SKIRMISH 35 IS LIVE!

SEGA, publisher of the rather sweet looking “Espionage RPG” Alpha Protocol, have announced that developer Obsidian’s latest title will sneak its way into retail on Ocotober 6, 2009. The game will be available on the PC, PS3, and 360.

To celebrate, a new dev diary has been sent through the tubes…this time, we get more details on the art design, the game world, character development, and more. Be sure to check out the new vid after the jump.

For more on Alpha Protocol, hit up the game’s official website.
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Something tells us here at the ‘Axe that quite a few of you are rather interested in the revitalization of Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell franchise with the release of Splinter Cell: Conviction this November. Probably just a hunch, but we imagine those people would wanna check out the newly released vid doc that explores the devs attempt to redefine the franchise….a franchise indeed in need of redefining. Well, fortunately, you can check out said video after the jump and fall in love, yet again, with Splinter Cell.

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DICE has sent word that Battlefield 1943 will be available on July 8th on Xbox LIVE Marketplace and July 9th on the PlayStation Network. For those that don’t know, Battlefield 1943 is an all-new download-only action game that brings DICE’s popular vehicular warfare to gamers for the low price of $15 or 1200 MS Points.

Pretty sweet…

For more on the game, hit up its official website.

ZEN Studios have confirmed that it will release a free-to-play demo of The Punisher: No Mercy on July 2, 2009, exclusively for PlayStation Network…Hey, that’s today!

Accompanying the full version of No Mercy, the demo will allow players to sample the fast-paced action of the Marvel Comics-inspired first-person shooter with two of the eight levels from the original version of the game.

Sweet.

Today the studio also released the list of No Mercy trophy achievements, which can be viewed at www.marvel.com or www.psu.com.

Bohemia Interactive, creators of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis and ArmA: Combat Operations, along with IDEA Games have released the first of a series of video diaries for ARMA II…this one focused on the game’s basic controls.

The sandbox PC military shooter ARMA II, was recently released across Europe and will soon be available at retail in North America for all who want to visit the post-soviet republic of Chernarus and enjoy the bloody, yet fun war simulator.

“Our games can be mistakenly understood as difficult to play in terms of game mechanics and control if the player isn’t properly introduced to these functions up front,” said Jan Prazak. “Our intention is to explain the default settings and introduce the more casual player to the game mechanics of ARMA II. The main goal of these videos is to reveal the depth of the game and describe in an easy-to-understand way how fun it really is to play ARMA II and enjoy one of the most sophisticated military simulator on market.”

ARMA II is rated ‘M’ for Mature, ages 17 years by the ESRB and up and will be available at retail in North America on July 7th. Of course, you could just download it now via Steam…Hit the jump for the new vid doc.
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