Pick some flowers, call an old woman a liar, and race around in realistic cars in this Rockstar games collection. This holiday season might not have anything to appeal for fans of exploration challenges. So far we know that a shooter-game with ED-209 is coming out; another shooter which is proud of its game engine; and another shooter that wants to give us different meshes and textures, but ...
Read More »Play and level up as Superman, Batman, and other Justice League heroes in this brawler action RPG. Sometimes a game with simple mechanics and memorable characters is all that is required for players. No "emotionally charged" story or dialogue puzzles are required in games like these. Just a bunch of dudes that need to be greeted with your fist, and then return the greeting in...
Read More »Hollywood director David Fincher and visual effects lead Tim Miller will work with Microsoft on the launch trailer for Halo 4. Video games are a business, and as a business they require marketing. Indie developers might get successful if their game goes viral on Youtube content creators, like Minecraft did. Mainstream games might go a little too far with their marketing, such as "...
Read More »The classic arcade game Spy Hunter is reborn as a modern, 3D racing/shooting game for Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation Vita. A few arguments towards the game industry point out that video games are trying to mimic movies. A possible connection could exist with military shooters mimicking 1980s action films, such as Call of Duty games being similar to Rambo. Yet another familiar icon in act...
Read More »Global interactive group gaming and marketing leader Audience Entertainment teams up with social game creators Hide&Seek. Imagine that a game in the future requires you to go to a social area with other gamers. I'm not talking about an arcade, but something like a theatre or party. One game is being played, but everyone can participate in overcoming the challenges in the game....
Read More »The first episode for Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn airs today. Does it tell an exciting story of heroism and sacrifice? Back in August a trailer for Halo 4 came out staring live actors that was meant to promote the video game. I thought the trailer was shot well, but confusing since it seemed to advertise a movie than a video game. Turns out I was right as there is a Halo 4: Forward...
Read More »Gamers looking for jetpacks in Russia won't have to look any further than Sony Online Entertainment's PlanetSide 2. I'm concerned with Western shooter games being available in foreign countries. There's a good chance that the game will make that foreigner the bad guy in the game. Threatening the innocent, snot-nosed children of North America with their religious bel...
Read More »New exotic clubs and customers await you in the 2.0 update for 99Games' Nightclub Mayhem. Do you want to run a nightclub? Hiring various DJs that specialize in different tracks? Figuring out which rave light to show off for the night? Telling your bouncers who to throw out of the club? Sounds like fun, right? Now do you have a $500+ iPad? Well you might be ...
Read More »Traveler's Tales thinks the slapstick humor of LEGO Adventure games will work fine with LEGO Lord of the Rings. Sometimes experiments could lead to amazing results. Gearbox software decided to combine simple RPG elements with a first-person shooter to get some pretty amazing results. Other times there is trying to combine the slapstick humor found in cartoons with the 'emotio...
Read More »Six promethean weapons are revealed in Halo 4. The first is "light rifle," capable of switching between single and burst fire and good at medium range. Second, there is the "Scattershot", capable of firing a burst of lasers in a short range, hitting anything caught in the spread-fire. Coming up next is the "Suppressor", automatically set to auto, thi...
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