Official LocoCycle “Meet Pablo” Trailer March 15, 2013

Since first playing Comic Jumper, I’ve been an enormous fan of Twisted Pixel, and all the games they have produced.  After meeting them at PAX East 2012, they seemed like a great bunch of guys with a great sense of humor, which is something very difficult to pull off in a game.

Twisted Pixel has released the first close look at their next major title, LocoCycle, which was premiered at last year’s E3.  They have announced that actor Freddy Rodriguez will be starring in the game.  He will play Pablo, I.R.I.S.’s trusty Spanish-speaking mechanic.  Pablo got his leg caught up in the cycle.  The vehicle believes he is there to help it, and Pablo just wants to get free!

LocoCycle is coming “soon” and has not specified what platforms it will be on yet.

The Phantom Pain at GDC 2013 March 15, 2013

Last night, Geoff Keighley did an interview with the man who claimed to be the director of the highly anticipated game, The Phantom Pain, which was announced at Spike’s Video Game Awards Show at the end of last year.  For some reason, the man he was interviewing, who claimed to be Joakim Mogren, had his entire face bandaged up, very similar to the game’s main character.  He claimed he had been in an accident, and that he should be fine by the time of this year’s Game Developer’s Conference.

To prove his identity, he showed Keighley some never before seen images of the game on his iPad.  After taking a close look at the screenshots, Geoff noticed that they bore the watermark of the FOX Engine, the same engine being developed at Konami that is powering Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes.  This seems to confirm something that I had speculated earlier.

Mogren said he was going to be at this year’s GDC during the interview, however after having personally checked the current GDC schedule, there doesn’t seem to be any panel or event on the official schedule which lists The Phantom Pain, Mogren, or it’s developer, Moby Dick Studios.  However, Hideo Kojima’s team is scheduled to present the FOX Engine Wednesday at 11PST.

Could this be the proof that The Phantom Pain is in fact the next Metal Gear Solid game?  Well, it seems that all will be revealed at this year’s GDC.  You can watch the entire interview with Joakim Mogren here on GameTrailers.com.

Gears of War: Judgment Overrun Codes Released March 14, 2013

If you preordered Gears of War: Judgment at GameStop and wanted to be playing the game’s new Overrun multiplayer mode tonight, you are in luck!  Check your e-mail because GameStop has started to release the early access codes to download the game’s Overrun Demo.  So, check your e-mail and your Power Up Rewards account pages for your early access download code, and get to playing!

The Overrun Demo requires an internet connected Xbox 360 to download and a valid Xbox Live Gold account to play.  GameStop and Epic Games have stated that all XP earned in the Demo will carry over to the final version of the game!

Gears of War: Judgment is coming March 19th, 2013 exclusive to the Xbox 360.

Interview with The Phantom Pain Director Airing Tonight March 14, 2013

Tonight on Spike TV, Geoff Keighley will be interviewing the director of The Phantom Pain, Joakim Mogren, for the show GameTrailers.TV.  A lot of rumors have been circulating about the true purpose of this game and the true intention of the developers who are making it, and from the looks of it, tonight’s interview is sure to make gamers ask more questions than get answers.

Keighley has tweeted that during the interview Mogren had provided him some never before seen images of the game on his iPad, giving credence to the fact the man he was interviewing was in fact the game’s director, Keighley has linked an image of Mogren on his Instagram profile and THIS IS THE IMAGE OF THE MAN HE INTERVIEWED.  Wow.

For those of you who don’t know what’s going on with The Phantom Pain, take a look at the game’s latest trailer and my analysis of it here.  GameTrailers.TV will air tonight at 1:00 AM EST on Spike TV and Spike TV HD.

God of War: Ascension 1.02 Patch Released March 13, 2013

A 1.02 patch was released today for God of War: Ascension, and if you haven’t downloaded it yet, it will automatically download to your PS3 the next time you load the game up.  This is the second official patch released for the game, as the game’s 1.01 patch was already available for download on the game’s release day.  No patch notes were included with the update and there doesn’t seem to be a mention of the patch’s release on the game’s official site, so I have no idea what it does.

