It's rare that a trailer for a game can make you sit on the edge of your seat while watching it. If the video of the gameplay is capable of making you do that, imagine how the actual gameplay is? The latest trailer for the two player co-op Saints Row: The Third is taken from a mission that finds the gang on an airplane...but not for long. Soon it's a free fall battle in the skies over Steelport.
Blacklight: Tango Down is getting a permanent price drop on Xbox Live Arcade, bringing the price from 1200 to 800 . We reviewed the game last year and weren't very impressed with the 4 player online co-op title, scoring it a 2 out of 5 for its co-op. Jim reviewed the game stating it "left me wanting in the co-op department." Still if you are looking for a solid versus shooter that has a splash of co-op, Tango Down might be for you.
Fruit Ninja is a popular mobile app which has made the leap to the XBLA. Does the Kinect add anything to the experience? Yes it does. Watch me make a fool of myself in our Co-Op Review.
Did you use the Xbox 360 HDD install option for Halo: Reach? If so, then you probably noticed significantly faster load times in exchange for 7 GB of memory. It seems now that the race is on for the most outrageous install memory requirements - L.A. Noire needed just over 18 GB, and RAGE is set to surpass that (as any self-righteous post-apocalyptic thriller should)...
If you're part of the Xbox Rewards program, today might be your lucky day. It seems as though the system is dishing out double, triple, and quadruple amounts of what it should be giving to users today for their normal rewards points. My own account increased 1300 today!
Call of Duty: Black Ops is getting the DLC that everyone always wanted...but sadly still requires the full game. As a downloadable title this game would make a killing! Still, Rezurrection includes all the co-op zombie maps plus a brand new insane zombie map called Moon for your undead killing pleasure.
I've got another "Rage: Behind the Scenes" video for you today. This is the final video in the six part series, and it features the sound and art design. Yep, that is John Goodman as the voice of Dan Hagar. They also talk about the gutsy feel of the firearms and how they can paint objects at the pixel level. Fancy. This video doesn't have a lot of gameplay, but it does have some impressive images and that twangy guitar music I know you all love. If you want to see it in action sans twang, check out the awesome "Uprising" trailer right here.
Two new characters have joined the roster of Anarchy Reigns. A few days ago we brought you the Durga video. It featured a tiger man with a revolver cannon leg. I'm not kidding. The next two guys are even more bizarre. First we have Oinkie. He's a giant pig man who knows Kung Fu. I'm still not kidding. In fact, I'm just getting started. Wait until you see Oinkie after he juices up. Once he's properly 'roided he turns into the love child of Killer Croc, Bane, and bacon. Following that we have Garuda, who looks like a Robotech mech that drunkenly stumbled into the wrong damn game. Upon getting his bearings he just said "Screw it" and started killing up everything he saw. There's even a "Hide your wife" reference in his video. This game gets more insane everyday. I can't wait to see where they go from here.
Amazon is having a sale this week on Xbox 360 titles. If you purchase one game at normal price you'll get a second game at 50% off. There's a lot of solid co-op titles on the list like Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Saints Row 2 and Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon. Surprisingly the recently released Catherine is also on the list as well.
Despite being over a year away, the Borderlands 2 hype train is in full effect. Game Informer is going to have a full month of coverage on the upcoming title, starting with these two videos.
Today Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg was caught blurting out some interesting names while pitching the effectiveness of Call of Duty Elite in getting gamers more involved socially. Actors Jason Bateman ("Arrested Development", The Kingdom, Hancock) and Will Arnett ("Arrested Development", Semi-Pro, Jonah Hex), and director brothers Ridley (Gladiator, Robin Hood, Black Hawk Down) and Tony Scott (Top Gun, Crimson Tide, Man on Fire) have been named as contributors to original content that will be created for Elite.
