Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and NetherRealm Studios today confirmed that Mortal Kombat for the PlayStation Vita system will be released on May 1, 2012 in North America.

Mortal Kombat for PlayStation Vita system provides an on-the-go fighting game experience with brand new gameplay features and tons of new content developed exclusively for the revolutionary handheld system. Mortal Kombat delivers an all-new Challenge Tower mode with 150 brand new missions, including Touchscreen Fatalities, Xrays and more.

Rock Star Games has released a new gameplay video which reveals a first look at Max Payne 3’s Multiplayer. The video details several core features of the multiplayer experience, focusing on the integration of Max Payne’s signature gameplay elements, including Bullet Time, and bringing players into Max’s twisted universe through unique modes of Gang Wars and Payne Killer.

Max Payne 3 Multiplayer Gameplay Video:

Since March 7, fans nationwide have been casting their votes to determine the next cover athlete for Madden NFL 13, logging 4.3 million votes during the play-in round and more than 8.5 million votes since the start of the bracket phase of the competition on March 21. Weekly fan voting will determine which of the remaining 16 NFL players will advance through seeded brackets – culminating with the unveiling of the Madden NFL 13 cover athlete winner on ESPN’s SportsNation on April 25 at 5 p.m. ET.

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At its heart, the story of Asura’s Wrath conveys the eponymous character’s use of his own overflowing hatred to save those whom he loves. This inherent contradiction is the one constant theme of the game. To what lengths will Asura go to save his daughter? Is the life of his daughter really worth dooming the entire world? Does saving the life of his family justify those he sentences to death both directly and indirectly?

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NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced RIDGE RACER UNBOUNDED is shipping this week to retailers in North America for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system.

The latest entry in the celebrated RIDGE RACER series, RIDGE RACER UNBOUNDED turbo-charges the racing genre with full environmental and vehicular destruction. Players indulge in high speed destruction to impress Kara Shindo, leader of the Unbounded gang, and grow their street cred in Shatter Bay. The signature arcade handling and drifting elements combined with explosive action take RIDGE RACER UNBOUNDED to the next level of competitive racing. With a new car selection including powerful vintage muscle cars, players will take over every alley and street corner in Shatter Bay in the most visceral and destructive racing game of 2012.

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Ridge Racer 7 on the PS3, released in 2006, has 22 courses and over 40 cars. Ridge Racer on the Vita, released in 2012, has, as of this writing, 5 courses and 9 cars.

Statistics can often be misleading. Though numbers never lie, they may not actually say what they appear to at first glance. A baseball player with a low batting average may make up for it in on-base percentage and slugging percentage. Pools are not as dangerous as airplanes even though they may kill more people in a year (Freakonomics, anyone?). However, in a game where there’s little else to do but race, there is no excuse for having this few courses.

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Ubisoft reveals more information about Assassin’s Creed III through an all-new video and a series of screenshots. These assets highlight the new hero’s background, including weapons he uses and the different environments he will be in throughout the game.

Set against the backdrop of the American Revolution in the late 18th century, Assassin’s Creed III introduces a new hero, Ratohnhaké:ton, of Native American and English heritage. Adopting the name Connor, he becomes the new voice for justice in the ancient war between the Assassins and Templars. Players become an Assassin in the war for liberty against ruthless tyranny in the most stylized and fluid combat experiences in the franchise to date. Assassin’s Creed III spans the Revolutionary War, taking gamers from the vibrant, untamed frontier to bustling colonial towns and the intense, chaotic battlefields where George Washington’s Continental Army clashed with the imposing British Army.

Assassin’s Creed III New Hero Trailer / Screenshots:

In Ghost Recon Future Soldier, the entire 12 mission campaign is playable cooperatively with up to three of your friends. Ubisoft shows this off in this “Mega 64 Goes Hands-On with GRFS Co-Op” video.

Ghost Recon Future Soldier Co-op Trailer:

The Rhythm series is developed by Nintendo and has been released on the handheld consoles for the past few years and the series has developed a strong following in Japan as well as in the United States ever since. The series is primarily made up of mini games that utilize hand eye coordination as well as the ability to pick up on a rhythm and press a button or button(s) in correlation with the beat of the music. Does the series hold up to the fun gameplay that its handheld predecessors contain or does it lack any and all Rhythm what so ever? Read on through for our review of Rhythm Heaven Fever.

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UK video game companies got a nice tax break in the UK budget that was released today.

Today’s Budget Day in the UK, which means news report complaining about taxes on stuff and general commentary on how this will improve/destroy society. We don’t care too much about that, because buried inside the 707kb, 116 page document there’s something newsworthy to us techies. A few things at least.

Firstly, game companies can enjoy corporation tax relief from April 2013, pending approval from various governmental places. This is what the games industry has campaigned for and has finally got, which makes them happy.

Read more over at our tech blog TechMamba.