Uncharted 1 And 2 On The PSN Next Month

Sony has announced today that next month Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Game of the Year Edition will be available on the PlayStation Network as digital downloads. The games will go digital on June 26 with no announced price at the moment.

The DLC for Uncharted 2 is currently free, and has been for awhile, but according to Sony, the DLC being free is due to the celebration of the first two Uncharted games going digital. Get the DLC while it lasts for it won't be free any longer on June 26.




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PSN To Be Down Tomorrow

Tomorrow Sony will be bringing down the PlayStation Network for some regular maintenance that will last almost all day. Users will still be able to play online games or use Netflix and other related apps, only the PlayStation Store and Home will be unavailable.

Here is Sony's full statement about the downtime:

Regular maintenance is a necessary part of operating a service such as PSN. As part of our efforts to continue to deliver you a world-class online entertainment experience on your PS3 and PS Vita devices, we will be performing maintenance on the network on Thursday, May 24th, starting at approximately 8:00 am PDT / 10:00 am EDT and concluding around 11:00pm PDT / 2:00am EDT.

During this maintenance period, you may receive a message that states “PlayStation Network is undergoing maintenance” when attempting to access the PlayStation Store or PlayStation Home. Online play will not be affected and you will be able to enjoy apps such as Netflix and Amazon Instant Video during this maintenance as well, provided that you have signed into the network within 5 days prior to the start of the maintenance period.

We will update you with any changes that may occur in regards to this maintenance. If you would like to receive a notice when PSN is fully restored, be sure to follow the official PlayStation Twitter account.

Thanks for your patience and support.

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Comic List - 5/23/2012

• Adventures Into The Unknown! Archives Volume 1 HC
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Library HC Volume 1
• Dark Horse Presents #12
• Doctor Solar, Man of the Atom 2 TPB Revelation/Solar Rise TPB
• The Guild: Fawkes (One-Shot)
• The Incredible Adventures of Dog Mendonca and Pizza Boy TPB
• Mind MGMT #1
• Orchid #7
• Ragemoor #3
• Resident Alien #1
• Star Wars: Dark Vader and the Ghost Prison

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• Absolute Batman Dark Victory HC
• All Star Western #9
• Aquaman #9
• Batman Incorporated #1
• batman Knightfall TPB Vol. 02 Knightquest New Edition
• Batman The Dark Knight #9
• Dominique Laveau Voodoo Child #3
• Fables #117
• Flash #9
• Fury of Firestorm The Nuclear Men #9
• Green Lantern New Guardians #9
• I Vampire #9
• Savage Hawkman #9
• Stormwatch TPB Vol. 01 The Dark Side
• Superman #9
• Teen Titans #9
• Unwritten #37
• Voodoo #9

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• 27 TPB Vol. 02 Second Set
• Artifacts Origins First Born TPB
• Elephantmen #39
• Foot Soldiers TPB Vol. 01
• Hack Slash #16
• Haunt TPB Vol. 03
• Lol Depressed Boy #11
• Los Angeles Ink Stains TPB Vol. 01
• Magdalena #12
• Mudman #4
• Near Death #8
• Netherworld TPB
• Prophet #25
• Rebel Blood #3 (of 4)
• Witchblade #156
• Xenoholics TPB Vol. 01
• Youngblood #71
• Pigs #8

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• Amazing Spider-Man #686
• Amazing Spider-Man Young Readers TPB Vol. 01 Behind
• Astonishing X-Men #50
• Avengers Many Faces of Henry Pym TPB
• Captain America #12
• Captain America and Hawkeye #631
• Daken Dark Wolverine Prem HC No More Heroes
• Deadpool #55
• Deadpool Max TPB Involuntary Armageddon
• Fantastic Four #606
• Hulk #52
• Hulk Smash Avengers #4 (of 5)
• Journey Into Mystery #638
• Marvel Universe Spider-Man Amazing Fantasy Digest TPB
• Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man #2
• Marvel Zombies Destroy #2 (of 5)
• Mighty Thor #14
• Might Thor By Matt Fraction TPB Vol .01
• Scarlet #6
• Secret Avengers #27
• Strikeforce Morituri TPB Vol. 03
• Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Dead of Spider-Man Fallout TPB
• Ultimate Comics X-Men #12
• Uncanny X-Force Otherworld Prem HC
• Uncanny X-Force TPB Vol. 03 Dark Angel Saga Book 01
• Venom Circle of Four Premium HC

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Before Watchmen: Comedian #1 Variant Covers

Eduardo Risso variant cover (left) and Jimm Lee variant cover (right)

Today DC Comics has released a preview for variant covers for Before Watchmen: Comedian #1. Being written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by J.G. Jones, Before Watchmen: Comedian #1 will hit stores on June 20.

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Here Is The First Marvel Heroes Trailer

Today we have finally gotten a good glimpse of what Marvel Heroes, the free-to-play Marvel MMO, will look like.

Being worked on by developers Gazillion Entertainment, Marvel Heroes features a handful of well known and some underdogs in the Marvel Universe as it seems like they will be taking on Dr. Doom who has somehow come into possession of the Cosmic Cube.

