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LEGO to release Prince of Persia series
It seems that LEGO is gearing up to launch a Prince of Persia themed series of their iconic bricks. This is apparantly a marketing deal that Disney signed with LEGO to promote the movie coming out next April.
Anyways, pictured above is a snapshot of the Prince of Persia LEGO series that was recently shown off during Comic Con and from the looks of it they are exactly what we’d expect; LEGO toys.
If this is your kind of thing expect to see the Prince of Persia LEGO sets hit shelves right around the franchise’s big screen debut.
via Kotaku
GameStop holds $20 game sale
GameStop has announced that they will be holding a summer sale that will see a plethora of games get dropped from their normal $60 price all the way down to $20.
Below is a list of highlights compiled by Joystiq:
Guitar Hero: World Tour (Band Kit) – $90 [360/Wii] Bionic Commando – $20 [PS3/360] Wheelman – $20 [PS3/360] Tom Clancy’s HAWX – $20 [PS3/360] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - $20 [PS3/360] Prince of Persia – $20 [PS3/360] Tom Clancy’s EndWar – $20 [PS3/360] Cooking Mama: World Kitchen – $20 [Wii] House of the Dead 2 and 3 Returns - $20 [Wii]
This sale apparantly runs through August 2nd with the full list of discounted games here.
Fallout 3 Wins Game of the Year Award
Bethesda Softworks scored big at the 9th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards as its epic post-apocalyptic open-world adventure, “Fallout 3,” received the Game of the Year Award. The award was presented at a ceremony this evening at Think Service Game Group’s 2009 Game Developers Conference (GDC). Bethesda also received the Best Writing award for the game.
Media Molecule’s imaginative user creation-centric platform game “LittleBigPlanet,” which was first unveiled at GDC 2007, was the recipient of the most awards of the evening, taking four awards for Best Game Design, Best Technology, Best Debut Game and Innovation Award.
Other winners included Ubisoft’s hauntingly beautiful update of the “Prince of Persia” franchise, which won the prize for Best Visual Arts, and Ready at Dawn’s portable action-adventure, “God of War: Chains of Olympus,” winner of the Best Handheld Game award. EA Redwood Shores’ shocking horror title, “Dead Space,” won the prize for Best Audio award.
The Game Developers Choice Awards, which honor the very best games of the year, are voted on by developers and created for developers. They are produced and hosted by the GDC and presented by Gamasutra.com and Game Developer Magazine, with the aid of a distinguished Advisory Committee that includes many of the world’s top game creators, and each award is decided by thousands of votes from game professionals worldwide.
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Prince of Persia DLC Delayed
Ubisoft sent out word that the upcoming “Epilogue” downloadable expansion for Prince of Persia has been delayed beyond its expected Thursday release. It is now set to hit PlayStation Network and Xbox Live on March 5; PC gamers won’t get the expansion.
The DLC will expand the game beyond its original ending, offering a new mission that investigates the newly corrupted Underground Palace. There will also be one new enemy and player attack, and the pack is said to develop the awkward relationship between the Prince and Elika.
LEGO and Disney to produce Prince of Persia toys
It was recently announced that Disney and LEGO have inked a deal that will allow a Prince of Persia LEGO series to be produced.
But what does this mean for us gamers, considering the toys are based on the movie and not the actual game?
Well, if there are toys based on Prince of Persia, this could mean that there is potentially a LEGO Prince of Persia video game in the works.
Press release after the break. More »
Prince of Persia DLC Not Coming to PC
The upcoming “Epilogue” level pack for Prince of Persia won’t be coming to the PC version of the game, according to an Ubisoft representative.
“Business reasons” were cited for the move, as per this post from Ubisoft community manager Chris Easton on the game’s official forum. He also apologized to PC fans of the game.
Gamers aren’t all too excited about the move either as a couple of fans has already begun organizing a letter-writing campaign.
The game-extending DLC will hit PS3 and Xbox 360 on February 26.
Prince of Persia “Epilogue” DLC Coming
Following in the footsteps of Fallout 3, Ubisoft has announced a new Prince of Persia downloadable pack that will continue the story of the action-adventure game.
Dubbed “Epilogue”, the DLC will “develop the relationship between the Prince and Elika following the end of the game,” according to comments made by producer Jamal Rguigui.
He added that the Underground Palace in the game is “now corrupted and where danger awaits every corner.” The pack will also add one new enemy and player attack to the mix.
The DLC is expected to hit PS3 and Xbox 360 on February 26. No price point was mentioned.
Get Excited About Shopping
Next month when your girlfriend/fiancee/wife calls in a marker and drags you to “Confessions of a Shopaholic” she’ll be wondering the whole time why you don’t seem quite as miserable as when you normally get dragged to chick-flicks. Assure her it has nothing to do with the film’s star and keep your eyes open, because halfway through the film you’ll be able to catch a glimpse of a poster for one of Jerry Bruckheimer’s upcoming films.
