Nothing says end of an era more than a massive sale aimed at getting customers to buy up games they won't need once they have moved onto the One or PS4. Call me cynical, but I don't mind when the games are this cheap. This week sees a sale per day and a weekly sale on XBL, with up to 93% off games such as Portal 2, D&D: Daggerdale, Fable III and many others.
As a rule, movie tie-in games are pretty awful; Aliens: Colonial Marines, R.I.P.D., Star Trek - all are co-op, all based on movies and all pretty poor. They also happen to be coming on sale between 8-14th October over on XBLA. If you need proof that some movie games can be good Guardians of Middle Earth is also on offer.
Another hero has joined the ranks of the Guardians of Middle Earth roster. Released this week, the latest champion hails from the armies of Gorgoroth. It is the Mouth of Sauron, and he is available now for both the Playstation Newtork and the Xbox Live Arcade.
A new character joins the ranks of Guardians of Middle Earth this week. Even though the run of season pass content is over for Guardians of Middle Earth, new characters have and will continue to be released for the game. This time the familiar face of Elrond, the half-elf ruler is the flavor of the week.
Everyone loves spiders. Especially giant spiders --giant spiders with spiny legs that skitter around on needle-point claws, meticulously working bone-crushing chelicerae framed by sharp, venom-filled fangs, peering into your soul with their glassy, alien stares of desperate hunger. Makes me feel all warm a fuzzy. The makers of Guardians of Middle-Earth are tapping into our universal love of spiders with their new character, Unglob.
There is a new guardian on the block in Guardians of Middle Earth. You may recognize him as the infamous Saruman the White. He hails from Isengard, and comes as the latest DLC for the game. He is classified under the Enchanter class.
Guardians of Middle Earth has been a very surprising title for the XBLA and the PSN. it has attempted, and in many ways suceeded, to bring the wildly entertaining world of MOBA to a home console. As a part of the season pass model, numerous guardians have been unleashed since the game made its debut. The latest addition to this cast of legendary heroes and villains is the Barrow-wight Lord. Here is the official description for the lord of terror:
The PS Plus scheme has been one of the best ideas Sony have had since they learned to Walk(man). The scheme provides members with the occasional free game. March is no different and the games being made free include The Cave, a 3 player adventure game and Spec Ops: The Line. Check out Read More for the other gam...
Guardians of Middle-Earth may have already sported a cooperative mode for its more traditional MOBA style of play, but it looks like a new piece of DLC to the game will change things up even further. Dubbed Survival, players will team up to take on waves of enemies with increasing difficulty.
Starting today, Guardians of Middle-Earth joins the PS3's Instant Game Collection, the system that offers games for free to Playstation Plus (PS+) members. As long as you remain a member, you'll be able to play any of the cycling titles that you've downloaded for absolutely free.
Competitive PC gamers may know the MOBA genre well, but they are almost completely foreign to console gamers. One aspect of MOBAs that isn't talked about often is the cooperative modes many of these games offer. Players versus Bots are a big part of training for MOBAs while learning the ins and outs of a game. Monolith, a studio with roots in PC development, is bringing MOBAs to the console using the Lord of the Rings license with Guardians of Middle-Earth and we're diving into it.
Guardians of Middle-Earth is out later today on PlayStation Network and tomorrow on Xbox Live Arcade, along with a retail release of the game which includes a season pass. The game is one we've been eyeing up since it came out of nowhere at E3 2012, it's a MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena) game for the console featuring characters from the Lord of the Rings universe.
