Deadly Premonition Coming to PlayStation 3

Deadly Premonition, the Xbox 360-exclusive budget horror game, is now coming to PlayStation 3. Developed by Japanese studio Access Games, Deadly Premonition was terrible -- we gave it a 2.0 -- but there’s no denying that it has a niche of hardcore fans that swear by it.

The PlayStation 3 version of the game, will come packing an “updated control system,” as well as a “brand new scenario from the game’s director” and “DLC to keep the game going once you complete the main campaign.”

There’s no release date or other information available for Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut as of yet (though we've been told it'll be out early in 2013), but we’ll keep you updated when we hear more.

Colin Moriarty is an IGN PlayStation editor. You can follow him on Twitter (@notaxation) and IGN (Moriarty-IGN) and learn just how sad the life of a New York Islanders and New York Jets fan can be.

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30 Days Until Medal of Honor Warfighter

Listen, we all know we’re going to grab Medal of Honor Warfighter for the Battlefield 4 beta access when it launches on October 23, so we might as well learn all we can about it. Besides, Warfighter looks awesome so far.

We’re a month away from EA’s next major military shooter, and authenticity is what developer Danger Close is striving for above all else. IGN isn’t exactly experienced in the day-to-day happenings of elite Tier-1 operatives, but we know our shooters. If you’re wondering what Medal of Honor Warfighter is all about, this run-down should be all the primer you need.

For its campaign, Warfighter aims to hit some emotionally resonant high points, both with regard to how the story unfolds around the protagonist, and in the hitting-close-to-home missions based on real-world events. We’ve mostly seen things exploding and dudes dying so far, but hey, it’s important that we actually want to be a part of this action and invest in it emotionally.

On the multiplayer side of things, Danger Close is doing some interesting stuff. The team is flying solo, leaving DICE (who developed the adversarial side of the original) to its own devices. This allows the Warfighter team to showcase some of its creativity.

In multiplayer, you’ll pair up with a buddy to form a two-man Fireteam, enabling you to detect each other through walls and spawn on each others’ locations. Authentic? Not really, but it’s practical and effective during tense control-point-capturing competitive matches.

The Home Run mode stands out most. It employs scare tactics to force strategy upon players -- the CTF mode is fast and doesn’t let you respawn until the next round, so play carefully. It also makes you feel incredibly intelligent when you win. What other recent FPSs make you feel like a smart badass?

Warfighter's also adding some special missions, including one based on a film about assassinating Osama Bin Laden. It's just one way Medal of Honor is looking for authenticity: moving away from crazy, futuristic warfare like other games and instead focusing on real life.

Want to play early? EA will release an exclusive beta for Xbox 360 players. Oh, and in case you forgot, buying Medal of Honor Warfighter on any platform secures you access to the eventual Battlefield 4 beta next year.

Medal of Honor could be a surprise hit in October -- shooters are growing a little stale, and Warfighter seems ready to combat that with some new ideas.

Mitch Dyer is an Associate Editor for IGN's Xbox 360 team. He’s also quite Canadian. Read his ramblings on Twitter and follow him on IGN.

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Chuck Norris: No Expendables 3 for Me

Action icon Chuck Norris says he has no intention on returning for The Expendables 3.

Norris made the declaration during a red carpet interview with Access Hollywood at the premiere of The Expendables 2. Scrub forward to about 1:15 in the video below for Chuck's full response (thanks to Latino-Review for the head's-up):

Now check out the video below for our Expendables 3 dream cast!

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Dust 514 Beta Headed to PlayStation Plus

CCP has announced a new beta period for Dust 514 exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers. Access will run two weeks, beginning on August 24th and ending on September 4th. While no new beta codes will be sent out during that period, people with All-Access Passes will still have access to the beta.

PlayStation Plus members will also receive a 50% discount on Dust’s Mercenary Pack, which is normally $19.99. The pack offers 4,000 Aurum, a 30-day active skill booster, and exclusive in-game items including a Dragonfly Scout dropsuit and Toxin ICD-9 submachine gun.

August 21st will also mark the launch of Dust’s Precursor update, which CCP detailed last week. In addition to live Dust 514 and EVE Online integration Precursor will also add Orbital Strikes, instant battle matchmaking, new environments, keyboard and mouse support and more.

Dust 514 will enter open beta later this year. For more about the game, read why it’s the deepest first-person shooter we’ve ever played.

Andrew Goldfarb is IGN’s associate news editor. Keep up with pictures of the latest food he’s been eating by following him on Twitter or IGN.

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Watch All the Anime You Want with Crunchyroll on PS3

If you’re an anime fan, chances are you’ve heard of Crunchyroll, the streaming service that brings the masses in the west a slew of hard-to-access (or outright inaccessible) eastern entertainment. You may have even heard in recent weeks that Crunchyroll will be bringing its service to PlayStation 3. And if you’re curious about this forthcoming app, there’s good news. We’ve been given access to it, and have plenty of information you’ll need leading up to its launch.

