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Available beginning today, the Zodiac Tournament (400MSP or $4.99) add-on for Square Enix and United Front Games’ Sleeping Dogs invites players to become the dragon and unleash their fists of fury. Invited to an exclusive combat tournament on a hidden island off the coast of Hong Kong, Wei Shen faces the ultimate test of his mastery of martial arts, taking on the world’s greatest warriors in a fight… to the death. Set on the remote Zodiac Island, a crumbling temple complex plays host to a series of ancient arenas, each more complex and deadly than the last. Avoiding deadly fire pits or spike-clad ceilings are merely a distraction when up against a collection of cold-blooded killers from every discipline of close-quarters combat. Wei must utilise his full move set, combined with a few new ones picked up on the way, to defeat all that stand in his way and take-out  the island’s big boss. Read the rest of this entry »

EPX Games has announced that Night Whisper Lane is free on Wednesday December 19^th 2012 on iTunes and Amazon’s App Store. Night Whisper Lane is a new survival horror game that many gamers refer to  as “Resident Evil Meets Final Fantasy.”  See how long you can survive before one of the many deadly traps get you as you escape the horrors of Night Whisper Lane and live to see another day. There is also a free demo version of the game on iTunes, available now. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft^® has announced that Assassin’s Creed^® 3 is the fastest-selling game in the company’s history, with total sell-through topping the 7 million mark worldwide just one month after its release. Fans have wasted no time exploring the game’s open world, and getting involved in the action-packed story. In solo missions alone, players have accumulated more than 82 centuries of gaming time and committed more than 3 billion assassinations. The deadly action continues in the multiplayer, where more than twice as many players have joined the multiplayer mode compared to Assassin’s Creed^® Revelations. To date, more than 250 million assassinations have been performed in more than 5 billion multiplayer sessions. Read the rest of this entry »

Assassin’s Creed III’s Tyranny of King Washington – a three-part DLC series from Ubisoft that explores an alternate reality in which George Washington goes mad with unlimited power and foregoes Presidency to rule as tyrannical King. In this alternate world, Connor is and remains Ratonhnhaké:ton. Having never become an Assassin, he must endure new trials, acquiring the skills he’ll need to take down a possessed Washington and win freedom for his land once and for all. Read the rest of this entry »

Electronic Arts Inc. has announced that hip-hop megastars Big Boi and B.o.B are bringing their talents to the highly anticipated co-op action game, Army of TWO™ The Devil’s Cartel. The two stars are not only teaming up in the studio for the collaboration of the game’s official theme song “Double or Nothing” set for release in early 2013, but are also joining forces in the game. The duo will play the roles of T.W.O. operatives Charles “Chuy” Rendall (Big Boi) and Anthony “Baker” Barnes (B.o.B), helping players blast their way through Mexico’s most dangerous cartel. Read the rest of this entry »

EPX Games has announced that Night Whisper Lane is coming to the Kindle Marketplace for the Kindle and Kindle HD on Monday December 10^th 2012. In addition, the mobile horror title has been nominated for best Adventure Game, best Game Soundtrack and best Action Game for iOS over at Best App Ever. Night Whisper Lane is an authentic Survival Horror gaming experience specifically designed for iOS that merges classic “Point and Click” gameplay with a “Turn-Based Battle System” to help you fend off whatever evil awaits you in this seemingly endless labyrinth. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft also announced yesterday that the first downloadable content pack for Assassin’s Creed III, The Hidden Secrets, is now available for Season Pass holders for the Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and Windows PC. The Hidden Secrets Pack will be available for everyone else on December 11 via Xbox LIVE®, PlayStation®Network and for Windows PC. The Hidden Secrets Pack will release for the Wii U™ system from Nintendo at a later date. Read the rest of this entry »

Ubisoft® announced yesterday that Far Cry®3, the open world first person shooter from Ubisoft Montreal and Massive, is now available on the Xbox 360®, Sony PlayStation®3 and Windows® PC.  Far Cry 3 has received critical acclaim by reviewers and is currently the highest rated shooter of the year (according to Metacritic). In Far Cry 3, players step into the shoes of Jason Brody, a man alone at the edge of the world, stranded on a mysterious tropical island. In this savage paradise where lawlessness and violence are the only sure thing, players dictate how the story unfolds, from the battles they choose to fight to the allies or enemies they make along the way. As Jason Brody, players will slash, sneak, detonate and shoot their way across the island in a world that has lost all sense of right and wrong. Read the rest of this entry »

Vancouver’s Interdimensional Games Inc (iDGi) has revealed a brand new Intellectual Property,”Consortium” – that has been years in the making. A Kickstarter Campaign has been started, offering a great deal of detailed information about the project. For the past 3 years, through their Alternate Reality Game (A.R.G.), iDGi has been maintaining and developing the abilities of “iDGi-1,” an artificial satellite put into orbit in 2009 which allows for the exploration of an alternate universe. Read the rest of this entry »

This review was originally published by our review partners Canadian Online Gamers. It is reposted here with permission, and was written by MrBigCat and The Outcast. Far Cry 3 is developed by Ubisoft Montreal and is scheduled for release on December 4 2012. The game is rated M for Mature by the ESRB and will be available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. Canadian Online Gamers gave Far Cry 3 a score of 90. Read the rest of this entry »