First Modern Warfare 2 DLC Coming Mar 30 *UPDATED*
Is Modern Warfare 2 getting a tad bit stale? Looks like the developers are releasing a bit of an addition come the end of March.
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Bioshock 2 – First Impressions of Rapture
Well, it’s February 9th and 2k Marin’s sequel to the 2007 Game of the Year, Bioshock, has been released. How has Rapture fared during the decade between titles? What’s all this about multiplayer? How have the mechanics changed? Will I ever look at the box art the same ever again? Well, having picked up the game at midnight and spent several hours with it, I’ll be happy to answer most of these questions…after the jump.
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago at 7:00 PM in PC, PS3, Video Games, Xbox 360 by Dylan Pulley. 2 comments
DLC Mini-review – Return to Ostagar
After several false starts, the newest DLC for Bioware’s Dragon Age has finally been released on XBox 360 and PC with no word on PS3 yet. Thanks to some poor planning on Bioware’s behalf, the content dropped on January 29th, a mere 3 days after Mass Effect 2. Thanks to these overlapping releases, I’m willing to bet that I wasn’t the only Dragon Age fan that was blissfully unaware of the new content. I’ll let you know if it’s worth the five dollar price tag… after the jump.
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago at 10:00 AM in PC, Review, Video Games, Xbox 360 by Dylan Pulley. 3 comments
It’s Been One Week : Bayonetta
As we’ve already discussed on the weekly podcast, I’ve been playing a fair amount of Bayonetta. It’s been one week now since I received the title through Gamefly, and my excitement has not yet waned. Granted, my Bayonetta time has been heavily perforated by Mass Effect 2 time, but at least 8 hours have been logged in the former. With that, I feel comfortable to share with you my opinions of the game thus far…
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago at 10:00 AM in Misc, PS3, Video Games, Xbox 360 by Dylan Pulley. Add a comment
Welcome to Greed Corp
The strategy genre has always wrestled with complexity versus accessibility. W! Games seeks to craft a more user-friendly strategy game with their upcoming title Greed Corp for PSN and XBox Live Arcade.
“The mechanics should be transparent, the winning strategy should not,” say the devs. According to their blog, the developers seek to keep a high level of strategic depth while giving the player fewer actions to memorize.
Greed Corp will be the first in a series of titles existing within the rich, industrial world of Mistbound. Today marks the creation of the Mistbound Community Site, where one may sign up for a chance to receive the game for free upon its release. Also released to the public on this date is a rather stunning intro trailer into this bold frontier of Mistbound, which may be witnessed after the jump.
Posted 2 months ago at 4:30 PM in PS3, Video Games, Xbox 360 by Dylan Pulley. 2 comments
Left 4 Dead 2 Review – 2 Soon?
When Valve announced that they would be releasing a sequel to their smash hit Left 4 Dead so rapidly after the original, many were skeptical. Some took it as a sign of the end times and boycotted Valve’s decision to “screw over” the folk who had just purchased the first. Others saw it as a great boon to the community to receive a second entry in the franchise with such haste. With the sequel’s recent release, we can finally see if it was worth all of the fuss.
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Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago at 11:30 AM in PC, Review, Video Games, Xbox 360 by Dylan Pulley. Add a comment
EA2D Launches First Title, Dragon Age Journeys
With the impending release of Bioware’s hotly anticipated new RPG Dragon Age: Origins, EA has been hard at work to release a browser-based flash game to expand upon the story of Origins. The result is Dragon Age Journeys, a three part installment by EA’s newest studio, EA2D. A crack team of flash author greats has been assembled for the project staff, including Daniel Stradwick, Adam Phillips, and Andrew Sega. The Deep Roads is part one of the three part saga that has just been released, and even includes unlockable equipment for Origins upon completion of certain achievements and tasks.
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago at 10:15 AM in PC, Video Games by Dylan Pulley. 1 comment
Thursday Throwdown – Silence is Golden
Protagonists. They come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and creeds. The most successful of these creatures seem to be the strong and silent type. From Link onward, a majority of our protagonists have been mute or near-mute with fairly generic personalities. This can be used to great effect or detriment on behalf of the creator, depending on the quality of writing to flesh out the character. Two of the most recently successful of these silent heroes shall be our subjects for today’s Thursday Throwdown.
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago at 8:00 PM in Circadian Showdown, Dailies, PC, Video Games, Xbox 360 by Dylan Pulley. 4 comments
Lucidity Mini-Review – Sweet Dreams
This week the Live Arcade saw the release of the South Park tower defense game and Lucidity, a 2D platforming puzzler by LucasArts. Since I’ve about had my fill of tower defense for the time being, this week I will be looking at Lucidity. The game can be found on the Live Arcade for 800 points, as well as through Steam for $9.99 on the PC. The price was right, so how did the game square up?
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Posted 5 months, 1 week ago at 8:30 AM in PC, Review, Video Games, Xbox 360 by Dylan Pulley. Add a comment
What’s your geekspective? – Survival Mode
Today marks the launch of the semi-expansion, semi-brand new experience for Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST. And with it comes a brand new way to play with Firefight mode.
Firefight is essentially Left 4 Dead meets Halo, and is a very similar multi-player co-op survival experience. Which brings me to today’s question:
What do you think of this recent focus on co-op survival game-types?
Posted 6 months ago at 3:50 PM in Dailies, Geekspective by Cole Billman. 2 comments
Indie Game Review – I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
While normally I’m something of a grammar nazi and shy away from anything that uses a “1″ in place of a good old fashioned “i”, this odd looking game was #1 on the Xbox Live Marketplace’s Indie Games section and had been getting rave reviews all around the internet. I was drawn into downloading the trial version of Ska Studio’s I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 by sheer curiosity.
I gladly purchased it for $1 moments later.
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago at 3:40 PM in Review, Video Games, Xbox 360 by Cole Billman. 1 comment
Next Week in Rock Band – Tribute
Another exciting week of DLC is in store for fans of Rock Band.
On the tails of the success of the new The Beatles: Rock Band game and PAX, I rather expected next week’s DLC to wind up being somewhat subpar.
I was totally wrong.
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago at 11:37 AM in PS3, PSP, Video Games, Wii, Xbox 360 by Cole Billman. Add a comment
Halo 3: ODST Extended Live Action Trailer
Remember that sweet Halo 3: ODST Trailer we showed last week? Well, there was actually more to that trailer than what they showed: like a whole extra minute more. Pretty sweet stuff to follow after the jump. Continue Reading…
Posted 6 months, 1 week ago at 10:30 AM in Video Games, Xbox 360 by Josh Long. 1 comment
Three Games for the Price of One!
If you’re one of the people that took advantage of the recent price drop for the XBox 360 and are looking for a good place to start on the console, Capcom has got you covered. Now available for retail, Capcom has released Dead Rising, Devil May Cry 4, and Lost Planet: Colonies Edition in one platinum-coated pack for the extremely low price of $40 USD. I can speak from experience that Dead Rising is definitely a worthwhile game. I have never personally experienced the other two, so I may be looking into this deal myself. Happy hunting!
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Posted 6 months, 1 week ago at 9:42 AM in Video Games, Xbox 360 by Dylan Pulley. 2 comments
Batman: Arkham Asylum Review – Crazy Good
Having fully completed the storyline and Riddler challenges, I feel comfortable expounding on my previous statements regarding the newest Batman title by Rocksteady Games. All over the internet, the opinion seems to be uniform that this game is nothing short of immaculate. Hit the bump to find out whether or not we agree.
