Village Gamer

On May 31st, 505 Games and Behaviour Interactive made a very quiet announcement, which I missed because we were busy moving the Village Gamer house and office. My favourite dastardly bruin will be making an appearance this Fall in a new title, Naughty Bear: Panic On Paradise Island. Read the rest of this entry »

Funcom Montreal‘s highly anticipated modern-day massively multiplayer online game of myths, legends and conspiracies The Secret World, draws ever closer to its July 3^rd release date. In preparation for launch, Funcom is excited to announce that the fourth and final Beta Weekend – titled ‘The Battle Begins’ – will be made open to all of the more than 1.3 million gamers who have signed up to beta test ‘The Secret World’. Guaranteed access to the final Beta Weekend will also be given to everyone registering via the game’s official website by June 22^nd (use the beta sign-up form on the right). Read the rest of this entry »

OfVancouver is a local luxury guide curated by experts and features lifestyle topics such as real estate, food, drink, and premium products. The iPad application will be offered in both English and Chinese, tailored for the most discerning residents and newcomers. The iPad application, created by  Vancouver start-up OfCity Guide Inc. and Flat World Applications, will be available internationally this September. Read the rest of this entry »

For webslingers and gunslingers, Nintendo has three downloadable products for the 3DS this week. First up is a playable demo and 3D trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man, developed by Beenox. Also available is Mad Dog McCree, a full game from Digital Leisure. Read the rest of this entry »

New and experienced fans of the Pokémon video game series are invited to embark on an entirely new role-playing adventure. Pokémon Conquest launches for the Nintendo DS family of hand-held systems on June 18. The game is also playable on Nintendo 3DS in 2D mode, and challenges players to enter into battles across a variety of environments in the mythical region of Ransei. Read the rest of this entry »

Following the showing at E3 2012, Assassin’s Creed III takes to the frontier in a video walkthrough of one of the  demos shown at the conference last week. Commentated by creative director, Alex Hutchinson, the walkthrough of the frontier demo exemplifies the key pillars of the Assassin’s Creed franchise against the wild frontier setting demonstrating a slice of the massive open world scale of the Assassin’s Creed franchise.  Read the rest of this entry »

Funcom is thrilled to invite thousands of gamers from all over the world into the bowels of hell itself, in the third Beta Weekend for the company’s highly anticipated modern-day massively multiplayer online game ‘The Secret World’. Starting on June 15^th at 9am PDT and ending on June 17^th at 11.59pm PDT, gamers will be able to explore a wealth of new content that was not available in the two previous Beta Weekends, including the Dragon and Illuminati starter experiences. Read the rest of this entry »

Momentum for the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system continues to build. Last night, during a special Nintendo All-Access 3DS Software Showcase @ E3 2012 event at the Los Angeles Convention Centre, Nintendo shared new information about upcoming Nintendo 3DS games that will launch in 2012, as well as downloadable content in the Nintendo eShop. Read the rest of this entry »

EA Sports gives players more insight and a close up look at the next iteration of the NHL videogame franches. In the first video, join Andrew Johnson, Sean Ramjagsingh and Dean Richards at E3 2012 as they discuss a major innovation for EA SPORTS NHL 13 – Hockey IQ, designed to capture the true flow of today’s NHL. Read the rest of this entry »

Check out the cover of Max Payne 3 Issue #2: “Hoboken Blues” – the middle chapter of this three part comic series produced by Marvel – which will be available as a free download via the Max Payne 3 Official Site on Tuesday, June 12th (look for it at additional digital comic outlets shortly thereafter). Read the rest of this entry »