The initial announcement of Activision, owner of Radical Entertainment, said that the release of the much-awaited sequel to Prototype will be on April 24 for the PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. The announcement on the delay for the PC platform does not affect the release for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, which means that Prototype will be available on the original release date for the two gaming consoles. No reason was given for the delay, which was announced on the Facebook fanpage of the game.

A somewhat good news was made alongside the announcement on the delay of Prototype on the PC platform. The Radnet Edition of Prototype 2 on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 will have new 55 free pieces of content to be delivered for seven weeks until June 7. The 55 new contents will only require a one-time use code, and will include in-game events, challenges and avatar items. It will also have a dynamic theme, behind-the-scenes videos and a bonus mutation for main campaign of the game. Participants of the weekly games of Radnet will also get to unlock the ultimate shape-shifting reward, which is expected on March.

Now we have something to busy ourselves while we wait for the PC platform release. Check out the official video below.

It’s been stated that Rebellion will keep all the previous features of Sins of a Solar Empire, even content from the previous expansion packs Entrenchment and Trinity/Diplomacy, as well as introduce more content for gamers to feast on, such as two factions instead of the old two. The original three, Trader Emergency Coalition (TEC), Advent and Vasari will still be available, but they will be divided into two groups, the Loyalists and Rebels. According to Clair, you can choose any race from either faction to play from, but your gaming experience will be different than the same race that’s on the opposite side. For example, the Loyalist-based Vasari will be more offensive than their diplomatic Rebel counterparts.

Clair also says that each group will control its own Titan, a flagship with stats that will vary between factions due to their race and side, meaning there will be six different Titans within the game. The TEC Titans are described as utilitarian due to the race’s slow technological development, and the Advent Titans as elegant because of the people’s appreciation for culture. If that’s the case, then the Titans of the Vasari may look ominous. These Titans can also be upgraded with new equipment to level up.

So far, no word on a release date nor price tag for Rebellion, but it will be on the PC for sure.

The game was released in November of last year for the PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, but Ubisoft just announced its plans of releasing the 2D platformer for the PC and Nintendo 3DS as well. The PC version will arrive on March 29 for North America, while the 3DS port for the US will release on March 20. The European release for both versions will be on March 30, despite previous schedules for the 3DS port being on the 16th.

Like Super Mario Bros. Wii and Kirby’s Return to Dreamland, Rayman Origins can be played solo, but is recommended as a co-op game of up to 4 members, as there are some parts of the game that are easier done with friends than alone. Finishing the game without help is also possible, but where’s the fun in that?

Ubisoft has also released a list of the minimum and recommended specs for the PC version. See below.

• Windows XP SP3 / Vista SP2 / 7 SP1
• Intel Pentium IV 3.00 Ghz or AMD Athlon64 3000+ @ 1.8 Ghz
• 1 GB Windows XP / 1.5 GB Vista & 7
• 128MB Video RAM, Radeon X600XT or GeForce 6800GT or better
• DirectX 9.0c or higher
• DirectX 9.0-compliant sound card
• Recommended requirements:
• Windows XP SP3 / Vista SP2 / 7 SP1
• Intel Core2Duo E4400 @ 2.00 Ghz or AMD Athlon64X2 3800+ @ 2.00Ghz
• 2 GB Windows XP / Vista & 7
• 256MB Video RAM, Radeon HD 2600XT or GeForce 8600GT or better
• DirectX 9.0c or higher
• DirectX 9.0-compliant sound card

Interested? If you have $29.99 to spare and enough room should you want to play on your PC, then all you need to do is reserve your copy and wait. Ubisoft is taking online pre-orders, and offering Rayman 2 for download as a bonus.

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O’Brien mentioned in his blog post that by February, a larger group of selected participants will be able to beta test the game for themselves. Come March and April, ArenaNet will increase the events so that more can qualify to play the game before it comes out.

The Guild Wars series is set in the fictional realm of Tyria, a fantasy world where humans live alongside other sentient species. Guild Wars 2 is said to be 250 years after the events of the Eye of the North expansion pack of the first game, and sees the awakening of the Elder Dragons that were sleeping underneath the world’s namesake continent. They will play the roles of the antagonists, and players as the main character will have to reunite Destiny’s Edge, a disbanded guild dedicated to fighting the dragons. For character races, there are the Human, Asura, Charr, Norn and Sylvari. To fight, players have a choice of 8 professions or job classes to choose from: Elementalist, Engineer, Guardian, Mesmer, Necromancer, Ranger, Thief and Warrior.

