Our review copy is in, come get an idea of what the latest title from Disney is all about.
It's a beautiful thing when review copies arrive early. Unfortunately, for Disney Universe we are embargoed from releasing our review any earlier than its release day, Tuesday, October 25. However, I can talk a little bit about the game in the meantime.
Launch day is almost here. Gear up with this trailer and prepare for Modern Warfare 3 to hit the streets on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on November 8, 2011.
This fowl adventure has more in common with Rambo than Chicken Run.
Hard Boiled Chicken sure is badass. He’s the kind of bird that walks quietly and carries a big stick, stoically raining deadly lead down upon his flightless penguin oppressors. He has a jetpack and has sent more of our winged friends to the great bird bath in the sky than Colonel Sanders. Did I mention that he has a freakin’ jetpack?! Yeah, he’s a pretty awesome chicken, which is why it’s a shame that his game never quite gets him to the levels that his sweet jet pack does.
Does Treasure's beat 'em up still have its edge?
When the 32 bit wars began, I was firmly entrenched in the Sony PlayStation camp. I believed then, as I do now, that the overall library of games on the PSX was far superior to that of the Sega Saturn. That shouldn’t imply, however, that there weren’t games on the Saturn that could make even the staunchest PlayStation supporter green with envy. The Saturn was capable of pumping out impressive sets of 2D sprites, and in this the PlayStation was a distant second. Games like Astal, X-Men vs. Street Fighter, and Albert Odyssey made me desperately want the beefy Sega console, and as soon as I was able to, I plunked down my hard-earned cash for a Saturn. The main reason for this purchase was, of course, Guardian Heroes. I had missed out on many of Treasure’s other games, since I had also sided against Sega in the 16 bit days. Even so, I knew just what kinds of incredible things the quirky Japanese developer was doing with animation and sprite work, and for me, Guardian Heroes was a system seller. Now, 15 years later, Guardian Heroes returns for XBLA with an HD upgrade. Does the game hold up after all these years, and is it worth the 800 MS point asking price? Read on, brave warriors, read on.
Mario's abilities continue to grow with the Boomerang powerup!
Human, Elf or Dwarf? Which will you be?
The new Lord of the Rings gam, War in the North, will be released on November 1, 2011 and Warner Bros. is releasing these three videos to hold you over. The Human, Elf and Dwarf characters each get their own clip to showcase how they'll play in the game. Check them out below.
All 4 One, and one for dull.
It's been a long nine days since we started running our Ratchet & Clank recap feature, but it has served as a great refresher on all of the games in the series. Having played them all individually over a number of years, it was easy to miss many of the trends the series has exhibited over time. For one, roughly half of the games in the series are actually side quests that only exhibit some of the traits of the core titles. Two, Insomniac is and has always been willing to utilize the series as a testing ground for all sorts of different ideas. All 4 One, being a co-operative four player title, is their latest test. The title sacrifices much of what makes the core series great in an effort to appeal to those looking for a co-op experience with friends. Like Ratchet: Deadlocked (Insomniac's other testing ground), All 4 One both succeeds and fails in different ways, but doesn't even begin to approach the bar set by A Crack in Time.
It's official! Our favorite Renaissance era assassin will be playable in SoulCalibur V.
The SoulCalibur series is no stranger to the concept of the cross game cameo. Previous installments have seen Spawn, Yoda, Darth Vader, Heihachi and even Nintendo’s pointy eared Hylian, Link show up as bonus characters, so it only makes sense that the upcoming fifth game in the series will uphold this fine tradition.
Watch this exciting trailer showing Ezio and Altair in action. Assassin's Creed Revelations comes out November 15, 2011 for the PS3, PC, and 360.
Hulu Plus is due by year end, while the system update will hit in November.
Joining Netflix, Hulu Plus will soon be available to Nintendo 3DS and Wii owners, Nintendo announced today. The company has detailed some of their strategy for their portable system through the end of the year and into the next. Launching before the end of the year, Hulu Plus will deliver content from premuim content partners like ABC, Comedy Central, FOX, NBC, and MTV. Like Netflix, Hulu Plus carries its own subscription fee of $7.99, with limited advertisements. Nintendo also delivered a bevvy of information regarding the upcoming system update and some of the upcoming titles due to hit the eShop.
