At 2009′s Electronic Entertainment Expo conference, Ubisoft finally, after years of suspense and anticipation, unveiled Red Steel 2, and it may be a little different from what you expected. In fact, to an extent, Red Steel 2 has just about been a complete overhaul of the system. However, rest assured that that is a perfectly [...]
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Tagged devil may cry, e3, electronic entertainment expo, first person shooter, mad max, motionplus, nintendo wii, red steel, red steel 2, road warrior, ubisoft, Wii
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In 2007, publishing company Activision released a game developed by Traveller’s Tales, called Transformers: The Game. The game was based on the upcoming movie, Transformers, and like most movie license games it was rushed, shallow, and over far too quickly. So, this time around Activision has taken a different approach and handed the project over [...]
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Tagged activision, autobots, deathmatch, decepticons, luxoflux, megatron, one shall stand, optimus prime, team deathmatch, transformers, transformers revenge of the fallen, transformers the game, traveller's tales, true crime streets of l.a., video game, vigilante 8
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After three installments of party mini-game madness, it seems Ubisoft is finally taking a different approach. Rabbids Go Home chronicles the events after the Rabbids’ wild party in TV Party, as the window’s curtains fall open and the Rabbids remember that there’s an entire world outside to explore. However, after all the excitement, their first [...]
Developing studio High Voltage Software has by no means been sitting around. Since before the final stages of The Conduit, HVS has been hard at work on two Wii games: Gladiator A.D. and The Grinder. While both games look very fascinating and a worthwhile use of High Voltage’s time, for now the subject is of [...]
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Tagged e3, first person shooter, gladiator a.d., high voltage software, hunter the reckoning, hvs, imposer and instancer system, left 4 dead, quantum 3, the conduit, the grinder, vampires, werewolves, Wii
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Katamari Forever may be the series’ first installment on next-gen consoles, but it is more a compilation than an entirely new game. After all, in Japan the title of the game is not Katamari Forever; it’s called Katamari Damacy Tribute. That said, the games does feature a completely new storyline and some new gameplay features. [...]
Last year EA released a hit simulation game called Spore, which allowed players to have Sims-like control over galaxies of evolving creatures. The game was designed so that you can zoom in and control life on a cellular level. Since then development has well undergone for a more streamlined expansion pack, called Galactic Adventures. In [...]
Let’s Tap is something of a party game for the Wii. In it, small glowy stick figures compete in a virtual environment reminiscent of Tron. Control is almost entirely rhythm-based, and accomplished by setting the Wii remote facedown on a box and tapping the surface. This causes vibrations that the Wii remote can detect and [...]
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Tagged bubble voyager, dance dance revolution, jenga, let's tap, motion sensing technology, nintendo wii, party game, rhythm tap, silent blocks, tap runner, techno-style beats, virtual environment, Wii
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MAG stands for “Massive Action Game”. The game currently has a limit per game of 256 players…on the map…at the same time. Do you have any idea what kind of impact this is going to have on the multi-player first-person shooter world? Probably a lot. For a long time now the standard amount of players [...]
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Tagged 256 players, first person shooter, fps, fragmentary orders, frago's, MAG, massive action game, online shooter, playstation 3, sony computer entertainment, zipper interactive
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Spore was released on the PC last fall and already a couple expansion packs and spin-offs are on their way. One such spin-off is called Spore Hero, and is scheduled to be released on the PC, Mac, and Wii. What is it? Well, it’s an open world adventure game, starring a bizarre creature that can [...]
King Of Fighters is a long-running fighting game franchise whose latest installment was recently released on arcades in Japan. This version of the game will soon be ported to both the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360. It will be the first game in the series to be released on next-gen consoles, and it’s about [...]