Journey release date announced

PlayStation Network game Journey launches on 14th March in Europe, Sony has announced.

Journey is from thatgamecompany, the maker of Flow and Flower.

It's described as an "interactive parable", an "anonymous online adventure to experience a person's life passage and their intersections with others".

thatgamecompany began work on Journey right after the release of Flower.

"In these three years, we at thatgamecompany and our friends in SCEA Santa Monica Studio have faced many challenges together and emerged stronger," co-founder Jenova Chen wrote on the PlayStation blog.

"Much sweat and tears have been put into the development of the game, and many people have come and gone.

"So for us, the Journey in the game has also become a metaphor for the development process of the game itself.

"Our team is very close to our own mountaintop; we are just a few short weeks away from letting the world experience what we've poured our hearts and souls into these last three years. I can't describe how eager we are to let everyone finally play the game and hear about your experiences with it."

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Far Cry 3 release date revealed by leaked trailer

The Far Cry 3 release date has been revealed by a leaked trailer.

Website AllGamesBeta published the trailer under the headline: "Far Cry 3 Cinematic Trailer Leaked."

The German trailer, purely CGI, shows a group of happy-go-lucky adventurers frolicking on a far-away island. They drink and laugh with hardly a care in the world. Then something nasty happens. Bad people swear, and guns are fired.

There's dubstep, too.

At the end of the trailer a 6th September release date is revealed. That's a Thursday - the day games in Germany are usually sold. It indicates a Friday, 7th September release date in the UK.

This leaked trailer is an extended version of the trailer below.

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Street Fighter x Tekken PC release date announced

Crossover fighting game Street Fighter x Tekken launches on PC on 11th May, Capcom has announced.

That's some two months after the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions release - on 9th March in Europe.

The PlayStation Vita version is still without a release date. More details on it "will be shared in the near future," Capcom said.

Meanwhile, Capcom confirmed the expected addition of M. Bison, Akuma, Ogre and Jin Kazama to the game's 40-plus roster. The quartet completes the game's list of playable characters.

As part of the announcement Capcom released a raft of new assets, including new trailers showcasing the final four's skills.

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Darksiders 2 release date announced

Darksiders 2 launches on 29th June for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, THQ has announced.

Pre-order from GAME, Gamestation and Gamestop in Ireland and you'll get the Death Rides pack. This includes side-quests in the Maker's Realm and Dead Plains areas. Here, you can earn additional experience and loot. You get to aid an ancient Construct, battle The Bloodless and retrieve Karn's lost treasure. THQ said today the content amounts to around two hours of gameplay.

Pre-order with Amazon.co.uk and you get the Deadly Despair pack. This gives you a speed boost for Despair that acts as a permanent perk.

There's another pre-order bonus pack, called Angel of Death, but this is yet to be tied to a retailer. With this you get a unique set of enhanced armour with an angel inspired design, a pair of upgraded matching scythes, and an exclusive visual trail for your companion crow Dust.

In THQ's release no mention is made of the promised Wii U version, set for launch alongside the console later this year.

Screenshots of the Death Ride and Deadly Despair packs, and a new trailer, are below.

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Assassin's Creed 3 release date announced

Assassin's Creed 3 launches on Tuesday, 30th October 2012, Ubisoft has announced.

Confirmation comes from an on-going investor call. No other details were announced, but Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot said the development team had been working on the game for three years.

"We will push the title a lot because it's a fantastic product that the team has been working on for three years," he said. "What we have seen is just fabulous."

Ubisoft had teased that 2012 would bring a "major" new game in the Assassin's Creed franchise. Eurogamer was told this game would conclude the story of protagonist Desmond Miles before the series' doomsday date arrives in real life. That doomsday date is 2012, so we were always going to need the concluding instalment - what we now know is AC3 - this year.

PC, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 versions of Assassin's Creed 3 are apparently on the way. Nintendo mentioned an Assassin's Creed Wii U game when the console was unveiled at E3 last summer.

Assassin's Creed 3 is rumoured to be set during the American Revolution.

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Final Fantasy 13-2 Sazh DLC release date, price details

A fresh episode of Final Fantasy 13-2 story arrives on 28th February for Xbox 360 players and a day later on PlayStation 3, Square Enix has announced.

