Hey, do you like Dungeons & Dragons? Then you'll love this new "Blackdagger Keep" gameplay trailer for Neverwinter from PAX Prime 2012. Watch as you fight your way to the top of Blackdagger Keep, while fighting off the much-feared Blackdagger Bandits in this new gameplay trailer for the PC exclusive RPG Neverwinter.
Square Enix revealed the Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box set. Right now, it's only coming to Japan, but our fingers are crossed for a US release. The Final Fantasy 25th Anniversary Ultimate Box set comes with every main Final Fantasy title game from Final Fantasy to Final Fantasy XIII. Keep reading to see a complete list of games.
Remember at the end of Portal 2 when the companion cube get spat out at Chell’s feet in the middle of that generic cornfield? Well, until relatively late into development, that cube was going to be a turret…as in, married…to Chell. “What?!” you no doubt just said out loud to yourself, preferably around a bunch of strangers who are now looking at you with curious yet slightly terrified eyes. I know, crazy right?
During their PAX Prime 2012 panel, Valve writers Chet Faliszek and Erik Wolpaw revealed that the team had developed an entire subplot where Chell did in fact get married to a turret. Remnants of this subplot can still be seen in the game, specifically in the name of the disproportionally larger turret you might have spotted in the game, which is “the Turret Wife.”
At Pax 2012 today, legendary game designer Hideo Kojima showed off a big chunk of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes. The game is open world, with vehicles, but with a stealth twist. Kojima said MGS: Ground Zeroes is not Metal Gear Solid 5; it's a "prologue."
Prologue or not, the game looks amazing. Built on the Fox Engine, the demo level shown featured a long cut-scene (naturally) that transitioned seamlessly to in-engine gameplay footage. According to Kojima, the lushly detailed demo gameplay we saw is not for next-gen systems. This is how it will look on your PS3 or 360. Although Kojima pointed out that the game is scalable to next-gen systems.
Torchlight 2 is the kind of dungeon crawler that lets you plan out every single move you make, pick the right spells, or just lets you destroy everything in sight. For all of those gamers out there you like the taste of steel, the Berserker class lets you take on the world with little more than a couple of swords and one bad attitude.
News: Torchlight 2 Comes Out On PC September 20
We got our hands on the game at PAX Prime 2012 along with one class that doesn’t know the meaning of the word “caution.”
All of the Berserker's abilities made the class seem like a rabid dog that could absolutely crush anything that came near her. Our Berserker's main ability was Eviscerate, which caused her to tear in to enemies and make them bleed for a few lingering seconds. Hersecondary attack, Wolfstrike, allowed our Berserker to lunge at multiple enemies and deal damage to them. I preferred Wolfstrike to Eviscerate, but that's not all our Berserker had to offer.
To find out what else the Berserker can dish out, make sure you check out our hands-on preview of Torchlight 2.
We have a few rad PAX Prime 2012 cosplay photo galleries for you to check out. PAX Prime 2012 is the kickass gaming convention that takes place at the end of summer in Seattle. Gamers who love to dress up, or cosplay, head to the event to show off their costumes. Below you'll find pictures of the show-floor, booths, and of course cosplayers!
PAX Prime 12 began in a strangely fitting venue: Seattle's opulent Paramount theater. Built in 1928, The Paramount was created as a showcase for the then cutting-edge creative technology of movies. Since the 20s, the theater has hosted some of the most important musical artists of the 20th century. At PAX, the Paramount's stage is a showcase for a new kind of artist working in the current cutting edge creative technology of video game. Ted Price, the founder and CEO of Insomniac games, started PAX 2012 with a speech geared toward encouraging creativity, and judging by the reaction of the nearly 3,000 gamers in attendance, the man knows his audience well.
"We are all creators," Price told the assembled Pax-faithful. "Playing video games is creating...Every time you start a Call of Duty match, it's like a blank canvas-- but you're painting with bullets," he said.
Sony Santa Monica revealed the next major enemies that legendary angry dude Kratos will be facing off in God of War: Ascension during its PAX Prime 2012 panel: the Three Furies.
These three terrifying ladies are responsible for holding the bond for Kratos’ life, so you can imagine them being none too pleased with his decision to reject the slavery he agreed to and do his own hacky-slashy thing. As a result, these ferocious foes are on the warpath, and their primary target is Kratos.
We saw one of the three Furies in action in a super short teaser trailer shown during the panel, and her name is Megaera. This arachnid-esque beast sports an extra set of long, spidery legs attached to her back that let her move with deadly speed while also giving her a significant height advantage. She’s also quite adept at picking dudes up with one leg and tearing them apart with another, all while having enough free hands for some killer juggling or face pummeling; which suits her, since she is very much interested in introducing her many fists to Kratos' ever-smug mug. Sony Santa Monica is keeping the other two Furies close to its chest for the time being.