For starters, why is Crunchyroll migrating over to PlayStation 3? A lot of it, according to the service’s co-founder and CEO Kun Gao, is because there’s an undeniable “synergy” between the PS3 and the audience that enjoys anime. The company polled their audience and found that 40% of those who responded said they owned a PlayStation 3. That, combined with the fact that PS3 offers more games from Japanese developers (and JRPGs in particular) than its competition makes Crunchyroll on PS3 make a lot of sense. There’s substantial audience crossover.

But how about some specifics concerning the app itself? The Crunchyroll app will be available to download free of charge for all North American PS3 users (specifics regarding its release in other territories are still unknown). It can be initially downloaded from either the XMB (under TV/Video Services) or from the PlayStation Store itself. However, access to the application once downloaded will vary.

Crunchyroll is a service that has both free and premium options ranging over different subscription tiers. This is true on the Crunchyroll website as well as on the many devices that already accommodate the service, ranging from iOS and Android to Roku and Google TV. The same is true for PlayStation 3. While a “comprehensive sample” will be made available for users having a taste of Crunchyroll’s service (such as being able to watch the first episode of a series), a premium membership will be necessary to use all of the application’s functions and see everything it has to offer.

If you’re interested in paying for Crunchyroll, then you’ll have unlimited access to its wares. Since Crunchyroll actually offers more than just anime (in the form of live-action dramas from all over Asia), you could opt to get the anime-only membership for just under $7 a month, with other options for a dramas-only membership, or for tying everything in together. Regardless of what you choose, everything will parlay over ubiquitously to PlayStation 3, and any other applicable device you stream Crunchyroll on.

For premium subscribers, Crunchyroll’s library of over 400 anime series will be available on PlayStation 3, and 34 of those series are “simulcasts,” meaning that they are posted on Crunchyroll only an hour after they first air in Japan, complete with English subtitles. Crunchyroll’s co-founder and CEO Kun Gao told me that his service is “one of the only places where you can watch [these shows] legally,” undoubtedly making it enticing for anime fans who may be using other means to get their fix.

The Crunchyroll application itself on PS3 is easy to use and fairly fluid. In many ways, it resembles Netflix. Users will have access to various menus to make navigating Crunchyroll’s roster of shows easier, boiling things down to submenus showing the service’s most popular shows, shows that are available via “simulcasts,” the most recently posted episodes and more. Obviously, users can make their own queue as well, and that queue can be updated and accessed from any device that supports Crunchyroll. Better yet, if you start watching an anime on your phone, you can pause it, then watch it on your PS3, then pause it again and watch it on your computer, and so on.

Crunchyroll on PS3 currently only supports up to 480p, which Gao explained to me was a fairly standard resolution for anime, as it’s more expensive to produce shows in higher quality. So even at 480p, most anime will be viewable on PS3 in its native resolution, though that will still fluctuate depending on the shows you’re interested in.

The Crunchyroll service will also be coming to PlayStation Vita, though it’s farther away from release than the PS3 iteration of the application. Gao told me that his company is shooting to release Crunchyroll on Vita by the end of the year, and “hopefully sooner.” They want to first be able to use the feedback they get from Crunchyroll on PS3 and make necessary improvements to make the Vita iteration of the application as good as it can be.

The release date for Crunchyroll on PlayStation 3 hasn’t been nailed down yet, but it will be coming to a PS3 near you (in North America only) very soon.

Source : ign[dot]com

Heroes of Newerth Makes All Heroes Free

Starting tomorrow, all heroes will be free in Heroes of Newerth. As part of a new game model called All Heroes Free, players will have access to all 107 released heroes at no cost, a move designed to level the playing field and make Newerth “a truly free-to-own game.”

Players were previously limited to pools of 16 free heroes at a time, with the option to purchase individual heroes separately. Anyone who purchased heroes within the past two weeks will receive a full refund, and anyone who purchased a hero at any point will receive a Mecha Gemini avatar for free.

“As gamers, we all know that games are more fun to play with friends, and All Heroes Free will make it easier for players to bring their friends to the game,” Heroes of Newerth director Pu Liu commented. “This new model will also level the eSports playing field, as all players will be able to build their skills and advance their strategies with any hero they choose.”

Separately, S2 Games is adding more rewards per match for Legacy players, and will soon introduce a new game mode called Gated Mode, which will “allow new players to get into the game faster and easier by pairing them with a smaller group of carefully selected heroes and thereby lessening the initial burden of knowledge.”

More details on All Heroes Free, as well as Gated Mode and Heroes of Newerth’s new patch, are available on the game’s official site.

Andrew Goldfarb is IGN’s associate news editor. Keep up with pictures of the latest food he’s been eating by following him on Twitter or IGN.

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