There is no announcement for when we can expect to start playing the game, but I'm sure we'll here about that soon.

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New Dark Knight Rises Character Posters

A handful of new character posters for The Dark Knight Rises has been released today. There are a total of six new character posters that features three well known characters from the movie, Batman, Catwoman and Bane. The posters gives us a pretty good close up at the costumes that Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway and Tom hardy will be sporting for their characters.

The Dark Knight Rises will hit theatres on July 20 this year.

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Behind The Scenes Of The Walking Dead Season 3

Today AMC has released a behind the scenes trailer for the upcoming third season of The Walking Dead.

The video below is a behind the scenes video for the first episode of the hit show with the crew of the show talking about what characters that will be introduced in the new season. The video also gives us a glimpse of the prison that the characters found at the end of season 2.

Season 3 of the Walking Dead will premiere on AMC sometime this Fall.

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XCOM Enemy Unknown Release Date And Pre-Order Bonus

Another game today has gotten a release date announced for 2K Games have announced when XCOM: Enemy Unknown will be expected to hit stores. That's not all they have announced for their game though as they have also announced pre-order bonuses and PC special edition bonuses.

On October 9 XCOM: Enemy Unknown will be coming out for the PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360. If you pre-order the game now though, your copy will be upgraded to the Elite Soldier Pack which includes:

• Classic X-COM Soldier: Players will instantly receive a new recruit in their barracks inspired by the original X-COM: UFO Defense. The iconic soldier with the blonde, flattop hairstyle will return in his full glory, modernized with the rest of the XCOM universe.
• Soldier Deco packs: Players can customize their soldier with several aesthetic upgrades to armor suits, including the new Hyperion and Reaper soldier armor kits.
• Complete color customization: A variety of colors and tints for all armor sets in the game allow players complete control to customize their squad’s look.

If you want a really good deal when it comes to Special Editions, then the PC version of XCOM: Enemy Unknown is for you. For $59.99, the Special Edition will grant you:

• The PC version of the game
• An art book
• Fold-out poster of the XCOM HQ
• Insignia Patch
• Digital assets such as: Desktop wallpaper, soundtrack, and more.

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Devil May Cry Gets A Release Date

Yesterday Capcom has finally announced a release date for the newest Devil May Cry game and they are expecting to release the game in the beginning of next year.

On January 15, 2013 Devil May Cry fans will be able to get themselves a copy of the game for either the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360. As for the PC version of the game, Capcom says that it is being worked on and that PC fans can expect to see if later in the year.



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The Wolverine To Start Fiming This August

The sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine will start filming this year according to Hugh Jackman via Twitter.

The Wolverine will begin shooting this August, where they will start is currently unknown but there is a high chance that it will be in Japan as the movie is being based off of the 1982 miniseries Wolverine. The movie will feature the well known Silver Samurai as he goes against Wolverine with an army of ninjas.



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Dead Island Game Of The Year Edition Announced

Haven't played Dead Island yet? Well now might be your chance if you're interested as Deep Silver has announced today that they will be releasing a Game of the Year Edition next month.

Dead Island Game of the year Edition will obviously include the full game along with the DLC content - Ryder White's Campaign, Bloodbath Arena and the Ripper weapon blueprint. All this can be yours for $29.99 on June 26 for the PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360.



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Super Monkey Ball Banana Blitz Release Date

Today Sega has announced a release date for the North American and European version of Super Monkey Ball Banana Splitz for the PlayStation Vita.

On October 23, 2012, Super Monkey Ball fans can grab themselves a copy of the new game that has special features just for the PlayStation Vita.



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New Allies Update Trailer

As all Star Wars: The Old Republic knows, it's getting harder and harder to find groups for Ops or Flashpoints. Well with the Allies Update coming, Update 1.3, BioWare is making group finding easier along with the ability to transfer characters to other servers; even though server merging would be more appropriate during this time, it is still better than nothing.

The trailer below has BioWare Game Director James Ohlen explaining some of the things we can expect in the upcoming Allies Update.

There is no announcement when the update will be out, but it is expected to be released sometime in June.




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Overkill And Valve Team Up For New Game

Developers Overkill have announced today that they will be teaming up with Valve in order to create a game that is a cross blend between Overkill's game Payday: The Heist and Valve's Left 4 Dead.

"We are working on a very cool blend of Payday and Left 4 Dead," says Overkill's game director Ulf Andersson. "I am sure it is so exciting that it will have some players check into the hospital before we are done.”

Both games have pretty similiar core gameplay as you and three friends team-up in order to fend off against mass waves of enemies, but in Left 4 Dead you're bashing zombies and in Payday you're robbing banks.



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Aliens: Colonial Marines Pushed Back To 2013

Today Sega has announced that they will be pushing back the release date for Aliens: Colonial Marines to 2013, the developers have given us a new trailer and a release date as well.

With the newly announced release date, Aliens: Colonial Marines will be out on February 12, 2013 for the PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360. The Wii U version is supposedly going to have another release date, but at this time it is unclear when that will be out.

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