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Guild Wars 2 Weekend Beta Numbers Released
14 May 2012
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Wars 2, the highly anticipated MMO coming from ArenaNet currently set to release sometime in 2012, has released some information about the beta even that they had recently. The director, Mike O’Brien, in a post on ArenaNet’s website said the the numbers of pre-order players who got to partake in the beta were in the “hundreds of thousands”. This is great news indeed, not only for ArenaNet, but for MMO players the world over hoping that something new happens in the genre sometime soon.
While we are still disappointed about the several month delay of Bioshock Infinite, two release dates of two other games have been announced, and will both be before the end of this year. The first one is Square Enix and Eidos’ Hitman: Absolution and the second being Bethesda and Arkane’s Dishonoured.
Just when you thought the scars from the tortuously fun puzzles and delightfully evil GLaDOS were healed, Valve opens the door to perhaps the most sadistic of all puzzle masters out there: the community. Now you, your friends and any Portal 2 players with a need to inflict pain and discomfort on themselves and others can revisit the testing chambers and tackle the infinite onslaught of user-generated puzzles with the new PC and Mac DLC, the Perpetual Testing Initiative (PeTI).
Activision Blizzard today unveiled its 2012 first quarter sales results, demonstrating the impressive retail success of some of its biggest franchises, including Call of Duty, Skylanders and Diablo; while at the same time reminding many outside the company, including myself, just how little money they truly have.
Many games are hoping to take the crown at Christmas this year. Condenters like Call of Duty, FIFA, Halo and Assassin's Creed will battle it out to take the top sales spot come November. However, new non-annual challengers have arrived such as Tomb Raider, The Last of Us, Hitman Absolution and Bioshock Infinite, games like these have been anticipated for over a year and have already won awards stated them as the titles to watch. However, one of those games won't make it to release this year, Irrational games have announced that Bioshock Infinite has been delayed until 2013.
EA have recently given a statement revealing what games could be on the cards for the next 12 months. According to EA we can expect to see the usual sporting titles, such as FIFA and Madden NFL, as well as the next Medal of Honour, Need for Speed and the highly anticipated Dead Space. Not too many details have been revealed about the former titles but the latter is receiving a lot of attention.
The idea of Zenimax releasing an MMO has been rumoured for years, most of the time either being hinted as an Elder Scrolls or a Fallout MMO. Zenimax have come out today saying that the prior is true and it will be released sooner than you would think.
Sega has officially announced a follow up to the well-received karting game, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, which is called Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. The game has been slated for a release this Fall for the Xbox 360, PS3, PS Vita, 3DS and PC (Only available via digital download). The game has logically swapped platforms from DS to 3DS but a Wii version has been ruled out, however, the idea of a WiiU launch release is still possible.
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