If you haven't tried out The Walking Dead: The Game yet, you're clearly missing out on what is one of the best zombie video game experiences out there, not to mention the 2012 "Game of the Year" chosen at this year's Spike TV Video Game Awards! To celebrate the latter achievement, developer Telltale Games has released the first episode, A New Day, ABSOLUTELY FREE on iTunes and the App Store. Be sure to visit the link here to download ASAP.
As with all Video Game related events, the Spike Video Game Awards 2011 went big and fast. In addition to the nominations and awardees of the most epic and absolute video games out this year, gamers got a taste of things to come with announcements, trailers, and the like! Read some highlights I found awesome from the event after the jump!
There's a lot to be said about video games, and it's a glorious feeling whenever there's news and trailers showcasing some things that definitely look exciting to play in the coming months ahead! Such was the case with this year's Spike TV Video Game Awards, and all of the announcements made there were enough to send gamers around the world in a frenzy! Take for instance the case of the upcoming new Mortal Kombat game by NetherRealm Studios. It began as a rumor a few days ago, but now it's very OFFICIAL that Kratos, the one and only protagonist of the God Of War series, is now an exclusive Kombatant in the PS3 version of the new MK game! Yes, the Ghost of Sparta makes another jump to the fighting game plane after his last appearance in Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny for the PSP! Check out the trailer and see for yourselves how he adjusts to his new surroundings!
Mortal Kombat - Kratos Reveal Trailer
Heh, as if things weren't crazy in the Mortal Kombat universe already!
Next up, we got the new trailer for the much anticipated and long awaited sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum - Batman: Arkham City! Here's the new trailer showing some more bits of the new game's story, plus the appearance of another sinister Batman rogue and villain - Dr. Hugo Strange!
Batman: Arkham City VGA Trailer
And finally, here's the trailer to another much anticipated sequel - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception!
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception VGA 2010 Trailer
Oh yeah, another Indiana Jones/ Die Hard styled adventure game to look forward to! This PS3 exclusive is coming November 1, 2011 next year! For more Spike TV VGA scoops, as well as news on other games such as Elder Scrolls V, Mass Effect 3, and Prototype 2, visit Kotaku!
Kotaku has posted up an MSN video that is a mini teaser trailer to the new Batman game Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Rocksteady Studios are working on - Batman: Arkham City! The sequel to 2009's smash hit "Batman: Arkham Asylum" is expected to hit on fall 2011, and fans around the world are awaiting new footage from the game, which is expected to debut in this weekend's Spike TV Video Game Awards. It's still a couple of days wait, but here's the MSN video where Batman is being hunted by a couple of experts... and their attempt to do so does not bode well at all.
