparing for their motion capture debut.

God of War: Ascension is coming March 12th, 2013 exclusive to the Playstation 3.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Bad Day Commercial February 11, 2013

Having a bad day?  Check out this new commercial for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, which could be airing on a channel near you soon!

I must say that I’m a little disappointed in this commercial.  The majority of it is taken up by live action footage of some guy having a bad breakfast.  He burns his toast, cuts himself shaving, and breaks his shoelaces.  Maybe the developers are trying to say that we all have bad days, but unlike us, while Raiden may be having one of the worst days ever, he can do something about it.

Did you catch that little notice at the end?  It looks like Sony will be offering PS3-exclusive DLC in the form of unique VR Missions.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is coming February 19th, 2013 to the PS3 and Xbox 360.

Behind the Scenes of the God of War: Ascension Super Bowl Ad February 11, 2013

For those of you who caught the awesome “From Ashes” trailer made by Sony to promote God of War: Ascension during this year’s Super Bowl stream, you might be interested to see just how much work went into making it.

Sony released two Behind the Scenes videos about the making of the “From Ashes” video.  If you ever wondered how a commercial is made for such an important property, it’s a great watch.

The first off is this Behind the Scenes video on what went into putting Kratos on the screen.  No, he wasn’t CGI.

This next one details what went into producing the Spartan Army.

God of War: Ascension is coming March 12th, 2013 exclusive to the Playstation 3.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Best Buy Preorder Trailer February 10, 2013

With eight days to go until the release of the newest game in the Metal Gear series, Konami has released this trailer specifically detailing what customers who purchase the game from Best Buy.

Raiden is getting a special white armor which will increase your maximum health item limit.

If you’re interested in what other retailers may be getting, check out these trailers.

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

Halo 4 Spartan Ops Episode 9 Trailer February 10, 2013

Halo 4’s story continues next week and 343 Industries has just released this trailer for the latest episode of Spartan Ops.  Spartan Ops is a separate cooperative campaign which bridges the gap between Halo 4 and Halo 5.  New episodes are currently being released weekly.

Warning, if you haven’t played some of the recent episodes, there may be spoilers.

Episode 9 hasn’t been released yet, but it should be out some time tomorrow.  Just be sure to download the Spartan Ops Episode 6-10 expansion through the Xbox Live Marketplace.  The download is free to all Xbox Live Gold Members.

Halo 4 is out now exclusive to the Xbox 360.

Aliens: Colonial Marines Contact Trailer Extended Cut February 7, 2013

The release of Aliens: Colonial Marines is less than a week away.  It has been in development for years, and I have been fortunate enough to preview it several times at various events.  It is a direct sequel to the movie Aliens, and probably will serve as a better sequel to that movie than Alien3 did.

To commemorate the imminent release of the game, Sega has just released this extended trailer for everyone to see.  Watch out for facehuggers.

Anyone else breaking out their Alien: Quadrilogy boxed set?

Aliens: Colonial Marines is coming February 12th, 2013 to the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.  A Wii U version will be coming as well.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Unmanned Gears Trailer February 7, 2013

Continuing in the trailer style that we saw last week, Konami released a brand new trailer for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance which detailed more of the enemies that Raiden will be facing in this new game.

Robots have always been integral to the Metal Gear series, in fact its in the name, and now Konami wants to show just how much more advanced our robotic enemies have become.  There has been a major advancement with artificial intelligence in the game’s universe, and it has made unmanned robots that are stronger, faster and far more deadly than anything we’ve seen before.

I can’t imagine what this is going to mean for this game’s boss fights.

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