REVIEW: Munchkin

Raksha is Crash To Desktop’s very own Malkavian, occasionally released from his sanctuary to inflict upon us his mumblings about the end being neigh, or just being out of tea bags. This time it is Munchkin that receives his most deranged visions. So sit back and hold on to your seat, this will be a bumpy ride. - Silverfuge

Munchkin is a card game based on the dungeons and dragons style games, with a sense of humour. Produced by Steve Jackson games, the game borrows heavily from dungeons and dragons, and has a heavy comical influence, making the game much more fun. The art work is done by the same gentle man who brought us the web comic dork tower, giving us art work that fits very well with the humour within the game. The object of the game is to win by reaching level 10 before anyone else in the party, via any way Munchkinable (Raksha sure does like to make these words up so bear with him- Silverfuge).

The game itself comes with one die which is used to determine the turn order, and two decks of cards (the treasure cards and the dungeon cards). The Treasure cards are usually potions or equipment that you can use, trade or sell to level up, and in some cases level up cards. The dungeon cards are monsters and curses, which are the primary tool for the game.

EU PS3 owners finally get Trine 2, Plus owners get it for free

Tomorrow Europe finally gets their hands on the much delayed Trine 2 on the Playstation 3, god knows why it's taken to get here, but after nearly two months here it is.

As an apology from Sony and Atlus for the first two weeks the game gets a rather large 30% off for everyone but even more for Playstation Plus users as it's the game of the month, so it's free, along with the Sly Copper HD Trilogy's first game Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus HD.

Also remember the rather interesting Journey is also released a week early for Plus users, sadly that is not free

Assassin's Creed III revealed

Ubisoft released the first trailer of the third saga of the Assassin's Creed series officially despite the beans being spilled by leaked images last week.

The game features a brand new assassin Ratohnhaké:ton also thankfully known as Connor, a British/Native American fighting during the eve of the American Revolution after his village was sacked. The game also uses a brand new engine called Ubisoft-AnvilNext, which promises "breakthroughs in visual quality, character models and artificial intelligence." .

The game is set to be released on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, PC and Nintendo's Wii U.

DUST 514 PS3 goes free, Vita not so much..

CCP today announced that their EVE Online FPS extension for the Playstation 3 DUST 514 will now be completely free to play for all PSN users. This replaces CCP's original idea of the game being up for sale for a price and then reimbursed the player in Aurum credits, the universe's premium item currency to use for micro-transactions in the store.

The AUR credits will still be available for premium services like character respecs and double skill point boosts but can only be purchased with real money, unlike ISK, which can only be gained via playing, which buys everything else, CCP insisted that AUR will not buy power only 'save time'.

On the flip side of things CCP also announced that the Vita version will not be the full game, instead will be a "companion app," with functionality including this such as character customization, shopping, and setting up "strategies" with other players, all interfacing with the PS3 game. This version 'may' be updated along with PS3 version into the full title as the game goes on.

Assassin's Creed 3 to be set in American Revolution

Ubisoft have confirmed rumours that Assassin's Creed III will be set in the American Revolution after they released images of the game's box art on Facebook. The release comes after promotional artwork for the game was leaked to Kotaku by an employee of Best Buy.

Ubsisoft also announced that they would be releasing more details about the game in a press release on Monday. Stay tuned for that one folks!

Assassin's Creed III launches for all platforms on October, 30.

Bioshock Infinite: Release Date Announced

2K Games the publisher's of Bioshock Infinite have finally confirmed that the release date for the game will be October 16th in North America. Consumers from other regions will be able to pick up the game a few days later on the 19th worldwide release date.

Bioshock Infinite will be avaliable on PC, Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3. And just in case you missed any of the game's trailers check out the one above.

Baldur's Gate 3? Could it be?

Fans of the Baldur's Gate series will be happy to know that a teaser site has been released possibly confirming that a new Baldur's Gate title is currently in development. Although there is no confirmation that there is a new Baldur's Gate game the site certainly offers enthusiasts with something to think about.

Although due to rumours on Game Banshee suggest that former BioWare developer Trent Oster and the fellows at Beamdog are behind the site. A reporter at the site got to interview Mr Oster who stated: "We're not related to the Steam complete edition, I can tell you that much. Other than that, we're hoping to announce something soon." Thus the website remains mysterious, we can only hope that the aforementioned announcement is given soon.