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Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Weekly Wrap Up: Nov. 27


Aliens survival mode
            Gearbox Software has released a trailer showcasing a new gametype for its upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines.  The mode is called Survivor and is their take on the popular and incredibly fun Horde archetype that many games have implemented in recent years.  In Survivor 4 people playing as Marines must work together building fortifications, purchasing weapons and opening rooms in order to try and fend off waves of computer controlled Xenomorphs as they try and kill you all. I’m not sure but a lot of sites seem to be saying that you will die in this gametype, which to me means that it will be like Firefight in Halo 3: ODST where the waves never end making it all about high score not actually finishing it as seen in Gears of War.  Check out the trailer below.

Guess infinite has its limitations
            Irrational Games’s Creative Director and Co-Creator Ken Levine told fans via Twitter that the upcoming Bioshock Infinite will not include multiplayer.  There had been mention previously about the possibility of multiplayer and experimenting with ideas, but evidently it didn’t amount to anything.  Whether this is because they felt that they had no need or nothing significant to offer in regards to multiplayer or if the number of departures from their studio prevented them from be able to complete a multiplayer component is unknown.  The original Bioshock did not offer multiplayer, but Bioshock 2 did although it was designed outside of the studio by Digital Extremes.  Bioshock Infinite comes out on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on February 26th.  

Mass Effect 3 Omega DLC
            Today Bioware is releasing Omega, the latest single player add-on for Mass Effect 3. The story revolves around Shepard joining forces with Aria T'loak to reclaim Omega from Cerberus control. Despite the fact that the Wii U just launched with Mass Effect 3 and all of its DLC to date it will not be receiving this add-on tomorrow, possibly ever. Omega will cost 1200MSP or $15US and will be available for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

Dragon’s Dogma DLC
            Capcom is releasing a free update for Dragon’s Dogma on December 4th.  The update will include a “Hard Mode” and a “Speed Run” mode as well as 4 new outfits (2 unlocked by the completion of each new mode). Quite frankly the fact that it took 6 months for the addition of Hard Mode and a time trial mode is pretty surprising, I mean why wasn’t this stuff there initially? That being said I am glad that this is a free update although it doesn’t do much for those who don’t have their consoles connected to online.

MGR preorder bonus
            If you pre-order the upcoming Platinum Games title Metal Gear Rising: Revengence from GameStop you will receive a special bonus sure to excite long-time fans of the Metal Gear series. What is this special bonus? An alternate costume for Raiden that makes him look like Cyborg Ninja from Metal Gear Solid 1&2. This bonus will only be available to those in North America, but Europe is said to receiving its own bonus content to make up for it.

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