"Mob of the Dead" is the newest addition to Call of Duty: Black Ops 2's Zombies mode, and its soundtrack is now available for purchase, publisher Activision announced today.
The album, which is called Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Zombies - "Mob of the Dead" Soundtrack, boasts 26 tracks, almost all of which are original songs from developer Treyarch. Two of the pieces are previously unreleased bonus tracks from existing Zombies maps Tranzit and Die Rise. The soundtrack also features Judith de los Santos Romero and Clark S. Nova.
The "Mob of the Dead" soundtrack, which is published by BFM Digital, sells for $8.99 on Amazon MP3 and $9.99 on iTunes. It is also available on Google Play and Spotify, among other services.
"Mob of the Dead" is part of the Uprising DLC pack for Black Ops 2,...
Ubisoft has released a new trailer for "The Redemption," the last episode in the Tyranny of King Washington DLC trilogy for Assassin's Creed 3.
In this trailer, protagonist Ratonhnhaké:ton (also known as Assassin's Creed 3 hero Connor) demonstrates the power of the bear spirit when fighting Washington's forces, using its might to send them flying.
The bear spirit is the third and final animal spirit to lend its powers to Connor in The Tyranny of King Washington; Ubisoft has previously released trailers showing the wolf and eagle spirits.
"The Redemption" comes out on Xbox 360 for 640 Microsoft Points, Windows PC and PlayStation 3 for $7.99 on April 23 and April 24, respectively. It will be available for the Wii U on May 16.
A documentary about The Legend of Zelda's cultural influence, called It's Too Dangerous To Go Alone: The Movie, is seeking funding through a Kickstarter campaign with a goal to raise $50,000.
"From the time most of us first touched the 8-bit cartridge, our lives were changed. As children, the fantasy game contained in that golden plastic NES cartridge was our initiation into our own imaginations," reads the campaign's description. "Years before we were able to delve into and appreciate the worlds of Tolkien, we became the heroes of this adventure story."
The project is headed by Joe Granato, who hopes to tell the stories of those who have been inspired and touched by The Legend of Zelda franchise, and "will examine the pervasive fascination for 8-bit gaming beyond nostalgia."
The...
Rayman Legends' online challenge mode will launch as a free app through the Wii U's eShop April 25, Ubisoft announced via press release.
Ubisoft announced the app in February as a mea culpa to fans for the game's delay. The app will include four daily and weekly multiplayer challenges for up to five players, and each challenge will include its own leaderboard. A demo of the mode was released earlier this month.
Previously a Wii U exclusive, Rayman Legends is currently slated to launch for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as well in September.
A mysterious box familiar to players of Nintendo's Super Mario games appeared on a residential street in Tempe, Ariz. last week, prompting local police and fire officials to cordon off the area as they searched the package.
Residents of the area discovered the box (pictured above) and contacted local authorities, who sent fire and police officers — including a bomb squad — to the scene to investigate. Inside the gold box, which was decorated with white question marks like those found in Mario games, bomb technicians found "miscellaneous papers" but no threat, according to a report from ABC 15.
According to a resident, the heightened sense of caution stemmed from the recent bombings during the Boston Marathon.
"I thought it was a prank," a local resident told ABC 15. "You know, a...
Ubisoft released a trailer today for the Wii U version of its upcoming Splinter Cell: Blacklist, showing the new tools and tricks superspy Sam Fisher has when playing with Nintendo's GamePad.
In addition to map and weapon-swap functionality, the GamePad will also allow Sam to control a deadly trirotor drone, and to mark enemies for quick execution.
Splinter Cell: Blacklist hits Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC this August.
The studio behind Jordan Mechner's 2012 remake of Karateka considered putting the title on Wii U, but that version "never went into development," assistant producer Heather D'Evelyn told Nintendo Everything.
Liquid Entertainment released Karateka on Xbox Live Arcade last November, and on PlayStation Network, Windows PC and iOS in December. An ESRB listing from last August rated the title on those platforms as well as on Wii U. D'Evelyn said that Liquid thought about a Wii U version "at the beginning of the project but [it] never went into development."
D'Evelyn added that Liquid has no plans to make a Wii U version at this time. We asked D'Evelyn in December about a potential Android version of Karateka; at the time, she told Polygon that Liquid had "no official plans right now, but...
For the next two and a half months, Nintendo 3DS owners in the U.K. will be able to take advantage of a promotion offering one free downloadable game when they register three of the handheld's top-selling games, Nintendo announced today.
