Insomniac’s 4 person shooter, due for release at the end of this month!

The class crazy shooter is out May 28 in North America and May 31 in the UK .

Ready for it’s release next month, Activision have revealed the cover art for Deadpool’s video game.

(We’re aware that it’s the PS3 version, just use your imagination!)

Deadpool, the quirkiest mutant around. So damn quirky that a comment like that is on his own front cover! Damn! Also, spot Wolverine! Awesome, right!?

Deadpool is due out 25th June 2013.

In a recent earnings call by Take-Two, it came to light that the company had no plans to appear at E3 this year. Whilst the earnings call was mostly positive, thanks to the success of Borderlands 2 and the upcoming release of GTA V, it was deemed that;

“Both Rockstar Games and 2K have instead decided to focus their marketing and PR efforts on a series of events throughout the spring and summer. Our team, however, will be present at the show, and we look forward to seeing many of you there.”

Whilst this absence is clearly not a sign of weakness on Take-Two’s part, it may leave some people wondering what’s the fate of the largest gaming industry event currently going. E3 has had several ‘revamps’ over the years and it seems that more and more companies aren’t seeing it as a vital part of their yearly calendar anymore.

With Nintendo not hosting an event this year and instead relying on their own streams, could it be a matter of time before other companies stop spending millions on the L.A. convention and just upload all of their news and announcements to YouTube? As someone that enjoys the spectacle and excitement of E3, I hope not.

But it can’t be said that the warning signs aren’t there.

A fight between two of DC’s greats in this recent teaser trailer for Arkham Origins.Getting ready for it’s launch in October (and perhaps some pre-launch hype at E3?), Warner Brothers have released an action-packed teaser trailer showing our Batguy in a round of fisticuffs with DC anti-hero Deathstroke the Terminator.

That looks awesome! Batman: Arkham Origins is scheduled out for 25th October, this year.

In a move that has been widely speculated for some time now, Microsoft are to finally kill off it’s current Points system.
At present Xbox owners wishing to purchase extras such as DLC, movies or music via the interface, do so by purchasing point cards that offer a Xbox specific virtual currency.

New incoming reports suggest that Microsoft are to move towards a new gift card system, similar to Apple’s iTunes vouchers, that allow the owner to purchase true currency to be used to download content.
As expected, normal cash transactions using credit and debit cards will be supported. furthermore, the new gift card system will also be accepted at Window’s Store, Window’s Phone Store and others.

More information regarding the new gift card currency is planned for next month’s E3, with a launch penciled in for later this year, just in time for the release of the next-gen Xbox.

[Source: The Verge]

PAC-MAN returns in this all new adventure; “PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures“.

NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. have announced that PAC-MAN will return in an all new adventure later this year! Coming to all platforms, PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures is currently scheduled for a release in Fall 2013 across America.

Currently there’s no word of it coming out in Europe, but we’ll keep an eye out.

Here are today’s latest GTAV screens.

Showing some intense car chases, heart-thumping break-ins, mad motorcross action and some deep sea diving, here are the latest shots of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V.

Here at ATXB we’re all massively excited for the arrival of GTAV in September this year.

John Carpenter, the mastermind behind classic films such as Halloween, The Thing and Assault on Precinct 13, has recently praised EA’s Dead Space franchise and even suggested that he’d consider adapting the game into a full blown movie.

During an interview Carpenter made obvious comparisons between Dead Space and the Alien franchise, adding that a couple of important differences would help it appeal more to the audiences of today.

The interview continued :-

“You know it’s great,” he explained. “The first game was more – I guess it was like Alien – but not quite. It was a little different than that.”

“I maintain that Dead Space would just make a great movie because you have these people coming onto an abandoned, shut-down space ship and they have to start it up and something’s on board. It’s just great stuff.”

“I would love to make Dead Space (into a film), I’ll tell you that right now. That one is ready-made.“

Carpenter himself is no stranger to the world of video games and even helped out with some aspects of F.E.A.R 3. The 65-year-old director is also aware of the fact that game to movie cross-overs can go horribly wrong, and referenced the recent Aliens: Colonial Marines as one such example:-

“It’s all about money,” he said. “It’s not that something is being mistreated, it’s just another marketing issue.”
“They’re trying to get you to buy the game, which I stupidly did,” he finished.

Personally, as a big horror film fan, I believe it would be great for John Carpenter take the Dead Space franchise and turn it into a big screen movie. Who know’s what direction this news may take? Rob Zombie to direct a big screen adaption of Left 4 Dead?

Let us know your thoughts and ideas on what game/movie tie-in’s you guys would like to see happen.

In other Telltale Games related news, the retail compilation disk of The Walking Dead finally hit UK shelves last Friday. Although being available in America since last December, Telltale Games have struggled to secure a European distribution deal until now.

The critically acclaimed game was periodically released as five episodic downloads last year and is based on the original comic book, not the TV series. Having said that, there are a couple of cameo appearances from characters of the TV show.

The game’s story follows a group of survivors led by protagonist Lee Everett in a post-apocalypse zombie-infested world. The compelling story forces the player into making some tough moral choices, that in turn reflect on how the other characters feel and react towards you. The choices you make are subsequently carried through to the following episodes, then the game really starts to reel you in.

The Walking Dead video game isn’t your average ‘all guns firing’, ‘balls to the wall’ action game, but more of a interactive storytelling experience – and an almost perfect one at that. I can’t recommend The Walking Dead enough and you’ll be hard pushed to find a more emotional story in a video game.

If you missed out on the XBLA downloads last year, then this complete first season disk is well worthy of your investment and time.

EA Senior Director John Reseburg has confirmed that EA are set to scrap the online pass system which has been the cause of a lot of negative press over the last few years.

Initially launched as an effort to package a full menu of online content and services, many players didn’t respond to the format,We’ve listened to the feedback and decided to do away with it moving forward.”

It is a move that has certainly come as a surprise to me as I was expecting more and more online passes to come into affect, especially given the next generation of gaming. EA are the first company to have back-tracked with the Online Pass system confirming that from this point on it will play no further part in their titles.

With Microsoft expected to announce that they will not Block pre-owned titles this news will no doubt come as welcome news to consumers and may force other companies to follow suit.