While Sony announced a number of new games at its press conference in Germany, Uncharted 3 remained one of the biggest attention-grabbers of the show. The Gamescom trailer captured a touching moment between Drake and Elena... before jumping into an over-the-top action sequence that has Drake downing a plane.
Today, Naughty Dog has released a seven minute video, showing off the entire gameplay sequence.
Indie developer Honeyslug announced an incredibly odd little game it's working on for the PlayStation Vita called Frobisher Says. Based on the debut trailer, the game seems spiritually-related to mini-game based titles like those in the WarioWare series, but will utilize all manner of the Vita's input capabilities, including its camera, gyroscope, microphone, and front and rear touch pads.
As well as showing off Dota 2 this week at Gamescom with a tournament bearing a top prize of $1 million, Valve's also sharing a few more details on its launch plans. While the game will most probably end up pushed into 2012, Valve says that stress testing may begin in only a few weeks.
For players with extraordinary levels of skill, masochism and free time, Diablo III is adding a new difficulty level even harder than the ruddy hard 'Hell.' Those braving 'Inferno' difficulty will face even tougher and more powerful monsters, but have a shot at finding unique loot not available anywhere else.
Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.
Strap yourself in! It's Gamescom 2011; we have a ton of new videos and screenshots for you to enjoy. Be warned, you might be here for longer than usual.
Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet is celebrating the Gamescom show with a whole host of festivities, including details on the subscription-free PC MMORPG's revamped PvP, a glorious five-minute trailer, and great gobs of new screenshots.
Back in November of 2010, Blizzard began posting job listings for a "Diablo-related project for consoles," and speculated about the possibility of developing a console version of Diablo 3 in its community forums. Today, at a Gamescom press conference, Blizzard all but confirmed that such a version of the game is in the works.
Diablo 3 lead designer Josh Mosqueira asserted that Blizzard "is very, very serious about bringing the Diablo 3 experience to the console," adding that the developer is currently recruiting a team to handle the initiative.
Quite possibly the biggest news out of Gamescom yesterday was Sony's abrupt announcement of a global PS3 price drop. The cheapest model is now $249, a $50 drop from $299. The system, which originally launched at $599 nearly five years ago, was a notorious loss-leader for the Japanese hardware manufacturer. Can the Blu-ray-playing, Cell-equipped console really be sold at that price without incurring a loss? The answer is "yes."
"It is still profitable," SCEA's John Koller said. "We're not going into the red."
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will support dedicated servers on PC, Activision announced at Gamescom 2011. The server interface will be similar to the one found in the original Modern Warfare, before the company scrapped that structure in an effort to counter hacks and cheaters.
The Silent Hill HD Collection, previously announced as a PlayStation 3 exclusive, will be coming to Xbox 360 as well due to fan demand. The game is still due extremely soon, but the team is working hard to hit both platforms at once.
Building, exploring, and collecting are playstyles intended to be just as valid as hitting monsters until they fall over in Carbine Studios' WildStar, announced today at Gamescom by publisher and parent company NCSoft. The sci-fantasy MMORPG is coming exclusively to PC. And has rabbit ladies.
Crysis 2 developer Crytek has announced that its free-to-play Warface will come Westward in 2012. The sillily-named shooter was previously only confirmed for South Korea and China, where the F2P model is hugely successful.
Along with the PvP modes you'd expect from a class-based multiplayer shooter, Warface will pack PvE co-op missions. It's being co-produced by Crytek Seoul.
Shacknews receives a slew of new screenshots and trailers for upcoming games everyday. The most anticipated titles receive their own post, because we know you're eager to see that content. For the rest, we have the Daily Filter, a place to feature all of the media we add to our enormous database on a daily basis.
Strap yourself in! It's Gamescom 2011; we have a ton of new videos and screenshots for you to enjoy. Be warned, you might be here for longer than usual.
Steel Battalion Heavy Armor got announced at last year's Tokyo Game Show as part of a presentation of five original games in development by Japanese studios for Microsoft's Kinect. Since then little has been mentioned about the game. Gamers have been left to wonder how a game that on the Xbox came with a legendary special controller that simulated tank controls with two sticks and panels of buttons and switches could be played without a controller at all. New info and a trailer from Gamescom do little to address that burning question but do provide some new info on where the game is headed.
[UPDATE: We've since received clarification from Microsoft that Kinectimals for Windows Phone will, in fact, support some camera integration. Players will be able to place their pet on the background of their choice by selecting an image from their phone's photo library. -Ed]
One of the cuddlier announcements to come out of Gamescom 2011 today was that the Kinectimals series will be coming to Windows Phone. Like the Kinect original, the game will allow players to virtually interact with cuddly cats... and bears!
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