Starting tomorrow, players can receive a free download code for their choice of one from the following eight games by registering three of the titles by June 30:
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Luigi's Mansion 2
Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
Players must be 16 or older to participate in the promotion and register games through their Club Nintendo account. Free codes must...
An all-pink version of Nintendo's 3DS XL handheld will launch in the U.K. May 31, the company revealed today via press release, alongside a few product shots of the neon-hued system.
The pink 3DS XL is actually quite different from the comparatively less intense pink-and-white model which was released in North America as a limited edition last holiday season, then again earlier this year. As seen in the image above, the U.K. version of the pink 3DS XL has no secondary color, and its pink is decidedly brighter than its North American counterpart.
No plans for the pink 3DS XL's release in other European territories have been announced.
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D will require two copies of the game in order to play multiplayer, according to a listing on the official site.
The side-scrolling platformer features a two player co-operative mode over local wireless, which needs two game cards and two Nintendo 3DS systems, and it is not capable of online multiplayer.
The game is a port of the Wii game of the same title and includes an easier mode to "better optimize [the game] for portable playability." In the new mode, Diddy and Donkey can take up to five hits from an enemy thanks to the increase of hearts from two to three. The easier difficulty setting also includes extra environmental objects to assist Donkey and Diddy, such as balloons and crash guards.
The title also features an Original Mode which sets the...
Amazon and GameStop are now taking pre-orders for Ubisoft's upcoming stealth, action shooter, Splinter Cell: Blacklist for $59.95 on Wii U.
The game will utilize the system's GamePad to use Sam Fisher's gadgets such as ri-rotor drones, sticky cam; combat enemies; switch weapons; and navigate levels. Gamers can also track friends' missions via the GamePad.
It was first teased last fall that Blacklist may see a release on Wii U when NeoGAF user "Thraktor" posted a photo to the NeoGAF forums. The photo depicted a mass of pre-order games labeled for Wii U, which included Splinter Cell: Blacklist amongst the number.
It was discovered in February that two Ubisoft employees mentioned Blacklist for the Wii U on their LinkedIn profiles and Nintendo confirmed earlier this month that the...
A copy of the ultra rare NES game Stadium Events was reportedly purchased from a North Carolina thrift shop for a mere $7.99 is now up for auction at reseller GameGavel. The listing for the complete collector's item starts at just $12,000.
According to GameGavel, the complete-in-box copy of Bandai's Stadium Events "appears to be one of the nicest to ever go up for auction" and could bring in record-setting bids. Previous auctions for copies of Stadium Events, which was released in 1987 in very limited numbers, have seen bids as high as $41,300 in 2010 and $22,800 in 2011 on eBay.
The buyer who purchased the copy of Stadium Events from a Goodwill store said she was aware of the game's rarity upon discovering it, telling GameGavel of the purchase, "My heart raced the whole time."
The...
Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag is the latest entry in a franchise with an action-heavy, complex story, and lead writer Darby McDevitt described the unique challenges of writing for the game in an interview with GameSpot.
While the Assassin's Creed titles include many cinematic sequences, it's gameplay that drives everything forward, which forces Black Flag's writing staff to collaborate closely with its game designers, said McDevitt.
"I have to end a lot of these scenes with a clear gameplay objective," he explained. "It has to be like, 'Let's steal that ship,' or, 'Let's do this physical thing that the player can now say I know how to accomplish that through the gameplay mechanics.'"
McDevitt also pointed out that game writers have to remain mindful of the constraints of the medium:...
A new tool for the Nintendo 3DS will allow players in Japan to take in-game screenshots and upload them to social networking sites, according to a listing on Nintendo's Japanese site.
The Nintendo 3DS Screenshot Tool allows players to take screenshots while playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf or Tomodachi Collection. Players then direct the 3DS browser to Nintendo's mobile website and log into their social networking service. From there they can choose which screenshot to upload and post the photo directly to the service.
Currently the Screenshot Tool only supports posting to Twitter and Tumblr. The 3DS must be connected to the internet in order to use the tool.
Polygon has reached out to Nintendo to ask if the Screenshot Tool will be made compatible with more games and social...
The first Japanese language video for Ace Attorney 5 shows the game's main characters in action through animated courtroom drama.
Amongst a plethora other characters, Ace Attorney 5 will feature the franchise's main protagonist Phoenix Wright; a new character called Kokone Kizuki, a defense attorney and Wright's co-counsel; Apollo Justice, the central character of the last Ace Attorney title; and Jin Yugami, a prosecutor who's doing time for murder.
