Serious Sam 3: BFE will be delivered by series creator Croteam and feature all the led-filling, bloody action Serious Sam fans love while encouraging you to take full advantage of the rich online experience of Xbox LIVE Arcade’s online community.

“Serious Sam fans have been asking for Serious Sam 3: BFE to come to Xbox LIVE Arcade and we’re very excited to launch on the platform this fall,” said Roman Ribaric, CEO of developer Croteam. “All the high-octane action and over-the-top violence will be intact so Xbox LIVE Arcade gamers will get the full Serious Sam experience!”

“Our fans loved Serious Sam Double D when it launched on PC but some rightly felt that the shooting grew repetitive and the Gunstacker could use more depth,” said Nathan Fouts, founder and lead designer at developer Mommy’s Best Games. “We’ve taken all this to heart and are incorporating more gameplay variety and, of course, adding the biggest fan request—two-player co-op!”

On top of the original 18 campaign levels and 12 challenge maps, the new Serious Sam Double D XXL explodes forth with all-new features for Xbox LIVE Arcade like new campaign missions, new challenges, new enemies, Gunstacker upgrades, and a brutal new two-player local cooperative mode.

“Xbox LIVE Arcade gamers are going to get so much insane Serious Sam action this summer it’s going to make their televisions bleed,” claimed Fork Parker, CFO of Devolver Digital, co-publisher of Serious Sam 3: BFE and Serious Sam Double D XXL. “Call the paramedics, homey. Your flat screen TV just took another headshot from Serious Sam.”

Fans of the epic series can follow development updates and news for Serious Sam 3: BFE and Serious Sam Double D XXL at the official Facbook fan page at facebook.com/SeriousSamFan and on Twitter via @DevolverDigital.

Halo 4 is set to dominate when it hits retail shelves 6th November, and 343 Industries are sparing no expense when it comes to expanding the fiction and universe of Halo. There’s already a new book and an original web series in the works for later this year, and we haven’t even hit E3 yet!

As is common with recent Halo titles, Microsoft are getting in early with their viral advertising campaign, and first up is the reveal of the official box art for Halo 4. If you received a mysterious email earlier this morning containing a piece of a puzzle, and logged on to the Internet try and piece it all together, well….you’re too late!

Eager fans have already arranged all the 32 pieces to form the box art, and what a piece of artwork it is. Showing Master Chief back in action, Halo 4 is certainly looking to destroy any other shooter that releases towards the end of this year….though I’m sure Black Ops 2 will do just fine.

Halo 4 is due for a worldwide release on 6th November 2012 exclusively for the Xbox 360. It will surely make an appearance at Microsoft’s E3 2012 Press Conference on 4th June.

Back in late January we posted about the rumour that Lego Lord of the Rings may be in the works.

Well…

MCV, a UK Trade Publication, announced that Warner Bros. will be releasing Lego Lord of the Rings at some time this year. This all sparked when they released an image of packaging for the Lego Lord of the Rings sets online.

It is expected that this game will be announced at E3, which is now not so far off. It’s something that we could have seen coming from a mile away, with the Harry Potter series having its own Lego make over. These two have fans have battled it out over who is the best and what the best book series is for a while!

This should give a nice spin on the Lord of the Rings Universe and who knows, maybe the Hobbit will get its chance to be LEGO!

Source: MyNintendoNews

For all you Tony Hawk fans, the long awaited Pro Skater HD version will be arriving on Xbox Live and the Playstation Network sometime in June, Gamespot reports. No price has been announced yet but is more than likely to be in the region of £10-14. The HD version will contain some of the original songs and only one at the moment has been confirmed by the Official XBOX Magazine website, which is Bad Religion’s “You”.

Several familiar faces will be returning in the HD version, from the likes of Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, Eric Koston and Andrew Reynolds, confirmed from Giantbomb, with more bound to be announced in the coming weeks of its release.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater was a classic when it was first released so fans should be in a treat for a great HD makeover.

Sources: Gamespot, Giantbomb, Official XBOX Magazine 

As the Electronic Entertainment Expo is now a month away, rumours and speculation are at an all time high. Unfortunately, Half-Life developer Valve will not be surprising us this year, as Gabe Newell has stated that Valve will not be announcing anything at this year’s expo.

In an e-mail response to a fan pleading for new Half-Life details, Gabe writes -

“We are not announcing anything at E3. Really. We are not announcing Half-Life 3 or Portal 3 or Left 4 Dead 3.”

The letter was published at Valve fansite ValveTime and its content was confirmed by the developer.

This doesn’t mean Valve won’t be present at the event, instead they will just be showing off games such as Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Dota 2, as well as Steam’s Big Picture Mode.

ValveTime: Gabe Newell: “We are not announcing anything at E3″

Every Nintendo fan wants to know exactly when the Wii U will be released and how much it will cost. Sadly Nintendo have stated that they will not be revealing the price and dates for the Wii U at this year’s E3.

“We will showcase the final format, and discuss the details and the software line-up for this year at E3 2012, which will be held in Los Angeles in the United States in June this year,” President Satoru Iwata told investors.

“Also, in the week after the E3 show, we would like to organise an opportunity where we can showcase the same to the Japanese wholesalers and financial analysts who cannot attend the E3 show. The people in our appropriate sections will let you know as soon as we have settled on further details.

