Activision invests on indie games

With a very forward-looking strategy designed to locate and select the new talent, Activision has invested $ 250,000 in prizes for indie developers to Independent Games Competition.

The publisher has announced the winner of the first round of the contest, offering 175,000 dollars to Peter Dstroyd for the RTS Angstadt and 75,000 dollars to Engient to Rigonauts: Broadside, title based on the fighting between vehicles.

The developers in question will use the money to expand their ideas.

The second phase of the contest will see other 250,000 dollars up for grabs and the details will be circulated shortly. The hope, of course, that this time the initiative is not only open to developers, but that it also broadens the European territory.

Frostbite 2 for Mirror's Edge 2?

Electronic Arts and SAYS have few times talked about a possible sequel to the magnificent and misunderstood Mirror's Edge, but so far there was no official announcement.

In the latest issue of Official PlayStation Magazine UK for appeared an interesting rumor, according to which Mirror's Edge 2 gi developing and will use the powerful Frostbite Engine 2.0.

EA's Frank Gibeau stated recently that the saga deserved a second chance and apparently this possibility already under definition.

Sony Santa Monica clears three games

The LinkedIn profile of Steve Johnson, sound designer at Sony Santa Monica, has revealed that the studio would have cancelled three projects for PlayStation 3.

The titles in question, now deleted, were High Rise, Psynapse and Hand of God. Considering the quality of the works previously released by the God of War, a pity that three projects have suffered a similar fate.

Profile of Johnson, however, also confirmed that the studio currently working on two titles not yet announced. One of these could be God of War 4 since, as we always were told, the adventures of Kratos does not have certainly resulted in the epilogue of God of War III.

King of Fighters XIII bonus

Atlus announced that all those who book The King of Fighters XIII in America will receive four complimentary cd containing the soundtrack of the series.

The bonus of Atlus are well known to fans, who again will be well rewarded for their loyalty. The cd will contain not only the songs of the new chapter of the historical saga of fighting, but also those of all previous episodes.

Atlus also used to offer beautiful artbook and bonus otherwise, but for now not yet been announced anything about it.

Among the other news of the console version of the game will have a substantial history mode, which will be followed by the optics of pi characters, and a series of online options designed to meet the demanding fans.

The King of Fighters XIII come at the end of October for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 and at the moment there are no announcments of any kind for the European version of the game.

Review: TrackMania 2: Canyon

TrackMania 2 engines off: Canyon could also be mistaken for a normal racing game. Models of machines are polished and well-made and asphalt realistically wrinkled, and no matter the track on the horizon seems to have something weird.

Then you press the accelerator and the car comes to life. Once you reach the first jump, which launches the player into the sky by forcing him to make incredible evolutions, the TrackMania difference appears immediately obvious.

The interesting thing, however, that not only focused on TrackMania races but also on designing and construction. In the intriguing title Matchbox, can compete on more absurd that our mind can imagine, and although it seems almost to have always been part of the scene of racing games for PC, the first true sequel to the glorious title of Nadeo is going to get just now.

In the game enthusiasts of old date will feel immediately at home. Driving along narrow paths and intricate by relying on the keyboard or joypad, will find themselves suddenly faced with huge jumps, spins of death beyond the limits of traditional physics and fools ran on the wall. Of course, for the first time TrackMania 2 include damage to drive, but you treat a cosmetic thing. Will not be done anything which might even minimally impacting the soul arcade, indispensable to tame paths occasionally hallucinating (although, to be honest, the car was given a bit of extra weight during the drifting more aggressive).

TrackMania 2: Canyon will be the first part of a project that Ubisoft chose to operate as a kind of platform, where users can purchase additional packages after the launch. Each package contains new scenarios and Canyon, of course, offer a wide collection of mountains and rocks of any kind, showcasing the new textures. As per tradition for the series, for, items made available to the programmer will be merely a starting point.

Straying from the path we're going to examine the editor for the realization of circuits and we find that the menu will allow to use different tools to create their works of art.

Resistance 3: date of beta

Sony and Insomniac have recently announced that the beta of Resistance 3 avr officially start, only for subscribers with the PlayStation Plus, on 10 August.

And those who aren't subscribers? Good question, which, unfortunately, there is still a response. The developers have stated that "there will be a place for everyone" without providing precise information on.

The beta allow access to two maps, one set in Wales and the other in Colombia, each of which will be playable in two modes: Deathmatch and Team Chain Reaction.

Sar can reach up to level 20, acquiring Meanwhile upgrades and extra skills and customize the characters used, all elements which we hope will then "transported" in your account when you purchase the full version of the game.

Sony PS Life producers "indie"

Sony firmly intends to support massively independent developers who wish to carry out projects for PlayStation Life.

Two members of the studio Icon Games, great Great Little War for iOS, announced they have received for free from the giant Japanese not one, not two, not three but four development kit PSVita.

"We showed our game to Sony and liked it so much that they decided to send for free these four kits," said a company representative.

It means that Great Little War will be one of the titles to launch PlayStation Life ... not bad at all!.