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Review: Twisted Metal (2012)
Posted by Mike Yawney on February 20th, 2012 View Comments
It’s been 10 years since we last laid hands on a Twisted Metal title. Now Playstation’s longest running franchise is finally back, this time on the PS3.
More than 16 million copies of Twisted Metal games have sold over the years. It has a huge fan following, one of the reason’s creator director David Jaffe admitted to us last summer that he was a little worried about how fans would react to an updated version of the classic vehicular combat title. After completing it we can say Jaffe’s fears were legitimate. Most fans will just be happy to be reunited with Sweet Tooth and the gang but some will expect more from this long-awaited title.
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New Mass Effect 3 Screenshots Reveal Futuristic Vancouver?
Posted by Mike Yawney on February 13th, 2012 View Comments
Take a close look at these screenshots from Bioware’s upcoming Mass Effect 3. Is that Canada Place in the distance? It appears to be the case. Last year Game Front reported Bioware’s Casey Hudson had mentioned Vancouver played a role in the highly anticipated title. Now it appears we have our first visual proof.
New screenshots posted by Vancouver Buzz show what looks like a futuristic Van City 176 years in the future. The post states Vancouver and Seattle have grown together into one large super city. For some reason it is under attack by reapers. Hmmm. Want more proof? Take a look at the other screenshots below.
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Review: Puddle
Posted by Mike Yawney on February 12th, 2012 View Comments
The Xbox Live Marketplace and PSN are quickly becoming my ‘go to’ place to find the little gems of the gaming world. Independent game developers are proving you don’t need to spend millions of dollars to come up with an interesting, fun concept for games. Take Puddle for instance. Two years ago six French students entered their simple physics puzzle game into GDC’s Independent Game Festival. It took home top prize in the Student Showcase category. Now Konami is bringing this addictive physics platformer to home consoles.
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Review: NeverDead
Posted by Mike Yawney on February 10th, 2012 View Comments
At what point in a game’s development phase is it too late to go back and fix things? If something takes away from the game’s enjoyment is it worth delaying the release to ensure gameplay is solid? Those are the two questions I continually asked myself as I played through Konami’s latest release NeverDead.
At the the heart of it NeverDead has serious potential; just consider the premise. The main hero is a demon which can’t be killed. No matter how many times he is hit he refuses to die, he simply loses limb after limb until he’s literally a rolling head. In fact, you can even use your limbs as weapons to kill other demons. In theory it sounds pretty awesome, but the game’s fun factor is crippled by a basic building block of any game. Controls.
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Latest COD Map Pack a Little Too Elite?
Posted by Sean Taylor on January 26th, 2012 View Comments
Membership has its privileges, we suppose. But the latest Call Of Duty DLC may be stretching that concept a little far. That is, at least, even according to it’s own EULA.
It turns out that the Call Of Duty Elite map pack that recently became available is locked down to only one profile on the console, says multiple users on various COD forum threads. Which means, if your bro or sis wanted to use the maps packs to boost their own gamerscore, it looks like they’re SOL.
Even under the conditions of the download, “You can use this item on the first Xbox 360 console you downloaded it to. Access to this item will also be granted to all users on this first console.”
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Resident Evil 6 Decapitating Consoles November 20
Posted by Sean Taylor on January 19th, 2012 View Comments
Word ran around the web pretty quickly today about the unannounced reveal that the latest in Capcom’s long-running Resident Evil franchise is dropping on Xbox 360 and PS3 just in time for holiday impalement this year with the PC version to follow.
Many outlets are reporting that the story will follow not just Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield, both of whom have partners to team up with, but a third unnamed playable character (not Ada Wong, but she’ll be in there playable later) and will be a globe-trotting experience not simply situated in one locale like many (many) of the games before it. All three player characters will be available from the outset and players can switch between storylines whenever they feel like it. Eventually, they all get together for a group hug, presumably.
Jump past the break for the official trailer featuring President Zombie!
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Top Pirated Games of 2011
Posted by Mike Yawney on January 3rd, 2012 View Comments
What do Mario and Marcus Fenix have in common? They both happen to star in the top pirated console games of 2011.
According to Torrentfreak, 1,280,000 people downloaded Super Mario Galaxy 2 for the Wii over the past year. In fact it’s a double whammy for Mario as the same title also took top spot in 2010 as well.
Xbox pirates appear to love Marcus Fenix and the Gears of War franchise. Gears of War 3 was downloaded more than 890,000 times.
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Review: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Posted by Mike Yawney on November 4th, 2011 View Comments
Who would have thought back in 2007 the Uncharted franchise would turn into the monster it is today. At the time many thought it was a Tomb Raider clone, featuring a male lead character. Fast forward four years and we can now say Uncharted is without a doubt going in a direction the Tomb Raider franchise only dreamed of. Fast paced action, riveting story, Uncharted 3: Drakes’s Deception has a lot going for it. But can it possibly lead to the hype built-up by Sony and Naughty Dog?
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Review: Kinect Sports Season 2
Posted by Mike Yawney on October 27th, 2011 View Comments
Almost one year ago Microsoft released a title which was expected to usher in a new era of gameplay; one without controllers. Kinect Sports proved you could play a game without relying on the classic controller but some gamers were critical, claiming Kinect Sports was nothing more than a collection of mini games. Despite the mixed reviews Microsoft teamed up with Rare once again to bring another round of sporting goodness to the Xbox 360 and Kinect. Does Kinect Sports Season 2 fair any better than the first. Once again it depends on who you ask.
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Rockstar Announces Grand Theft Auto 5
Posted by Mike Yawney on October 25th, 2011 View Comments
It’s official! Rockstar Games has announced Grand Theft Auto 5!
The developer revealed the game through a splash screen on its homepage. The teaser doesn’t mention which platform the title will be available on or a release date, only telling visitors to return on November 2nd to catch the first trailer.
Some are already speculating the lack of info means the game may not be released on current-gen consoles. Of course that may be a bit of a stretch but one thing is certain, don’t expect it this year.
