All Articles: Comic-Con 2013

Firefly Online announced for Summer 2014 release on mobile platforms

Posted on July 18, 2013 by John Scalzo

Get ready for the shiniest Comic-Con news in the last ten years… Fox is bringing back Firefly!

But now for the inevitable betrayal… the franchise is coming back as Firefly Online, a mobile game in development at QMx Interactive and Spark Plug Games. Of all the ruttin’ luck!

Firefly Online is an online role-playing game that will initially be available for iOS and Android devices in Summer 2014. Players will “assume the role of a ship captain as they hire a crew and seek out adventures, all the while trading with and competing against the millions of other players to try to survive in the Verse: find a crew, find a job, keep flying.”

The mechanics of the game are still a secret and without a reader around, they’re going to stay that way. As a mobile game with “unique social features,” Firefly Online could turn out to be closer in style to “FarmVille in Space” than the epic space opera we want it to be. But maybe QMx and Spark Plug Games will surprise us.

You can get a jump on the competition and register your account at the official site for the game now.

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Nintendo brought 20 playable games to Comic-Con 2013

Posted on July 18, 2013 by John Scalzo

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This year’s San Diego Comic-Con kicked off today and Nintendo wants you to forget about superheroes and spandex and focus on their massive lineup of playable games.

The Big N will have a playable demo of Pikmin 3 on the show floor at the company’s booth (#235). But they’re saving their big push for the special “Nintendo Gaming Lounge” they’ve erected at the adjacent San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina hotel. Kiosks within the Lounge will feature 20 playable titles for the Wii U and 3DS:

Wii U

  • The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Nintendo)
  • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo)
  • Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo)
  • Pikmin 3 (Nintendo)
  • New Super Luigi U (Nintendo)
  • Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games (Nintendo)
  • Rayman Legends (Ubisoft)
  • Skylanders Swap Force (Activision)
  • Disney Infinity (Disney Interactive)
  • Sonic Lost World (Sega)
  • The Wonderful 101 (Platinum Games)
  • Bayonetta 2 (Platinum Games)
  • Just Dance 2014 (Ubisoft)

3DS

  • Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo)
  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo)
  • Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (Nintendo)
  • Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (Nintendo)
  • Sonic Lost World (Sega)
  • Shin Megami Tensei IV (Atlus)
  • Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

The last day of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con is Sunday, July 21.

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PlayStation 4 will be publicly playable for the first time at Comic-Con

Posted on July 14, 2013 by John Scalzo

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Do you want to get your hands on the PlayStation 4? Will you be in San Diego next week for Comic-Con 2013? Well then, you’ll get your chance! Sony plans to let the public demo three different PS4 games (DriveClub, Knack, and Octodad: Dadliest Catch) at this year’s Comic-Con convention. Playable demos of some of this Fall’s biggest PS3 and Vita games will also be available at the PlayStation booth (#301):

PlayStation Vita Games

  • Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate
  • Dragon’s Crown
  • Killzone Mercenary
  • Spelunky
  • Tearaway
  • The Walking Dead

PlayStation 3 Games

  • Batman: Arkham Origins
  • Beyond: Two Souls
  • Diablo III
  • Gran Turismo 6
  • Puppeteer

This year’s San Diego Comic-Con begins on Thursday, July 18 and runs through Sunday, July 21.

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