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Bioware dropped this official launch trailer today and let us tell you we’re ready to fight for the lost. While we’re waiting for this game like giddy school girls, its not hard to see that this highly anticipated rpg is going to blow our minds. For now, enjoy this trailer.
Dark Void, the jet pack swinging action game has shipped to retailers. Available for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and Windows PC. Dark Void is rated T for Teen retailing at $59.99 for the console versions and $39.99 for Windows PC.
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It should come as no surprise that Modern Warfare 2 was going to become one of the top selling games and a few days ago the official numbers were released confirming the speculations. Interestingly enough Modern Warfare 2 wasn’t the best selling game in December, that actually went to New Super Mario Wii. Modern Warfare 2 sales reached $1 Billion sales as of December.
there has not been much of Fable 3 yet and the two following artworks will probably be very little but I’m sure this will get the fans excited somehow….somehow. There has been no official announcement for a 2010, but we should expect to see more of the game this year anyway.
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Bioware has already dropped news at the CES 2010 over the weekend that they are well in development of Mass Effect 3. Mass Effect 2, The sequal to highly acclaim action RPG shooter is ready to hit stores January 26 for the Xbox 360 and PC.
BioWare project manager Casey Hudson spoke briefly on the Mass EFfect 3
“We are already at work on Mass Effect 3,” he said, adding, “Building the first bits of the story, putting that together.
“We always wanted to make sure that we got the entire trilogy of games done within this console’s life cycle. We didn’t want to take forever with it,” clarified Casey. “So we definitely want to make Mass Effect 3 a fairly short turnaround, but also being that it needs to be a tremendous and epic conclusion to the trilogy.”
Casey also shared info on the upcoming DLC for the approaching release of Mass Effect 2.
“We don’t have anything specifically announced yet, but we basically plan for DLC pretty shortly after the release of the game and then a pretty intense schedule of downloadable content throughout,” he said. “This is one of the big improvements that we’ve been able to do for Mass Effect 2. Lots of DLC and lots of really high quality DLC that players can look forward to.”
With all that said, Mass Effect 2 will be in retailer soon with DLC on its way shortly after that. The announcement on the Development of Mass Effect 3 will give fans even more to look forward to after they experience the sequal.
The Xbox Live MarketPlace will be having several interesting new additions and sales for this month. On January 18, both of the DLC packs for the original Mass Effect will be marked down to 240 MS Points each and Hasbro Family Game Night: Battleship will decrease to 400 MS Points; and on January 25, Portal will have a temporarily price cut to 800 MS Points.
Also two new Games on Demand will be appearing on the MarketPlace: Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2, available now for $20, and Dead Rising, coming January 26, no word on the price for this game however.
Last week at Microsoft’s press conference in CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2010 highlighted a couple of announcements surrounding the Xbox 360. One of which was a real time arcade game room would be coming later this year for the Xbox 360. The game room would compile of several floors filled with none other then old school arcade games (atari 2600 etc.) that can be bought and put into your own game room space. Players will be able to face each other over 2 player matches with games that support it, real time leader boards and experience authentic arcade originals. Games can be bought on cross platform, PC and Xbox 360 for $5, just on one platform for $3 or rented out for $0.50 giving you 2 sessions much like tokens. Each room can be customizable and you can even invite your friend to your game room. We’ll have more as it comes in.
Their comes a time in gaming history where the technology is truly ground breaking. Where it will stand in time as the innovator, leading to bigger and better things. The N64’s rumble pack, playstations duel analog controller, the Wii controller, guitar hero etc. Unfortunately where those succeeded on being innovative, this one seems to miss its mark.
The Tony hawk franchise has been slowly pummeling itself on a downward spiral of games until Skate came along and knocked off its horse completely. Taking a 2 year hiatus the series, it planned to make the skating experience as authentic as possible, what we get is something that just doesn’t feel that put together in any aspect. The board has two accelerometers and four sensors to track movement. The sides will track you kicking the board for more speed while the front and back are for grabs. Don’t get us wrong it feels very durable but (and maybe it was just us) you do have this overwhelming feeling like your going to fall all the time.
Getting on the board and turning the game on will put you through the configuration process, once done your ready to begin. You’ll notice their are 3 types of modes when you get in which are career, online and party play. Their are 3 difficultly types, casual, confident and expert, the first of which basically plays itself. Career mode lets you run through the story but is the same 3 types of play throughout the entire game. Stages seem pretty linear offering little variety between them, thats also do to the fact that you feel limited in movement when on the board. The game is pretty stripped of features and gameplay elements, from the single player to the online player which still seems to be single player. The soundtrack is the real hero in this offering a great mix bag and has never failed the Tony hawk series before.
For $120 the game only offers a casual experience that not everyone will get into. With only a great soundtrack to hold on to its tough to tell what direction future games might go from here, one thing is for certain, it might be back to the drawing board for this one.
overall = 6.5
Madcatz just announced that Tatsunoko VS. Capcom Arcade FightStick for the Nintendo Wii will be releasing alongside the US launch of Tasunoko vs. Capcom. This will be the first time the FightStick will be releasing on the Wii and will connect directly to the official or Mad Catz Wii Remote. The Arcade FightStick does not need to be connected directly to the console, thus providing tether free operation. Look for the Tatsunoko VS. Capcom Arcade FightStick sometime mid January.
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Looks like Metal Slugs is getting the PSP treatment next month. Atlus will bring the side-scrolling, arcade-style, run-and-gun shooter for PSP this February. Choose between six zany METAL SLUG XX characters and shoot through seven action-packed levels with varying obstacles, numerous enemies, and diverging paths.