“Please also be advised that, as we did for previous platforms that were launched in the year-end sales season, we will announce the launch date and price in each market sometime after E3.”

It looks like we won’t be able to gather any of this information until after early June, which is still some time away.

They did give us the heads up about the time of the release stating that the Wii U will be launched by the end of the year in Japan, Europe and North America.

Another piece of information was given out, stating that Wii U games will be available to download at the time of their release.

Source: – Official Nintendo Magazine

Unfortunately for myself, opportunities like this never happen from where I’m from. Although if you happen to be from California, you are in luck. Combine that geographical requirement with experience of game development and you should apply, regardless of what the rest of this article says. How does working with Sony on a new title sound?

When flicking through the job vacancies online, I highly doubt you came across a job vacancy regarding Sony Santa Monica, who are looking for a ‘Senior Combat Designer’ on a game that is specified as ‘unannounced’.

Is there any suggestion as to what it may be? Well you could look here for yourself, but there’s not too much to get yourself excited about just yet. Under the heading ‘Responsibilities’ is more detail that includes;  character and boss designs, magic distribution, special effect and sound effects.

Boss designs always get me excited before I tear them apart, but alas I am gutted I do not reside in California or even the US. The biggest hint for this well kept secret (makes a change?) is that you are required to have ‘Experience working with, developing or designing for a 1st and/or 3rd person shooter genre.” Pretty generic, but the job also requires you to have “Experience working with, developing or designing vehicle combat in a game.” The vehicle addition cuts it down slightly and it sounds huge and interesting, so apply if you are lucky enough to have acquired all the relevant skills.

Unfortunately for me, I am a mere gaming peasant, a buyer of the product not a producer. Although, at least i meet the criteria where I would need to have  ”a personal understanding of video game fun.” Score.

Today cjszero01 brings you his quick 5 list of his favorite Legend of Zelda games. As a reminder this list is only a personal list so if you have a difference of opinion leave a comment about your favorite Zelda games. There’s not much that really needs to be said about making a favorite Zelda list, everyone of them is special in their own talented way (the ones made by Nintendo and Capcom anyway). Enjoy.

Capcom had a ton of announcements at their annual Captivate media event. First up was Lost Planet 3, which was announced by the development and publishing giant that it will be released for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC in early 2013:

“The extreme and unpredictable conditions that characterised the Lost Planet™ series return, harsher than ever before in Lost Planet 3. Players take on the role of Jim, a utility rig pilot who has left Earth to take on a hazardous but lucrative contract on E.D.N. III. Delivering a diverse range of gameplay, including third-person on-foot battles and intense first-person utility rig action, players will need to brave the uncharted terrain, hostile climate and threat of indigenous Akrid creatures. With a number of multiplayer modes and a compelling single player experience, Lost Planet 3 will delve deeper into the Lost Planet universe, uncovering hidden truths when it releases in early 2013.”

Attendees were also lucky to see Resident Evil 6 in action:

“the game’s development team showcasing one of Leon S. Kennedy’s missions. Full of tension, the action has Leon and partner Helena Harper searching for an escape route from the Ivy University campus, the site of the most recent bioterrorist outbreak and the zombies that now stalk its hallways and grounds.”

Resident Evil 6 will be released on consoles on October 2, 2012 with a Windows PC version to follow.

Street Fighter X Tekken for the Ps Vita will have Cross Play functionality with the PlayStation 3, allowing PS Vita and PlayStation 3 owners to go against each other. The game will also contain touch controls, local and Wi-Fi multiplayer plus Near functionality alongside all the content from the home console version.

Another first was that Captivate attendees could play DmC Devil May Cry, the latest installment in the Devil May Cry series. Members of Capcom Japan and Ninja Theory were on hand to present a brand new level of the game: “In this area, set at a carnival near the pier where he lives, Dante faces off with a Hunter Demon that has tracked down the Son of Sparda.”

Capcom announced that Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor would have a “a brand new online four player Cooperative Multiplayer Mode available“. The game is expected to be released June 19 in North America and from June 22 across Europe.

Finally Attendees could get a hands-on playthrough of Dragon’s Dogma and the recently announced PlayStation Move enabled Resident Evil™: Chronicles HD Collection.

Their Source also quoted;

“Cutting production costs to maximize profits is Nintendo’s main concern with the Wii U. They are cutting costs in the Wii U’s hardware to build back confidence in investors. Nintendo wants investors to view Wii U as a less risky proposition.”

“Nintendo chose an economical GPU and CPU that could keep up with the performance of today’s current consoles, but keep hardware costs down to maximize profits. Nintendo got a bargain price on the custom GPU and CPU that the Wii U uses. There is a bigger focus on downloadable content, applications, video content, digital distribution, and services to create a stream of revenue. Investors will be ecstatic with the news.”

With this announcement, it raises questions as to what the price may be in the UK and Europe. Considering that the Wii launched at $250 in America as well as the 3DS, it seems that the Wii U launch price seems reasonable enough. However is this the right move for Nintendo with the latest hiccup that the 3DS launch gave them?

Nintendo have stated that they plan to reveal more at this year’s E3.

Source: IGN UK