Here is a brand new trailer for the forthcoming Game of Thrones RPG. I have great hopes for this game and pray it doesn’t disappoint. Epic music? Fantastic voice acting? Visceral action? Swords hitting things? People screaming? One guy (safely) lighting himself on fire? That’s either someone describing a typical Thursday at the ATLUS offices, or an apt summary of what folks will find when they check out the new “This is War” trailer for the upcoming “Game of Thrones” RPG. “Game of Thrones” is currently scheduled to release on May 15.

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Game of Thrones: This Is War Trailer

Vic Ireland from Gaijinworks, and MonkeyPaw Games have decided to join forces, and bring us a great opportunity to show our support for the idea of bringing “Japan-only” RPGs to this side of the pond. MonkeyPaw Games has been hard at work securing the rights to several titles for the PSX that, up until recently, had been sentenced to a “import from Japan” fate. And Vic Ireland has been doing this for yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaars. Wait, what? You don’t know who Vic Ireland is? For shame! For those of us that were fortunate enough to own a PSOne many, many years ago, Vic Ireland’s Working Designs was a godsend. Several games that had been released on the Sega CD (an attachment that allowed the Genesis to play CD based games), as well as others that had been hit with the dreaded “Japan-only” stick, were brought to the PSOne by Working Designs. And they did so in style. That right there is the Collector’s Edition for Lunar: Eternal Blue, a box filled to the top with collectibles, great artwork, a soundtrack CD, a pendant, and even a Hardcover Instruction booklet/artbook. Looks great, right? Well, I’m proud to own that one, along with the CE for Arc the Lad Collection and their final release: Growlanser Generations CE. After this, Working Designs had to go into the sunset, but with a new day came a new chance to make a change: Vic Ireland started Gaijinworks, a company that would carry on with the legacy of Working Designs while, at the same time, acknowledging the changes that digital releases have brought to the industry. Kickstarter has proved that when fans crave and desire a specific product, and you bring it to them, they will open up their wallets. Double Fine found success with their “we’re making an old-school point and click adventure game”, and Brian Fargo is now working on a sequel to Wasteland. Vic Ireland and MonkeyPaw Games are now askign for your money to open up the flow of JRPG releases, and their first release will be Class of Heroes 2 for the PSP . There are several levels for your pledges, and the higher you go, the better the rewards. The centerpiece of it all is a physical, UMD release of Class of Heroes 2, complete with a CE to do he game justice. Vic Ireland himself has this to say: We’re offering a Physical Deluxe Pack of Class of Heroes II for the PSP® system that will be the craziest Deluxe Pack we’ve ever done. And if you know our work at Working Designs, that’s a pretty high bar already. This will NOT have digital content you download. It will NOT have codes for in-game armor or weapons. It will NOT have a picture flip book passed off as an art book. It will not ship with DLC on the disc you have to pay for again later. It will NOT come in a tin box passed off as Steelbook. It will NOT be what’s usually advertised as a Collector’s Edition in 2012 – a wimpy, atrophied shadow of what a real Deluxe Pack should be. It will be an awesome Deluxe Pack with real, collectible, limited, awesome stuff based on the game, including an arranged soundtrack. Please, go over to their Kickstarter page and start making your pledges, so we can finally return to a golden age when THIS is how a Collector’s Edition looked like:

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It’s no big news, as this was confirmed months ago to us by Hideo Kojima himself during our interview at the VGA’s . Today, Konami officially released screen shots of the upcoming PlayStation Vita version of the acclaimed series. How many times do we have to play the same game over and over again? Is the Japanese game industry in the can? I noticed that Japan has just been recycling titles and has not come up with anything new. What’s your opinion?

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Metal Gear Solid HD Collection PlayStation Vita Version Officially Announced

THQ announced a $99.99 Collector’s Edition of their upcoming action adventure sequel: Darksiders II. In this second installment, you will be taking control of Death, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. Here is what you get with the CE: – Darksiders II Limited Edition, which includes a voucher to download Argul’s Tomb DLC – Life-sized replica Death mask, with stand – Darksiders II Art book. – Digital Soundtrack – Exclusive Shadow of Death pack Darksider II is scheduled for release on June 26th 2012 .

