Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
The Best Xbox 360 Exclusives
Lead designer Cliff Bleszinski said that Gears of War 2 was going to be “bigger, better, and more badass”, and now that we have spent some time with it we have to agree with him. This is a bigger and better game in every single aspect. The campaign feels more epic and is filled with jaw dropping moments. The multiplayer has been beefed up with new modes, and the addition of Horde mode as well as a training mode means that Gears 2 has plenty to offer both on and offline. This is simply a great game.
OK, this is a personal favorite and I am sure most of you are saying “what the hell is Prey”? I bought the special edition game when it was released for the Xbox 360 back in the day. I still go back from time to time and play because it is one fun-ass game. I also really dig the storyline. You play as Tommy, a Indian trying to get the hell out of his town/tribe to make a life for himself. Only aliens come to earth and create quite a stir. Your uncle and girlfriend are abducted and its up to you to be a man and start kicking some ass. The game still has some pretty cool graphics and those gravity walkways are crazy. There’s even a cool little cameo by Coast to Coast’s old host Art Bell.
You can find this game mega-cheap now. From $5-15 depending on where you shop for games. I have yet to see this game new anywhere.
Alan Wake
Alan Wake has been in development for roughly six years, but it still looks great and features a lot of promising ideas -- such as having to fight off enemies and vehicles possessed by a power the developers refer to as "the darkness," and having to use flares and other forms of light to create safe areas that said darkness fears.
Fable 3
Lionhead Studios is ready to serve up a sequel to their massively popular Fable franchise, which will be two years removed from Fable II. Incorporating Project Natal, Peter Molyneux and crew have a lot in store to showcase what they can do with Microsoft’s “next-gen” technology for the Xbox 360. The Fable II DLC was some of the best add-on content we had ever seen, taking the world of Fable and smashing completely new story-lines for a small amount of money. We have to hope that Mr. Molyneux can continue the strong tradition of creating triple-A titles, exclusively for the Xbox 360.
Halo: Reach
From the beginning, you know the end. In Halo: Reach, players experience the fateful moments that forged the Halo legend. It's the story of Noble Team, a squad of heroic Spartan soldiers, and their final stand on the planet Reach, humanity's last line of defense between the terrifying Covenant and Earth. This darker story is echoed by grittier visuals amid a backdrop of massive, awe-inspiring environments.
Mass Effect 2
It's a bit hard to believe that after a great game like Dragon Age: Origins, that Bioware would be able to release Mass Effect 2 just four months later. Surely, something has to give, right? Well, from what we've played, it just seems like BioWare is really good at multitasking, as Mass Effect 2 already hits the "improved what work, and fixed what didn't" formula for a sequel. Not only have the graphics and loading been optimized, and combat finally feels like an honest-to-god shooter, but the story twists and turns that happen in the very beginning already give us a "dark, The Empire Strikes Back type of middle act" feeling.
Dust: an Elysian Tail
This game is so good it doesn't even need Explanation just look, This may very well be the Best XBLA game ever. It's a sidescrolling action-rpg, with an emphasis on crazy combo-based action. Everything in the game is hand-animated and painted by Dean Dodrill music is provided by Hyperduck Music Studios and Dean's long-time friend Alexandor Brandon.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Castlevania: LOS Vs God of War 3
Monday, September 27, 2010
Top 5 IP's that would make Great MMO's
Top 5 IP's that would make Great MMO's
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
So did Microsoft Dissapoint this TGS?
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Rumors: World Of Warcraft On the 360?
Source: A job listing on the Blizzard Entertainment Web site. The official story: "Microsoft does not comment on rumors or speculation."--Microsoft spokesperson; Blizzard Entertainment reps declined requests for comment. What we heard: Part gossip, part geek fantasy, the World of Warcraft Xbox 360...
Source: A job listing on the Blizzard Entertainment Web site.
The official story: "Microsoft does not comment on rumors or speculation."--Microsoft spokesperson; Blizzard Entertainment reps declined requests for comment.
What we heard: Part gossip, part geek fantasy, the World of Warcraft Xbox 360 rumor has been around for a while. Prior to E3 2005 in May, scuttlebutt was rampant that Microsoft would announce that the massively multiplayer role-playing game was coming to its next-gen console at its press conference. The company did indeed announce a 360 MMORPG...problem was it was Final Fantasy XI, which is already available for both the PC and PlayStation 2--hardly a system-selling title.
Were WoW to become available for the 360, though, it would be a much different story. Given World of Warcraft's popularity--it already has over 4.5 million subscribers and has been among the top five top-selling PC games since its 2004 release--many gamers would gladly buy a 360 just to get in on the Azeroth action. Also, the PC hardware required to run the game costs several times the hard drive-enabled 360's $399 sticker price.
Enthusiasm for a 360 WoW was flared up with the recent discovery of several Blizzard job listings for next-generation console positions. The site has positions for next-gen engine programmers, next-gen tools programmers, and next-gen game physics/collision programmers.
So will the Xbox 360 be WoW-ed? It is a possibility. However, a more likely scenario was outlined this past February, when Blizzard sent out a product catalog that announced that Starcraft: Ghost was "coming soon to next-generation consoles." Though a rep said the ad was a misprint and denied the long-delayed console game was in development for next-gen platforms, the game's current release window, Q2 2006, is the same as that of the PlayStation 3. Mere coincidence, perchance?
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Looks like Microsoft wants to see Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft appear on Xbox 360, reportsGamesIndustry.biz.
"We've been in contact with Microsoft...," said Paul Sams, vice president of business operations at Blizzard. "World of Warcraft was really built with a focus on PC, and while I think it certainly could get to Xbox, it's not something that at this moment we've decided to do."
The incredible popularity of the developer's first stab into the populated MMO market with World of Warcraft has proved a unanimous success. As next-generation consoles advance online integration, the lack of a console version becomes all the more surprising.
Right now, Blizzard sees the lack of a keyboard and mouse holding back any console renditions of World of WarCraft. "Those are things that are not standard, they're peripherals, and peripherals have historically not done well for any of the console companies unless you're talking about additional controllers or memory cards," said Sams.
Seeing as how Square Enix overcame this problem with Final Fantasy XI on the PlayStation 2, World of Warcraft landing on Xbox 360 seems a question of "when" more than anything else.
So Will we ever see World of Warcraft On consoles? I am not getting my hopes up but there are some hints out there.