It’s a previously unseen shot of Jake Gyllenhal in full costume as the Prince of Persia in the upcoming 2010 film. It’ll be in the well-known Times Square region of NYC, likely as one of the ubiquitous billboards. It’s a somewhat odd choice to put this kind of teaser ad in a film that will likely have whatever segment of the gaming population is watching it asleep in their popcorn. Also odd is the idea that someone really concerned with shopping would be spending time in the tourist trap that is times square with the dozens of boutiques downtown and Fifth Avenue nearby.
Call of Duty gets lower price, more studios to follow suit?
If you’ve been paying attention, you know that Activision recently lowered the price on one of it’s biggest releases of the year, Call of Duty: World at War. Well, it looks like some analysts are speculating that the mega-publisher may have started a new trend; decrease the price on major releases.
Following Call of Duty’s price reduction, Guitar Hero: World Tour and Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia followed suit. Although, if you weren’t born yesterday, you know that past-gen titles were always priced at $50, it wasn’t until this generation of consoles that brought about the $60 price point.
While this is great news that could potentially save gamers $10 here-and-there, let’s just hope that maybe this will entice enough studios to drop the prices on all of their games effectively bringing back the $50 price point.
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Prince of Persia, EndWar and Far Cry Prices Drop to $39.99
Is your Santa a smart shopper or has he already gotten that Prince of Persia game? We’re hoping that he actually failed to get it yet as the game is now available for a whooping discounted price. It’s not $59.99 as it was at its launch two weeks ago. It only costs $39.99 in various GameStop locations. Better make sure your Santa knows about it.
And if you’re actually waiting for EndWar or Far Cry 2, these games also happen to cost just $39.99 and they are available for PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. This deals are also available at GameStop locations.
via cheapassgamer
Prince of Persia Has No DRM
Going the opposite way of most other publishers, Ubisoft has revealed that the retail PC version of Prince of Persia, which is to be released to stores this week, is entirely devoid of any form of DRM or copy-protection. This was disclosed by Ubisoft community manager Chris Easton.
“A lot of people complain that DRM is what forces people to pirate games but as PoP PC has no DRM we’ll see how truthful people actually are,” wrote Easton. “Not very, I imagine.”
Easton noted that only the physical retail copies of the game will be devoid of DRM.
Ubisoft is notorious for including draconian DRM in its games, including Assassins Creedfor which it was highly criticized because it had a DRM that apparently phoned home.
Significant DLC for Prince of Persia
Jumping on the DLC bandwagon is the upcoming Prince of Persia title which apparently has a significant amount of downloadable content being made for it, according to Ubi producer Ben Mattes.
“We certainly have plans for downloadable content, [but] we can’t really say more than that right now,” he said. “The intention is to do downloadable content that adds significant value, so I don’t think you’ll see downloadable content of a new skin or a new weapon or something like that.”
He goes on to note that it is “going to be a new story, a new experience, maybe a prequel, maybe a sequel.” While no release date was promised, he stated that it simply won’t be out this year.
The game itself will be made available on PS3 and Xbox 360 on December 5; a PC version will hit on the following week.
New Prince of Persia trailer
Prince of Persia fans will be happy to hear that a new trailer for the franchise’s latest installment has hit the web today thanks to GameTrailers.
The trailer included above highlights all sorts of epic battles, Matrix-style wall jumps, weapons, moves, punches, I can go on, but it would probably be better if you just watched it for yourself.
Prince of Persia 4 (formally titled just Prince of Persia) is currently in it’s final stages of development and is set to launch next month for the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC
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Prince of Persia Delayed on PC
Having just gotten the system requirements for the PC version of Prince of Persia, word comes that the PC release of the game has been delayed one week after the console versions hit stores.
This comes from Amazon’s online listings for the PC version, marking it for release on December 9, one week after the PS3 and Xbox 360 editions. This actually coincides with Eurogamer’s official confirmation of a one-week delay for the PC version in European territories.
As is usual these days, no reason was given for the delay. Almost all multiplatform releases these days are seeing PC versions delayed. This includes Dead Space and Mirror’s Edge, with the latter delayed to January.
Prince of Persia PC Specs
With the fresh take on the series due out December 2, Ubisoft issued system requirements for the PC version of Prince of Persia, which is also hitting PS3 and Xbox 360.
A 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo is the minimum system requirement, along with 1GB/2GB of RAM in Windows XP/Vista, Shader Model 3.0 supported graphics card and 8GB of hard drive space.
As for the recommended specs, an Ubisoft representative wrote on the game’s forums that “basically anything you have over [the minimum requirements] will run [the game] nicely.”