Ace Attorney 5 will launch in Japan for Nintendo 3DS on July 25. Consumers in Japan will have four different Ace Attorney 5 special editions to choose from.
Capcom revised its financial forecast this morning, citing reasons ranging from a "decline in quality" in its overseas-outsourced games to a delay in catching up with the boom of digital media. A former Sega employee shared details and photos of an alleged console prototype codenamed "Pluto." Polygon had a chance to go hands-on with the new Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past sequel, and we've shared a new feature about designer Andy Schatz of Pocketwatch Games' Monaco.
Capcom cuts profits, blames decline in quality on overseas development
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D 'really leverages the 3DS,' Bill Trinen says
A Link To The Past 2's wall movement will introduce new ways of solving puzzles
Sega Pluto prototype allegedly revealed by...
Ubisoft has released a new video for its upcoming Ghost Recon Online title in development at Ubisoft Singapore discussing the next update to the game.
In 0.11.0, players will be able to beta test maps in order to offer feedback that the developers can act on before their release. The update also adds functionality that allows players to test out weapons and attachments in a firing range or even in a limited PvP setting before purchasing them.
Update 0.11.0 also adds locked chests that randomly contain gear, similar to Valve's microtransaction model in Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2.
Ghost Recon Online came out for Windows PC last August, and is scheduled for a Wii U release sometime this year.
One of the reasons why Nintendo decided to bring Donkey Kong Country Returns to the 3DS is because its original design for the Wii translates well into 3D, according to Nintendo of America's Bill Trinen.
Speaking to Polygon, Trinen said when the game was originally designed for the Wii, it was a side-scrolling platformer that had multiple layers, which translates well into the 3D environment.
"So you'd have side-scrolling on this one layer, then you might jump back to the rear layer," he said. "So it created this sense of depth in the platformer that the teams thought would work really well using 3D visuals for the Nintendo 3DS.
"You'll also notice that, on the 3DS, the game looks particularly nice when you have Donkey Kong charge into the rocket barrels and the barrels blast toward...
Nintendo's 3DS sequel to The Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past will allow Link to "merge" with walls, which Nintendo spokesperson Bill Trinen says will create "new opportunities for puzzle solving," and change the way players interact with the game world.
The sequel to A Link To The Past was announced by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata at yesterday's Nintendo Direct. One of the new gameplay mechanics introduced in the 3DS version of the game is the ability for Link to switch into a 2D sketch mode and merge with walls. When Link merges with a wall, the camera shifts from an overhead perspective so players can see Link on the wall as he moves around. If the wall turns a corner, Link turns a corner.
"Even if you've played [A Link To The Past] and are familiar with it, this is going to...
Future downloadable content for DC brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us may include more than the four additional characters initially planned, but will likely not include more battle stages, NetherRealm Studios creative director Ed Boon told Game Informer.
According to Boon, there are currently "no plans" to add additional stages to the title, and beyond the four planned characters there "isn't anything [NetherRealm] can announce" right now. However, he did not rule out the possibility of more playable characters.
"I certainly don't think I can safely say that it's four and only four," Boon said. "The DLC characters for Mortal Kombat exceeded everybody's expectations. I suppose there is a certain point in time where we can say that there won't be more. I don't think we'll be releasing...
Nintendo 3DS owners in Japan will have four different special editions to choose from when purchasing Ace Attorney 5, according to an update to the game's official page.
The standard edition includes the game and a replacement case jacket for 5,990 yen, while the extended edition includes the same plus a set of Ace Attorney stickers and a 3DS hardware pouch for 7,590 yen.
For 8,990 yen, buyers can get the game and alternate case sleeve plus a collectible figure of Phoenix Wright in his signature "Objection" pose. Those with cash to spare can grab the limited edition bundle for 9,990, which includes the game, three alterate case sleeves, Ace Attorney stickers, the pouch and Phoenix Wright figure.
Take a look at the figure and contents of each bundle on the game's website. Ace...
Renegade Kid, the studio behind 3DS indie titles such as Mutant Mudds, came to a turning point last year regarding the security of its future, and the company chose the path that fit with its name, said co-founder Jools Watsham on his blog this week.
The studio launched Mutant Mudds on the 3DS eShop last January. Watsham described the self-funded, self-published platformer as a "labor of love" and said its profitability wasn't a major concern for the company.
"When we published the game it felt like a perfect gamble and allowed us to be able to accept the possibility of no sales because our emotional bank accounts were filled by the completion of the game," explained Watsham. "We were proud of what we achieved."
After releasing Mutant Mudds, Renegade Kid returned to its typical...
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