The news you missed, or we simply deemed not that interesting enough over the last 18 or so hours.
Sega has released a TV commercial for Aliens: Colonial Marines. Enough already, can we just have the game now please? If you can wait until 12 February you can.
http://youtu.be/P7BkqmMNQWA
Yesterday, we mentioned that it appeared that Apple‘s fortunes were starting to head in reverse, and on the back of that their shares dropped to an 11-month low. The stock fell 3.6 per cent to $501.75 in New York which is the lowest since 15 February 2012 according to Bloomberg. Ouch.
Continuing the ouch, HMV has announced that it will no longer be accepting gift cards or vouchers as the company entered administration yesterday. However, the presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Money Box wrote on Twitter: “The buyer can claim the money back from debit/credit card issuer using chargeback.” Still ouch. The embattled retailer is still hoping to work “as close to normal store practices as possible” during the administration period.
Deep Silver has revealed the ‘Dead Island Zombie Bait Edition’ for their upcoming zombie survival-ish game Dead Island Riptide. The “ultra collectable [sic via PR…]” and “strictly limited” edition will feature a 31cm high and 18.5cm wide resin statue – Dead Island’s “grotesque take on an iconic Roman marble torso sculpture”. Each of the Zombie Bait sculptures will be hand-painted and depict “the grisly remains of one of Palanai island’s zombie infected.” Heck, we reckon if it’s zombie bait, it should have been braaaaaiiiiiiiinnnnnsssss.
Of course, nothing is ever as simple as that is it? Dead Island Riptide’s publisher Deep Silver has almost as quickly as announcing it issued a statement of apology in response to an internet outcry over the statue. The publisher has said it is “deeply sorry” and “sincerely regret this choice”, with a promise that it is “committed to making sure this will never happen again”. Whether the statue will still go in to production is unclear.
Speaking of controversy, the NRA’s new game – NRA: Practice Range – has rightly been called “hypocritical” by US politicians. We just called the NRA “knobs”.
BioShock Infinite‘s PC have been announced, and to enjoy the game in all its glory, you will need a bit of a beast of a PC.
MINIMUM: OS: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 32-bit | Processor: Intel Core 2 DUO 2.4 GHz / AMD Athlon X2 2.7 GHz | Memory: 2 GB | Hard Drive: 20 GB free | Video Card: DirectX10 Compatible ATI Radeon HD 3870 / NVIDIA 8800 GT / Intel HD 3000 Integrated Graphics | Video Card Memory: 512 MB | Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
RECOMMENDED: OS: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 64-bit | Processor: Quad Core Processor | Memory: 4 GB | Hard Drive: 30 GB free | Video Card: DirectX11 Compatible, AMD Radeon HD 6950 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 | Video Card Memory: 1024 MB | Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
New super-hero fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us has been dated for release. The game will arrive in Europe (and therefore most likely SA too) on Friday 19th April for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Wii U. You can also grab the digital comic prequel to the game which is available at ReadDCEntertainment.com, through the DC Comics app, or on the iBookstore, Kindle Store or Nook Store.
Sticking with release dates, SEGAand Double Fine Productions have to announced the launch date and price for the upcoming adventure game, The Cave. Created by Ron Gilbert, the game will be available in North America on 22 January 22 and in Europe on 23 January for the PlayStation Network ($14.99/ €12.99/£9.99/ AUD$19.95). The game will be available on XBLA on 23 January at a cost of 1200MS Points and Steam for $14.99/ €12.99/£9.99/ AUD$19.95 . Wii U to be dated soon.
Rumours and/or teases to end with. CD Projekt RED has posted an image on its official The Witcher website that heavily hints at a Witcher 3 reveal next month. This follows a hint in the studio’s recent Cyberpunk 2077 trailer.
Square Enix has launched a new teaser site for a new game announcement planned for this Thursday (17 January). Kotaku has discovered a link to an iTunes app page for a ‘Final Fantasy: All the Bravest‘ – embedded in the site’s source code – seemingly confirming Apple iOS as the platform and the game itself.
