Sony has announced that ModNation Racers will be available in the US on both the PS3 and PSP on the 25th of May. A European date has yet to be confirmed although Sony expect it to be released across PAL regions during the same week.
The publisher also revealed the colourful box art for both regions, which you can enjoy below (the US on the left and PAL on the right).
ModNation Racers allows gamers to design their own racers, karts and tracks, and even enjoy these creations with up to four players split-screen and upload them to the PlayStation Network.
Sony will also be kicking off a pre-order program for the PS3 version of the game. Popular PlayStation characters including Ratchet and Clank, Nathan Drake and Kratos will be making an appearance in ModNation Racers depending on where you pre-order your copy.
GameStop pre-orderers will score Kratos and his Kart of Chaos while you can race as Ratchet and Clank if you pre-order from Amazon or Nathan Drake and his Jungle Jeep if you pre-order from Best Buy. Each pre-order will also score one of four bonus Mystery Mod and Kart packages including a special Mod, Kart and extra accessories.
North American Box Art
European Box Art
Source: SCEA’s PlayStation Blog
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Sega has released a menacing new launch trailer for its open-world gangster action game Yakuza 3, which hit shelves across the UK and US last week.
Step into the shoes of Kiryu Kazuma and get down to some serious gangster business below. You could also read our hands-on preview or browse through our previous coverage for Yakuza 3 screenshots and trailers.
Metro 2033, the anticipated post-apocalyptic shooter from THQ, releases across North America and Germany today, and to celebrate the publisher has released a new launch trailer for the game.
Watch the haunting “Struggle for Survival” launch trailer below to see what kind of monsters lurk in Metro 2033 (Warning: it does contain spoilers!). The game will be available for both the Xbox 360 and PC across Australia on the 18th of March with the UK and Europe following on the 19th of March. You can also browse through our previous coverage to find out more.
The game, which was featured by Sony at last week’s Game Developer’s Conference, is said to feature “state-of-the-art water simulation” and includes split-screen local multiplayer. It includes 20 “high-speed, water-filled, arcade levels to maneuver through tracks, perform high-flying tricks, collect bonuses and avoid dangers from exploding mines to bloodthirsty sharks.”
Players can look forward to different challenges including performing various tasks while speeding through obstacles to keep action chains alive, jumping ramps, riding rails, crashing through boats and docks as well as collecting stars and power-ups of course, all the while keeping an eye out for sharks and mines.
You can enjoy the watery debut trailer and screenshots below, and don’t forget to keep an eye out for El33tonline’s review of Wakeboarding HD which should be coming soon!
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Microsoft has released a batch of new screenshots for their upcoming psychological action thriller Alan Wake, showing off more of the moodiness that we have come to expect from the title and even more creepiness.
Alan Wake is due to be released on the 18th of May across the US and a few days later on the 21st of May in Europe. Feel free to browse El33tonline’s previous coverage for more screenshots and trailers for the game.
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It’s the thirteenth Final Fantasy and it’s most likely anything but the final one if history means anything. And after so many games in a series well known for each game being completely different while remaining recognizable as a series, has Square Enix been able to keep things interesting? I would say yes, definitely, but not quite as interesting as they might have.
There’s so much to say about Final Fantasy XIII, but I’ll offer this brief synopsis first: fast battles and a great battle system, interesting setting, mediocre script, incredible cut-scene animation, breathtaking creature designs, all-over-the-place voice acting, varied characters (some you’ll enjoy, some you’ll be annoyed by), minimal variation in gameplay rhythms, beautiful varied music, uninteresting leveling-up system, mediocre equipment upgrading system, impressive bosses, great graphics and art design.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Final Fantasy XIII.
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Microsoft and Ruffian Games have let out the good news that the pair’s open-world super crime-fighting action game, Crackdown 2, will launch on Xbox 360 around the world in early July.
The development duo have also released a video documentary for Crackdown 2 entitled ‘Fun With Friends,’ which sees the developers talking about the title and running riot in-game, cooperatively. Watch below:
Crackdown 2 ViDoc 1: Fun With Friends
Crackdown 2 will release in North America on July 6th, in Europe on July 9th, and in Asia, Australia and New Zealand on July 8th.
You’re welcome to pull apart El33tonline’s previous coverage of Crackdown 2 for a bunch more videos, screenshots and extra information.
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For one week only, Xbox LIVE Gold members will be able to buy Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Max Payne 2 or the original Fable for the low-low price of 800 MS Points apiece, as 400 MS Points are skimmed off of each title.
What are you waiting for, an invitation? Go get yourself some classic games!
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God of War III, an action game to end all action games (that’s what it says on the teleprompter anyway), finally releases tomorrow in North America, bringing to an end a long wait for fans and a long journey for, not only series protagonist Kratos, but the creators of the game, Sony Santa Monica.
Speaking on Kotaku’s Talk Radio, God of War III’s director Stig Asmussen spoke about what got cut (non-spoiler, promise):
“There was a pretty large thing that we chopped from the ending that I had regrets about, but then something we added at the end that helps make up for it a little bit, and helps make it more personal.
“We had titan encounters in the game, we had a pretty big one [planned] for the end and we got pretty far with it, but it was just one of those deals where we just had so much.”
The conversation then switched to downloadable content (DLC) for God of War III, and how Asmussen feels about letting gamers see the cut ending as DLC… for free:
“As far as DLC goes, it might be something we might think about getting out there someday,” said Asmussen. “The pieces are in place, the idea is written. If it’s something we put out there it would be something that would be free.”
Asmussen went on to explain how difficult work on the game became, and how difficult (or impossible) it would have been to include any more than what is already included:
“Those things required so many resources and they’re so hard to work on,” Asmussen continued. “It was literally the hardest thing I’ve ever been involved with before in my life and we just couldn’t do more. We couldn’t.
“It was to the point where we had to remove one just to invest time in the other ones that we had in the game, to get those right. We could have had more, and everything else would have suffered.”
God of War III releases around the world over the course of this week. Look over El33tonline’s previous coverage of the title for tons of excellent screenshots, videos and extra information to catch yourself up.
Source: Kotaku
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By the looks of the gameplay footage on offer in this new Medal of Honor trailer, the game is shaping up very nicely indeed, so find out about that Tier One unit, and see the impressive visuals from Medal of Honor in the trailer below:
Medal of Honor: Tier One Trailer
Medal of Honor is due out in the Fall of this year on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
You can find out more about the title through El33tonline’s handy and easy to follow previous coverage, for more videos, some screenshots and extra information.