Whether these enemies will appear as singular bosses or throughout the campaign as simply an enemy class remains to be seen, but at least we have our first clear sense of who/what Kratos will be directing his unrelenting and ever brooding fury towards when Ascension releases in 2013.
Insomniac's Ted Price announced a new IP called Fuse. The announcement was accompanied by a lone screenshot during his PAX Prime 2012 keynote. A countdown clock has since popped up at FuseGame.com. We expect more will be revealed in 11 days, 16 hours, 14 minutes and 7 seconds, 6 seconds, 5 seconds, you get the idea.
After the keynote, Game Informer ran an article confirming Fuse was actually Overstrike. The four-player co-op game was announced at E3 2011 but has been MIA since. Fuse is also a four-player co-op game, but no other details have been announced. We'll know for sure next week!
Tekken Tag Tournament 2’s World Tekken Federation online service will be available for free to all players when the game launches on September 11, Namco Bandai announced today.
The service provides players with detailed stat tracking on every aspect of their performance, not unlike what Call of Duty Elite members receive, albeit free of charge. In addition to personal stat analysis, the WTF lets players create teams (i.e. clans), set goals, and participate in online tournaments and challenges. Did I mention it's free?
We recently had a chance to see the service in action, but you'll have to wait until next week to hear more. Trust me, if you're a fighting game fan, you won't want to miss it.
As we speak, video game fans are flocking to Seattle for the start of PAX Prime 2012. We have a crack team of reporters on the ground, ready to bring you the latest and greatest from the show, but that's not all! Starting tomorrow morning (August 31st) at 10:00 AM PST, we'll be hosting TwitchTV's live PAX 2012 panel stream, so that you -- yes, you -- can watch all of the great PAX Prime panels live!
We'll be two TwitchTV streams, one from the Main Theatre and one from the Kraken Theatre. The schedules for both rooms are below the cut, but here are the links you'll need to view the stream:
PAX Prime 2012 Live Stream from the Main Theatre
PAX Prime 2012 Live Stream from the Kraken Theatre
So, check back tomorrow when PAX gets underway to join in the enevitable fun.
For a schedule of panels, click the read more tag below.
Watch live video from PAX East 2012 on www.twitch.tv
The Main Theatre
All times are Pacific Standard Time
10:30 AM Story Time with Ted Price (aka The PAX Prime Keynote)
11:30 AM Penny Arcade Q&A
1:00 PM Rooster Teeth
4:30 PM Assassin's Creed 3 PAX Prime Panel
8:30 PM Friday Night Concert
<
Watch live video from pax2 on www.twitch.tv
The Kraken Theatre
All times are Pacific Standard Time
10:00 AM: Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?: Season Four Fast Four Fourious
11:30 AM: Community Vs. PR: The Squabbling Siblings
1:00 PM: The Double Fine Adventure Adventure!
2:30 PM: PC Gamer MEGAPANEL: The Incredible, Uncertain Future of Storytelling
4:00 PM: We'll Do It Live! Streaming Games Over The Internet
5:30 PM: Harassment And Bullying In Online Games: Technical Solutions v1.0
7:00 PM: Game Show Night!
The fantastic Penny Arcade Expo is going down this weekend in Seattle. If you're not going to be there, but you want to still follow the action, all you need do is keep your browser set on G4tv.com. Not only will we be bringing you PAX news, previews, videos and pictures throughout the weekend, you can also watch live-stream video of some of PAX 2012 most interesting panels right here on G4.
Beginning on Friday morning at 10 AM, you can watch all the panels and speakers at both the main theater and the Kraken theater, right here at G4's TheFeed. So make sure you check back then.
There’s often just too damn much to do and see at PAX Prime. Regardless of what you choose to do on any given night, you’re sure to miss out on something awesome that happened at another party or event.
Fortunately, there’s one show everyone is sure to love. Press Start, a first year art show curated and mostly organized by Valve artists Andrew Wilson and Eric Kirchmer, features mixed media art from over thirty renowned video game artists. The show opens on the opening day of PAX so I called up the curators and asked them to paint me a picture of what we can expect at the show. (PUNS!)
Both passionate artists outside the realm of video games, Wilson and Kirchmer wanted an opportunity to invite other like-minded industry artists to share each other’s works. Their close proximity to the PAX (Valve is located less than 15 miles away from the Washington State Convention Center) allowed them the perfect opportunity to bring artists and gamers together to enjoy fine art.
ADVERTISEMENT
11,581 Views | 02:30
4,492 Views | 04:06
5,553 Views | 02:41
1,458 Views | 00:47
3,634 Views | 03:20
