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The information, cited by IGN, means that actual shooting on the movie based on the video games franchise should start later this year and wrap up by the summer of 2014.

Production of the Assassin’s Creed movie is being handled by New Regency, with Michael Fassbender acting a... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 18:51:02 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Assassin-s-Creed-Movie-Set-to-Launch-on-May-22-in-2015-354688.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Assassin-s-Creed-Movie-Set-to-Launch-on-May-22-in-2015-354688.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/PlayStation-4-with-250GB-Hard-Disk-Costs-399-USD-EUR-Sony-India-Website-Leaks-354737.shtml
The PS4 was revealed to the world back in February and Sony is getting ready to showcase the design of the next generation console at E3 2013 next month.

Now, the Indian Sony website temporarily uploaded a page that mentioned a version of the PlayStation 4 that came with... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/PlayStation-4-with-250GB-Hard-Disk-Costs-399-USD-EUR-Sony-India-Website-Leaks-354737.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/PlayStation-4-with-250GB-Hard-Disk-Costs-399-USD-EUR-Sony-India-Website-Leaks-354737.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Grid-2-Gets-Details-About-Drift-and-Touge-Events-Fresh-Gameplay-Videos-354708.shtml Codemasters is getting ready to debut Grid 2 later this month and the studio has now posted a few fresh details about two of the racing game's different events – Drifting and Touge – while showing off different gameplay videos with the new title.

Grid 2 is set to deliver a brand new and quite impress... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:02 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Grid-2-Gets-Details-About-Drift-and-Touge-Events-Fresh-Gameplay-Videos-354708.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Grid-2-Gets-Details-About-Drift-and-Touge-Events-Fresh-Gameplay-Videos-354708.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Next-Generation-of-FIFA-FIFA-14-Coming-to-Xbox-720-Reveal-on-May-21-354736.shtml
The Xbox 720 will finally be presented to the world by Microsoft at a special event in Redmond, Washington, tomorrow, May 21.

Alongside the next gen console, Microsoft is also expected to reveal quite a few games for the device, both from its internal studios and from third-pa... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 18:03:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Next-Generation-of-FIFA-FIFA-14-Coming-to-Xbox-720-Reveal-on-May-21-354736.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Next-Generation-of-FIFA-FIFA-14-Coming-to-Xbox-720-Reveal-on-May-21-354736.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/PlayStation-4-Gets-Teaser-Trailer-Shows-Glimpses-of-Final-Design-354735.shtml
The PlayStation 4 was confirmed to the world at the end of February but Sony didn't actually reveal the final design of its next generation home console.

Since then, Sony has kept the final version of the PS4 under a tight shroud of secrecy.

Now, the first teaser trailer of the PS4's final design ha... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 17:44:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/PlayStation-4-Gets-Teaser-Trailer-Shows-Glimpses-of-Final-Design-354735.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/PlayStation-4-Gets-Teaser-Trailer-Shows-Glimpses-of-Final-Design-354735.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Conquer-Online-Celebrates-10-Year-Anniversary-with-Events-and-Content-354645.shtml
The big competition for players is the World Fighting League contest which the team says will allow “players from over 10 versions of CO will fight to decide who is the supreme champion and earn their spot in the free trip to China.”

Devel... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 17:31:04 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Conquer-Online-Celebrates-10-Year-Anniversary-with-Events-and-Content-354645.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Conquer-Online-Celebrates-10-Year-Anniversary-with-Events-and-Content-354645.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubisoft-Confident-in-Nintendo-s-Wii-U-Will-Continue-to-Make-Games-for-It-354643.shtml
Nintendo released the Wii U last November and, while it had been supported by many third-party companies, some decided to no longer focus on the Wii U.

For example, EA confirmed that, due to low sales of the games that had already been released o... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:02 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubisoft-Confident-in-Nintendo-s-Wii-U-Will-Continue-to-Make-Games-for-It-354643.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubisoft-Confident-in-Nintendo-s-Wii-U-Will-Continue-to-Make-Games-for-It-354643.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Sims-3-Island-Paradise-Gets-Developer-Walkthrough-Trailer-354559.shtml
The team states, “Explore the sunny shores and glistening waters of Isla Paradiso. Learn how your Sims can build and customize houseboats and resorts.”