After playing the game a bit with the patch, I may have noticed the single player campaign to be a little bit smoother, but I can’t confirm for certain if this is what the patch did.

UPDATE:  One of my readers has posted that the update alters the name of the controversial “Bros Before Hos” Trophy which Sony said they intended to change with a patch a few days ago.  As that is a secret trophy that is not listed until it is unlocked, I couldn’t confirm that was what was changed in the patch and I apologize for missing it.

God of War: Ascension is out now for the Playstation 3.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance PS3 VR Mission DLC Released March 13, 2013

Quick note for those of you who are playing or plan to play Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on the Playstation 3.  The VR Mission DLC pack which was promised at the end of the “Bad Day” TV Commercial has been released for Free to all PS3 owners, and you can download it right now through the Playstation Store.  Konami has announced this content is PS3 exclusive and sadly may not be coming to the Xbox 360.  Take a look at the DLC’s official trailer.

Sadly, this promotion is not going to be free forever, and it looks like Sony will start charging for the content on April 3rd.  If you have access to the Playstation 3, I recommend downloading it ASAP.

UPDATE:  Konami has confirmed in this press release that two more VR Missions (dubbed the Jetstream and Blade Wolf missions) will be coming in April to the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is out now for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

The Last of Us Demo Release Date March 10, 2013

Naughty Dog has officially announced the release date for the demo of their highly anticipated PS3 exclusive game The Last of Us.  As previously announced, PS3 owners who want to play the demo as soon as possible can get it first through the game menu of God of War: Ascension, which is coming out on Tuesday.  If you want to check out the latest information on the game, here’s the game’s first developer diary.

The prerelease demo for The Last of Us is coming May 31st, 2013.  God of War: Ascension will be required to download it.  The Last of Us is coming June 14th, 2013 exclusive to the Playstation 3.

Gears of War: Judgment Launch Trailer March 8, 2013

The latest game in the Gears of War series may be a little over a week away, but that hasn’t stopped developer Epic Games from releasing the game’s official launch trailer.  In a story told from the point of view of Damon Baird and Augustus “Cole Train” Cole, we’re about to know what it was like for the Gears just after the Locust attacked on Emergence Day.

If you can’t wait until release to check out the game’s new multiplayer mode just remember that a beta test will be made available for players shortly before release.  You can get in it by preordering the game from GameStop .

Gears of War: Judgment is coming March 19th, 2013 exclusive to the Xbox 360.

Dead Space 3 Awakened DLC Launch Trailer March 7, 2013

I just completed Dead Space 3 for the first time yesterday and without spoiling the game’s ending, lets just say that the game ended on a pretty big cliffhanger, and I was heavily concerned if it would get resolved.  From the looks of it, we’re not going to have to wait long to have that cliffhanger resolved.  EA plans to pick up the Dead Space 3 story from the moment the game ended with the downloadable expansion Dead Space 3 Awakened.

I know what you’re thinking, how can there be a story after the events of Dead Space 3‘s ending?  Well, I guess we’re going to find out.  Take a look.

Dead Space 3 Awakened will be released for download on the Xbox 360, PC and PS3 March 12th, 2013.  Dead Space 3 required to play.

Wii U System Update Released March 5, 2013

A small system update was released to the Wii U today which greatly shortens load times when running or quitting programs.  This was probably one of the biggest complaints that people had about the Wii U’s Operating System at launch, and it looks like Nintendo has listened and fixed it.

The update will download automatically in the background whenever you start your Wii U today.  For people who had the latest version of the Wii U firmware already installed before today, it is a small update and shouldn’t take too long to download.  Once the update has been downloaded, you will need to restart your Wii U in order to apply the update.  The system update will launch once you turn the Wii U back on.

Since installing the update, I’ve noticed load times when loading and quitting programs to be greatly cut down.  Nintendo promises that more updates and bug fixes which will further improve system performance will be coming to the Wii U down the road.