Like the other Guild Wars game, Guild Wars 2 will be a Windows PC-exclusive title. Since the game has been in the works since 2007, fans are sure to have a blast with hearing the good news.

Space Marine’s second DLC pack is aptly named Dreadnought, and adds a new multiplayer mode into the game, called Dreadnought Assault. In this mode, players must form teams in order to secure a location in the middle of the map. Once this is accomplished, a large, armed Dreadnought will spawn for the controlling team and one of the players will be allowed to pilot it for more points. If the opposing team manages to destroy the mech, then the control point will move to another location in the map and the fight for control will begin again.

Players also get three new maps with this DLC, Chem Refinery, Desolation and Dome Mechanicus. Additionally, there will be more achievements and trophies to earn, which will mean more hours of gaming for those who strive for 100% completion.

The Dreadnought DLC will be available starting next week for 800 Microsoft Points for the Xbox gamers, and $9.99 for the PS3 and PC users. Relic Entertainment also has something special for everyone, even those who aren’t interested in the DLC. Two new skins, Iron Hands and Death Guard, will sell for just 240 MSP or $2.99 apiece, and the team-based Capture and Control mode for free. They will be released alongside Dreadnought.

However, developer Techland and publisher Deep Silver aren’t done just yet. They’re busy working on a DLC for the game, a storyline that follows the man behind the voice, Ryder White as he goes through the events that lead up to the game’s main plot. The Ryder White DLC aims to cast a new light onto the game’s main antagonist and show off his side of the story, according to Aubrey Norris, Deep Silver’s Marketing and PR manager.

Despite playing as the Banoi Island Defense Force commander, gamers will still have to go through the motions of conserving what ammo they’ve managed to collect, as guns and bullets are difficult to find, and melee weapons are more bountiful, all while trying to stay alive as the zombies keep coming. However, there will be more things to collect along the way, such as two blueprints or mods for upgrading weapons.

The DLC will be released on February 1, and cost 800 MS points on Xbox Live, but PS3 and PC gamers will receive it on January 31 for £7.99.

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock is being developed for the PS Vita, PS3 and PC and set to launch early next year. Yes, the TV franchise does have its own free-to-play PC game series, but not as big as the BBC is making this one out to be. Matt Smith and Alex Kingston reprise their roles as the Doctor and fan-favorite companion River Song respectively for this game, lending their voices to their characters, and the usual storyline of the show is made the premise of the game- save Earth from a still unknown threat.

Of course, the real premise of Doctor Who, traveling through time and space in a big blue phonebox, takes up a large portion of gameplay. This forces players to adapt to the show’s complex rules (or lack thereof) of time travel with time-based challenges and puzzles that span several centuries. You will also learn that one action will always have an impact later on, giving you the ability to control the story through several possible effects of that one choice.

This game is the first in a series of three that BBC will collaborate with Little Big Planet maker Supermassive games on. There’s no word on the titles or plots of the rest of the games in the series, but it’s not surprising that BBC wants to keep mum until they see the reception for The Eternity Clock. If you would like to keep informed of news, BBC has set up a Twitter account solely for the game, or you could stay tuned to this site for more details. You can watch its teaser trailer below.

As we have mentioned earlier, the Heart of the Swarm is an upcoming sequel and expansion pack to the StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty. HotS will include some new units and mulitiplayer changes as compared with its first sequel. Luckily, Blizzard revealed several unit/building changes on the upcoming multiplayer sequel during its recent BlizzCon event.

Starting off with Protoss, the humanoid race will have new units at its disposal including: the “Tempest”, a new capital ship that could deal with ground units but has superior Area-of-Effect (AOE) damage to air units; “Oracle”, a psionic warship granted with several unique abilities including Entomb, which can block mineral fields from being harvested and Preordain, which could grant Protoss units vision of a targeted enemy’s building; and the Protoss Replicant, a unit that could transform itself (replicate) to any non-massive units like a Raven or a Siege Tank.

Meanwhile, new abilities are given to Protoss’ Nexus including the “Arc shield” and “Mass Recall”. The former grants additional shield, armor and weapons to buildings (similar to the photon cannon) while the latter can teleport units from the field back to the Nexus – though will be stunned for a few seconds.

On the other hand, the Terran race will receive upgraded units to augment their battle prowess. The “Shredder” units come from the Factory and will have both mobile and stationary mode. It cannot attack while in mobile form but on Stationary, the Shredder can inflict AOE damage against both ground and air enemy units. The “Warhound” is a mechanical beast that looks like a smaller version of Thor from Wings of Liberty and proves to be an effective anti-air weapon unit. It has a ranged attack with splash damage though not as effective against non-mechanical units.

