6 Feb, 2012

2K Games and Digital Extremes were nice enough to have a sitdown last Friday to talk about their soon to be released title, The Darkness II, and it was an insightful discussion to say the least. In the call, we get to hear from Sheldon Carter, Creative Director at Digital Extremes, Dan Schmittou, Associate Producer at 2K Games, as well as our faithful...

2 Feb, 2012

Title: Analogue: A Hate Story Platform: PC Developer: Christine Love (indie) TL;DR: A futuristic visual novel about an androcentric society Family Friendly?: Click here for more info I’ve been effectively spamming news about Christine Love’s latest offering: Analogue: A Hate Story and thankfully I feel vindicated in my eagerness. The game places...

1 Feb, 2012

The Guardian’s Games Blog has an interesting piece up where the author, Keith Stuart, expresses amazement at the rampant apparent selflessness on the rough and tumble world of Battlefield 3‘s public servers. The writer discusses possible theories about the source of this unexpected altruism, including a compulsive need to be providing input or base...

30 Jan, 2012

Title: ScaryGirl Platform: XBLA, PSN, PC (reviewed on XBLA) Developer: TikGames Publisher: Square Enix Tagline: All the animation and charm of Psychonauts, with less adventuring Family Friendly: Click here for more information. Verdict: Wait for a Sale When I first heard about ScaryGirl, I was unsure as to what to expect. I was not a big fan of the graphic...

28 Jan, 2012

Looking cool. Being badass. It all is a matter of taste, and there is no better way to illustrate a markedly different take on what’s rocking and what’s not than to put a Japanese developed game next to a Western developed game. Crazy colored hair? Chains, buckles, and spikes everywhere? Or does it all have a reason to be there? In an interview with...

25 Jan, 2012

Everyone’s first impression of this game has got to be, “It’s that one game that has a lot of yelling and rage.” It’s over-the-top. It’s ridiculous. It makes Bayonetta look like the tamest of all tame games in the History of Tameness. And CyberConnect2, the developing studio, isn’t ashamed of just how outrageously...

25 Jan, 2012

Last week’s UK sales chart showed a significant bump for Rayman Origins, a title that reviewer after reviewer has lauded but, up to now, has been backburnered by gamers. Pricing stunts (like a weeklong $20 sale at US Toys R Us outlets) have helped goose sales, but apparently positive word-of-mouth will only take an oddball 2D platformer so far. Yes, I...

23 Jan, 2012

Title: Marvel Pinball Vengeance and Virtue Platform: XBLA, PSN (Reviewed on XBLA) Developer: Zen Studios Publisher: Zen Studios Tagline: More Marvel characters unite for pinball action Family Friendly? Click here for more information. Verdict: Buy It Already Pinball is one of those activities that tend to be more fun on a live table than on a console. However,...