Today at EA’s Summer Games Conference, Bioware and EA revealed the release date for Legacy, the upcoming story driven DLC for Dragon Age II. Legacy will be hitting Xbox Live, PC/Mac, and PSN on July 26, 2011.
Hit the jump for more details surrounding its release.
At Japan Expo in France over the weekend Namco Bandai’s Makoto Yoshizumi told Kingdom of Tales that there will be not be a North American release for Tales of Graces on the Wii. This is beginning to sound awfully familiar, something rather unfortunate for Wii-owning RPG fans.
As reasoning Yashizumi asserted “It would be next to impossible to condense all the game’s data on a Wii disc, so unfortunately, there will be no Wii release”, but rather would be releasing on PlayStation 3. While the localized version of the game contains features not seen in the original, saying Tales of Graces couldn’t fit on a Wii disc is interesting, seeing as the title has already seen a Wii release in Japan.
Last week’s update featured the comparatively awesome offering of Kirby’s Dream Land and Final Fantasy III. It left me wondering if Nintendo was finally going to start getting its act together. Would next week’s update bring Metroid II, Pokemon Red, or even Sonic Chaos? Nope. The disappointment continues.
Hit the jump for this week’s list of games with funny names.
Bomberman ULTRA is free with with your Plus membership this week…which pretty much everyone should have unless they missed out on the Welcome Back deal. If you like 3D fighters, the Powerstone Collection is currently half price at $4.99. In other news, the Uncharted 3 Beta opened up to the public if you want to check that out.
Other than that, the week’s full update awaits after the break.
A beta for hot upcoming indie title Journey landed on the PlayStation Network this week. While the beta is limited to a relatively small number of playtesters, I am one of the fortunate few. Having played through the beta several times now, I would like to share my thoughts on the Journey experience with you.
With Journey thatgamecompany is crafting an entire experience that focuses an aspect often overlooked in gaming. Doing something new and interesting would be enough for most developers, but the Los Angeles-based studio isn’t just stopping at reinventing the adventure game with Journey, players are also in store for a refreshing take on online multiplayer.
After being virtually omitted from this year’s showing at E3 and with a complete lack of software coming down the pipeline, it’s become apparent that the Wii is on its way out and the Wii U will soon take center stage. Because of that, I would like to take this opportunity to highlight many the successes that the Wii has achieved over the past five years.
Nintendo may have forgotten the Wii, but that doesn’t mean we have to.
Red 5 Studios, developer of the upcoming free-to-play MMO shooter Firefall, announced Friday that it has been working with acclaimed science fiction and fantasy writer Orson Scott Card in developing the game’s story. Piggybacking this announcement, the studios also revealed that daughter, Emily Janice Card, will be working with her father on a related manga novel in collaboration with UDON Entertainment.
“Orson understands us as a studio, what we represent and gets the vision we have for Firefall,” said Red 5 CEO Mark Kern. “I truly believe that gamers will be surprised by how rich and engaging the Firefall world is.”
Sony is offering PlayStation Network users free games as a part of the Welcome Back program. Unfortunately, the offer is ending this weekend. Sony’s been pretty generous, offering up to four free games on account of taking so long to re-secure their online service after that “unauthorized intrusion”.
If you want to get your hands on titles like Little Big Planet, Super Stardust HD, inFamous, Wipeout HD, Modnation Racers, and Killzone: Liberation for free you should turn on that PSP or PS3 before Sunday July 3rd.
[Source: PlayStation Blog]
