When Telltale Games revived the Sam & Max series a few years ago, not only did they bring back two of the quirkiest, most lovable video game characters of the early 90s, but they revived the entire point-and-click genre. With the third season of Sam & Max, titled The Devil’s Playhouse, now complete, it’s clear that Telltale wasn’t content to simply resuscitate a dead franchise or put adventure games back in the spotlight; they wanted to move point-and-click games forward, making them suitable for console gamers in the current generation.
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PSN Review – Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Episode 5 – The City That Dares Not Sleep
Wednesday, September 8th, 2010PS3 Preview – Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Friday, July 30th, 2010In 2007, Sony and Ninja Theory released Heavenly Sword, one of the earliest big-budget exclusives for the PS3, released within a year of its launch. The game had a huge marketing push, and was often described as “God of War with a chick”, but Heavenly Sword failed to achieve the sales, critical acclaim, and notoriety [...]
PS3 Preview – Splatterhouse
Friday, July 30th, 2010It’s been a long, hard development cycle for Namco-Bandai’s Splatterhouse, the publisher’s attempt to revive the popular arcade series with a next-gen game that pays homage to its source material with plenty of blood and gore. The game has suffered from numerous delays and switched developers midway through the project, which is never an easy [...]
PS3 Preview – Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom
Thursday, July 29th, 2010At an event in New York City showcasing Namco-Bandai’s upcoming games a few weeks ago, I was expecting to see big budget, heavily promoted games like Splatterhouse and Enslaved. As soon as I entered the room, however, another title caught my eye: Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom, developed by Game Republic, who previously made the [...]
PSP Preview – Persona 3 Portable
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010When Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 launched in North America in the summer of 2007, many members of the gaming community didn’t quite know what to expect. It had been seven years since North America had gotten a new Persona game, way back on the PS1, and the RPG franchise had barely held cult status [...]
PSN Review – Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse Episode 2 – The Tomb of Sammun-Mak
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010Once again, the developers at Telltale Games have proven that they are the masters of episodic gaming and point-and-click adventures. The Tomb of Sammun-Mak ends with a twist, setting up episode three, and is sure to leave gamers wanting more.
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