Remedy Entertainment is preparing to introduce a new, stand-alone game in the Alan Wake story via Xbox LIVE Arcade. Alan Wake’s American Nightmare will offer fans of the original suspense-horror game more fun as well as introduce the game to players who have been missing out on it.
Details from Remedy Entertainment:
“Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is a stand-alone spin-off experience that anyone can pick up and play, even if they’ve never played the original Alan Wake before. It’s a combination of adrenaline-fueled arcade action and an exaggerated pulp action-adventure story. It’s instant fun for all gamers but also takes the Alan Wake story forward for the fans. In Alan Wake’s world, fiction can become real. Alan Wake is fighting against his evil double, Mr. Scratch, an urban legend come true. He is a supernatural serial killer on his way to Wake’s wife, Alice. Wake must stop him before that happens.”
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is estimated for a Q1 2012 on the Xbox 360′s Xbox LIVE Arcade. Watch for updates on the official Alan Wake Facebook at www.facebook.com/alanwake and Twitter @Remedyalerts.
Playing as Michael Jordan was a huge feature of last year’s NBA2K11. For the 2012 version, 2K Sports has further expanded the lineup of NBA greats you can channel. Over fifteen “Classic” teams have been added for NBA 2K12, which will allow you to play out your debates in-game. Just think about the arguments that could be tested, Larry Bird vs. Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson vs. Lebron James, etc.
NBA 2K12 does not feature every single team from the NBA’s past, but does have some of our favorites. This news does show that the inclusion of Michael Jordan in last year’s game was a success. Further broadening that scope will help the new title become even better, we hope. Again, 2K Sports will be unmatched in the NBA “sim” genre by EA in fall 2011, but that has not stopped them for continuing to improve an already stellar offering. With the NBA lockout looming, this may be the only way to get your NBA fix this fall.
NBA 2K12 is available for pre-order on all major console and will be released on October 4th. Watch a trailer for NBA 2K12‘s “NBA’s Greatest” mode below.
Can you remember all the Sonic console games since the original Sonic the Hedgehog in 1991? My memory is somewhat hazy in the mid-90s, but SEGA helps everyone remember some of Sonic’s milestones in a new trailer for Sonic’s 20th Anniversary. Watch as SEGA speeds through Sonic’s origins on the SEGA Genesis, through the SEGA Dreamcast and up to 2011′s Sonic Generations in the video below.
SEGA also released some artwork for Sonic’s sidekick, Tails, which you see here to the right. Sonic characters will be presented in their original stubbier style and recent slimmed down style too in Sonic Generations.
Game developer WayForward teases a few more screens and gameplay of their upcoming game, BloodRayne: Betrayal. See the latest screenshots from BloodRayne: Betrayal here in fullscreen, or further below. Watch a little gameplay clip of the smoothly animated, and bloody, BloodRayne below.
BloodRayne: Betrayal is scheduled to be released on the PlayStation Network on August 30, 2011 and on Xbox LIVE Arcade on August 31, 2011. For more details and gameplay previews of BloodRayne: Betrayal, visit the official Facebook page of WayFoward.
Excited for Mass Effect 3? BioWare and EA kick the excitement up a notch in their latest trailer for Mass Effect 3, titled “The Fall of Earth.” See the explosive gameplay clips throughout! Watch the Mass Effect 3 “The Fall of Earth” trailer below, or here on YouTube.
Mass Effect 3 is set for a March 6, 2012 release for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Don’t miss the sweet N7 Collector’s Edition as well! The Mass Effect 3 N7 Collector’s Edition is now available for pre-order at $79.99 MSRP, here for the Xbox 360, here for the PS3 or here for the PC).