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Darksiders II Collector’s Edition

This is awesome! EA is sending early copies of the upcoming Mass Effect 3 into space! The games are equipped with GPS and attached to weather balloons which can be tracked via EA’s website HERE . I have to admit this is slick. Official Announcement is as follows To celebrate Commander Shepard’s war to take Earth back, Mass Effect 3 will be the first console game launched into Earth’s upper atmosphere on a historic voyage. And you have a chance to take home a piece of that history. Starting February 23rd, various cities across the globe will host their very own Space Edition launches. Starting with San Francisco, CA and ending in Berlin, Germany. Track the packages on their flights and be the first to arrive at the landing zone to win an early copy of Mass Effect that has survived space travel. Each Space Edition also comes with an on-of-a-kind fan prize package. Other prizes will also be given out to runner-up participants (subject to availability). Check back soon for rules and contest entry. Source: EA

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Mass Effect 3 in Space! Win a copy

Ubisoft confirmed a collectors edition of their upcoming third person tactical shooter, Ghost Recon Future Soldier . The only problem is: This collectors Edition of the game will be exclusive to Australia and New Zealand ! Australian retailer JB Hi-Fi priced the CE at $126 (Australian Dollars). On the other hand, US gamers will get the signature edition from Gamestop , which includes a few in-game DLC. Here is whats inside your Collectors Edition Australia: • The Game • Limited Edition Packaging • Embossed Steelbook Case • Compressed Pack T-Shirt • Hardcover Artbook with Exclusive Artwork • Alpha Short Movie DVD • Lithographic Prints • In-Game ULC Content Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier is due on 05/22/2012 . Are you a Ghost Recon fan? What do you think of these region exclusive collectors editions? Let us know in the comments below.

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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier Collectors Edition

Kojima Productions and Platinum Games collaboration will feature Kenji Saito as the main Director for the upcoming game Metal Gear Rising. Saito was the main programmer on Bayonetta. As reported earlier, Metal Gear series Creator Hideo Kojima originally wanted to finish Metal Gear Solid: Rising with expectations of a stealth ninja action game. However the project was scrapped due to the ineffectiveness of combining stealth and the ninja action the studio wanted to implement. The Kojima Productions staff did not feel that stealth and high speed action would work well together. Fans have voiced their concerns that this will not be a “true” Metal Gear game without the stealth component. Metal Gear Rising will be playable at this years Electronic Entertainment Expo. The game is due out this late this year. Source: Adriasang

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Metal Gear Rising Director Officially Revealed

First off Happy News Year everyone and I hope you all had a great one. If you’re a Final Fantasy fan & played Final Fantasy XIII, I’m pretty sure you’ve been keeping up with the upcoming sequel Final Fantasy XIII-2 , whether you liked FFXIII or not. The sequel is set to release Jan 31st , which is the end of this month. If you want to get some hands on with the new features on FFXIII-2, well here’s your chance. Next week Jan 10th a demo will be released on the PSN Store. Hopefully it’s different than demo I played at San Diego’s Comic-Con last year in July. None the less I hope your hyped for this game as much as I am.

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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Demo Release

Square Enix is hard at work on what is going to be their next gen engine. Moving away from past titles art work and into photo realism. Square is hoping to do what the Unreal engine did for this Gen with their Luminous engine next gen. I have to admit the Photo Realism is just what I was hoping for. The studio plans to allow other studious to use the engine which will cut production time in half and lower the cost of game development as a whole. Whether this will allow for cheaper game will have to wait to see. Take a look at a very early sample of what to expect after the jump. I remember the early days of gaming and what Sega CD was doing with FMV and how amazing it was to feel like you were in a realistic setting in Ground Zero Texas. Here’s to hoping Square Enix can pull this off and begin the Next Next Gen with Photo Realistic gaming. Source: Edge

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Luminous Engine & Photo Realisim Next Gen

EA has released a gameplay trailer of the upcoming Back to Karkland expansion pack for their top selling Battlefield 3 title. The forklift had me rolling when I watched it this morning. No release date has been given just yet but those who have bought the title new will be entitled to this expansion absolutely free. Here’s a list of the exclusive items in the expansion pack: Weapons MP5 PP-19 L85A2 FAMAS Type 88 L96A1 Jackhammer MG36 Type 95 Type 97 Maps Strike At Karkand Wake Island Gulf of Oman Sharqi Peninsula Vehicles F35B fighter jet BTR-90 infantry fighting vehicle DPV fast transport vehicle Game Modes Conquest Assault Features Assignments These will need to be completed in order to unlock the new weapons and are as follows: Best Friend Forever. Unlock: FAMAS Fixing it. Unlock: MP5 Let It Rain. Unlock: QBB-95 Spec Ops. Ulock: QBU-88 Familiar Territory. Unlock: PP-19 Professional Russian. Unlock: L85 It Goes Boom. Unlock: QBZ-97 / Type-97 Keep Your Head Down. Unlock: MG36 Creeping Death. Unlock: L96 Scarred Veteran. Unlock: Jackhammer Source: BF3Blog

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Battlefield 3 Expansion Trailer: Gulf of Oman