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With the release of Dead Space 2 on the horizon, Visceral Games is doing everything they can to get people interested in their ever-expanding franchise and create new fans. In addition to several other marketing ploys an animated movie, Dead Space: Aftermath, is in development and will release alongside Dead Space 2. This is not the franchise’s first entry into film. Back in 2008, EA released the animated Dead Space: Downfall, a prequel to the original Dead Space, and covered events parallel to Dead Space: Extraction - one of Game Rant’s top five mature Wii games....

 As Manchester United heads off to face FC Barcelona for the Champions League title, EA Sports has released new and interesting details for this year’s FIFA 12. Though FIFA 11 was the most polished fútbol experience yet, the team at EA is outdoing themselves once again with three exciting new features. Poised to deliver the most realistic soccer matches, FIFA 12 features a new set of AI and player controlled mechanics that focus on individual players’ strengths....

Capcom has announced that Devil May Cry 5 is getting a shiny new demo on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One from February 7. Those of you who grabbed the previous Xbox One demo can still play it if it’s still on your console, although you can no longer download it. There’s no word on what will be featured in the new teaser, although you can be sure it’ll offer some sort of demon arse-kicking antics....

It looks like pre-orders for Marvel’s Midnight Suns are about to go live ahead of an October release date. That’s according to a new leak - which the source insists was obtained via an anonymous online retailer - that seemingly backs up prior claims that the game is set to release on 6th October and will be available in three flavours: a standard, enhanced, and legendary edition. The claims may have flown entirely under the radar, but the images accompanying the leaker’s tweets - thought to have been box art - have all been zapped with a copyright notice from a senior legal assistant at Take-Two, leading many to believe they are genuine....

It’s been quite some time since we’ve heard much about Disney Interactive’s Wii exclusive, Epic Mickey. Now, maybe we know why. When Epic Mickey gameplay screens were first revealed, fans were outspoken about the visual simplicity of the game, versus the lush, dark concept art originally created for the title. Judge for yourself. In response to the criticism, the developers at Disney Interactive Studios have apparently gone back in to craft a look that more closely reflects the original concept art....

Finnish development studio Housemarque has celebrated 25 years of developing games with a blog post, announcing how far the company has come over the years and what the future holds. As far as the projects to come, Housemarque made clear in the post that the entire studio is working on a single game with an unnamed partner looking to begin defining the “next evolution” of the company, likely with a Next-Gen console like the PS5....

Sony premiered a brand-new trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront during its Paris Games Week PlayStation Press Conference. As expected the game’s looking rather good. Check the trailer below. Source: Sony

Stoneshard is the name of the second title by Ink Stains Games, whose first release was 12 is Better Than 6 in 2015. Recently, publishers HypeTrain Digital (who also handled the release of the studio’s first title) posted a new trailer for Stoneshard, outlining some of the game’s core features and showcasing what makes its roguelike mechanics unique in a video game landscape already crowded with games that incorporate roguelike elements....

Supermassive Games’ latest horror-fest, The Quarry, received its first truly substantial update yesterday after being delayed back in May, which introduced a brand new multiplayer mode called Wolf Pack, as well as some new in-game additions and 80s-inspired outfits for the game’s cast of characters. Wolf Pack is an invite-only multiplayer mode, where the host can invite up to 7 friends to watch them attempt to save the troubled teens from certain death at Hackett’s Quarry Summer Camp....

Key Points Nintendo’s wildly successful line of gaming devices includes three models: the Switch, Switch Lite, and OLED Switch.The base Switch model offers TV and handheld modes, while the Switch Lite is strictly a handheld device. The more premium OLED Switch has the dual play modes of the base Switch with the improvement of a larger and higher quality screen.Aside from a few games that require joy-con controllers (such as the Just Dance games) that are not supported by the Switch Lite, the three models can all play the same games....

In Anaheim California, BlizzCon is in full swing and Chris Metzen, one of the lead designers for Blizzard Entertainment, took the stage to announce that Cataclysm, the hugely anticipated upcoming expansion for World of Warcraft will be available for digital download. As this is Blizzard’s next large scale release, it is expected to break the previous sales record that were set. The World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade expansion sold 2.4 million in the first 24 hours and the Wrath of the Lich King expansion sold 2....

Food physics playground Nour: Play With Your Food has received a new AudioEmotion trailer today, highlighting the game’s PlayStation 5 features and how it’ll allow players to create their own soundtrack. As detailed on the PlayStation Blog, interacting with the various foods will cause the game’s soundtrack to dynamically change depending on what you’re doing and how often, with new sounds being introduced as you introduce new foods into the scene....

Jensen Huang, CEO of tech manufacturer Nvidia, announced that the company will not be laying off any of its employees or issuing pay cuts in the pandemic, and will be supporting its workforce with raises (via ExtremeTech). Huang addressed the company’s employees in a letter. “In response to the falling economy, we announced that we are pulling in our annual review process. Immediately I received questions about whether we are also planning a layoff....

Quentin Tarantino‘s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood attempts to take back stolen potential via the kind of fantasy fulfillment that’s made only possible on celluloid. As with the Beatles’ song “Helter Skelter,” Sharon Tate, and the peace and love generation as a whole, the icons of hope in the 1960s were all tainted by mere association with Charles Manson. None of these needed to be linked to the murderous narcissist....

Yesterday we discovered that over 12,000 credit card numbers were stolen from the Sony Online Entertainment databases. Sony responded by promptly shutting down all the servers, meaning both the PSN and SOE services are out of order for the time being. Yet, as with all the terrible news from the past two weeks, there is new information indicating that things might not be as bad as they appear. According to sources at GameIndustry....

Ori and the Will of the Wisps reached the top of the top selling list of games on Steam upon launch (via Eurogamer.pt). The game recorded almost 35,000 players at its peak on March 11, and is flittering around 34,000 players in game right now. Though he can’t remember what Ori and the Will of the Wisps is actually about, Josh thinks the twee Metroidvania will make it into his games of the year, despite being an early release in 2020....

The first wave of invites will be going out at around 7pm UK time (11am PT) this evening. The lucky participants should receive a welcome email telling them how to get access to the beta build. Blizzard says that all those selected initially should get in on the first day. However, they may extend invitations to more players at later points in the test. This first beta will be available to those in North America, Europe, Latin America/Brazil, Korea, Japan, Australia/New Zealand, Taiwan and Southeast Asia on PC....

Peter Berg’s jittery espionage thriller doesn’t just mark his fourth partnership with Mark Wahlberg, but a pointed shift in direction too. While the duo’s previous outings – Patriots Day, Lone Survivor and Deepwater Horizon – have all been based on real-life events (admittedly with a few liberal doses of artistic license along the way), Mile 22 is a work of out-and-out fiction from the pen of screenwriter and novelist Lea Carpenter....

Oh, NetherRealm Studios, you absolute tease. The developer dropped a Friendships trailer for Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath today, and some fans may (or may not) be happy with it. Aftermath will bring not only a new story campaign for the game, but new stages and the return of Friendships — finishing moves that are far kinder than usual Fatalities. The trailer gives us a glimpse of some pinata-whacking, ice-cream making animations....

For Honor’s closed alpha saw hundreds of thousands of players taking part, each spending an average of 4 hours and 38 minutes in the game, Ubisoft has said. The closed alpha was Ubisoft’s largest for any title to date. Here’s some more stats taken from the alpha: Average playtime consistently increased on a daily basis, and more than a third of all active players played during three or more of the closed alpha’s four days....