It's time for the newest and hopefully last date change for the release of the Star Wars MMORPG - The Old Republic. This is a game that, for the lay person, will be comparable to World of Warcraft in its scope, allowing players to create their own character with whom they'll be able to experience the entire Star Wars universe as it unfolds before them. Have battles, accomplish missions, swing some lightsabers around, the whole shebang. The newest word on this upcoming game is that there will be a global launch - with North America and the European territories on the list thus far and no sign of greater Asia - on December 20th, 2011.
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Star Wars The Old Republic now set for global simultaneous launch
Grand Theft Auto III for iOS and Android soon, physical action figure in tow
While the Grand Theft Auto game franchise had been around for years before the 2001 release of GTA:III, it was that drive a car and shoot your neighbor installment of the game that really, really made the Rockstar Games-made shooter take off. And now, ten years later, we get to play it on our mobile devices. Grand Theft Auto III has been announced to be coming both to Apple's iOS mobile operating system AND to a handful of Google's Android devices as well, though on both platforms there will be device limits. ALSO there's an action figure in the mix, just incase you want something you can set on your desk while you're crashing into cop cars and punching prostitutes in the face.
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Farmville movie in the works
The most popular game in the history of social networking is reportedly on its way to becoming a major motion picture. This week Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen, both of them screenwriters for the original 3D animation film breakthrough "Toy Story," have let loose a tiny snippet of information regarding their future projects, one of them directly affiliated with Zynga, the creators of Farmville. And before you say wait, that could mean anything, take a peak and read what they say and see if you pick up the same hints we're picking up.
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Zynga Project Z announced, independent site for games galore
This week social gaming giant Zynga has announced its intent to go solo in more ways than one. First, a reminder that Zynga will be offered publicly soon (stock up!), next, a new announcement about Project Z, a new website where the Zynga environment will be hosted. As of now, Zynga is dependent on platforms such as Facebook and apps on mobile operating systems as their main source of gaming users. What Project Z will be is no less than a fully functional independent webpage that includes social networking and the full collection of Zynga games. Should their current hosts be worried?
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NBA JAM On Fire Edition out now, Unlockable Characters revealed!
If you're a fan of the greatest basketball video game in the history of the world, NBA JAM, you know that there's some undeniably awesome unlockable characters in every single edition. What we've got here this week (available starting this week, that is,) is the newest NBA JAM game entitled On Fire Edition - and with it comes some of the strangest new oddball basketball players you've ever seen!
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Riptide GP jetski racing masterpiece spreading beyond NVIDIA this month
Lovers of fabulous racing games will be glad to know that the world's greatest mobile-based jetski racing game, Riptide GP, will be flowing across the entirety of Android this month. Up until now, the game had been exclusive to NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor-having devices because the developers of this game had worked closely with the support team at the chipmaker to optimize it for their current hero chip. Today it was announced that the game would expand beyond those borders and be available for all Android devices, no limitations.
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Xbox 360 TV expanded experience made official
The folks at Microsoft have announced plans today to expand their Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE functionality to include a slew of new services, partners, and functionality. More than 20 countries are involved in the rolling out of this expansion, partners ranging from HBO to Verizon to the BBC to Televisa, everyone’s in on it! There’s a unified dashboard for Xbox LIVE, Comcast Xfinity integration, 26 new channels of live TV in the USA, further Bing search integration with voice-powered search, “more entertainment options” including Zone marketplace expansion with Xbox LIVE and Kinect, a handful of new apps, sharing, and music discovery. Is it time everyone jumped aboard this Xbox 360 as entertainment station train? Quite possibly yes!
Shadowgun for Android Review [Video]
As you might well know, it’s not often that we review a single app for a mobile device here on SlashGear – not unless its so massive, so awesome, so significant that it cannot be ignored. That’s what we’ve got right here, folks, a third-person shooter by the name of Shadowgun, made by Madfinger games for iOS and Android – today the news being the optimized version for the Android-based NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual-core processor. We’ve checked the game out on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and it’s time to show you the next plateau for immersive mobile gaming.
UPDATE: the final release version of this game is out now, check out our follow-up post and hands-on video once you get down reading about it here, then pick the game up in the market!
RAGE reviews call game both “perfect” and “lacking”
The reviews of one of the most highly-anticipated first-person shooters of the year are starting to fall into our collective laps, and they're looking good. Real good, when it comes down to it. There've been a slew of gameplay trailers, cinematics, screenshots, interviews, and of course advertisements crushing the gaming-aimed news web over the past few weeks, months and YEARS, now we're learning the truth: believe the hype. id's newest thriller is here! But not everyone agrees on that, let me tell ya.
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Mortal Kombat reboot now a reality via viral YouTube video
If you're a fan of one of the most famous fighting-based video games of all time, Mortal Kombat, certainly you've heard of the YouTube fan series "Rebirth." Oh you haven't? You're in for a treat. Not only is the story at hand a rebirth of the film series based on the video game, its a rebirth of the career of the filmmaker whose only other notable work is an unsuccessful remake of "Fame". The short film that started it all was created out of love for the series - and a desire to reboot the series. Turns out his gamble (and the good timing with the newest installment of the video game series) payed off because Warner Bros. is giving the creators the green light.
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Battlefield 3 aims to push limits on PS3 hardware
Those of you waiting for the PlayStation 3 version of the next big bad war game Battlefield 3 will be glad to hear that its creators are not only bringing the game to the PS3 for certain (if you did not know, that is,) they're also having to push the limits of the console to bring it. And bring it they shall, DICE developers letting the world know that both the PS3 and the the Xbox 360 versions will be competitively polished to keep up with the PC version, the PS3 version in particular getting a double dose of optimization.
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Star Wars Old Republic global support base opened in Ireland
Of all the places in the world to open a support facility, it had to be Ireland that took on the task of providing support to masses for the new Star Wars MMORPG game The Old Republic as it ramps up for launch on December 20th and 22nd. Of course I and we have no reason to be saying such a thing, in fact such an island base will likely be the greatest place to avoid the craziest of game players that'll more than likely try to swim to the support group in hopes of getting their lightsaber license re-activated after having chopped up too many ewoks. You following me? If you are, this is definitely going to be the game for you.
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