Yay yay yay! PlayStation 3 owners, it’s almost time for you to experience one of the funnest beat ’em ups ever asCastle Crashersis coming to the PlayStation Network on August 31. It’s been a long time coming as Dan and the crew at The Behemoth have been working on the project for over a year and a half. Snap! The PSN version of the game will have some new stuff, such as the newvolleyball mini-game....
AsBen PerLeeandI have told you, you’re able to do lots of crazy sh*t in Avalanche Studios’Just Cause 2. It’s a sandbox game that looks like it’s aiming to be a more polished, more kick-ass version ofMercenaries 2: World in Flames. Pretty much all sandbox games allow you to mess around in the game world, doing whatever you want (like wreaking wanton destruction on the environment). But as you can see in the multi-path trailer above,Just Cause 2is bringing that choice into the missions themselves, offering a variety of methods for you to accomplish in-game goals....
Who knew? People tell me all the timeCall of Juarezwas better thanGun, which was mediocre but strangely fun. The prequel,Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood, looks to be vastly superior, if any of my friends are to be trusted. I couldn’t tell you how indicative this latest “Fire Your Guns” trailer forBound in Bloodis of the finished game, but Hamza hasplayed the multiplayerand thought it was alright. Seeing as how there are so few Westerns being made these days, andRed Dead Redemptionisn’t being released anytime soon, I for one am very interested to see how well the game ends up reviewing....
Apparently I am the guy who will be informing you of all exciting PAX East happenings — what games will be playable, who’s doing what panels, etc. — even though I’m not going to the show. shakes fist at Hamza Ruffian Games will be presenting PAX attendants with the opportunity to play 4 vs. 4 in Team Deathmatch as well as everyone’s favorite Rocket Tag inCrackdown 2. Although it was not explicitly specified, this will all presumably be going down at the Microsoft booth....
When I was a kid, I was in the Cub Scout program. I didn’t join until about halfway through, which is something I’d recommend for any parents who might be thinking of having their children join up. All the neat stuff doesn’t really kick in until the kids hit eight or so and the amount of pointless crafts starts to decline around the same time. Anyway, I’ve always thought it was a pretty great program for a growing lad....
Now for your daily helping of bizarre Japanese nonsensery. Allow me to present the custom Wii edition of theYotsubatocardboard box robot. Thefigure itselfis nothing new, really, it’s justRevoltech‘s rendition of Miura from the mangaYotsubato, decked out as “Danbo” in her corrugated cardboard robot suit. However, add a few carefully placed decals and a collection of Wii-themed gachapons, and voila! You’ve gotnews on a slow dayan adorable nunchuck-wielding Wii box robot, ready to delight and amaze with its … boxy … cardboardness....
Dawn of Heroesis a tactical RPG by developer Wicked Studios. Majesco is bringing it to DS systems this June. I’ve heard nothing about it until today, but I have some details and some screenshots to share. Dawn of Heroesis supposed to be a bit different from your standard DS tactical RPG. That’s good to hear! The press release mentions “hilarious dialogue, customizable parties, a variety of dungeons and items, and multiplayer features geared towards building a community of heroes all over the world....
Ah, the start of our seventh week. We’ve got a great episode for y’all today. Holmes and I make fun of Ubisoft forsucking at geography(and subsequently, life), he runs down the details on the awesome new gameCatherine, I hate onKinectfor the 17489th time this month, and Holmes cringes at the thought of aMonty Pythonvideo game. Nick Chester also lends his sexy voice to tell you about this week’s new releases....
Nippon Ichi loves to kill my social life. Before recievingDisgaea: Afternoon of Darkness, the last title they sent me wasSoul Nomad and the World Eaters. I sunk plenty of time into that game, and I’m still yet to complete it. Once I finally got through Castlevania, I thought I’d have some free time, but no, I had to playDisgaea. I’ve sunk 200+ hours intoFinal Fantasy Tacticsover several dozen play-throughs, but I wasn’t looking forward to sinking that amount of time into a single playthrough ofDisgaea....
The Xbox 360 has been screaming for quality RPGs to fill the void left sinceLost Odyssey. Japanese RPG powerhouse Square Enix has had some new titles looming on the horizon for a while now, and the first of its big release,Infinite Undiscovery, has appeared to takeLost Odyssey‘s baton. Developed by tri-Ace and exclusive to the Xbox 360,Infinite Undiscoverywas always a bit of a quiet one — most of us knew it existed, but nobody was really talking about it too much before release....
The Battlefield Blog has detailed the four classes that will be inBattlefield 3— Assault, Engineer, Support, and Recon — and there have been a bunch of changes to the old formula. First and foremost, there is no Medic class. The Assault class now has medkits and defibrillator abilities to give the person on the frontline the ability to revive your fallen brothers in arms. Engineers will repair vehicles, take them down with RPGs, destroy cover, and wield Carbines so they can actually shoot down some enemies as well....
The official Japanese Web site forDisaster: Day of Crisishas just updated with plenty of game play and control examples for this upcoming Wii title. As you would have guessed from a Wii game,Disasterhas you holding the Wii Remote like a gun, holding it pointed to the screen to aim and pulling the “b” trigger to fire. When you’re not shooting terrorists, you’re saving everyone you come across from a massive earthquake....
Hee-ho! Did you pick upDevil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon? You haven’t? You should —we loved it. It’s one of the niftiest things to hit the PlayStation 2 this year. In our review, we said it was “a title that breaks away from old role-playing conventions to introduce a fast-paced action game play that anyone can enjoy.” That means that both RPG fans and action fans will find something they like here....
