Prey 2 Announced!

By Mark

Bethesda have just announced that the sequel to 2006 FPS Prey is in development by the studio Human Head Studio who handled the original title. The game will also be running off of the 'iD Tech Engine' and the game's project lead Chris Reinhart said of the title:

"Prey 2 will provide gamers the opportunity to explore a new facet of the Prey universe, one that offers fast-paced action in an open, alien world. We’re excited to show gamers the title we have been working on and hope they will be as excited by this title as we are.”

The title is currently slated for a 2012 release for the PS3, 360 and PC platforms. To keep up to date with some more information head over to the game's official Facebook page and keep checking back here for more. You folks excited? The original game was held high by many that played it.

God of Thunder, Raiden returns to Mortal Kombat

By Jonny

he master of  lightning returns to Mortal Kombat once again to fight on the side of justice, which apparently requires him to seperate all his foes limbs from their body by repeatedly hiting them with blasts of lighning. Well i suppose as long as EarthRealm is saved i guess it really doesn't matter how he does it right?

So if you haven't already guessed Raiden is the focus of the next character trailer relased by NetherRealm Studios as we edge dangerously close to the games April release date. In the new trailer we get to see Raiden perform his bone shattering X-ray attack on Barraka as well as a look into the characters back story so check it out.



Mortal Kombat is set for a April 2011 release and is being published by Warner Bros.

Battlefield 3 capable of 256 players online

By Jonny

According to DICE CEO Patrick Soderlund, Battlefield 3 is capable of supporting up to 256 players in its online multiplayer, which rivals the PS3 exclusive MAG. In an interview with Atomic Maximum Power Gaming, Partick gave the below statement.

"A lot of people ask us about 64 versus 128 or 256 players. Technically, we can go to 256, we've tried it. We play tested with 128. You've got to make a game that's fun to play and, arguably, we think that the most fun you can have is when it's between 32 and 40 players."

So even though Battlefield can support this crazy amount of people, I doubt we will see it in the final game, unless of course you play the PC version. Then I'm sure the community will work their magic.

Source: AMP

Epic's Next Gen Tech Demo, Full Game One Day?

By Mark

Remember the other day when I showed you that tech demo from Epic and their next take on the Unreal Engine? The tech demo has since been labelled the 'Samaritan' demo and Epic's Vice President, Mark Rein, doesn't discount the possibility that it will one day be a full title.

Speaking with 1up, the VP said of the demo:

"It's like, once we build a technology demo and learn how to do things a certain way, it then enables us to do more of that. So I don't want to deny that such a scenario is possible, but it's not currently [happening]"

 So there you go, there's every possibility that we'll one day see the 'Samaritan' in playable form and after watching the tech demo I certainly wouldn't be against it.

Source - 1up

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Gameplay

By Mark

The latest game in the Transformers franchise, Dark of the Moon, has had its first gameplay footage shown off. The title is being developed by the same folks who made War for Cybertron and will act as a prologue to the third Michael Bay film.

Players will be taking on the roles of a "diverse roster of everyone's favourite Transformers" and will be allowing us to use new "Stealth Force gameplay that lets players convert to a third form beyond robot and vehicle modes to defeat their enemies in more ways than ever before". 


There is also a DS//3DS/Wii version in development by Behaviour Interactive although footage of those isn't shown here.

50 Million Dollars to be Spent on Upcoming 'Dark Millennium' MMO

By Mark

A lot of money is going into upcoming MMO title Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium with THQ looking to pump around 50 million dollars into bringing the game to launch. Paul Pucino, chief financial officer of the publisher, spoke at the Wedbush Morgan conference last night and stated:

"Somewhere in the area of $50 million or so to get these games to market, certainly in that range for Dark Millennium," he said. "What you want is a game like this to be successful and the development budget gets higher.

"It can continue to generate over a long period of time - 5,6,7, 8 years of high operating margins and a significant amount of cash,"

While being coy about how many subscribers the company is looking at, with those time figures it's clear the publisher is expecting Dark Millennium Online to have quite a long lifespan. Let's hope that this is money well spent and goes to creating a quality MMO experience.

Source - GamesIndustry.biz

Saints Row 3 - No Competitive Multiplayer, Lots of Co-op

By Mark

With Saints Row 1 + 2 you had the option of playing some competitive multiplayer but it seems the player on player action is being cut from Saints Row: The Third due to lack of popularity when compared to the co-op and single player aspects.

Senior Producer of the title, Greg Donovan of Volition Inc. said that:

"The majority of people wanted the single-player and co-op experience, so we're focusing on blowing that out of the water,"

The Third is set to have full 'drop in, drop out' co-op so that every single mission in the single player campaign can be done with a friend seamlessly. He also went on to say:

"We want this cohesive experience where players walk away going 'I can't believe I'm seeing this. I can't believe I'm f***ing doing this,'" he added, specifically discussing the game's single-player missions.

Word on any release dates is hush hush for now with the title only being announced last week, you can expect it in the fourth quarter of 2011 though on the major platforms.

Source - GameInformer