Archive for March, 2009
GDC Biggie!: Modern Warfare 2 Trailer
Mar 26th
First World at War dropped numbers from its title, now the latest 'official' (i.e. developed by Infinity Ward) Call of Duty game seems too have dropped the whole Call of Duty brand all together!
The big reveal at the GDC was, essentially, the teaser trailer and the release date - a solid 11.10.09, which could be either 11th October or 10th November, depending on what you consider the 'right' date format (or even 09th October 2011, if the world was one giant SQL database!).
Sine-wave based terrorism after the cut!
Is Imitation the greatest form of Flattery?: GFW:L copies Steam
Mar 26th
Don't worry, Microsoft hasn't bought Valve (*phew*). Rather, Microsoft have used the GDC to announce a shedload of functional changes to their red-headed stepchild of a PC games platform. Basically aping what others have been offering for a while now, hit the jump to find out just what can be had on other services!
Guitar Hero extends World Tour: PC & Mac dates added!
Mar 26th
If that namby pamby Audiosurf doesn't cut it or that iPhone rip-off just screams 'dis-respect', then fear no more, for Aspyr & Activision have announced Guitar Hero: World Tour for PC & Mac, due in the summer.
No word on whether you definitely need a new proprietary controller or whether Xbox/PS3 ones will be compatible, but hey, there's always room for more price gouging!
Rock on NERDS! More >
Wheelman Wanted?: Wanted & Wheelman both Ship
Mar 25th
Retail outlets are taking receipt of MANY boxes of movie-sequel-come-tie-in-shooter Wanted: Weapons of Fate & the Unreal 3/Vin Diesel powered video-game-that's-soon-too-be-a-movie The Wheelman, the former also being available on Steam (in most countries, anyway).
Check out demos of Wanted on all 3 formats in the usual places. The Wheelman demo is only available on consoles and can be acquired from the respective networks.
Legend of Zelda: Spirt Tracks Trailer
Mar 25th
Today at GDC Nintendo announced a new Zelda Game for DS tentatively title "Spirit Tracks".
The game sees Link travelling across the world on a Train solving puzzles and trying to win the heart of the princess or whatever it is he does in these politically correct times.
Find the Trailer, after the jump.
Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures: Fright of the Bumble Bees Review
Mar 24th
Andrew Bryant loads up with Wasp-eeze and heads to West Wallaby Street for the first time this year...
Hobo Time? Max Payne 3 annouced
Mar 23rd
The sound of thousands of fanboys crying in joy was heard across the intarnets today as Rockstar Games announced that Max Payne 3 is coming to current gen consoles & the PC Q4 2009!
Then they said Rockstar Vancouver will be developing it...
Wanted: Weapons of Fate Trailer
Mar 21st
Wanted: Weapons of Fate is going to be an interesting one. Existing as it does, half-way between movie and graphic novel, it exists in its own little world of violence and destruction.
Sure, Wesley is an Assassin, not a Super-Villian and there doesn't seem to be a guy made purely out of shit, but that suit wasn't in the movie and with a difficulty called 'Pussy', it's clear that it's not 100% (belated) movie tie-in fodder.
Trailer after the cut.
Watchmen: The End is Nigh Review
Mar 21st
Andrew Bryant dons a cape, goggles and tights and heads for a night on the town with a homocidal maniac... Clubbing it is then!!!
Got Psyched?: Wolfenstein Trailer
Mar 21st
Wolfenstein has already been 'rebooted' once, in the form of the successful and quite good (providing you ignore the boss battles) Return to Castle Wolfenstein, but now Raven are back with the follow-up, cunningly named just 'Wolfenstein' (so that newbies to the great-great-great-grandfather of Halo won't be scared of it because it doesn't have Master Chief on the cover).
Despite blatantly ripping off features seen in many a game over the years, including in-situ dimension hopping (see: Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver), free form environments and the entire WW2 genre as a whole, Wolfenstein looks like a bit of a hoot and is probably as close to a decent Occultist-Nazi-bashing-sim we're going to get in lieu of a true sequel to Rise of the Triad (or a decent Hellboy game).
Trailer after the cut.
