| Erik Johnson |
Ubisoft has released a new update for its strategy sim The Settlers 7, now available for manual download as well as on Steam.
| Meredith Sweet |
I remember reading a letter to the editor in a recent issue of Game Informer that complained about an article featuring FarmVille, one of the most wildly-successful casual gaming apps to hit the Internet. Rather than buy standalone games for their consoles or computers, people are now turning to the Internet for brief spurts of entertainment in the form of Facebook games. Like it or not, casual games like FarmVille are increasingly popular and look like they’re here to stay. And of course, they still merit all the poking and prodding of any other game we might deign to cover here at Gaming Dead. When you feel like wasting time without burying yourself into strategies and replays, casual games certainly have their advantages.
In the case of Diner Dash maker PlayFirst’s first entry into the social gaming arena, Chocolatier: Sweet Society is definitely a tasty appetizer, whether you are a “hardcore” casual gamer or a true on-again, off-again player looking to sample some of PlayFirst’s delicious wares.
| Erik Johnson |
Valve has released a new update for Left 4 Dead 2, adding several new adjustments to the zombie survival shooter.
| Adam Bruno |
Ah, Konami. This one kind of stole the show for me, both for an accessible (and very impressive!) game lineup and for being generally awesome toward us. A special thank you goes out to Michelle Hoffman of Konami for setting it all up.
| Erik Johnson |
Croteam has released a new update for their wild FPS Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter, now available via Steam.
| Adam Bruno |
Next, we come to Capcom. With such awesome titles as Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Dead Rising 2, there was a whole lot to see.
| Adam Bruno |
Okay, so I’ve had to figure out what format to post Comic-Con articles, because there’s going to be a hell of a lot of them. First up, SOE!
| Kevin Roberson |
I’m not sure what I expected out of Crackdown 2. When I first saw the television ad, my immediate reaction was “are they serious?” Who would air an ad showing your game slowing down to 15 frames per second and explosions amid terrible lighting effects? But they were serious; dead serious. And Crackdown 2 certainly lives down to the hype.
| Adam Bruno |
So, I’m out at Comic-Con in San Diego, and I got to look around for Preview Night. I did a bit of networking and have some demos coming up. Here’s the plan so far!
| Christian Martin |
The online beta for the new Medal of Honor launched just about a month ago on Playstation 3 and PC, but the Xbox 360 version was seriously delayed. It is now up.