Sazh: Heads or Tails lets players control afro-sporting Sazh in a new quest that runs parallel to the main Final Fantasy 13-2 tale.

Bucket, spade and enemy crabs not included.

The extra slice of story costs 400 Microsoft Points on Xbox 360 or ?2.99/€3.59 on PlayStation 3.

Fancy some extra card games as well? Well, snap! The DLC pack also adds "Chronobind" and "Serendipity Poker" to the Serendipity casino.

Before that, Square Enix will pump out another two new costumes for heroes Noel and Serah. Next week Noel receives the 'Spacetime Guardian' outfit, while Serah strips off for a new 'Beachwear' look.

The wardrobe-enhancing items go on sale 21st February for Xbox 360 players for 240 Microsoft Points, and a day later on PS3 for ?1.59/€1.99.

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FIFA Street release date announced

Showboating footie sim FIFA Street leaves the dressing room on 13th March for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, EA has announced.

The publisher also seized the moment to unveil the game's new Street Network feature, that lets you record clips of yourself showing off and then share them with friend in-game.

It also allows you to keep track of friends' progress through the game, and will broadcast regular community clips, such as goal of the week.

"Street soccer is all about the one-on-one battle, when you pull off a trick to roast your opponent," commented producer Sid Misra.

"The Street Network brings that real-world swagger into the game by enabling players to capture video of those moments and share them with everyone in their street network to see, and providing friends with a way to compare each other throughout the game."

It's the first outing for the franchise since the underwhelming FIFA Street 3 stumbled onto shelves back in 2008.

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Jak and Daxter Trilogy release date announced

Forthcoming PlayStation 3 HD revamp The Jak and Daxter Trilogy arrives in European stores on 22nd February - the same day as the Vita.

The pack includes touched-up versions of Naughty Dog's PS2 platformers Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy, Jak 2 and Jak 3.

You can expect 720p HD visuals, stereoscopic 3D support and over 100 Trophies to track down, some of which were unveiled on the PlayStation Blog earlier today:

Pedal to the Metal: Destroy Metal Kor at Nest - Gold Purple Pain: Navigate the Purple Precursor Rings - Bronze The Super Orberator: Collect 2000 Precursor Orbs - Gold Testosterone: Pass the Tests of Manhood - Silver Just the Artifacts Ma'am: Find three Artifacts in Mountain Temple - Bronze What's That Smell?: Escort Men Through Sewers - Bronze The Beast Beater: Destroy Metal Head Beasts - Bronze Gate Crasher Masher: Defend Spargus' Front Gate - Bronze Pedal to the Metal: Destroy Metal Kor at Nest - Gold

The pack will sport a relatively budget €39.99 price tag.

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Why Tomb Raider won't release on Wii U

Crystal Dynamics has explained why PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game Tomb Raider will not release on Wii U.

Global brand director Karl Stewart said development on the hotly-anticipated reboot began long before the announcement of the Wii U - and it wouldn't be right to simply port the game to Nintendo's tablet-fuelled Wii successor.

"When we started developing the game we made a conscious decision that it was all about building the game for a platform and making sure the game was specific to that platform," Stewart told the Crystal Habit Podcast (via the Eidos forum.

"Given that we've been working on the game quite a while before Wii U was announced I think it would not be right to try and port it across. If we started building a game for the Wii U we would build it very differently and we would build it with unique functionality."

The game will, however, launch on Mac. Eidos is in discussions with a company to bring it to the platform, but Stewart was unable to guarantee it will launch alongside the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions' confirmed global simultaneous release - expected this year.

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Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock PC release still planned

The PC version of Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will still release in Europe despite Sony's announcement of PlayStation exclusivity, BBC Worldwide has confirmed to Eurogamer.

Sony yesterday revealed it had secured the game as a PlayStation exclusive in European territories.

But that does not mean the planned PC version has been canned in Europe, just that Sony has the exclusive console rights to the title.

Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock will launch first on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. The PC release will then follow at a later date.

In the US there is no similar console exclusivity deal for the game, but all planned versions of the game will get a global release, Eurogamer understands.

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