Grasshopper Manufacture has been a busy little studio of late. Hot off the heels ofShadows of the Damned, it hasLollipop Chainsawin the works for Warner Brothers, and has teamed up with Digital Reality on not one, but two downloadable titles —Black Knight SwordandSine Mora. Sine Morais a sidescrolling arcade shooter with a strong old school sensibility and just enough quirkiness to let you know that Grasshopper’s involved. It’s also pretty damn fun....
When we last sawHard Corps: Uprisingat Comic-Con, our Dale North came away quite impressed with the flashy sidescrolling shooter from Arc System Works and Konami. After all, the stunning 2D animation makes this title practically look likeBlazBlue: The Shooter, which is a very good thing. The crazy thing is this is still a directContragame, albeit with a massive aesthetic redesign. Am I for it? Oh damn skippy, I’m all for mixing up the norms, asHard Corps: Uprisingis one hot take on the franchise....
At an Activision preview event last week, we got to spend some quality time withSpider-Man: Web of Shadowsfor the PS3 and Xbox 360. And yes, controlling the aerial combat you’ve been seeing in videos is just as fun as it looks. Look, the real Spider-Man isn’t hindered by programming and processing and code. If he wants to go somewhere, he jumps out of a window and shoots a web. He simply flings himself into the air and swings to where he wants to go....
Natsumehave apparently decided to join the iPhone gold rush by announcing their first iPhone game,Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming. The game boasts both a Mission and Score Attack mode and appears to challenge the player to create chains of veggies to score combo for points. It looks simple but cute, and I’ve always been a fan of the Harvest Moon universe, so I can see myself picking this one up for my time wasting needs....
Pandora’s Towerhas a few Wii owners on staff feeling hot under the collar, even ahead of any Western confirmation. Of course, we’re all likely leading ourselves toward anotherLast Storysituation, but we can’t help it — we like videogames too much! The screens are stupidly small — something of a running theme with this game’s assets — but they show off yet another Japanese Wii game that looks really good. I really hope Nintendo gets these games out to the West sometime this year — there’s been a horrible Wii drought that these titles would certainly fix....
Only good things can come when you combine the forces ofCrysiswithBack to the Future. Amod by Tiridomade the rounds this weekend on the social news sites, and for good reason. It brings a functional DeLorean into the game (andCrysis Wars) that you may play around with for fifteen minutes or however long it takes before the concept grows old. To get the full effect, I suggest you watch the video abovehere instead....
There has been a measure of confusion regarding the release of Dark Energy Digital’s promising new downloadable release,Hydrophobia. The water-themed action game has generally been regarded as an Xbox Live Arcade exclusive, but conflicting reports listed it for the PS3 and PC platforms also. Hydrophobia, officially, a timed Xbox 360 exclusive. The game will hit XBLA first, with a subsequent PS3/PC release coming at a later date. So, that’s all the confusion cleared up, and let us never speak of this issue again....
I was going to retract my statement fromlast weekand proclaim thatthis, is, in fact, my second favorite indie zombie game ever, but that’s kinda dumb: rating your favorite indie zombie games is like trying to pick favorites amongst your children. Still, though, if Iweremaking a list of my favorite zindie games,Urban Deadwould still be very, very near the top of that list. It’s a free, sorta-text-based zombie MMO that isnowherenear as boring as the phrase “free, sorta-text-based zombie MMO” might initially lead you on to believe....
Yesterday we provided some insights into whatInterstellar Marinesshould play like. Of course, no one in their right mind would say “Hey, let’s make a shooter involving space marines!” anno 2011. But how about beforeHaloandGears of Warwere released? What defines a space marine in the first place? The story of the various sources of inspiration behindInterstellar Marinesstarts at a time when onlyWarhammer 40,000tabletop players equated a ‘space marine’ with a big bulky piece of man-meat wielding ridiculously heavy weaponry....
The BAFTA award winningF1 2010has been Codemasters biggest cash cow to date and they are back, this time looking to bring an even bigger and better game than before. I interview Chief Game Designer Steve Hood who talks about the joys and frustrations of working with Formula One, howF1 2011is far more than a simple yearly update and Steve also talks us through the new weather system and their dynamic clouds....
you may mow down roman soldiers with an assault rifle inDarkest of Days.If that doesn’t grab your attention, what will? Last time, we talked about thegame’s box art, which has a volcano on it. It’s hard to say if its inclusion on the cover is due to Pompeii being a destination inDarkest of Daysor because “it looked cool.” The latest news onDarkest of Dayscomes in the form of a video, which puts the game’s weird assortment of weapons on display....
Upside: there’s a newMega Mangame! Downside: it’s exclusive to the Japanese mobile market and unrelated toLegends 3. C’est la vie. For DoCoMo cell phones in Japan comesRockman: The Puzzle Battle, a reworking of the Blue Bomber’s freshman adventure as a gem-matching game in the vein ofPuzzle Quest. You deal damage to Robot Masters by aligning three or more gems; by beating a boss, you acquire his special weapon that affects the board in some way (e....
Last week we came across some killer game dealsfrom…K-Mart. Yeah, K-Mart. It wasBayonetta, Final Fantasy XIII, and Aliens vs. Predatorat $29.99, and Nier for $44.99. In case you missed it, that deal is going onnow, so get some good/new games for cheap. Now, thanks toCheapAssGamer(and tipster The Pat Man), we know that K-Mart continues to go crazy with more game deals. Check these out: For May 4-10: And here’s another good Halo-related bundle of deals:Halo 3: ODSTwill be on sale for $29....