A modified Thor will be introduced. This time it will be much bigger (and badder, too!). The new Thor can absorb huge amount of damage and can cause massive damage to ground units through its bombardment cannons. New abilities have been granted on a couple of Terran units: The Hellion is now a transforming unit effective against light units such as Zealots, Ghosts’ cloak ability will no longer be a toggled effect and Ghost units can re-cloak while nuking without interrupting the call-down, Reapers will no longer have the special building attack but instead will have passive health-regeneration ability, and lastly, the Battlecruiser will be granted with “Redline Reactor”, a speed-boost ability.

New units included in the Zerg are the “Viper”, a new flying unit with 3 unique abilities (Blinding Cloud, Abduct and Ocular Parasite); and the “Swarm Host”, a slow-moving ground unit that spawns slow-moving melee units called Locusts while burrowed. New abilities have been added such as the “Siphon”, which will replace the Corruptor’s Corruption ability, that damages enemy buildings and at the same time gives resources to the Zergs. The Burrow Charge skill is a new one for Ultralisks which grants them the ability to burrow and instantly strike at an enemy target. Lastly, the Hydralisk has a new upgrade allowing them to move faster.

If you have learned to love the first game, then you will surely appreciate this one as well. The company has not mentioned anything about its target launch date, but hopefully if all things work as plan, the company will be releasing this game around 2012.

Check out its BlizzCon preview trailer:

Blizzard’s storyboard team has started working on the story of the Heart of the Swarm while the Wings of Liberty is undergoing some refinement. Apparently, this game will basically come up with 20 different missions and will also be priced as an expansion. As mentioned, the people behind the Starcraft 2 will also require an installed version of the Wings of Liberty in order to allow its users to experience what Starcraft 2 could offer gamers out there. In addition to this, its multiplayer beta version is also expected and expected to last for about 3 to 5 months. And as far as location is concerned, the Heart of the Swarm would love to provide more realistic locations that will surely be more appreciated by gamers out there.

Stay tuned for more updates.

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Gamers may have to wait for the update and don’t rush to upgrade immediately. Even Id needs a similar fix and is on talks with Nividia while Battlefield 3 beta wants a rollback of its updated driver. Rage has been released in the US for Xbox 350, PC and PlayStation game consoles to the delight and excitement of online reviewees. Tearing and texture issues have become lingering issues with PC users forcing the game developer to ask for assistance from Nvidia and AMD.

The card providers have provided driver updates complemented by online blogs that explain on “what-to-dos” in case issues persist. For Battlefield 3 beta drivers, they need to be updated while Rage needs a current beta driver update. PC versions are believed to be always prone to driver issues with expectation that someone will “knock it out of the park” someday. The moment RAGE invaded the internet turf; performance issues have been overwhelming with id and Bethesda blaming the entire thing to driver compatibility bringing in AMD and Nvidia to the scene. PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are also experiencing the same predicament but with lesser gravity.

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Accordingly, the Star Wars Universe-inspired online game will be officially released in US and Europe on December 20 & 22, respectively. SWTOR is a project between EA and LucasArts and currently being developed by Bioware. It was first announced back in 2008 and the team has been continuously working on the game ever since to make it “bug-free” once launched.

The extraordinary online game was designed for PC rigs and will enable players to choose between 2 factions – the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic. Each faction will have different classes who specialize in certain fighting combats (i.e. range, melee, etc.). Confirmed classes include: Smugglers, Jedi Knight, Jedi Consular and Trooper (for the Galactic Republic); while the Sith Empire will have the Bounty Hunter, Imperial Agent, Sith Inquisitor and the Sith Warrior. Classes from each faction mirrors one another in terms of skills and abilities.

Additionally, players would be able to choose from a number of species available for each class including Chiss, Human, Miraluka, Mirialan, Rattataki, Sith Pureblood, Twi’lek and Zabrak. The story begins when a new conflict emerges between the Sith Empire and Galactic republic, shortly after a peace treaty was established. The game was set 300 years after Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

New features were also included in the space combat, called “tunnel shooter”. The latter will allow gamers experience movie-like fighting simulations where they are only allowed to maneuver X (right-left) and Y (up-down) directions and without control of their spacecraft. See the official video trailer below.

Star Wars: The Old Republic will cost $14.99 (one month), $13.99 per month (for 3 months) / $41.97 as one-off charge and $12.99 per month (6 months) / $77.94 as one-off charge. Hit the source link for more info.

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