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
Dante’s Inferno: Trials of St. Lucia has been scheduled to release on April of this year. The DLC will be a 2 player co-op experience where a one plays as Dante while the other is in the role of St. Lucia, also a character from Dante Alighieri’s epic poem. Have fun experiencing hell with a friend come this April.
There has been a lot of talk about the state of Rockstar’s western epic. Several rumors reporting that the game is extremely buggy and taken too long to complete. Rockstar has said several times that Red Dead is progressing well and will be releasing. So for now check out these new screens!
Elcor Diplomat: “Amazed response, Bioware. Mass Effect 2 exceeds all expectations.” Sadly, there isn’t much dialogue from my favorite alien race, the Elcor. Other than that, Bioware’s sci-fi sequel succeeds resoundingly at creating the same “black, white, or in between” choices that matter, and simultaneously reflect real-life problem solving processes. The most annoying part of Mass Effect 2, as a reviewer, is this: how do you review a game by running through it as quickly as possible and exploring everything, with the game all the while telling you to slow down and enjoy the rich environments Bioware has created? What a paradox. But without further ado, hit the jump for the most anticipated review of 2010 (thus far).
So yeah, another Sonic game has been announced. Only this time THEY PROMISE it will be more like the old school Sonic that we all grew up with. In the trailer above it does look better and is in 2D. The confusing thing is they also announced that Sonic 4 will be episodic and the first episode will be releasing in the summer. This game is also said to be a direct sequel so Sonic and Knuckles for the Genesis. I am not really sure I want another Sonic even if it is more old school. There are so many more better platformers out there right now that have moved the genre ahead. If your not interested you still need to hit play on the trailer so you can hear the “Sega” intro…you can’t turn that down!
Bethesda has finally released a little info on Fallout New Vegas in the form of a teaser trailer and a 2010 release window. With Obsidian getting to develop this time around it should make for an interesting comparison to Fallout 3. It does look as though the game is really going to embrace that old school vegas vibe with everything from the music to the look of the new logo. I am sure we will start hearing much more around E3 time and most likely see some gameplay!
Ubisoft has delayed Conviction so many times that its hard to tell if/when the game will EVER release. According to IGN, Ubisoft has finally committed to April 13th and set that date in stone. They literally sent the IGN office a stone with the date etched in one side. It’s nice to see a developer poke some fun at itself but what are they going to send when it/if it gets pushed back again?
Well, as most of us in the gaming universe know, 2K Marin’s highly anticipated (that may be an understatement) sequel to the dystopian shooter Bioshock is scheduled for full-platform release on February 9, 2010. Throughout the past few months, little details of the game’s story have been leaked, to the point where we pretty much know who we’re playing as and who our likely antagonist is. Set 10 years after the events of the first game, Bioshock 2 promises a new world of challenges set in the constantly de-evolving underwater city of Rapture. With Andrew Ryan long gone, Sofia Lamb has taken the helm of Rapture, and her ideas directly oppose the “individuality” of Ryan’s philosophy.
Castle Crasher developer Behemoth has been teasing their “game 3″ project for quite some time. Numerous game outlets got a sneak preview of the game last year at PAX and still don’t really know what the game is all about. We can pretty much guarantee that its going to have a lot of humor and be a fun multiplayer experience. Once more media is available we’ll make sure to get it up!
Not much going on this week in the land of video games. While there aren’t many games releasing there are still a few of them that are worth checking out. Star Trek Online, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. , and White Knight Chronicles are all fairly big releases and all have the potential to be great games. Although, it might be best to save your money for next week considering that Bioshock 2 and Dante’s Inferno are both releasing!
Well this week there are a TON of games getting released along with a couple of DLC packs. The biggest being Mass Effect 2, MAG and the first DLC for Assassin’s Creed II. I personally have been looking forward to ME2 for a long time and all these other games are getting put on hold for that. Although if you have a PS3 MAG is definitely worth looking into. Since it is a game based around online multiplayer it would probably be a good idea to wait a week or so to jump in because there will more than likely be server issues. On the Wii side of things we have the fan favorite No More Heroes 2. So for you Wii fans heres a hardcore game that might pull you away from wii fit and whatever else it is you do with that thing… Check out the rest of the games below!
Ubisoft just posted on their twitter that the first DLC for AC2 will be available January 28th. Battle of Forli will be releasing on XBLA and PSN for 320 MS Points or $3.99. The biggest surprise here is that price point, I can’t remember the last time a piece of DLC came out and wasn’t at least $5 and most of the time $10. Battle of Forli will include 6 new memories to play and will have you teaming up with some more famous dead people. So lets hope Ubisoft keeps up this awesome pricing and please keep the AC2 DLC coming!
Well we are now just a few days away from kicking off this crazy spring gaming season. Mass Effect 2 is releasing next week and Bioware is starting the marketing train with this launch trailer. Enjoy!
According to a tweet by Bioware, the first DLC will be available for Mass Effect 2 at launch and will be free. Rumors say the DLC will have some armor and a few new missions for Commander Shepard. Bioware has been saying from day 1 that their DLC for this game will far exceed anything they did for ME1. Nothing is better than free DLC, lets just hope there is plenty more that follows.
