Black was a FPS developed by Criterion Games and released for the PS2 and Xbox. The game featured intense action and killing hundreds of enemies in unique, cinematic ways. The creator of Black, Stuart Black, recently unveiled his new game called Bodycount. Bodycount will focus on destructible cover, and the inspiration for the game is [...]
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Black Creator Has Pop Inspiration
Monday, March 15th, 2010PSN Review – Greed Corp
Friday, March 5th, 2010If I was to describe Greed Corp in one phrase, it would be, “simple yet complex.” Greed Corp, a turn-based strategy game released for PSN, plays like a lot of other strategy games. You harvest resources and the goal is to eliminate all traces of your enemy from the map. What makes Greed Corp unique, however, is that the gameplay centers [...]
Headshots & Friendly Fire: Round 9
Sunday, February 14th, 2010The gaming industry has gotten bigger and better with each passing year, but sometimes it just doesn’t do things right. Whether it’s gameplay, story, pricing, or business practices, sometimes the industry needs a little friendly fire from gamers to keep it in line.
Other times, developers look down their sights and fire off a well placed bullet right [...]
Join the Yakuza with New Trailer
Thursday, February 4th, 2010It’s not long before Yakuza 3 is finally released in the United States on March 9th. The latest installment of Sega’s triple A franchise is sure to receive a warm reception from fans. For those you who aren’t familiar with the Yakuza series, Here’s something that may do a better job at describing the game [...]
Yakuza 3 Hits Sooner Than Expected
Monday, January 25th, 2010The Yakuza series has been one of the most popular franchises in Japan. The first two games were localized for North America and Europe on the PS2, and received much acclaim by critics around the world. Fans were delighted to hear that Yakuza 3 would finally make its way to North America and Europe, almost [...]
Project Needlemouse is Strictly Hedgehog Only
Saturday, January 16th, 2010Project Needlemouse is the codename for the upcoming, 2D Sonic game, which was announced in September of 2009. The game is targeted to release sometime this year. The project represents Sega trying to bring the Sonic franchise back to its roots. Over the past week, Sega has been counting down to when they would reveal [...]
Headshots & Friendly Fire: New Year’s Edition
Monday, January 11th, 2010Congratulations, everybody! Another decade of gaming is behind us, and the 2010s look to be an exciting decade for gaming. Overall, 2009 was a great year for games. Not only did 2009 have great sequels like Uncharted 2 and Killzone 2, but it had great new IPs like Infamous and Batman: Arkham Asylum. Despite all [...]
Wet is Half-Off, But Still Full of Whiskey
Friday, January 8th, 2010Wet is a high-action, grindhouse-style third person shooter released this September. Some of the features of the game include acrobatic gunplay, stylized graphics, and tons of whiskey drinking. Now, you can get all the high flying action for a fraction of the price.
Bayonetta Kills, Tortures, and Raps This Week
Thursday, January 7th, 2010Bayonetta was just released this week in North America, Europe and Australia. The game features fluid combat from the same creator as the famed action game, Devil May Cry. Bayonetta has the moves, body and attitude to make her a classic video game character. In fact, she has already inspired a rapper known as “MC [...]
Demon’s Souls is Dreaming of a White Christmas
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009Demon’s Souls was released earlier this year in October with favorable reviews from critics. The game soon acquired a reputation for its difficulty and unforgiving gameplay. During the week before Halloween, Atlus changed the world tendency of every world in the game to pure black. This made the game even more difficult and unlocked a few [...]
Headshots & Friendly Fire: Round 8
Sunday, December 20th, 2009The gaming industry has gotten bigger and better with each passing year, but sometimes they just don’t do things right. Whether it’s game play, story, pricing, or business practice, sometimes the industry needs a little friendly fire from the gamers to keep it in line.
Other times, developers look down their sight and fire off a [...]
GT5 Academy Demo Revs its Engine This Thursday
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Polyphony announced the racing contest, Gran Turismo Academy, with the release of Gran Turismo 5: Prologue last year to an excited group of gamers ready to prove themselves. European gamers uploaded their time trials for a chance to become a real race car driver. The winner, Lucas Ordoñez from Spain, was able to race a [...]
PS3 Motion Controllers are a Gem
Thursday, December 10th, 2009When Microsoft unveiled its motion controls at E3, they were quick to give it a name, Natal. Sony on the other hand, did not give their motion control a name. Ever since E3, Sony fans have had to awkwardly refer to Sony’s project as Sony motion control or give the device their own informal nickname. [...]
Slice & Dice with Your Own Devil May Cry Sword
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009Devil May Cry has inspired both gamers and developers imaginations alike. It’s only natural that these virtual creations spill over into real life to some degree. Gaming fans of Resistance and Gears of War can find replicas of guns featured in the respective titles. Now Devil May Cry fans can get in on the action.
