Ubisoft succeeded in making real-time strategy accessible with the voice-controlled 'EndWar.' Will 'H.A.W.X.' do the same for combat flight sims?
Continue reading...Monday, February 23, 2009
Capcom's "top secret game announcement" is "Lost Planet 2," the company revealed today via Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Set in AD12, half a century after the planet E.D.N III was first colonized, the game will feature no main protagonist; but rather follow several distinct, nomad bands of "Snow Pirates" as they traverse a planet wracked by massive [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 18, 2009
EA CEO John Riccitiello didn't misspeak at the company's Q3 earnings call: "Dead Space" Wii is on the way. And wonder of wonders, it's not a port. Today, EA announced that "Dead Space: Extraction" -- a prequel to the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC original -- will appear exclusively on the Nintendo Wii in fall 2009 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Tom Clancy's aluminum birds have had a long, turbulent flight from Ubisoft Budapest, but the wait is nearly over. Today, Ubisoft North America confirmed that "H.A.W.X." is slated for simultaneous release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on March 5 -- and that tomorrow, Xbox 360 owners will be able to take three of the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 14, 2009
This week, you can read quite a few impressions of "Resident Evil 5" around the web, including a co-op gameplay preview by our own Jesse Henning -- but assuming you own an Xbox 360, you won't have to fight African zombies villagers vicariously much longer. For one week starting January 26th, Capcom is opening up two [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Although someone at Capcom had scribbled all over all the boxes for "Resident Evil 5," they were at least kind enough to let us get some hands-on time with the game at CES. Sitting down with Daniel "Monk" Pelfrey from Digital Entertainment News, I had a chance to try a few minutes' worth of RE5's [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 20, 2008
Ankama Games, known for their popular flash-based Tactical MMORPG Dofus, have announced their first non-PC title, Islands of Wakfu, which is set for an XBLA release. Wakfu is actually a follow-up to Dofus, but its console brother, Islands of Wakfu, is a spin-off which focuses on single player and two-player cooperative action. Its scope is that [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The constant battle-of-licensing-the-bands rages on! Following last week's Rock Band DLC announcement including the likes of Foo Fighters and Megadeth, Guitar Hero: World Tour has confirmed a few choice names of their own. GameSpot attended an Activision press event in New Zealand, at which the publisher confirmed four tracks to be included in the GH:WT [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Castle Crashers is great fun. If you like the classic, simple fun of side-scrolling beat-em-ups, you'll enjoy this game. If you like the frantic hilarity of a cooperative/competitive four-player romp like Gauntlet or Four Swords, you'll enjoy this game. If you like the inimitable, tongue-in-cheek, grin-inducing art and humor of The Behemoth from Alien Hominid [...]
Continue reading...Monday, August 25, 2008
Valve, delaying a game? Say it ain't so. Unfortunately, it is so, as Valve has announced today that Left 4 Dead, their co-op zombie-blasting survival shooter, will be releasing a few weeks later than anticipated. The new release date is set for November 20th, 2008, landing on the 10th anniversary of Half-Life, the game that [...]
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