To celebrate Destiny’s worldwide gameplay debut at E3, we wanted to let you know that the official demo walkthrough is now live

Destiny Walk Through 

Trailer

For more information, fans can visit www.DestinyTheGame.com.  For exclusive updates, they can follow the official Destinysocial channels at www.facebook.com/DestinyTheGame and @DestinyTheGame on Twitter, and interact directly with the developers at www.Bungie.net. 

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Destiny

Formats:  PS3, PS4, X360 Out:  TBA Publisher:  Activision Developer:  Bungie

“Halo 4” Global Championship Announced

343 Industries and Virgin Gaming reunite to launch the biggest ‘Halo 4’ tournament ever with $500,000 in prizes

343 Industries, Xbox 360 and Virgin Gaming are teaming up again to launch the “Halo 4” Global Championship: a summer-long tournament that will give gamers around the world a chance to battle* for glory and win $500,000 in prizes, including a grand prize of $200,000.

Spanning multiple live events and five weeks of head-to-heads on Xbox Live, the tournament is the biggest “Halo 4” competition yet, and will kick off at the Rooster Teeth Expo in Austin, Texas on 5^th July, and then on Xbox Live on 15^th July. Competitors will test their skill and fortitude against one another in intense free-for-all matches over a series of qualifying rounds (based on average scores and elimination matches), for a chance to rise through the global leaderboards and win coveted prizes.

The tournament will culminate with a two-day Finals competition in Seattle, WA from 31^st Aug. to 1^st Sept., where players will battle to become the ultimate Spartan, with the top players receiving cash prizes.

Beginning today, players can register for the “Halo 4” Global Championship by visitingwww.halo4globalchampionship.com and will be able to participate in two ways:

·         Online Competition on Xbox Live*. By registering through Virgin Gaming atwww.halo4globalchampionship.com and selecting the custom tournament playlist in “Halo 4,” players will be able to join the competition for free on Xbox Live. Each week there will be a different free-for-all mode for players to enjoy.

To qualify for a chance to compete in the Finals in Seattle, players will need to complete a minimum of 20 matches in the tournament playlist per week. At the end of each week the players with the top four average scores will be deemed winners and be eligible to compete in the Finals. Additionally, each week qualifying players will have a chance to randomly win** special prizes.

Live Events. Players will also be able to join the tournament by participating in live competitions at the Rooster Teeth Expo in Austin, TX from 5^th  to 7^th July, and Gamescom in Cologne, Germany from 21^st to 25^th Aug.

Six finalists from each of the live events and 20 from the online qualifiers will receive an expenses paid trip to participate in the Finals in Seattle, Washington.

For additional information, including the registration process, rules, prizing and a full list of qualifying countries, please visit: www.halo4globalchampionship.com and select the registration link.

Celebrate Independence Day in Saints Row style! - Deep Silver and Volition release Independence Day Trailer for Saints Row IV

Earth has fallen into the hands of @EmperorZinyak and his evil alien empire. Its citizens have been imprisoned inside hellish simulations. Humanity’s only hope is the former head of the Third Street Saints—the President of the United States. Reclaim life, defend liberty, and pursue happiness at all costs with superpowers, a giant mech, a celebrity Vice President, a dubstep gun, and all the melodrama you can cram into an open world extravaganza. 

Saints Row IV launches August 20th, 2013 across North and Latin America and August 23rd worldwide for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC. 

For more information please visit: 
Web:  http://www.saintsrow.com 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/saintsrow 
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/saintsrow 
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/saintsrow 

NEW INJUSTICE: GODS AMONG US DLC NOW AVAILABLE: GENERAL ZOD DLC CHARACTER, MAN OF STEEL SUPERMAN SKIN, AS WELL AS THE NEW 52, BLACKEST NIGHT 2 AND EARTH 2 PACKS

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released the General Zod downloadable content (DLC) character for the DC Comics fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us.  The latest character to be released is based on NetherRealm Studios’ interpretation of the famed DC Comics character and is available now on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for 400 MS Microsoft Points and will be available on the PlayStation®Network at a price of £3.99.   Also available is the Man of Steel Superman skin, as well as The New 52, Blackest Night 2 and Earth 2 packs.  The Man of Steel Superman skin can be purchased on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for 80 Microsoft Points (and PlayStation®Network at a price of £0.79 when available). Each available pack can  downloaded from  the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 240 Microsoft Points (and the PlayStation®Network for £2.39, when available).

LEXIS NUMERIQUE ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF A CROWD FUNDING CAMPAIGN FOR ITS FORTHCOMING GAME TAXI JOURNEY

Windows / Linux / PSN / XBLA / iPad / Android Tablets 

Lexis Numérique, one of Europe's leading independent video game studios, announces the launch of a crowd funding campaign via KickStarter.com for its forthcoming game,Taxi Journey.

With the video game market going through a historic transition period, crowd funding for games is really taking off. Studios have used KickStarter.com to raise record budgets of $3.3m (Double Fine Adventure), $3.9m (Project Eternity) and even $4.2m (Torment: Tides of Numenera).

However, no French studio has yet gone down this road.

