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Lego Marvel Super Heroes

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Lego Marvel Super Heroes

The Lego video games just keep on rolling in and I say bring it on. The team at TT games has had some amazing partnerships that have allowed us to experience our favorite films in a whole new way. Now, TT games has teamed up with Marvel to bring us LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. The game will be released this fall for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC, Nintendo DS/3DS, and PS Vita.

Fans of both LEGO and Marvel have wanted this game for years, and we’re addressing that demand with more Marvel Universe characters than ever in a console game. If you’re a fan of Spider-Man, the Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy or scores of other Marvel characters, this is the game for you.” -TQ Jefferson, Vice President, Games Production, Marvel Entertainment.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes complements the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes construction toy collection, which brings the characters, vehicles and action of Marvel’s renowned universe to the world of LEGO build-and-play adventure. There are currently eight iconic scenes from the X-Men, Iron Man and Spider-Man franchises available and more construction sets tied to the new Iron Man 3 feature film will launch later this spring.

Players will unlock more than 100 characters from across the Marvel Universe, including fan favorites like Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, Captain America, the Hulk, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Deadpool, Loki and Galactus! The game will pack in a plethora of super-cool character abilities, combat-like action sequences, epic battle scenes, puzzle-solving and a unique story told with playful LEGO humor.

Here’s an awesome look at what’s been going on at TT games surrounding the production of the game, video courtesy of GameInformer.

Sony Playstation 4 to be Announced Soon?

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Well we are just getting into the second month of the new year and the rumors are pouring in from everywhere in the tech world. There is a lot of buzz going on about the next generation of gaming consoles and to add even more into the mix, sources at the Wall Street Journal have mentioned that they believe Sony is planing on releasing the Playstation 4 before the end of 2013, they have also suggested that Microsoft will be doing the same with the next Xbox. All of this comes after Sony held a press event mentioning something big coming up.

To catch you up, the PS4 project is codenamed Orbis and is slated to utilize a 4x Dual-Core AMD64 “Bulldozer” processor and will also contain a next-gen AMD graphics processor with over 2GB of memory. Rumors have also suggested that both the PS4 and Xbox 720 will still have optical drives despite earlier rumors that mentioned them going to an all digital download system. Blu-Ray will remain the primary media for games on the PS4. The new console is likely to have new controllers and they will likely have a touchpad. Finally, Sony will likely incorporate a rich social experience into it’s next console in order to better compete with it’s competitors.

According to sources, the next Playstation will be unveiled sooner than originally thought in New York City on Feb. 20, 2013.

-Thanks to VG247–

God of War: Ascension

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God of War: Ascension

I have recently started getting back into God of War and I basically fell in love with the game all over again. I really enjoyed the earlier versions and even had fun playing GOW on the PSP. Now, we have a whole new story to follow as God of War: Ascension gets closer to it’s release date.

God of War: Ascension is a prequel to the the original God of War and it dives deeper into the earlier life of Kratos. Ascension is packed with new features including the ability to take weapons from enemies, enhanced graphics, time shifting mechanics and a new online multiplayer mode which will offer up four (4) different game modes. God of War: Ascension will launch March 12, 2013 and it is available for pre-order now for $59.99 for the standard edition or $79.99 for the collector’s edition.

Here’s what the collector’s edition is offering up:

  • Exclusive 8″ Kratos statue
  • Premium steelbook case
  • Official game soundtrack (digital version)
  • PS3 dynamic theme
  • PSN avatar pack
  • Multiplayer double XP unlock
  • Pass for future DLC content

PSN Maintenance Update

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[UPDATE]

Many of us were expecting the PSN to be up sometime yesterday but it looks like things are taking a bit longer. As of this post, Sony has changed their maintenance window several times and it now looks like the Playstation Network will be down until tomorrow (January, 19th) until about 2:00am PDT (5:00am Eastern). PSNLogo

Here is what Sony posted earlier today:

“We are currently performing maintenance to upgrade the software for the PlayStation Network from January 17-19th. This maintenance is scheduled to end around 2:00am PDT (5:00am Eastern) Saturday January 19th.”

“During this maintenance period, you may receive a message that states “Sony  Entertainment Network is undergoing maintenance” when attempting to access the PlayStation Network, PlayStation Store, or PlayStation Home.”

“If you have signed in to PSN within 5 days prior to the start of maintenance (meaning: any time since January 12), you maybe able to play games online and enjoy apps such as Netflix, HULU Plus and Music Unlimited during this maintenance period.”

“Note: During our current maintenance some authenticated users may have lost access. We apologize for this inconvenience and are working hard to restore access as soon as possible.”

Here’s the link to the original post.

 

 

PSN Will Be Down For Maintenance

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Recently, Playstation.Blog put up a post mentioning that PSN will be down for about a day. There are a lot of mixed opinions about this maintenance window since it’s a pretty significant amount of time but the service is free and in order to keep things working they have to do some maintenance. Here’s the official explanation of what’s going down.

 “In order to continue bringing you the best online games experience on PSN, we will perform routine maintenance beginning the morning of Thursday, January 17th. This maintenance will start at approximately 8:00AM PT (9:00AM MT / 10:00AM CT / 11:00 AM ET) and last until around 8:00PM PT (9:00PM MT / 10:00PM CT / 11:00PM ET). During the maintenance period, you may receive a maintenance notification when attempting to access PSN.”

Read the full post here.