Here’s some awards with a bit of a different style- and so we decided to share the 1st Annual New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards, which was recently distributed at New York’s Cantor Film Center.

The Critics Circle presented 11 Awards for the best games of the year:
Manhattan Award for Most NY Centric Game
Crysis 2

Battery Park Award for Best Handheld Game
Super Mario Land 3D

Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game
Bastion

A Train Award for Best Mobile Game
Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery EP

Herman Melville Award for Best Writing in a Game
Portal 2

Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game
Bastion

Statue of Liberty Award for Best Open World Game
Saints Row: The Third

Great White Way Award for Best Overall Acting in a Game
Portal 2

Algonquin Roundtable Award for Best Book
All Your Base Are Belong to Us, How 50 Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture by Harold Goldberg

Mad Men Award for Best Videogame Commercial
Long Live Play – Michael

Big Apple Award for Best Game
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Here’s the US Open trailer for Grand Slam Tennis 2 from EA Sports. EA Sports are previewing their authentic licenses for the ‘grand slam’ tournaments in the series of trailers released thus far…

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on the PlayStation Vita ships with all modes from the console version plus new features designed specifically for the PlayStation Vita.

Online matches will make use of the touch screen control, you will be able to share costumes with your friends using the PlayStation Vita NEAR feature and the Vita version will feature new iconic characters from the Marvel and Capcom universes. Eight new stages and new modes will also exclusively be available to the handheld version.

Playstation Vita Exclusive Features

• Includes the complete console experience plus more!
• Touch screen control mode – new control scheme based on the touch screen provides an easy and exciting experience for anyone to enjoy.
• NEAR costume sharing – features an exclusive
• Gold Herald color option for all characters which are obtained through trades with friends.
• Heroes & Heralds mode available at launch – this free update is a separate mode that adds new and customizable features to online and offline gameplay. Players choose between two factions –Heroes or Heralds – and utilize combat enhancing Ability cards in a series of battles to help save the world or take it over.
• Spectator Mode and Replay function – players can watch or share exciting matches over wi-fi.
• “Ultimate Controller” – gamers can use the PS Vita as a controller to play the PS3 version of the game through this exclusive configuration.
• Replay analyzer – download and analyze replay data, exclusively on the PlayStation Vita.
• 3G leaderboard access – for PlayStation Vita 3G owners, view the online leaderboards on-the-go.
• DLC sharing with PS3 – DLC purchased from the console version can be used on the PlayStation Vita version at no charge

Why?  Because you never know if you will need it sometime in the future we assume.  Like maybe for Mass Effect 4.  Or just simply for some DLC.  Who knows?  BioWare’s Mike Gamble most likely, but all he’s saying is: “Obviously I can’t say anything, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea…”

He also went on to say that some people may not be overly happy with Shepard’s send-off:

“We want the outcomes to be satisfying to the player. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re all going to be happy or positive, but they have to be satisfying. Players have to understand that the choices they’ve been making in this game and in previous have had an impact, and that they’re an architect in what happens.”

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March 9 we can see what it’s all about when the game released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Since Dragon’s Dogma is a new IP which Capcom say will “redefine the action genre,” we thought it’s  best to publish the latest facsheet which reveals a bunch of interesting stuff you might not yet know.

Dragon’s Dogma is set in a huge open world which Capcom say will allow you to interact with. The developers describe the game’s world as a “rich, living and breathing” world.

It seems Capcom’s focus on developing Dragon’s Dogma as an interactive game, which is in fashion of late, they have introduced AI partners to assist you in the game known as Pawns.

Three AI Pawns will accompany you and fight independently. These Pawns develop traits which they learn over time from the player and their actions.

Then on Xbox LIVE and on the PlayStation Network, you will be able to journey to the Rift where you can reportedly share their own Pawns with friends and be rewarded with treasure, knowledge of the world and strategies for taking down enemies. You will also be able to borrow friends’ Pawns with the specific skills or experience required to tackle a particular quest. I

If you are not taking your game online, then you can choose from thousands of ready-made Pawns which ships with the game.

