I hadn't heard of Sideway: New York until very recently. It's one of those stealth titles that sneaks in with a fairly low profile, but when I read up on the premise, I got excited. A crazy platformer where you're always stuck to the surface of the platform? Nice! A graffiti theme? Double nice! I loved Jet Grind Radio! How does it actually hold up? Let's find out.
The Demolition pack for SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs drops this week, which should make some veteran SOCOM players pretty happy - it adds quite possibly the most popular team-based mode from the classic multiplayer days to SOCOM 4. Along with the announcement, however, comes news that another pack will arrive on November 1st that adds exclusively co-op content.
The latest trailer from Saints Row: The Third aims it's sights squarely on Battlefield 3. It seems that there will be plenty of military action in Steelport. I almost didn't recognize the game in the trailer as Saints Row: The Third, since there's limited mascot use and only one nut shot. There are plenty of guns, bombs, rockets, tanks, and explosions. The title of the video is "Shock and Awesome," because why the hell not? Not Saints Row-y enough for you? Then check out the second video. It's a pseudo-live action TV spot. That's what I'm talking about!
Yelling "ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCK" at your Kinect sadly won't unlock achievements for you in Halo Combat Evolved: Anniversary, but it will allow you to chuck a grenade. Well, you have to say "grenade" for you to throw a grenade. Other voice commands include the ability to reload or switch between the HD and Classic graphic options. Sadly it seems my dreams of turning you into an in-game Cortana are not realized with the power of Kinect.
Can’t wait for Harmonix's Kinect-driven Dance Central 2 to launch on October 25? You’re in luck, as the game’s demo is now available on Xbox Live. It’s available exclusively to Xbox Live Gold members for now, with Silver members getting access next week. Clocking in at 1.31 Gigabytes, the demo is quite a large download, but it offers a good look at some of the game’s new and improved multiplayer modes, including two-player local co-op.
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record places us in the world-weary shoes of photojournalist and zombie slaying stud, Frank West. The original Dead Rising protagonist returns for a retelling of Fortune City’s undead disaster. Is this adventure worth a second look, or is it the same damn game from a year ago? Find out, in our Co-Op Review.
Good Co-Op, Bad Co-Op - a tale of two friends who love playing games together. The man who gives the best upsidedown hugs, Sunflower4000 and the love wizard Locke have put their differences aside and teamed up cooperatively in a battle against fate. Season 1 kicks off TODAY.
Origin, Bullfrog, and Westwood. Three hugely popular PC companies that were gobbled up by Electronic Arts back in the 90s. These three companies created some of the most popular and beloved franchises - Dungeon Keeper, Command and Conquer, Magic Carpet, Wing Commander and Syndicate. Most PC gamers have been clamouring for updates to everyone of these, bringing classic worlds to modern hardware.
Every Tuesday, we see new sales come to Xbox Live. This week’s sales include map packs for Halo Reach and Transformers: War for Cybertron, plus Konami’s Castlevania: Harmony of Despair XBLA game. Only Gold Xbox Live members can take advantage of the Halo Reach sale, but the other deals extend to everybody.
A World of Keflings, the XBLA-exclusive strategy/building game from NinjaBee, improved on the size and scope if its predecessor with great success. Despite the increase in magnitude, World managed to remain just as relaxing and charming as the original A Kingdom for Keflings. A World of Keflings will soon undergo another expansion, this time of the downloadable content variety.
Much like Green Tabasco, boobs, and bacon; crossbows make everything better. Hunting? Hell yeah! Fishing? Forget about it! Apocalypses? Absolutely! Banking? Banzai! Weddings? Why not?
Oh, the violence! In the below trailer, Rayman and friends show you ten hilarious ways to "bubblize" enemies in Rayman: Origins, the four-player co-op game due next month. Lemme tell ya - it ain't pretty.
