Need for Speed: The Run Announced

Ready to feel the Need again?

EA's long running and recently re-booted (into two different games) series is being readied for yet another release this Fall- it's been dubbed The Run:

The hottest blockbuster this holiday is a game that takes players on a heart-pounding cross-country race from San Francisco to New York. Launching on November 15, Need for Speed The Run lures players into an underground world of illicit, high-stakes racing. The heat is on – and it isn’t just the fuzz who are after you.

 Full release after the jump-

Zenonia 3 Available Now on the App Store

Gamevil has just released the third entry in their popular iOS series of RPG's, Zenonia 3: The Midguard Story. The game promises over a hundred quests and a new helper system:

In ZENONIA 3, players will guide Chael through a fateful journey in search for his destiny and the truth about his mysterious father, Regret. The vast realm of Midgard spans well over 200 maps and a hundred quests, from fiery depths to the open skies populated by creatures and legendary monsters. Four distinct melee and ranged character classes each have 13 active skills and 9 passive skills in addition to combos, and the introduction of a new Fairy helper-system adds another layer of leveling strategy. Streamlined inventory and item management lets players focus on the action. Also, 48 new Game Center achievements and in-game titles give special stat boosts and a new Execution Room Mode allows for single or asynchronous co-op play for loot, in addition to the returning online PvP arena.

More screens after the break-

Madden 12 Has a Cover Boy

And it is Peyton Hillis:

“Our fans have responded in record-setting fashion to honor Peyton Hillis, and we’re extremely pleased to welcome him into an exclusive fraternity of NFL players to appear on the cover of the Madden NFL franchise,” said Anthony Stevenson, Senior Product Manager of EA SPORTS. “This year’s cover voting campaign with ESPN has sparked incredible debate and conversation amongst fans and NFL players, which is a testament to the interest in and anticipation for Madden NFL each year.  The amount of support that Hillis generated nationally and within his home market of Cleveland was truly impressive. ”

Dog lovers rejoyce, full release (with actual details about the game) after the jump-

Xbox LIVE Service Alert

Not quite on the level of what's happened to Sony, but hot on the heels of that mess comes news that's disturbing nonetheless.

From Xbox.com:

Users may experience difficulties with the following services:

• Users may receive potential phishing attempts via title specific messaging while playing Modern Warfare 2.

We are aware of the problem and are working to resolve the issue. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience

 Here's to hoping that it's just a coincidence...

Jurassic Park Delayed Until Fall for PC/Mac

Telltale Games' new take on the classic Jurassic Park franchise has been hotly anticipated by fans, and now it looks as though they'll have to wait a bit longer to go back to the Lost World. Till the Fall to be exact.

The release of the adventure title has been pushed back to coincide with the launch of the console (Xbox/PS3) versions. Why?

We see a ton of potential in the game's exciting mechanics and style and feel we can take what we already have in place to an even more thrilling level, so we've decided to continue work on the game and launch the PC/Mac version of Jurassic Park: The Game to coincide with the our multiplatform release in fall 2011.

It's disappointing, sure, but if the game can get even better (it already looks like a winner) then it does make sense. Besides, if you were really hot for it and pre-ordered- you're gonna be compensated- full refund and a free game sound good?

Read the full post here.

CoD Zombies Gets Some Big Name Talent

The whole zombie add-on thing for Call of Duty started out innocent enough but just look at it now-

“Our latest zombie creation, Call of the Dead, is unreal!” says Mark Lamia, Studio Head of Treyarch. “We set out to create an exciting new zombie experience for fans of the genre that takes Zombies to an insane new level .”

Just what kind of "new level"?

famed horror and action stars Robert Englund, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Michael Rooker and Danny Trejo have joined the cast of Call of Duty®: Black Ops Escalation’s zombie level, Call of the Dead. 

So... how soon until we see a horror CoD spin off? Any bets?

Full release post jump-

Sony Responds to PSN Outage and Just What Was Stolen

Not a whole lot of good news from Sony today about the continuing outage of the Playstation Network.

At this point, it looks like whoever was behind the assault did a lot more than steal a few downloadable games as was previously reported. Sony is now reporting that personal data of all types (basically anything that you 'told' the PSN) has been stolen. There's no apparent evidence that credit card info was compromised but as Sony themselves state, "we cannot rule out the possibility".

Bottom line? Be careful:

For your security, we encourage you to be especially aware of email, telephone, and postal mail scams that ask for personal or sensitive information. Sony will not contact you in any way, including by email, asking for your credit card number, social security number or other personally identifiable information. If you are asked for this information, you can be confident Sony is not the entity asking.

The Playstation company is finally taking some steps to keep it's users informed, and that's nice to see, but this should have come right at the beginning of the hack and not over a week after. Calming fears and controlling the level of backlash is one thing, keeping important info from your subscribers is quite another.

Sloppy business Sony.