Here’s the Key Features

• Resident Evil 6 demo – Dragon’s Dogma will ship with a redeemable token allowing purchasers early access to the Resident Evil 6 demo.
• Highly Stylised Action Combat – The creators of this game were responsible for the action hits – Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry 4.
• Fight With Ability – The soul of combat comes down to how the game is played, where you strike the enemy, and how you react to their attacks.
• Pawn Them All – The pawn system offers flexible combat assistance with a main pawn companion that you can train throughout the game and two secondary pawns that can vary wildly to fit your combat style.
• Help Your Friends, Help Yourself: To enhance your battle experience, share your main pawn with friends and others via Xbox LIVE or PlayStation Network. Your pawn’s experience as a member of someone else’s game will be passed on to you in loot, knowledge of the open world and strategies for taking down enemies. Or, you can choose one of the thousands of AI pawns included with the game.
• Accessible Depth – Bringing an unprecedented level of depth to the action genre, every decision has an effect on gameplay in an intuitive way that does not require micromanagement. The weight of your weapon, the material of your armor – even the length of your legs – plays a role in how you fight your battles, but does not interrupt the flow of the action.
• Epic Adventure – Dragon’s Dogma is built from the ground up as an action experience for consoles with a continuous, epic storyline that stands alone in style, scope and substance.
• Open World – Utilizing Capcom’s proprietary MT Framework engine and the groundbreaking graphical styles and lighting effects used in Resident Evil 5 and Lost Planet 2, Dragon’s Dogma expands the environment to create a vast, richly detailed world, ripe for exploration.
• Night and Day – The open world features a dynamic 24-hour day/night cycle that will offer different enemies and surprises depending on when you venture into the world.
• A Rich Population – In addition to interacting with hundreds of fully voiced NPCs, you’ll be able to fight a large variety of creatures, from goblins to griffins and dragons. Each enemy requires a different strategy and provides a unique experience.

Bethesda Softworks have penned a deal with Aspyr Media, Inc. to bring RAGE: Campaign Edition to Mac fans worldwide.

This new post-apocalyptic shooter is a brand new IP from id Software can now be digitally downloaded in English, French or German from Apple’s Mac App Store, Aspyr’s own digital store GameAgent.com, and through other supporting Mac digital retailers.

Zombiegamer reviewed the Xbox 360 version of RAGE and scored it at a decent 7.5/10. While it was not without its faults, we thought it made a good debut for the franchise and hope for more in the future.

THQ has announced that the sequel to 2010′s Metro 2033 has been delayed until next year after originally being scheduled for a third quarter 2012 release.

The announcement was made during the publisher’s investor, with THQ CEO Brian Farrell stating that “developer 4A Games needs a little more time to polish up the title.”

Here’s the new Trials Evolution trailer since Ubisoft acquired the services RedLynx to publish future titles from the massively popular arcade franchise.

This new screenshot also shows that we’re headed out doors this time to. Unfortunately the franchise remains exclusive to the Xbox Live Arcade.

Piazza

Modern Warfare 3′s first two DLC maps for PS3 – Liberation and Piazza – have been dated for release on 28 February.  This kicks of the nine month “Call of Duty Elite Premium Members Content Season” on the PlayStation Network.

“Call of Duty Elite Drop 1: Liberation, a militarised Central Park in the heart of NYC, features a vast landscape ripe for long-range sniper and LMG kills. Mounted turrets on opposing ends of the map offer overwhelming firepower to anyone brave enough to man them. Elite Drop 2: Piazza, set in an idyllic seaside village, Italian getaway gone rogue, where blind corners and a complex network of branching pathways pose danger at every turn. Visceral close-quarters combat dominates in Piazza, and attacks from above and below are an ever-constant threat.” – from Press Release

Megarom have confirmed the list of titles the distributor will launch alongside the Playstation Vita’s launch on the 22nd February.

Titles include:

Ubisoft:

• Michael Jackson The Experience
• Lumines
• Dungeon hunter Alliance
• Asphault Injection
• Rayman Origins

Codemasters

• Formula 1 201

Namco Bandai

• Ridge Racer
• Touch My Katamari

Sqaure Enix

• Army Corps of Hell