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Capcom Entertainment have posted some new Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles images on their press center today and Default Prime is bringing them to you.
Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles is due out for a Winter 2009 release.
Take a look at this image below.
For those of you who prefer to keep your eyesight, it says:
“Imagine that, as an added benefit to DVDs by mail, Netflix offers its members the ability to watch movies and TV episodes instantly on their TV via their Playstation 3, choosing from a library of over 12,000 choices. There are no advertisements or trailers and movies start in as little as 30 seconds. You can fast-forward, rewind, and pause or watch again. The movies & TV episodes you watch instantly are included in your Netflix membership for no additional service fee.
To take advantage of this Netflix functionality you will need:
If this functionality were available, how likely would you or someone in your household be to get a Netflix Instant Streaming Disc (available for free) in order to instantly watch movies & TV episodes on your TV?”
Given the success Microsoft has had with the Netflix program, I would have to check off “Very likely”.
If the survey above that is circulating the internet is any indication, it appears Netflix wants in on the PlayStation 3, and with the one-year anniversary of Netflix’s appearance on the XBox 360 approaching, it’s entirely possible that the movie and TV rental service is looking to expand out onto other platforms.
One thing that is interesting from this survey, however, is that unlike the 360’s built-in Netflix streaming, the PS3 system would require a “Netflix Instant Streaming Disc” to work, which implies that Netflix would not be integrated directly into the PS3 firmware, but supported as a 3rd party outside application.
There are no concrete details as of yet, so please mark this down as a rumor. If any more information is learned on this story, you’ll read it on Default Prime.
Want to keep everyone up on your every waking second in World of Warcraft but just don’t have the time to Alt-Tab between raids to hit up twitter? Well worry no more, this Warcraft mod is for you.
TweetCraft is an in-game Twitter client for World of Warcraft. TweetCraft can:
Now you have one more reason to never leave Azeroth. TweetCraft’s site is: http://tweetcraft.codeplex.com/
While this shouldn’t be *too* much of a surprise to anyone, from the sounds of things, EA is already hard at work on Skate 3. The series, which was able to send Tony Hawk back to the drawing board for a few years has had a stellar run of success in it’s first few years, so news of another sequel is welcome.
Schmitty, from Skate website Epicly Trife, has posted on his Twitter account “I just got told ‘tonight we gotta celebrate’, one of the bro’s got offered to be in SKATE 3“. Speculation has Chet Childress as the most likely candidate for this.
As with all rumours, Default Prime will let you know when we hear more on this story.
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Luxor 2 is puzzle game developed by MumboJumbo. You can purchase Luxor 2 from the Xbox Live Arcade or you could get it like me and buy a Xbox 360 Arcade. The game never really described the story to me so I came up with my own. In my story you play as flying Luxor god whose purpose for existence is to stop the hobos from rolling their balls into your temple and sleeping there.
A pretty big hint, actually. I’ll let the image speak for itself:
CVG has some exclusive 7 minute footage of the Left 4 Dead 2 press demo that was released yesterday. In the video, you’ll see the new characters, new weapons, and as always, a shit-ton of zombies. Enjoy.
Bplus, independent software developer from Austria today launches the official website to their WiiWare title Bit Boy!!. In case you don’t know what Bit Boy!! is, here’s a little low-down.
Bit Boy!!, is a totally new kind of game mix in which one-pixel-hero Kubi rushes through the whole history of videogames in order to save his pixel pals.
Players accompany Kubi in this totally crazy-pixellated retro journey and battle hordes of nasty monsters in
4-bit dungeons,
8-bit caves,
16-bit strongholds,
32-bit mazes,
64-bit arenas and
128-bit worlds.
Bam! And the stains are gone now you know about the game. The game sounds great and looks super fun, so support the indie devs and buy it when it comes out!
Not enough Guilty Gear action for you on every other console and platform ever created? Well, you will be pleased to hear that 505 games is going to grace the Xbox 360 exclusively with their next game in the series called Guilty Gear 2: Overture. The latest in the popular series launches on 4th September 2009 and will take fans in a bold new direction, borrowing elements from genres outside of the traditional one-on-one fighting action that the series is so well-known and loved for.
Arc System Works is developing the game and are blending action and real time strategy, as well as 3D graphics for the first time to make Guilty Gear: Overture an installment in the series unlike any other. As well as taking control of their chosen character, players will command legions of loyal followers to crush all in their path. Battles are won and lost by destruction of opponents’ strongholds, known as ‘Masterghosts’ and by successfully defending one’s own from enemy attack. Effective and tactical use of support troops, or ‘servants’, to achieve these aims as well as sharp fighting technique are the keys to victory.
I’ve only played a couple of the Guilty Gear games before, but from everything that’s being said about it, this one sounds like a new experience, and one definitely worth picking up.
Yeah, so, I know what most of you are thinking: “WHAT?” It is true, however, the game actually has a Vagina Monster.
Obscure: The Aftermath is one of the titles that is being published by PlayLogic, and recently had its embargo lifted, so it’s coming to a PSP near you. The developer behind this upcoming game is Hydravision, who was also the developer of the first Obscure title as well.
The game picks up where the first left off, but now the survivors are enrolled at Fallcreek University. The characters must try to find out the origins of the “black flowers” that have been popping up around university, and causing “vivid dreams”.
Overall, Obscure: The Aftermath is survivor horror meets some comedy…sort of. It’s like a crossbreed between Resident Evil and The Faculty. The player has a total of 6 characters to choose from to complete different tasks at hand. Certain characters are needed to accomplish specific tasks, so there is a strategic element to who you choose. The player must know the strengths and weaknesses of each character in order to fully exploit each level. Based upon your choice of characters, you will hear different sets of dialogue between those characters. There is also a co-op option that has been optimized for the PSP. The second player can come in at any time via Ad-Hoc mode.
The game not only features many monsters, but also many weapons to fight the monsters with. There are over 20 weapons total for the characters to utilize. The monsters themselves are based upon various phobias.
The game is targeting a September 2009 release, and will also be available for the PSP Go.
Crystal Defenders is a Field Runners type game with Final Fantasy characters, enemies, and environments. There are three worlds (as they call it) each with four different stages, but only 2 unique ones, the others are the advanced version of the original level. The advanced versions just include more paths for the enemies to travel and diverge on or more things are blocking your attacks, but on the upside the enemies do spawn with a little less health. You start with twenty crystals and if the enemies get to the end of the path they take one. Every ten waves they send four bosses each with the ability to take 2 crystals instead of 1.
I didn’t do to well on this run but it’s still game play.
Every now and then, Valve’s Steam client, a PC-based digital distribution client for games, has some amazing deals and discounts that you just HAVE to act on. The most recent unveiling should bring in a ton of downloaders this weekend.
You’ll need a large amount of free hard drive space, but the “Huge 2K Game Pack” is priced at $53.99 through July 7th. This “Huge” collection includes:
BioShock and Civ IV are worth 53.99 alone, the other 18 titles aren’t too bad either. So, PC Gamers, load up Steam start downloading. There’s approximately 1200 hours of gaming to be had for a very good price.
