Previews

It was inevitable, undeniable, and let’s face it awesome! Lex Luthor has been officially added to the Injustice: Gods Among Us Roster. NetherRealm Studios has created a fantastic marketing campaign for their upcoming fighting title. Keeping Injustice: Gods Among Us fresh in the public view by releasing roster announcements with accompanying trailers in the months leading up to release.

The anticipation is steadily growing for NehterRealm’s first post Mortal Kombat fighting game. Check out Lex in action in his reveal trailer:

Injustice: Gods Among Us releases on April 16th for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Wii U. Check out our Preview and the recently revealed Collector’s Editions of the game. We’ll keep you posted as more characters are revealed.

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The first of a three part Assassin’s Creed 3 DLC treat is on it’s way February 19th to PSN, Xbox Live, and PC. In the first episode we’ll see George Washington take to the throne in an alternate “what if” reality based on the outcome of the American Revolution. As Connor you’ll try to dethrone the would be Tyrant before Liberty is lost.

Assassin’s Creed 3 Season Pass holders will see this and the other two related DLC’s as part of their purchase price. If you’re not a season pass holder and would like to partake in the alternate history, each episode can be purchased for $9.99 a piece meal style (sorry THQ for the reference).

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Dead Space 3 will release in just two weeks time. EA and Visceral have been kind enough to supply us with plenty information on plot, characters, and even a game play demo. Many times I’m swayed more heavily by pre-release demo’s than the marketing campaign that goes into a titles release. Now I didn’t personally play the Dead Space 3 Demo but, I know someone that did. Our friend Mingle at Gaming Responsibly was kind enough to give us his Impressions.

The Dead Space Franchise is built on the Survival Horror Genre with contributions from the Action/Adventure and RPG avenues. The main protagonist of the Dead Space Series Isaac Clarke has been through the ringer from the get go. Now he’s being thrust onto the arctic planet of Tau Volantis to dismember additional Necromorphs. Isaac is joined by new series protagonist and co-op addition John Carver. From what our previous demo impression states the experience is altered heavily when you take on Tau Volantis as a pair which is a first for the series.

Most likely we’ll see the “passing of the torch” so to speak in Dead Space 3. The addition of a new protagonist at the twilight of a trilogy is a fantastic way to get you acquainted with Carver and the many horrors he’s undoubtedly faced previous to his admission into the fray, as well as what’s to come in future editions of Dead Space.

I wasn’t by any means an early adopter of the Dead Space franchise. Dead Space 2 is still fresh in my mind as a recent achievement racking triumph. It was a memorable session that reinvigorated my love of the Survival Horror Genre. Something I hadn’t felt since the early releases of the Resident Evil Franchise. So I’m personally chomping at the bit to throw the engineer suit back on and tear through some Necromorph’s in various creative ways. What awaits our pair of engineers on Tau Volantis? I’m willing to bet it’s a tragic, blood stained story with a hint of madness.

Pre-order Dead Space 3 for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC before February 5th to receive pre-order bonuses!

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Sony has announced there will be a Single Player God of War: Ascension demo coming late February in anticipation of the March 12th release of the PS3 exclusive title. This information came along with the new God of War: Ascension single player teaser trailer released yesterday. Check out our God of War: Ascension Multiplayer impressions and watch the new trailer that has us very excited for the single player campaign.

You Can pre-order God of War: Ascension for Playstation 3.

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NetherRealm Studios is obviously best known for the Mortal Kombat series. Back in 2011 NetherRealm was able to breathe life into the at times flaccid and phoned in fighting game. The 2011 spiritual reboot of the Mortal Kombat series introduced a new component to the series in the way of special X-Ray attacks. These attacks weren’t exactly the same as the series’ renowned fatalities before them. The X-Ray attacks acted as an insanely brutal table turning special attack. I enjoyed the X-Ray attacks even more than the series identifying fatalities I previously strived for.

Injustice: Gods Among Us will use the same X-Ray attack component (watered down a bit) to inflict enormous amounts of character specific hurt. That component alone has me more than a little excited to get some hands on time with Injustice. I literally can’t wait to see Flash take a lap around the world and slug Superman dead in the schnoz!

Things get even more interesting when you start thinking about the interactive fighting environments that will be adding to the on-screen chaos. Blast Solomon Grundy through the wall of the BatCave to reveal a brand new combat space. The intent here is to inject the super sized epic clashes we’re using to seeing in the Televison, Movies, and Comic Books these heroes and villains populate. The destructible and interactive environments will be a much welcomed addition to the fighting game space.

NetherRealm has been carefully selective when it comes to the roster available in Injustice: Gods Among Us to make sure the game play remains balanced. Here’s our confirmed character list thus far:

1. - Deathstroke (the newest character announcement)
2. - Green Lantern
3. - Joker
4. - Green Arrow
5. - Batman
6. - Harley Quinn
7. - Superman
8. - Wonder Woman
9. - Catwoman
10. - Flash
11. - Solomon Grundy (Born on a Monday)
12. - Nightwing
13. - Cyborg

What will ultimately determine if this title achieves greatness or not will be in the combat mechanics and balance. The console Fighting Game space is ruled by Street Fighters, BlazBlues, Tekkens etc and their fans are sold on balanced characters and depth rather than graphics and gore. Injustice: Gods Among Us looks to be coming together very well and we are all anticipating April 2013. Check out the Collectors Edition’s of Injustice: Gods Among Us here.

You can also pre-order Injustice: Gods Among Us for Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Wii U.

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