Cower In Fear: It’s The First Trailer For The Sequel To Slender

Kirk Hamilton View Profile Email Facebook Twitter Google Plus RSS Slender: The Eight Pages was one of the true surprises of 2012 – a crude, free PC game that also happened to be one of the scariest games of the year. We’ve known for a little while that creator Mark Hadley has been working with Blue Isle on a follow-up called Slender: The Arrival.

via: kotaku.com

Wii U Launch More Successful Than Launches Of Xbox 360 And PlayStation 3

Since its debut last month, Nintendo’s new Wii U console has surpassed the launch sales of the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. In a span of four weeks of being on the market, Nintendo has sold over 1.8 million Wii U consoles. In that same amount of time, Microsoft sold 940,000 Xbox 360 consoles, and Sony shipped 540,000 PlayStation 3 consoles.

via: mynintendonews.com

Here’s the ‘real’ Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII debut trailer

Remember that trailer for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII that leaked out a few days ago? Forget that happened, since Square Enix slightly altered and re-launched it. Disregard all the parts of it that are identical, or all the footage that you swear you’ve seen before.

via: www.joystiq.com

Canonical Sold Super Meat Boy Without Telling the Developer

Edmund McMillen, the developer of Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac, has shared some interesting information about Canonical’s practices, at least for his games. Humble Indie Bundle 7 was just launched and right off the bat people have noticed that something was wrong.

via: news.softpedia.com

Street Fighter X Mega Man is a free PC 8-bit crossover, available Dec. 17

In celebration of 25 years of Street Fighter and Mega Man, Capcom will release an all-new crossover 8-bit Mega Man game on the PC December 17, Street Fighter X Mega Man. Street Fighter X Mega Man was announced during the 25th Anniversary finals today and pits the blue bomber up against eight popular Street Fighter characters like Blanka, Ryu,…

via: www.joystiq.com

Valve’s ‘Steam Box’ Console Is Real, Says Gabe Newell

symbolset writes “The Verge is reporting that the Steam Console we discussed in November is a real thing. Gabe Newell said it will be a locked down platform for the living room. The source is a Kotaku interview with Newell at the Video Game Awards. Newell said, ‘Well certainly our hardware will be a very controlled environment.

via: games.slashdot.org

• Chat is now on chatroll, alternatively there is the IRC.
• Social sites pictured links has been refined to be smaller and better.
• Points Ranks has been increased with several ones:

1. #Newbie (0)
2. #Junior (20)
3. #Beginner (500)
4. #Intermediate (2000)
5. #Advanced (6000)
6. #King (15000)
7. #Beyond Standard! (28000)

• Google Chrome‘s Frame now works on frontend and backend (Only non-subscriber users can see the backend)
• Embed things that can be seen in posts that doesn’t require a advanced editor by posting the URL to generate the embed content is now usable in comments!
• Lite version of the website is now a emergency forums in case of site hosting problems.

That’s it. 🙂

Escapist News Wrap: Planetside 2 Hates Cheaters and Pizza Hut Hates Taste

Staff Twitter Susan Arendt @AshleyEsqueda @russpitts Ok, but we have to have the green convertible. Susan Arendt This job has let me meet so many people who’ve improved my life in so many ways, great and small. I really am so lucky. Andy Chalk I’m gonna have to take the rest of the day off.

via: www.escapistmagazine.com

Google to start charging new users for its Apps for Business service

Google has announced that its Apps for Business suite is not longer free for new subscribers. Google lovers who plan to use the platform for their business needs better listen up. The search engine giant announced on Friday that users will no longer be able to sign up for Google Apps free of charge.

via: www.digitaltrends.com