EA and Insomniac Games announce Outernauts

Insomniac is switching gears and working on their first social game for Facebook with Electronic Arts. Outernauts is a new IP created specifically for a Facebook experience. Outernauts is an adventure role-playing game where players are members of the elite Outernaut force. Outernauts have to capture and train alien beasts and battle pirates and evil companies. There will be fighting, exploring and harvesting. This is the first venture for Insomniac Games into social gaming having previously created Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet & Clank, Resistance and Overstrike franchises. “We see a huge opportunity to reach an entirely different audience of gamers through Facebook,” said Ted Price, President and Founder of Insomniac Games. “As we have demonstrated for nearly twenty years in the console games space, we’re confident we can help evolve the definition of a game experience on Facebook. With Outernauts, we are delivering a deep story with real RPG strategy,

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The Novo Geek store opens for business

Being a geek as you get older has it’s benefits. One of those is having the disposable income to spend on things that make you happy. The other is being able to celebrate your geeky hobbies in public ways at work. A new company has launched to help provide you with a variety of geeky products. The Novo Geek just opened online this week. The store already has items for Star Trek and Battlestar Galatica fans. Even Dexter fans can purchase a “thumb” drive inspired by Cherry’s “donation” to the infamous ice block at the hands of the Ice Truck Killer. “We’re geeks, and we’re proud of it – and our mission is to make every day better for all geek-kind,” said Joe Salcedo, founder and CEO of Anovos Productions LLC, whose staggeringly detailed and precise Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica replica uniforms have become enormously popular with fans around

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Star Wars Old Republic loses 400,000 subscribers

Reuters has released a report that Star Wars: The Old Republic has recently lost 400,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter. Electronic Arts is hoping to boost subscriber base with the release of two expansion packs which expands the content for the players. This is on the heel of an investment call with shareholders that EA held the other day. On that call there was more positive news to share. Mass Effect 3 exceeds $200 million at retail. The success of strong titles like Mass Effect 3, FIFA Street 4, SSX and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning all helped to drive EA to $1.2 billion of digital revenue. “We are proud to report a strong quarter and a fiscal year highlighted with $1.2 billion of digital revenue,” said Chief Executive Officer John Riccitiello. “In the coming year, we break away from the pack, with a very different profile than the traditional game

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Demo for Fan-Made My Little Pony Investigations has been released

Randomly surfing the net (instead of getting work done), I came across My Little Pony Investigations. Ironically it became something I could write about for GamingAngels! My Little Pony Investigations is a fan created game featuring the characters from My Little Pony Friendship is Magic. The gameplay is much like a Phoenix Wright game where gamers play as Twilight Sparkle who is attempting to solve a crime that took place in Equestria. In the game, Twilight can press for more information or present evidence to help make an accusation. It’s pretty amazing that this is a fan made project. The quality is pretty high for it being a labor of love. Much higher than I expected. The full version of the game will be released for any OS that supports JAVA and will be released for free. That’s right, they just want you to enjoy and have fun. The graphics

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Avengers big weekend

After having a huge international opening, Marvel’s The Avengers had a big opening weekend domestically as well. Walt Disney Studios announced that The Avengers posted an estimated $200.3 million just for May 4-6. For the first 12 days of release, The Avengers have made an estimated $641.8 million. Which of course breaks many opening weekend records. I can’t recommend that you see the Avengers for yourself enough. The cast plays incredibly well together and with Joss Whedon’s writing and directing skills, the entire movie is a treat. Just make sure not to drink a coke during the movie. I think the Avengers clocks at 2 hours and 40 minutes. Which becomes an insanely long time when you have to pee. I saw the movie once with others from work. But on Sunday I saw the Avengers again in full Real 3D glory and in D-Box seats. What are D-Box seats?

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Rockstar Games releases Max Payne 3 comic series

Rockstar Games has announced that they are releasing a comic book series for Max Payne 3. Rockstar teamed up with Marvel to release the series. The first chapter can be downloaded as a pdf here. Note that the comic is for adults and should not be read by kids. Max Payne 3 is a mature rated game. After the Fall, will shed light on Max’s life highlighting key events from Max Payne and Max Payne 2. The comic will be available for free and There are details here on how you can try to get a limited printed edition of the comic. The limited editions will be given away to Rockstar Games Social Club members starting now through June 2012. I have to admit, I don’t think I have played the Max Payne series, maybe a little of it here and there, but the comic showed me a look at

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Best Buy offers Call of Duty dog tags with Black Ops II pre-order

We recently posted the Call of Duty Black Ops II trailer. The title is set to release later this year. For fans that are excited about Call of Duty Black Ops II, there are a couple of pre-order incentives out there for you to consider. With every pre-order at Best Buy or Bestbuy.com , gamers will get official Call of Duty dogtags for free. Call of Duty Black Ops II is set in the year 2025 in a new Cold War situation. This title will have new graphics technology behind it. There will be Zombies as well. Because hey….what’s future war without Zombies? “With Call of Duty: Black Ops II, the team is crafting an experience that Call of Duty fans have never seen before,” said Mark Lamia, Studio Head for Treyarch. “We are challenging assumptions on every front, with the single player campaign, Zombies and multiplayer. In the campaign,

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May the 4th be with you!

Tomorrow is May the 4th and that means there are plenty of Star Wars celebrations to be had. What you don’t understand? Try saying the title of the post quickly. There you go! Lucasfilms sent us a press release of the various events for the day. On the 4th, there will be e-cards available on StarWars.com to send to your friends. The cards are exclusively made for the 4th, so make sure to send and that others send back to you! Looking for a free app to play? Pit Droids will be free the entire weekend for iOS devices. Disneyland and DisneyWorld fans prepare to enjoy Star Wars weekends! Every weekend will have various stars from Star Wars franchise around to sign autographs. The events start May 18 and run through June 10. At Disney Hollywood Studios Star Wars fans can actually get carbonated! “Carbon Freeze Me” takes a 3-D

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Bethesda announces Elder Scrolls online MMO

Bethesda announced today that they are working on Elder Scrolls Online. Elder Scrolls Online will be an MMO, which is a first for ZeniMax Online Studios. The good news is that it is being built for both the Mac and PC. No discussion as the what the game will be like or the size of the team currently, but the team is led by industry vet, Matt Firor. “We have been working hard to create an online world in which players will be able to experience the epic Elder Scrolls universe with their friends, something fans have long said they wanted,” said Matt Firor, game director of The Elder Scrolls Online. “It will be extremely rewarding finally to unveil what we have been developing the last several years. The entire team is committed to creating the best MMO ever made – and one that is worthy of The Elder Scrolls

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Interview: Whitney Wade (God of War Senior Producer)

On Monday, we posted about God of War Ascension. We were invited to the reveal of God of War Ascension’s multiplayer mode. It must have been funny to watch the room full of press trying to figure out what the team was showing us throughout the demo. After the demo we sat with Sr. Producer Whitney Wade to talk about God of War Ascension and what this new adventure means to the team. GamingAngels: Hi Whitney. Describe to us what it’s been like to return to the God of War series. Whitney: It’s exciting times! We love making God of War and so we’re happy to do it. The franchise is so strong, I think that in focus testing we did, fans want more. So who are we to deny the fans? The major reveal is the multiplayer concept. How did that idea come about? Is it something you wanted

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