Do you climb bedposts and swing from spools of thread? Do you ride station wagon-sized skateboards? Do you find stairs daunting and garden gnomes conversational? If so, then you're probably acquainted with the likes of Sackboy, Buzz Lightyear, and Slinky Dog.
The other day I was having a conversation about the stacked Fall game release schedule. My buddy mentioned pre-ordering Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3. I told him point-blank that I don't get too excited for the military shooters. I scoffed at his lowest common denominator gaming ambitions. Then I admitted that I always end up preordering Call of Duty about three days before launch. By then the massive ad campaign has inevitably hypno-toaded me into submission. Videos like this will simply crush any chance I had of not buying CoD: MW3. All glory to the CO-OP MODE!
Meet Anarchy Reign's latest character, Durga. He's like a tiger-man, but with a cannon leg. He's got a bionic tail and everything. Yep, that's a picture of it up there. The leg, not the tail. It's a revolver, because a magazine or belt-fed cannon would just be stupid. I really don't know what else to say about him. The characters in Anarchy Reigns are ridiculously over the top, from Mad World's awesome Jack, to the "I-can't-believe-he-won't-get-altered-in-localization-due-to-the-fact-that-he's-incredibly-offensive" Blacker Baron. The game still needed some work when I played it at E3, but the characters were fun and intriguing. I won't write it off, mainly because I saw slots for 17 playable characters, and we haven't seen them all, yet. Each one's more ludicrous than the last. I can't wait to see what the mad minds at Platinum Games come up with next.
The latest trailer for Skylanders: Spyro's Adventures has hit the intertubes. Shot in a commercial style format, one remincent of what you'd see between Saturday morning cartoons, this trailer makes you wish you were a kid again. Screw it, I'm still a kid - and I'm totally getting these things when it comes out.
The release of Dead Island is almost upon us, and this latest video has some gooey zombie mayhem to whet your appetite. The focus of this trailer is co-op, and you can watch the four characters dishing out undead double death. You'll even get a glimpse at some of the special zombies. I call the zombie at 1:06 "Lumpy," 1:13 "Stumpy," and 1:23 "Bitey." You'll see why. There's also some nice electro weapons thrown into the mix. I got to play an hour of Dead Island at E3 and was very impressed with what I saw. It's like a more physical, juicier version of Left 4 Dead with strong RPG elements. You'll have a skill tree, craft weapons, and interact with NPC's to get side missions.
For some reason a lot of developers don't realize how many people actually want to play split screen on a PC. Perhaps its the growth of home theater PCs, the availability of bigger monitors, or people just plain wanting to play with a some buddies from around the town - every time we see a big PC release we have dozens of users clamoring for split-screen play. Serious Sam 3: BFE will be bucking the trend and including split-screen play on a PC game.
The Xbox LIVE Summer of Arcade has been an oasis in the desert of mid-year gaming since 2008. Sony has wisely set their eyes on a piece of that pie with their own program, PSN: PLAY. Beginning on August 24th, one new title a week will be released on the PSN. Two of them, The Baconing a...
Sensible shoes - the much needed accessory when fighting aliens
You've been silently watching the stars and developing the universe's most versatile flying saucer. An alien invasion turns the sun into a mass of perils. What do you do? You save your solar system, you silly creature!
There is a great co-op debate going on over at the WH40k Space Marine forums. An image from a promotional GameStop badge has created more questions than answers. Let me explain... no, that will take too long. Let me sum up: The badge mentions "5 player co-op: Bonus FREE game mode (Day 30 DLC)." What the hell does that mean? I'm going to stop you right there. There has been rampant speculation over this puzzling bit of information. I've done a little speculating, myself (I'm not proud). Except now it seems some rumors are being presented as fact. A new thread popped up on the forums yesterday, and while it may not have all the information we want, it does have concrete information:
A new genre-bending MMO/shooter is coming out this December. It's called Firefall, and it looks promising. We've already covered the game's co-op and interviewed the developers. We even got our hands on a preview build. We've liked what we've seen so far. This video shows the game in all of it's massively multiplayer shooter glory. Firefall can be played in the first or third person perspective, and player skill will greatly influence combat. It also appears that the lady armor sets are pants-optional. Giggity, indeed.
We just reported on the Japanese Armored Core V delay, and now a co-op game that even more people are looking forward to has been delayed. I speak, of course, of the new Twisted Metal for Playstation 3.
