Its been just about about 5 years since the Xbox 360 was released and 4 years since Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii have been on store shelves. Some are already talking about the announcement of the eighth generation console(s) coming as soon as this E3; some say it’ll happen next year and few say it might not even happen anytime soon. Either way — new consoles or not — change is always coming. With Sony repeating the idea that they are “future proof”, and as expensive as their console is (or ‘was’ depending on your preference) you can count on it lasting you for at least a decade. I think it’s safe to say there won’t be an announcement from Sony anytime soon for a Playstation 4 and Nintendo seems to be content with their stance in the market at the moment. So if there was an announcement of a new console coming soon most will suspect it will be Microsoft; while many beg to differ with the approach of the “Natal” release and some speculate that it wouldn’t be that far-fetched of an idea if Microsoft was already planning on a next-gen console to release as soon as 2011 or 2012 with Natal compatibility.
Whoa, what a great looking game this is turning out to be. This new trailer shows off some nice looking environments ranging from desert, forestry, and even back to some snowy climates. It starts off a bit slow showing off the CGI cutscenes but it picks up halfway through where it starts into new details. After some brief gameplay, it details their customization options of the characters, goes into some new weapons, and ends with a wide arrange of the enemies you will be facing. To make things simple, watch this trailer because it is damn gorgeous.
Updated: According to Sony, you can only connect up to 4 Move wands at once. Sony confirmed that the move can only have up to 4 move wands at once connected or 2 wands and 2 sub controllers. Meaning you would only have the need for 2 Sub Controllers Max. If you buy the starter pack for 100 dollars (which comes with 1 wand, the eye, and a game). You only need to purchase 3 more wands and 2 sub sub controllers to have the “full” experience available. If a Wand is 40 dollars and a sub controller is 20 dollars that would bring the total price for the full experience to around 260 dollars. This is significantly less than our previous speculation, but once again even these numbers are just speculation. We should have more concrete info come E3.
Ok…so Sony has really let the cat out of the bag on all their Move info. One piece on info they bestowed on us is that the Move is going to have a starter bundle that will have One Playstation Eye and One Move (which is the wand with the ball on the end). So that sort of got me thinking how much would it cost to get a complete move experience for all 4 players? Gizmodo did some mental math and broke this down using logical pricing. Here is what they came up with.
Bad Company 2 has some serious competition, having arrived after the likes of the Modern Warfare series and the epic story that it told through the single player. Bad Company is up for the challenge, making a game that is vastly superior to the first while poking fun of the competition which helps set the mood that is the Bad Company atmosphere. Dice knows how to make a fun multiplayer experience, but the single player of the first bogged the title down and didn’t make the dent it needed to be that great title that gamers talk about for years. I can safely say Bad Company 2 is overall a better game, making the story more enjoyable to play through and creating a new layer to the multiplayer to keep you coming back for more. +Continue Reading
Age of Zombies is one of those kinds of games that started with Asteroids: shoot at enemies in swarming directions. Of course they’ve evolved since then, and Age of Zombies fits rather nicely into this niche. However, I wouldn’t exactly say it’s a good representation of the genre. Hit the link for more.
That’s right all you 20+ year-old Harry Potter fans out there, listen up. No longer do we have to walk down the toy isle in Target acting sad because we’re embarrassed to buy the new Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts set. Lego and Warner Bros are teaming up to bring you the first four-years of the Harry Potter world to the gaming kingdom. The game is set to hit the stores in late May, so here’s a little bit about it to get you ready for it! +Continue Reading
Those of you who loved the game which spawned an anime television series should be happy on February 25th when the new batch of DLC hits for Valkyria Chronicles. The new content is named The Challenges of the Edy Detachment and will feature six new missions. Seeing as how I tried Valkyria Chronicles and just couldn’t get in to it I most likely wont be picking this up but I do know of quite a few publications that loved the game back in 2008. I am just wondering if the long stretch of time between the games release and the release of the DLC will hinder the download sales in any way.
First, I think it might be prudent to state that I am not a Microsoft or Nintendo fanboy. I’m a PC guy, and I run Windows only because that’s what most games require. Bill Gates and Miyamoto, while they seem like cool guys who have certainly made it big by running their respective industry niches (and in the case of Gates, the industry as a whole), enjoy no real positive feelings from me. To me, the console wars always seem to be to be at best a silly but entertaining distraction and are usually just a pointless waste of time.
The game will be missing its current release date of yesterday being pushed back to March 11th for an “unexpected” but not awesome delay. They believe that since the game has a current rating on the Kevin Bacon Awesomeness Meter of a 9500, the servers just couldn’t handle this awesomeness of awesome games. Not much of a delay though, you will be able to play this awesome game on March 11th for the price of $4.99. Also I think Kevin Bacon is a awesome name… awesome.
A while back I wrote an article containing my reasons why the PSP Go will fail. I unfortunately was mostly right about a lot of the issues and how they would turn out once the hardware was available to the public. It’s great that Sony is taking the plunge by making the Go completely downloadable only, but sales have not yet proven this system has the life to carry on. Hit the jump for some changes the PSP Go needs to make and highlight some of the games coming out that could potentially turn this system around.
So here was something interesting that sort of pertains to video games; Rising Star Games, the makers of Half-Minute Hero has announced today ‘Half-Minute HerOLLs.’ This is a four-part audio experiment that is set out to create the world’s fastest gaming news… huh? This experiment will be running for four weeks from 9th February until the 8th of March, and it will combine all the weeks news in a short 30 second segment. The show will be available free to One Life Left iTunes subscribers every Tuesday morning and you will also be able to stream it from Rising Star Games Hoshi site at www.risingstargames.com/hoshi. Continue reading for more information about this crazy idea of a radio show. +Continue Reading
We should have seen this coming with the second installment of Indiana Jones, LEGO Star Wars is getting its next chapter centered around the Clone Wars. The press release from today claims it will have brand new gameplay and it will be the most action-packed LEGO game to date. Now I’m not one to complain, but I do believe I have played a large portion of these games and they are all basically the same thing with different skins, but I’m always up for trying new things, so hopefully this won’t disappoint. +Continue Reading
