New York Comic Con 2009 Coverage
Here's your one stop roundup for all of our New York Comic Con 2009 coverage. We've got games, games, pictures, and more games all waiting at your finger tips!
Here's your one stop roundup for all of our New York Comic Con 2009 coverage. We've got games, games, pictures, and more games all waiting at your finger tips!
We've almost come to the end of our NY Comic-Con coverage. With so many games on the show floor, we didn't have as much time as we wanted to to go in depth with everything. But...we tried our hardest to play what we could. There's two more games I wanted to briefly talk about, both have cooperative play. Both games also couldn't be anymore different.
Sega's booth was one of the most active on the NY Comic Con show floor. Whether that's because they were giving out free t-shirts, or because they had a ton of great games...well that's yet to be seen. Buried deep within the confines of the booth, hidden behind zombies giving out comics and hugs...yes zombie hugs...was House of the Dead Overkill. The game is a two player co-op shooter for the Wii, and it's the first House of the Dead game that isn't based on an arcade title.
Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao was only announced last week, but that didn't stop Namco-Bandai from showing it off at this past weekend's New York Comic-Con. While we originally thought it looked a lot like RagDoll Kung-Fu - we couldn't be more mistaken.
By far one of the more popular titles on the show floor was Ghostbusters from Atari. With all three systems on display (360, PS3, and Wii) and about six guys cosplaying the crew (their outfits and proton packs were AMAZING) everyone had caught the Ghostbusters fever.
The first co-op game we looked at during the New York Comic Con was actually the best game we saw. Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X from Ubisoft not only looked beautiful, it played really well too. Featuring full four player co-op through the entire campaign, in drop-in and drop-out fashion, H.A.W.X. was an easy choice for our game of the show.
I'll admit it, I put way too many hours to count into Bioware's Baldur's Gate on the PC more than 10 years ago. So despite what you see in the above screenshot, when I glared at the screen at the NY Comic Con, I was shocked to see something that looked eerily similar to the classic title so near and dear to my heart.
While we got our hands on a ton of great co-op games, I wanted to point out a few other standout titles you guys may enjoy. First up is the recently announced Battlefield: 1943. The game is a remake, or re-imaging of sorts of the original Battlefield: 1942 for the PC.
We start our NY Comic Con 2009 coverage with a handful of shots from the show floor. We've got some great pictures of the entire thing. What impressed me most was the sheer size of the show. From a square footage perspective, this even topped last years PAX. The people that were there were all upbeat and fun, with plenty of cos players wondering around posing for pictures.
Last night we were lucky enough to get some hands on time with upcoming Activision games for a pre-NY Comic Con event. We examined the ex co-op game Prototype, slashed some bad guys in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and met our old friend BJ Blaskowitz it's Wolfenstein. While there's no co-op to ...
We had hope to bring you some hands on impressions of the latest Marvel Ultimate Alliance game today, but alas Activision didn't have it for show during an event last night like previously planned. No worries, we still have you covered with a brand new trailer from the game.
This weekend, February 6th through the 8th, is the 4th Annual New York Comic Con. Much like the San Diego one, the Comic Con is more than just superheroes. In fact, a recent press release from the show organizers have stated that 50% of the Javitz Center show floor will be dedicated to gaming companies.