Lexis Numérique is the first French studio to launch a video game funding campaign on KickStarter.com. The 30-day campaign begins today and ends on 27^th July, and aims to raise $230k (£150K or €177K) to complete the funding requirements for Taxi Journey.

Taxi Journey is an original game, mixing adventure and puzzle gameplay in a universe that combines poetry, humor and mystery.

Gino, a big man of few words, has a taxi with a difference: he's broke, so he gets on his bike and his customers hop on his back. After an encounter with a mysterious young girl called Zoe, he ends up journeying to strange faraway lands. Together they meet some engaging and amusing characters but also some more sinister types who will do everything in their power to stop them.

Fully pencil-drawn, Taxi Journey has a powerful and highly personal graphic universe which draws inspiration from a range of very attractive sources, including the films of Tim Burton and the Japanese filmmaker Miyazaki and the beautiful Limbo.

According to Djamil Kemal, Marketing & Business Development Director, "this funding campaign is consistent with the desire of Lexis Numérique to retain its independence and bring gamers innovative games. We hope that gamers will join us in this adventure".

The fundraising page on kickstarter.com is here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lexisgames/taxi-journey

NEW CALL OF DUTY®: BLACK OPS II DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT ARRIVES WITH AVENGEANCE

Four All-New Multiplayer Maps, Including a Re-Imagined Fan Favourite, and the Epic, New Zombies Experience, “Buried,” Available Now, First, Exclusively on Xbox Live®

Call of Duty®: Black Ops II Vengeance, the newest downloadable content (DLC) pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops II is available now on the Xbox Live® online entertainment network from Microsoft. The record setting title from Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI), and its award-winning studio Treyarch, adds its third DLC pack, Vengeance to its already action-packed season of downloadable content. Call of Duty: Black Ops II Vengeance delivers four new diverse multiplayer maps that will challenge even the most seasoned players: 

  

·          “Cove” – The stage is set for all-out conflict on this small, forgotten island in the middle of the Indian Ocean, with players battling it out amongst the wreckage of a jet that crash-landed during a smuggling operation gone wrong

·         “Detour” – The action plays out atop a destroyed suspension bridge, high above an East Coast waterway, packed with scattered vehicles, exposed iron and collapsed pavement enables head-to-head action playing out on multiple levels

·         “Rush” – Prepare for fast, close-quarters engagements in this paintball course turned full-combat arena, giving players new opportunities and challenges to use the cover to their advantage

·         “Uplink” – In this re-imagined adaptation of the fan-favourite multiplayer map “Summit” from the original Call of Duty®: Black Ops, players clash deep in the rain-soaked jungles of Myanmar, high atop a hi-tech mountain facility

With “Buried,” Treyarch yet again expands the canon of Zombies fiction in brain-twisting ways.  Players meet up with old characters and will encounter new ones as they face off against the undead residents of an abandoned underground Old West mining town.  A healthy arsenal of equipment and weapons that will be at players’ disposal but with one very special addition – something so powerful it will also appear in all other Call of Duty: Black Ops II Zombies maps (with the purchase of Vengeance DLC): the Ray Gun Mark II.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II Vengeance is available now, first on Xbox Live for Xbox 360® game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 1200 Microsoft Points, with other platforms to follow. 

Call of Duty: Black Ops II is rated PEGI 18.  More information on Call of Duty: Black Ops II can be found athttp://www.callofduty.com/blackops2 or on www.facebook.com/codblackops.  Fans can also follow @Treyarch on Twitter.

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Call of Duty: Black Ops II

Formats:  PC, PS3, X360 Out:  13/11/2012 Publisher:  Activision

PRE-ORDER INCENTIVES REVEALED FOR LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII 

Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in Europe and across PAL territories, today announced the key pre-order incentives and European version packart for LIGHTNING RETURNS™: FINAL FANTASY® XIII, due to release on 14^th February 2014 for the PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

Two key pre-order incentives are planned to be offered, while supplies last. Please check availability with preferred retailer partners.

PRE-ORDER BONUS PACK:
Limited edition Steelbook including downloadable content token - giving access to the iconic gear of Cloud Strife from FINAL FANTASY VII, including the legendary Buster Sword and Soldier’s Band! Cloud's famous victory pose and fanfare have also been faithfully recreated!
The downloadable content will be available to use for those who receive the Pre-Order Bonus Pack, on launch of the LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII game. Specific abilities that come with the Cloud outfit and weapon will be announced at a later time.

LIGHTNING SAMURAI SET:
Themed around the renowned samurai warriors, each garb in this three-set collection offers unique looks and abilities. Includes “Shogun”, “Sohei Savior” and “Flower of Battle” items. Defeat your enemies with the honour of the samurai!

Related Links
Official Homepage:    www.LightningReturns.com
Official Facebook® Page: http://www.facebook.com/FinalFantasyXIII
Official UK SQUARE ENIX YouTube® Page:http://www.youtube.com/UKSquareEnix
Official Twitter®: @OfficialFFXIII

LIGHTNING RETURNS: FINAL FANTASY XIII will be available for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, for digital download on the PlayStation®Network, and on the Xbox 360® games and entertainment system from Microsoft, from 14^th February, 2014.

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Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

Formats:  PS3, X360 Out:  2013 Publisher:  Square Enix