Gamers will also be able to teach their characters to l... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 16:21:02 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Sims-3-Island-Paradise-Gets-Developer-Walkthrough-Trailer-354559.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Sims-3-Island-Paradise-Gets-Developer-Walkthrough-Trailer-354559.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rhone-Island-Wants-to-Sell-Kingdoms-of-Amalur-and-Copernicus-354725.shtml
Richard J. Land, a lawyer for Chace Ruttenberg & Freedman, tells the Providence Journal that, “Who knows what the value ultimately will be. But there is interest in the assets.”

Kingdoms of Amalur is a fantasy universe that was created in part by R.A. Salvatore and companies might be interested in picking it up on the che... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 14:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rhone-Island-Wants-to-Sell-Kingdoms-of-Amalur-and-Copernicus-354725.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Rhone-Island-Wants-to-Sell-Kingdoms-of-Amalur-and-Copernicus-354725.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Gets-Cover-Artwork-and-Fresh-Screenshots-354719.shtml
Batman: Arkham Origins is set to act as a prequel to the first two games, Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, and will star a younger version of Batman, who's now voiced by Roger Craig Smith.

The game has now received an official image with its box cov... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 14:39:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Gets-Cover-Artwork-and-Fresh-Screenshots-354719.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Gets-Cover-Artwork-and-Fresh-Screenshots-354719.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Syndicate-Reboot-Satellite-Reign-Might-Be-Coming-to-Kickstarter-354713.shtml
The clip is offered by a development team called 5Livestudio, which is being led by Mike Diskett, who is the co-creator of Syndicate and the former leader of Bullfrog.

There are references to 1996, the moment when the first title was launched, and the general look of the video suggests the cyberpunk aesthetic th... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 14:27:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Syndicate-Reboot-Satellite-Reign-Might-Be-Coming-to-Kickstarter-354713.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Syndicate-Reboot-Satellite-Reign-Might-Be-Coming-to-Kickstarter-354713.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Shadow-Warrior-Re-Imagining-Announced-by-Hard-Reset-Creators-354701.shtml
The team states via the official Facebook page that, “Our next project is finally revealed, we're working on a total reimagining of Shadow Warrior with Devolver Digital.”

Flying Wild Hog is made up of developers who have previously worked at CD... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 14:10:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Shadow-Warrior-Re-Imagining-Announced-by-Hard-Reset-Creators-354701.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Shadow-Warrior-Re-Imagining-Announced-by-Hard-Reset-Creators-354701.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-720-Reveal-Will-Feature-Illumiroom-Tech-Won-t-Have-Subsidized-Version-Report-354694.shtml
Also, it appears that the rumored subsidized version of the home console has been scrapped.

Microsoft's next-generation Xbox (aka Xbox Now!) will be revealed to the world on May 21, at a special event in Redmond, Washington.

Now, tech blogger Paul Thurrott, who previously... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 13:54:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-720-Reveal-Will-Feature-Illumiroom-Tech-Won-t-Have-Subsidized-Version-Report-354694.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-720-Reveal-Will-Feature-Illumiroom-Tech-Won-t-Have-Subsidized-Version-Report-354694.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Stars-Roger-Craig-Smith-as-Batman-Troy-Baker-as-Joker-354684.shtml
In the new Batman: Arkham Origins game, Roger Craig Smith will lend his voice to Batman, while Troy Baker will handle Joker.

Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City were not only great games, but they also featured lots of great voice actors, culminating with Kevin Conroy as the Dark Knight and Mark Hamill as the Jok... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 13:39:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Stars-Roger-Craig-Smith-as-Batman-Troy-Baker-as-Joker-354684.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Stars-Roger-Craig-Smith-as-Batman-Troy-Baker-as-Joker-354684.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Little-Big-Planet-Gets-Mass-Effect-Costumes-on-Tuesday-354673.shtml
The costumes will be offered to all those who have the game on Tuesday, when Sony delivers the update for the PlayStation Store.

