Warp Zoned Presents
Author: Chris Urie
Stana Katic is the voice of Talia al Ghul in Batman: Arkham City
Stana Katic (from Castle) has officially been added to the all-star voice cast of Batman: Arkham City. It will be her voice mixing words with Mark Hamill and Kevin Conroy when the game is released on October 18.
“Talia is such a complex character and it was great to voice her in Batman: Arkham City,” said Katic. “I was amazed at all the detail put into the project and it’s great to see how excited the fans are about the game.”
And we definitely are excited. Arkham City will be five times larger than Batman: Arkham Asylum, and feature tons of new characters from the Batman Universe… including more than a few villains.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Batman: Arkham City, Comic-Con 2011
Hungry for more brains? Here’s a new House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut trailer
Not only does House of the Dead: Overkill – Extended Cut have a hoard of subtitles, it also has more zombies than you can pistol whip. This HD remake, out October 25, features even more of your favorite zombie-dismembering operatives, Agent G and smart-mouthed Detective Washington. They’re back in two additional levels, so Washington definitely has some unfinished swearing to do.
Sega has plenty of other new features planned including an exclusive crossbow weapon, a new “baby mutant” enemy type, a Hardcore Mode (mutants can only be killed with headshots) and improved boss fights in all levels.
Who smells zombie brains? I do!
Posted in News, PS3
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, The House of the Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut
L.A. Noire could have been even bigger
Team Bondi co-founder Brendan McNamara told the relaunched PSM3 that they had to nix the Bunko and Burglary desk from L.A. Noire because it wouldn’t all fit onto one Blu-ray.
“We had a Bunko and Burglary desk – bunko is fraud and burglary is just people robbing houses and stuff – we had eleven full cases for that, which we wrote and did the design for to a certain extent – we even did the art for them too, but it just got to a point where we were never going to fit it on one Blu-ray,” McNamara said.
Evidently there was also a mechanic planned where if you failed a case, you would be chewed out by your boss and demoted to doing smaller cases out in the world until you were called back to the main story missions.
“It just becomes super prohibitive at that point. I think there might have been a better arc if we did do that – you get more of a chance to introduce different things – but in terms of the overall experience I think we did pretty well.”
I think our very own Nicole Kline would agree in her review.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged L.A. Noire
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Comic-Con trailer released
It is officially time to get excited. There is a new Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword trailer! I don’t know about you, but I just got chills. The new trailer treats your eye holes to images of floating islands, feathered transportation, and a new cast of characters.
The past few Nintendo systems I have bought were solely to play Zelda games. Damn, now I have to get a Wii Remote Plus.
Posted in News, Wii
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Gotham City Impostors invade Comic-Con in new trailer
Gotham City Impostors has taken many people by surprise. Evidently, Monolith and WB Games have taken Team Fortress 2 and tarted it up with a Batsuit, utility belt, and a dash of Loony Toons. I think until more is known about this upcoming downloadable first person shooter, we are just going to have to be left scratching our heads. But at the very least, we can headbang to the new trailer.
Gotham City Impostors will be available in Winter 2012 for $14.99 (or 1200 Microsoft Points).
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, Gotham City Impostors
Battlefield 3 “Operation Metro” gameplay trailer released
I know a lot of you are salivating over Battlefield 3 and can’t wait for it to be out on October 25. So let’s just skip all the useless words and get right to the gameplay video of the Operation Metro map.
War never looked so good.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Battlefield 3
Nintendo Video service now beaming 3D video content straight to your 3DS
I guess when Nintendo said the 3DS’ Nintendo Video service was “coming soon” yesterday, they really meant it.
The Nintendo Video service will be releasing exclusive 3D videos from Jason DeRulo, Foster the People, CollegeHumor, and the always intriguing Blue Man Group. You can also get video of extreme sports, animation from some indie studios, and 3D trailers for upcoming Hollywood blockbusters. On July 27, OK Go will debut a new music video with the 3D version exclusively on Nintendo Video.
All you have to do is download the Nintendo Video app from the eShop. That’s it. As long as you’re near a wi-fi hotspot and have SpotPass enabled, the video queue will automatically be updated.
New tracks, 4-player support for Just Dance 3
You now can have the choice to humiliate yourself at a party along with three of your friends: Ubisoft has announced 4-player support for Just Dance 3 at Comic-Con. Just Dance 3 is out on October 11 for the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360, so you might want to start limbering up now.
Along with the new mode that allows four simultaneous players to “jump in and jump out” of gameplay, Just Dance 3 will now allow you to record your own choreography to share online. Challenge your friends to match your own herky-jerky movements and join you on the Facebook tag wall of shame.
In addition to all of this, there are some new tracks to shake yo’ booty to:
- The Sugarhill Gang – “Apache (Jump On It)” (You all know the dance and don’t want to admit it)
- The Girly Team – “Baby One More Time” (The Britney Spears song?)
- Cee Lo Green – “Forget You” (Doesn’t this have another name?)
- Madness – “Night Boat to Cairo” (Walking like an Egyptian is optional)
- Tommy Sparks – “She’s Got Me Dancing” (I would hope so… I mean, it is in the game title)
- The Buggles – “Video Killed The Radio Star” (Hopefully not choreography featured in GTA: Vice City)
I don’t need a game to teach me how to dance. I can do the Macarena all by myself, thank you.
Posted in News, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged Comic-Con 2011, Just Dance 3