Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Demo Released January 25, 2013

The Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance demo has been released for free on the Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3 and you can download it right now.  Previously, this demo had only been released with the Zone of the Enders HD Collection in November, but now everyone can enjoy it, including people who don’t want to load up their ZOE: HD discs to play the demo.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a spinoff from the Metal Gear Solid series and follows the character of Raiden after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.  Cyborg augmentation has become the newest commodity for Private Military Companies and Raiden has taken it upon himself to make those upgrades to his body in order to compete in this new world order.  It is developed by Platinum Games, the makers of Bayonetta, and produced by Konami.

As of the time of writing, the demo was listed on the front page of the Xbox 360 dashboard upon Xbox Live login.  I had to do a bit of a search for it on the PS3 store, but that was probably because I’m still not used to the new Playstation Network Store interface.  Regardless, it can be found no problem with a manual search of the game’s name.  For those of you who may have a lack of storage space on your consoles, here’s a heads up.  The demo is 3.4 GB on the PS3.  It is 1.86GB on the Xbox 360.

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

Bioshock Infinite Industrial Revolution Trailer January 24, 2013

For any of you who may be interested in preordering Bioshock Infinite, this trailer explains what people who preorder the game can unlock through the Industrial Revolution social game. Anyone who preorders the game through supported retailers will receive an unlock code on their receipt or through e-mail for the website Fink Manufacturing.

You’ll unlock your retailer’s unique preorder bonus automatically. If you can complete Industrial Revolution, it will unlock some free content for Facebook and Twitter users, but more importantly it will unlock special content in the final game.

If you’re curious what you can do with this unlockable content, take a look at this.

Irrational Games promises that the Industrial Revolution unlock codes will be emailed to players shortly before Bioshock Infinite launches.

Bioshock Infinite is coming March 26th, 2013 to the PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

The Last of Us Demo Coming With God of War: Ascension January 24, 2013

The Playstation Blog has announced that early access to the single player demo for the highly anticipated game The Last of Us will be made available to all players who purchase God of War: Ascension.  While the demo will not be directly included with the newest God of War game, it will grant players early access to the single-player The Last of Us demo from God of War: Ascension’s menu the second the demo is finished.

God of War: Ascension is the newest game in the God of War series, and like The Last of Us, is also a very important PS3 exclusive release this year.

God of War: Ascension will be out March 13th, 2013 exclusive to the Playstation 3.  The Last of Us is coming May 7th, 2013 exclusive to the PS3.

Aliens: Colonial Marines – Kick Ass Trailer January 24, 2013

Listen up Marines!  Disappointed with any movie in the Alien series that followed after the second one?  Wish you had a sequel that properly followed the story greatly expanded by director James Cameron with Aliens?  Well, now we’ve got ourselves a proper sequel and it’s headed to us in video game form.

If you’ve ever wondered just what the actual gameplay was going to be like in this game, fear no longer, as this new trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines shows exactly what we’re in for in this new game, and just what kind of support we’ll have.  Actually, this may be the time to start the fear.

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

Dead Space 3 Sneak Peak January 24, 2013

Dead Space 3’s release is coming very soon and early comments about the game have already started popping up across the web.  EA decided to create a little game teaser which took some of the comments they got from the game as well as some entirely new game footage we haven’t seen before.  Check it out.

Just a reminder, the Dead Space 3 demo is already out for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 if you want to check the game out for yourselves.

Dead Space 3 is coming February 5th, 2013 to the PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

Monolith Soft Wii U Trailer January 23, 2013

Here’s something that is sure to interest our site contributor Twitch.  Monolith Soft is the company which developed Xenoblade Chronicles for the Wii.  According to Twitch’s research, Nintendo owns a stake in Monolith Soft, which is why their games have appeared as Wii exclusives in the past.

With the Wii being phased out, it looks like Monolith Soft’s next major game is going to be headed exclusively to the Wii U, and it looks just amazing.  The following premiered today during the Nintendo Direct feed.

X is coming exclusive to the Wii U.

Nintendo Miiverse Smartphone App Announced January 23, 2013

Nintendo announced during today’s Nintendo Direct that a smartphone app that would allow Wii U owners mobile access to the Nintendo Miiverse was going to be coming.  With it, you’ll be able to read Miiverse posts, view drawings, posted screenshots, and manage your communities without having to be home and logged in at your Wii U.

The app will be coming in two phases starting this spring.  The first phase will be a browser-based experience which will allow limited interactivity and allow users to keep up to date with Miiverse posts on their smartphone screen.  A full featured Miiverse app will then be released afterwards.

Nintendo announced that you would be able to access Miiverse through your Nintendo Network account, which users traditionally set up the first time they start the Wii U.  While any internet connected smartphone will be able to browse the Miiverse with their smartphone’s internet browser, no specifics were provided about which smartphone platforms they would release the full featured app on.

Bayonetta 2 Behind the Scenes Teaser January 23, 2013

Fresh off the Nintendo Direct this week, here’s the trailer for Bayonetta 2.  Instead of showing what they had before, Nintendo and Platinum Games decided to show a little bit of behind the scenes behind the making of the game.

Although only a brief look into the game’s development, I like where this is going.  I hope that Nintendo and Platinum Games decide to release a longer behind the scenes featurette for Bayonetta 2 some time down the road.

Bayonetta 2 is coming exclusive to the Wii U.

Wii U Direct – 1/25/2013 January 23, 2013

Ladies and gentlemen, the President of Nintendo, Mr. Iwata.

There was a lot going on here in this video.  We heard some new E3 game teasers, game announcements, and upcoming Wii U features.  On top of that, Mr. Iwata also made a few announcements that I had requested in a previous article on the site.  Because of all the information relayed in this single video, I feel that it would be too complex to include all my analysis about it just here in this article.

Stay tuned to the site today for further analysis of Nintendo’s plans for the Wii U this year!

Gears of War: Judgement – The Guts of Gears Trailer January 22, 2013

Up until this point we’ve only seen the briefest glimpses of what will be the storyline for Gears of War: Judgement.  Well, that is about to change.  Set before the events of the first game, Gears of War: Judgement follows series characters Baird and Cole as they face trial along with the rest of their squad after the events of Emergence Day.

Take a look at yourselves as Baird himself explains what is coming with this new game.  There will be entirely new strategies, new features, and an entirely new single-player game mode.

Gears of War: Judgement is coming March 19th, 2013 exclusive to the Xbox 360.  An exclusive original Hammerburst and young Marcus Fenix skin will be available to those who preorder the game.