In the same blog post, the Media Molecule team also offers gamers a look at some of the most... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 13:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Little-Big-Planet-Gets-Mass-Effect-Costumes-on-Tuesday-354673.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Little-Big-Planet-Gets-Mass-Effect-Costumes-on-Tuesday-354673.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Gets-Full-Length-Video-354671.shtml
After releasing two hugely successful games in the form of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City, developer Rocksteady has passed the next game into the hands of Warner Bros. Montreal.

Fans got to hear the first details earlier this year, and now the f... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 13:09:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Gets-Full-Length-Video-354671.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-Arkham-Origins-Gets-Full-Length-Video-354671.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Disney-Is-Ready-to-Reveal-Cartoon-Racing-Game-354660.shtml
According to Superannuation, the list of registered domain names includes:

DisneySpeedster
DisneySpeedsters
DisneyRacers
DisneyRacing
DisneyKart
DisneyKartRacing
DisneyKarting

Apparently, some of the names even h... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 12:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Disney-Is-Ready-to-Reveal-Cartoon-Racing-Game-354660.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Disney-Is-Ready-to-Reveal-Cartoon-Racing-Game-354660.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forza-Vista-Trademark-Filed-by-Microsoft-Could-Be-Feature-in-Xbox-720-Forza-Game-354656.shtml
The Forza Motorsport series saw the release of multiple games, with the most recent being Forza Horizon last year.

Now, Microsoft has just filed a trademark for something called Forza Vista, accordin... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 12:44:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forza-Vista-Trademark-Filed-by-Microsoft-Could-Be-Feature-in-Xbox-720-Forza-Game-354656.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Forza-Vista-Trademark-Filed-by-Microsoft-Could-Be-Feature-in-Xbox-720-Forza-Game-354656.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Guild-Wars-Development-Stopped-ArenaNet-Focuses-on-MMO-Sequel-354633.shtml
The title will remain playable and gamers will see no change in their experience, other than the fact that the entire support for Guild Wars will now be handled via an automated system.

The official site states, “While we will not be producing new content, the Live Team will still be around to ... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 11:55:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Guild-Wars-Development-Stopped-ArenaNet-Focuses-on-MMO-Sequel-354633.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Guild-Wars-Development-Stopped-ArenaNet-Focuses-on-MMO-Sequel-354633.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Resident-Evil-7-Receives-Leaked-Poster-E3-2013-Reveal-Likely-354630.shtml
Resident Evil 6 came out last year but didn't actually draw in that many people, as quite a few gamers weren't delighted with the game's quality.

Now, after the release of Resident Evil: Revelations for the PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U, it seems that Capcom is preparing to debut ano... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 11:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Resident-Evil-7-Receives-Leaked-Poster-E3-2013-Reveal-Likely-354630.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Resident-Evil-7-Receives-Leaked-Poster-E3-2013-Reveal-Likely-354630.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/City-Interactive-s-Alien-Rage-Is-an-Arcade-FPS-with-Tons-of-Content-354624.shtml
The team says that the project has been in development for some time using the Alien Fear name, which apparently did not quite reflect the nature of the experience that will be offered.

The game will include 14 full levels with 8 impressive bosses to face and destroy.

Players will... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 11:26:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/City-Interactive-s-Alien-Rage-Is-an-Arcade-FPS-with-Tons-of-Content-354624.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/City-Interactive-s-Alien-Rage-Is-an-Arcade-FPS-with-Tons-of-Content-354624.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Smash-Bros-3D-Mario-and-Mario-Kart-for-Wii-U-Coming-to-E3-2013-354618.shtml
Nintendo surprised quite a few people earlier this month when it confirmed that it won't hold a big conference at E3 2013 this June. Instead, the company will organize smaller gatherings and will share details about different games through its special Direct videos... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Smash-Bros-3D-Mario-and-Mario-Kart-for-Wii-U-Coming-to-E3-2013-354618.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Smash-Bros-3D-Mario-and-Mario-Kart-for-Wii-U-Coming-to-E3-2013-354618.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Skyforge-Is-a-New-MMO-Collaboration-from-Allods-Team-and-Obsidian-354605.shtml
No actual details have been offered by any of the two studios on the mechanics of the new title or the world it will use.

