Ok, so though I am an old man now, I was just a kid back in the 80s. I have fond memories of watching WWF Wrestling on Saturday mornings, with Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, and the Iron Shiek all battling it out in the ring. Of course, as soon as the show was over, my younger brother and I wrestled on the living room floor. At least, until Mom noticed, or someone got hurt.
If you have seen any of the videos for Saints Row: The Third, (whether they were an eight minute montage of mayhem, or one delightful second of gameplay footage) you know this game is going to be something special. THQ has recently announced a collector's edition of the game. The Saints Row: The Third Platinum Pack Collector's Edition will feature the Saints Row soundtrack, the Professor Genki Pre-Order Pack (more on that later) and a pair of molded headphones which have an auto tune feature. Unfortunately, these headphones are NOT COMPATIBLE with Xbox Live or the PlayStation Network (They're for use with 3.5mm input and smart phone devices). The Platinum Pack Collector's Edition will cost $99.99.
"Third time's the charm", as they say! The creators of the eight-player online co-op games Two Worlds and Two Worlds II are trying yet again to spur interest in the series, this time with Two Worlds II: Pirates of the Flying Fortress.
DoubleFine's excellent mech/tower defense game, Trenched, will be coming to Europe. We just don't know when. Apparently, there's a trademark dispute with a Portuguese board game maker named Rui Alipio Monteiro. He trademarked his "Trench" board game back in 2007. The gentleman has also trademarked the title for video game versions of his concept. Monteiro has issued a statement which doesn't back down from his trademark claims. You can see the full statement over at Eurogamer. Double Fine is taking this all in stride, with Trenched Project Lead Brad Muir offering up this nugget of wisdom:
Section 8: Prejudice is finally coming to the PlayStation Network on July 26th, the game was already released on XBLA and PC back in April of this year. To ease the pain of the wait, Timegate is offering up some goodies for PlayStation owners with some exclusive unlocks and even two new multiplayer modes.
EA is killing the original Army of Two. No, not Rebecca and Abigail Bates. The other original "Army of Two." The one with Salem and Rios, the bro-iest bros of brohood. Online support for the game will end on August 11th for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions. There simply aren't enough players to keep the servers up and running.
343 Industries - the official executor of the Halo franchise - is hard at work on two games of interest. First is Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, complete with Firefight and campaign co-op and set for a November 15th, 2011 release. Following a year later will be Halo 4, a true sequel with no public gameplay or plot information known.
Sony is joining the online pass extravaganza that has joined this generation of gaming in an effort to slow down sales of used games. Like Electronic Arts and THQ, Sony's online pass would consist of a limited one time use code that would enable certain features in a game. If you rent or buy the game pre-owned you'll need to purchase the content for a small fee - usually $10.
Good news, anomalous trichromats! Like Call of Duty: Black Ops, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will have a color blind assist mode. On a personal note, while looking up a fancy way to say "color blind," I stumbled upon some tests on Wikipedia. I couldn't see some stupid number, so bad news for me, I guess.
Footage leaked onto the interwebs the other day of an upcoming iPad 2 game which showed off some impressive visuals. Today, Trendy Entertainment - famous for the Dungeon Defenders titles - have revealed the full title called Afterlife: Ground Zero and released their own video of it in action.
Dead Rising 2: Case West, the downloadable "sequel" to Dead Rising 2 is on sale right now for 50% off on Xbox Live Arcade. The game features a two player online co-op mode with one player as Chuck Greene and the other as Frank West in some zany zombie slaying action. It's a game we reviewed quite well when it was released late last year.
One of our biggest complaints about Microsoft's Kinect peripheral is the huge amount of living room real estate required to play. You need a pretty big area if you want to co-op a game. The Nyko Zoom reduces this required space by up to 40%, so now you can play Dance Central in your cubicle! You know you want to. The three lens design is sleek and simple. Snap the device into place and you're ready to go.
