Warner Bros has won eight awards at Spike TV’s 2011 Video Game Awards (VGAs) which premiered live Saturday, December 10th.

Batman: Arkham City was honoured with four awards: Best Action Adventure Game, Best Xbox 360 Game, Character of the Year, and Best Adapted Video Game. Five times larger than the game world in Batman: Arkham Asylum . Arkham City currently stands as one of the highest reviewed games of 2011 on Metacritic where it is ranked #1 and #3 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, with average review scores of 96 and 94, respectively.

Bastion, the downloadable action role-playing game developed by Supergiant Games, won three awards: Best Downloadable Game, Best Original Score and Best Song in a Game.

Mortal Kombat won the award for Best Fighting Game. Mortal Kombat has gone on to sell more than three million units worldwide, making it the most successful console game for the iconic franchise to date.

The critically acclaimed action role-playing game Bastion was a debut hit from developer Supergiant Games, initially released as part of this year's Xbox Live Summer of Arcade before making it onto PCs and Google's Chrome Web Store earlier this year.

Now, as a show of thanks to Bastion fans around the world, Supergiant Games has announced a soon-to-be-released DLC pack for the game, which will add a fully narrated sequence and two gameplay modes to the experience.

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"We held nothing back," Bastion developer Supergiant Games has said, explaining that it has no plans to release downloadable content for the delightful indie action-RPG. "No, we have no plans to extend the game in that way," creative director Greg Kasavin told The Morton Report when asked about expansions or DLC.

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Bastion on Steam has an hidden easter egg involving Portal 2 Turrets. To grab hold of your very own turrents simply start a New Game+ (second play through) in Bastion and head over to the arsenal, then look in the Skills menu and you will find a gel canister. Using the gel canister will allow you to place Portal 2 Turrets to help defend against the hordes of enemies.

Bastion, the award-winning indie Action-RPG recently released on Xbox LIVE Arcade, is coming to Windows PC this month on August 16th. Offering high-resolution graphics and an all-new PC control scheme, the game will be available on Steam before becoming available on other popular PC portals later this month.

The PC version of Bastion will be available DRM-free and include Steamworks support for Cloud saves, achievements, and leaderboards (Steam version only).

Featuring lush and imaginative artwork in full 1080p resolution, as well as an innovative reactive narration system that responds to players' actions in real time, the game challenges players to build a new world after a cataclysmic event shatters the land to pieces. As players journey into the wild unknown, they will confront savage beasts, forge an array of customisable weapons and gain new powers from specially-brewed spirits as they become immersed in the game's rich atmosphere.

Gameplay is designed to reward player skill, offering great customisation including the new re-mappable PC control scheme. Bastion for PC will also support gamepad controllers.

For more information about the game, visit its product page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/107100/

Warner Bros have released a launch trailer for the award-winning Action RPG for Xbox LIVE Arcade, Bastion.

Bastion launches on July 20th as the first game in Microsoft’s exclusive Summer of Arcade line-up, and will be available for 1200 Microsoft Points.

In Bastion, players to take control of the Kid, a young survivor who wakes to a world that has crumbled around him, with no one to help him but an old man who believes he holds the key to bringing things back to the way they were. In addition to pitting players against a host of savage creatures using a variety of unconventional weapons, Bastion features stunning high-resolution artwork, a deep original story, and an innovative reactive narration system that responds to players' actions throughout the adventure.

Bastion will also be available for PC later this year.

Microsoft have revealed details of the games in the fourth annual Summer of Arcade program.


“Toy Soldiers: Cold War” (Signal Studios/Microsoft Studios)
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“Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet” (Fuelcell/Microsoft Studios)
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“Fruit Ninja Kinect” (Halfbrick/Microsoft Studios)
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“Bastion” (Supergiant Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
“Bastion” is an action role-playing experience that redefines storytelling in games, with a reactive narrator who marks your every move. Explore more than 40 lush hand-painted environments as you discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces. Wield a huge arsenal of upgradeable weapons and battle savage beasts adapted to their new habitat. Finish the main story to unlock New Game Plus mode and continue your journey!


“From Dust” (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
Discover a unique Modern God game in which nature is the star. “From Dust” is the latest original concept by Eric Chahi, visionary creator of “Another World.” Behold the beauty of a primitive world pulsing with life and face the might of nature. Beware the danger of a world that is constantly changing under your command. Control the destiny of a tribe struggling to survive and help it recover its ancestors’ lost powers. Immerse yourself in a world as exotically beautiful as it is dangerous. A universe where nature reclaims what is hers and you are your people’s only chance of survival.

Bastion is an Action RPG for Xbox Live Arcade coming out in Summer 2011 and PC later this year. It is the first game from independent developer Supergiant Games and has received several accolades following its debut at PAX Prime in 2010, including two nominations in the prestigious 2011 Independent Games Festival in the categories of Excellence in Visual Art and Excellence in Audio.


In Bastion, players take control of a character known as the Kid, who is thrust into a world that has literally crumbled around him in a great Calamity. He must now construct a safe haven and build a new world from the remnants of the past. The game features lush and imaginative artwork as well as an innovative reactive narration system that responds to the player’s actions in real time all throughout the adventure. Bastion includes more than 30 areas to explore set in several wildly different environments, a variety of weapons and upgrades to discover, and a deep storyline to unravel.


FEATURES:


Ÿ Reactive narrator – Bastion introduces a one-of-a-kind reactive narration system, which gradually reveals a rich back story as the narrator reacts to the player’s actions, allowing for the player to have a truly personalized gameplay experience. The game features thousands of lines of narration. No player will be able to hear it all the first time through the game.


Ÿ Lush, hand-painted world – Bastion is presented in a high-definition, richly-detailed painterly art style, which enhances the fantastical world design and immerses players in the unique setting and atmosphere.


Ÿ Nimble, active combat – The gameoffers exciting, highly responsive moment-to-moment action that rewards player skill and experimentation, allowing players to develop their own unique fighting styles by mixing and matching from a large variety of customizable weapons, each with their own special moves and mechanics.


Ÿ Frequent gameplay-customizing choices – Bastion features many customizable elements including an array of weapons and upgrades as well as a special system that allows players to raise game difficulty in exchange for greater rewards.


Ÿ Grand adventure – This is a full-length experience offering 8 to 10 hours of fully narrated gameplay. Once players finish the journey, they unlock a "New Game Plus" mode, which introduces additional content and new ways to play.