During an official announcement made during the KRI 2013 event in Russia, Feargus Urquhart, the chief executive officer at Obsidian, stated, “... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 09:47:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Skyforge-Is-a-New-MMO-Collaboration-from-Allods-Team-and-Obsidian-354605.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Skyforge-Is-a-New-MMO-Collaboration-from-Allods-Team-and-Obsidian-354605.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-720-Gets-New-Leaked-Technical-Specifications-Has-IBM-CPU-Custom-GPU-354595.shtml
The next Xbox will be showcased by Microsoft at a special event at its Redmond, Washington campus tomorrow, May 21.

Until then, fresh reports have surfaced online, this time with a new one from Xbox-Scene, which claims to be in property of upda... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 09:36:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-720-Gets-New-Leaked-Technical-Specifications-Has-IBM-CPU-Custom-GPU-354595.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xbox-720-Gets-New-Leaked-Technical-Specifications-Has-IBM-CPU-Custom-GPU-354595.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Metro-Last-Light-Battles-to-United-Kingdom-Number-One-354578.shtml
For the week ending on May 18, data from UKIE shows that Dead Island: Riptide slid down to second position.

The last place on the podium is occupied by FIFA 13, the EA Sports title that continues to be popular despite the immin... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 09:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Metro-Last-Light-Battles-to-United-Kingdom-Number-One-354578.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Metro-Last-Light-Battles-to-United-Kingdom-Number-One-354578.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/No-FIFA-14-on-Wii-U-Due-to-Weak-FIFA-13-Sales-354573.shtml
EA has distanced itself from Nintendo's Wii U platform, confirming that it has no games in development for the home console, and then a software engineer criticized the company for its strategy with the Wii U.

Now, EA's Sports division has shed some light on why the new FIFA 14 simulator w... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 08:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/No-FIFA-14-on-Wii-U-Due-to-Weak-FIFA-13-Sales-354573.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/No-FIFA-14-on-Wii-U-Due-to-Weak-FIFA-13-Sales-354573.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Neverwinter-Servers-Back-Online-Auction-House-Still-Under-Investigation-354568.shtml
At the same time, the team is still investigating the problems with both the Auction House and the Astral Diamond Exchange and will bring them back up once the problems have been solved.

The official Twitter account states, “Hey Everyone - Servers are back up! AD Exchange and Auction house will... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 08:37:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Neverwinter-Servers-Back-Online-Auction-House-Still-Under-Investigation-354568.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Neverwinter-Servers-Back-Online-Auction-House-Still-Under-Investigation-354568.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-in-Arkham-Origins-Will-Have-the-Same-Voice-Actor-as-Before-354558.shtml
He has previously voiced the character both in animated movies, as well as in games like Batman: Arkham Asylum or Batman: Arkham City.

Arkham Origins was revealed to the world earlier this year and acts as a prequel to Arkham Asylum and City, starring a younger and less experienced ver... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 08:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-in-Arkham-Origins-Will-Have-the-Same-Voice-Actor-as-Before-354558.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Batman-in-Arkham-Origins-Will-Have-the-Same-Voice-Actor-as-Before-354558.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Analyst-Always-On-Rumor-Will-Be-Confirmed-at-Xbox-720-Reveal-354550.shtml
On his Pach Attack show, the analyst states, “As much as it pains, this always-on, always connected rumor is starting to sound like it might be real.”

A number of other sources have said that Microsoft will ask all player... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 07:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Analyst-Always-On-Rumor-Will-Be-Confirmed-at-Xbox-720-Reveal-354550.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/Analyst-Always-On-Rumor-Will-Be-Confirmed-at-Xbox-720-Reveal-354550.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dumitrescu) http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-The-Last-of-Us-Video-Shows-Off-Scavenging-and-Crafting-354543.shtml
The Last of Us is the next big survival experience from Naughty Dog, and development on it was completed last week.

Now, the studio has begun promoting the game more aggressively and has just posted a special gameplay video that presents two of the core mechanics from The Last of Us – scavenging... (read more)]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 07:36:00 GMT Softpedia News - Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-The-Last-of-Us-Video-Shows-Off-Scavenging-and-Crafting-354543.shtml Games http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-The-Last-of-Us-Video-Shows-Off-Scavenging-and-Crafting-354543.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Andrei Dobra)