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Now Playing: February 8-14, 2010 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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EA’s tentative release schedule for Q4 of its fiscal 2011 (or, as us normal people call it, January-March 2011) contains more than a few intriguing entries. You already heard about the new Dragon Age game — but listed just below that is an untitled “Shooter from Epic TBA.” Of course, this can only mean one thing: Gears of Madden 2012 is within spitting distance of becoming a sweet reality! Wait — what’s that? Oh, right, the listing more likely points to new speculative details about that possible “Bulletstorm” project from Epic’s People Can Fly studio. How … unofficial.

Also listed under the early 2011 releases is Dead Space 2, which EA had previously promised would drop before next March. The excitement level of the remaining games drops off like the deep end of a pool: The list includes (deep breath) a new Need For Speed on consoles and PC (in addition to an apparent Holiday 2010 release), a downloadable “action” game, a new fighting game designated as a “sports” title, a new Hasbro game (more Family Game Night?), and new installments in the Sims and Spore franchises.

Dead Space 2 and EA’s Epic shooter slated for early 2011 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Were you aware that Folding@home (now called Life With PlayStation) isn’t just an altruistic distributed computing network, but also a brutal team sport? It’s true — reader Chilly_Willy recently pointed our attention to Joystiq’s ranking on the F@h leaderboard and reported the delightful news that Team ‘Stiq is set to overtake fellow games media outlet G4TV within the next 24 hours. We received the news with dignity, knowing that rankings don’t matter — all we care about is contributing to the scientific community’s fight against disease.

We’re kidding, of course — we’re purely in this thing for the thrill of victory. In fact, it would be great if you guys could go turn on your PS3s and lend a hand in destroying G4. We want Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb to feel absolutely crushed with defeat at some point during the day, but not know why. We want to run into Olivia Munn and Kevin Pereira at PAX East, and have them be too afraid to make eye contact with us. Please, please, dear readers — won’t you help make our dream a reality?

Joystiq set to overtake G4 in Folding@home leaderboards tonight originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Age of Zombies follows time-traveling protagonist (and delicious side dish) Barry Steakfries, doing his best to eradicate the hungry undead looking to get a mouthful of his tasty vittles. The debut trailer nestled above gives us a vibe akin to a cross between Robotron and Zombies Ate My Neighbors, which kinda sounds like a good time. There’s also the promise of zombified T-Rex dinosaurs, which hardly seems possible in the real world, but, hey, we’ll take it.

Age of Zombies will be available to download from the PlayStation Store on Thursday, February 25 for $4.99. In the meantime, fight your way through a horde of new screens in our gallery below.

Age of Zombies blasts onto PSP and PS3 Minis Feb. 25 originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I know it, you know it; heck, I’d bet if they were being totally honest, the staff of 2K Marin would tell you they knew it too. BioShock was that rare combination of a perfectly realized world, fresh yet refined action and a narrative that left me with no real burning questions. It didn’t need a sequel.

But all that has very little to do with BioShock 2 because whether it needed to be made or not, it’s here now. And the surprise isn’t that someone other than Irrational had the chutzpah to make a BioShock sequel. The surprise is just how worthwhile it is.

Continue reading Review: BioShock 2 (single player)

Review: BioShock 2 (single player) originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The world of LittleBigPlanet is scheduled to become a much more loving place this Thursday, when a few Valentine’s Day-themed content packs arrive on the PlayStation Store. The PSP iteration of the game is getting a free costume (the one on the left in the above image), as well as the “Luvre Theme Pack,” which adds four costumes and 15 romantically-inclined stickers for $2.99. The PS3 version of the game will see the return of last year’s Valentine’s Day Mini-Pack, which adds a Cupid costume and a few new materials and stickers to the game for $2.99.

Oh, Media Molecule is also making the free Chinese New Year costume pack available until February 25. Just imagine: You can finally fuse Valentine’s Day and the Chinese New Year into the single, unstoppable uber-holiday they were meant to become.

A whole mess of LittleBigPlanet Valentine’s DLC coming this week originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mass Effect 2 has maintained the top spot on Chart-Track’s UK all-formats sales chart for a second week in a row. However, there seems to be some kind of Batarian flu loose on the isles, because Mass Effect 2 sales, which dropped by 64 percent this week, were “within touching distance” (850 units, to be exact) of Wii’s Just Dance. Rounding out the unchanged top three for a second week was Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

EA’s Dante’s Inferno had one hell of a premiere on the charts, earning a somewhat sinful spot at fourth. In a good sign for MAG, the mega shooter slipped only three notches to seventh place. Meanwhile, the surprise return of other BioWare game Dragon Age: Origins to the top 40 last week has gained even more momentum, moving up another three spots to 28th.

Source - Mass Effect 2 leads an unchanged top 3 [GFK Chart-Track]
Source - Latest UK Software Charts [GFK Chart-Track]

Mass Effect 2 remains atop UK charts, Dante debuts originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Also due out in the quarter: the expected spate of annual sports franchises (Madden, FIFA, FIFA Online, NHL), a Monopoly game for consoles and handhelds, and a new MySims title — we’re guessing MySims Sky Heroes.

Medal of Honor, APB dated for Summer 2010 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Thanks to today’s EA earnings report (EArnings?) we’re starting to get an idea of how the company’s holiday season is going to shape up. This is all subject to change, of course, but as of right now it would appear you can look forward to Crysis 2, NBA Jam and EA Sports MMA sometime between October and December of 2010.

Filling out the holiday quarter are some yet-to-be-formally-announced titles like The Sims 3 on consoles, a new Need For Speed game (perhaps the Criterion-developed one?) and a new Harry Potter game (likely tied to this November’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I). Want to come up with your own wild speculation? Peruse the list here.

Crysis 2, Sims 3 on consoles, NBA Jam due Holiday 2010 originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s been a while since we last checked in on the user tally for Sony’s Free Realms, but that all came to an end today when the company announced that the family-friendly online game had reached the eight-million user milestone.

As you may remember, Free Realms got off to a speedy start, garnering around five million players in its first three months, but as the market has become more saturated with free-to-play MMOs, growth has understandably slowed. That said, look for a big bump when the title finally makes its way to PS3 in the middle of the year.

If you’re already among the Free Realms faithful, you can look forward to the Festival of Hearts, “a special month long event that celebrates love, friendship and kindness,” according to Sony. … Boy, gang, we’re not going to lie — that sounds terrible.

Free Realms hits 8 million players originally appeared on Joystiq Playstation on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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