Flop or Hit Sequel?
I had some play time with this title at E3 and I have to say, if you like playing mages and using magic in RPG’s then you’re in for a real treat. Since from what I heard there’s over a few thousand spell combinations to work with. Of course, if that’s not your bag, there’s always brute force and sword styles to work with.
It’s an interesting trailer, give it a watch.
Visionary director, Guillermo Del Toro, is working on a number of games with a “big game company.”
“We’re going to do games that are going to be technically and narratively very interesting,” Del Toro told MTV news. Coming from the man behind Pan’s Labyrinth and The Devil’s Backbone, that “narratively” part just got a whole lot more interesting.
Especially considering del Toro said, “in the next 10 years, there will be an earthshaking Citizen Kane of games.” Considering how genius his films are, we can make a safe assumption that del Toro will be the one to direct that game and it will be one hell of a game.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/35492/Big-company-game-deal-for-Pans-Labyrinth-director
Engadget is reporting that a Nintendo representative told Bloomberg Japan the retail price and release date of the Nintendo 3DS would be revealed on September 29th.
What does this mean?
It means that the rumor mill starts here! We can’t speculate too much based on this very small tidbit of information, but we can look at precedent: Nintendo’s most recent handheld release date announcement, the DSi. The DSi was announnced to release in April of 2009, in February of the same year, – about a two month difference.
At best, we can hope for the same schedule, meaning an early December street date, or perhaps black Friday, if Nintendo is playing towards the American holiday shopper mentality. Of course, We could always fallback on the only other “release date” we have: March 2011, the end of the fiscal year.
Recently, Gamestop bought out casual game site, Kongregate. What does this mean for users?
http://www.kongregate.com/pages/kongregate-announcement
Well, I feel certain that you’re not concerned with most of it, but Gamestop is looking to reward users with high scores and achievements with their PowerUp Rewards. The reward can come in the form of a gift card or a free game or something along those lines. Basically, if XBL points went towards something.
This is pretty neat and as a Kongregate user, I can get behind it.
Well it appears that Valve is being it’s usual generous self and is giving out L4D2 to anyone accidentally banned recently from Modern Warfare 2. I feel that this is quite nice of them and a nice way to make up for this mess-up but I do wish things like this didn’t keep happening.
Letter from Valve after the jump:
Sega dropped off three new in-game screenshots from Creative Assembly’s upcoming Shogun 2: Total War. You can’t look at these screens and not tell me the RTS side of your brain is dying to flank those infantry with a company of swift calvary while unleashing a volley of fire arrows through the night sky.
Forget StarCraft. 2011 here I come.
This week (July 27th) Harmonix and MTV Games will be releasing the first ever Spanish-Language tracks to feature in a Rock Band game, as new content from Juanes debuts in the Rock Band Store.
“I am thrilled to be the first Spanish-language artist in Rock Band,” Juanes said. “I’m excited for my fans to connect with the songs right in their living rooms and to bring Latin Music to new fans as well.”
No. 1 track ‘Me Enamora’ will be included on the disk in the forthcoming Rock Band 3, scheduled for release Oct 2010.
Hailed by Rolling Stone as “[One of] the world’s biggest rock stars” and described by the Los Angeles Times as “the single most important figure of the past decade in Latin music,” Juanes has become the world’s leading all-Spanish language music artist in terms of both critical respect and global commercial success. Both an electrifying guitarist and gifted songwriter, the Colombian rockstar is often mentioned alongside artists such as Bono and Bruce Springsteen for his belief in the possibility of social change through music.
Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 3 system (July 27):
(All tracks are original master recordings)
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation 3 system July 28)
These tracks will be available for purchase as “Juanes Pack01” as well as individual tracks, on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system, and as individual tracks only on Wii.
Price: $1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points) per track
$9.99, £4.99 UK, €7.99 EU (800 Microsoft Points) for Juanes Pack 01
$2.00 USD (200 Wii PointsTM) per track
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **
It looks like Summer hasn’t only pushed Capcom to join the deal bonanza that is the iTunes App Store during the summer. You can get your hands on Phoenix Wright for $2.99,Ghosts ‘n’ Goblins, Dark Void Zero and Mega Man 2 for just 99 cents, or Street Fighter IV for $6.99.
Phoenix Wright is already loaded on my iPad and it’s feeling great! Go take advantage of the sale while you can!
The Alley of the Dolls is the latest installment in the franchise. The game starts in a kind of in media res to where Sam and Max are hiding in Stinky’s diner from a horde of Sam clones. This game is fairly interesting. It takes a kind of zombie apocalyptic setting combined with a mystery of what all is going down. The game focuses more on story than puzzle I feel and is once again not as innovative and new, but the story is really what pushes the game.
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