| Kevin Roberson |
Bioware’s had no big competition in the RPG market, so calling their RPGs good has never been held up to the scrutiny of real competition. I’ve always believed Mass Effect to be Bioware’s attempt to create a real challenge for itself by dropping the Star Wars title and seriously competing in the futuristic third person shooters market, a place with more competition than a 24/7 reality show network.
| Erik Johnson |
Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling has revealed that the Care Package patch for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 on Xbox 360 has been sent to Microsoft for certification and should arrive shortly.
| Erik Johnson |
After being thrown off its schedule a few weeks ago by being pulled off the Xbox Live Marketplace due to a buggy release and never actually seeing the light on PC, The Return to Ostagar DLC has been re-released for Dragon Age: Origins.
| Kevin Roberson |
I don’t know why I keep advocating originality in games when they keep doing this to me. Dark Void is about a man who goes down in a plane crash in the Bermuda triangle, discovers a race of humans fighting against aliens in a subdemension, puts on a helmet and jetpack and flies off to save the world. How could they possibly go wrong? And yet they did.
| Kevin Roberson |
Army of Two always seemed to have its finger on the pulse of demographical statistics. There are a lot of twenty somethings out there with roommates whom they play games with, provided they’re big manly games about murderin’ dudes for justice. Given that the entire premise of the franchise is a perfect co-op experience between two best friends; I can’t imagine how they could have missed the point more.
| Kevin Roberson |
If Wet showed us what happens when bad game designers get a hold of a truly original gameplay concept, Darksiders shows us what happens when good game designers get their hands on formulaic unoriginal gameplay. Unsurprisingly, this results in about the same quality of entertainment.
| Erik Johnson |
EA and BioWare have announced the first add-on for their hit fantasy RPG Dragon Age: Origins will arrive next week for two of the three platforms it inhabits. Entitled ‘Return to Ostagar’, the DLC brings players “to the fateful battleground in Ostagar where the Grey Wardens were nearly wiped out,” providing new items, more darkspawn to kill, as well as giving another chance to add Dog to your party.
| Erik Johnson |
Press Start Studio’s iPhone anime-style shooter Twin Blades has made the leap onto the Xbox 360 via Live’s Indie Games service, and is now available for download. In the game you take control of a nun determined to rid her city of that awfully popular and persistent group we know as zombies.
| Adam Bruno |
With 2010 looming on the horizon, I can’t help but get a little excited. It’s a whole new year for video games, and – let’s face it, folks – this year kind of sucked. Sure, we had a few good releases here and there, but so many more games were canceled, and even several companies went belly-up.
Honestly, not the desired turnout. Luckily, next year’s looking a bit better, and I’ve got a list of games that I’ll be keeping an eye out for in 2010. Whether I plan on getting them or have simply liked what I saw, I’m hoping that they’ll turn out great. Feel free to comment on anything or even let me know which games you’re personally looking forward to. This goes for editors and visitors alike!
And so…my list! Keep in mind that the dates are tentative. How much do you wanna bet that half will be changed, and a quarter won’t even come out next year?
| Kevin Roberson |
(Sung to the tune of “Tribute” by Tenacious D)
Brutal Legend is the greatest and best game in the world…
Tribute.
One day, me and my Xbox were walking down a long and lonesome road. When suddenly, there shined a shiny Game store, in the middle of the road. And its sign said: “play the best game in the world, and get 10% off preorders.” Well me and my Xbox, we looked at each other, and we each said: “ok.” So we played the first game that came into my hands, and it just so happened to be the best game in the world.
It was the best game in the world.
