Activision sent over a new trailer for Blur, showcasing the various power-ups you can snag while racing. The game looks like a a combination of a solid arcade racer and Mario Kart, which isn’t a bad thing. Who doesn’t like blowing shit up?
Have any of you ever ventured into Bizarro World? Anyone who knows what I am referring to is a fan of the comics. Whether it be DC or Marvel, comics hold a special place for a lot of people because it is an escape from the reality you’re in to a place where you can be whoever you want. Apparently, comics are the in-thing now, hence the Bizarro World reference. Major blockbusters flanked by just as many games make it a comic fanboy’s wet dream. Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 is a sequel to one of the best comic button mashers I have ever played. Now, with an updated roster, game play mechanics, graphics, and great backstory, MUA2 promises to deliver a great view into the Marvel Civil War. Pick a side, things are going to get real.
Infinity Ward revealed that they had to fight tooth and nail to make a Modern Warfare game. As far back as Call of Duty 2, the developer wanted to move the series out of World War 2, but Activision was completely against the move. Yeah, that worked out well. Vince Zampella, the head of Infinity Ward, dropped some knowledge on the Official PlayStation Magazine:
With Call of Duty 2, we were dead set against it being World War 2, but Activision really wanted it, the compromise sort of being that we’d get some dev kits for consoles in exchange for doing a World War 2 game. We always wanted to be on consoles and Activision saw us as more of a PC developer. And something I’ll add to that, Activision also did not want Modern Warfare. They thought working on a modern game was risky and [thought], ‘oh my god you can’t do that, it’s crazy!’ They were doing market research to show us we were wrong the whole time.
It’s a good thing Infinity Ward kept pushing and convinced Activision to let them develop the game in a Modern Warfare setting. While CoD5 was good, it was disappointing going back to World War II after seeing how cool it is to fight in modern times. It’s also sad at how much Activision is willing to adapt and take even the slightest of risks. Bobby Kotick seems to want to empty your wallet and push you the same product over and over. Hopefully that philosophy changes, but I have my doubts.
Can’t get enough Modern Warfare 2? Want to get hyped even more heading into our upcoming Community Playdate? Love football? Of course your answer is yes to all the above, so you’ll be pleased to hear that Activision and Infinity Ward have a new trailer for Modern Warfare 2 showing during tomorrow night’s Sunday Night Football game. Make sure your HDTV is glued to NBC while the Charges take on the Steelers (which should be a great game, by the way).
The above image is a still capture from the trailer, so go ahead and over analyze whatever tiny bits of information you can gather. Whatever you discover won’t change the fact that Modern Warfare 2 will be the multiplayer game to have this Holiday Season.
Guitar Hero has gone through a lot of changes since its inception back on the PS2. After bringing in the full band and expanding with both Metallica and Smash Hits, Guitar Hero 5 is here chock full of tweaks and 85 songs for you to show your inner rock star. While the gameplay changes are great, the soundtrack doesn’t stack up to the previous iterations.
After playing hours of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, we caught up with Jennifer O’Neal, an Executive Producer on MUA2 to talk about the new features in the game and how they went about deciding what to add. Make sure to go back and read our hands on preview of the game and check out the interview.
Along with Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, we got to try out some of the Wii exclusive features of Guitar Hero 5 this past Monday at Vicarious Visions. In a press Roadie Battle tournament, Loot Ninja came out on top. We sat down with David Nathanielsz, the game’s producer, to talk all about what’s new in Guitar Hero 5 for the Wii. Trust me, it’s now a worthy purchase.
Growing up I was a huge comic book fan, but mostly on the DC side of things. I didn’t really get into the Marvel world until later in high school and college, but at that point, the height of my comic book infatuation had long since passed. When the Marvel movies started coming out, I found myself drawn to those characters much like my younger days with my favorite DC heroes like Batman and Superman. Enter Marvel Ultimate Alliance, which I played through completely on both the Xbox 360 and PS3. I enjoyed the hell out of the game, but it wasn’t without some major flaws. Development of the sequel transferred over to Vicarious Visions who dropped in an updated engine, Havok physics, Fusion powers, and all types of goodness that makes me want this game on my desk right now. We got a chance to play through quite a bit of campaign this past Monday at the Vicarious Visions studios and had a blast.
For those of you who entered gaming in the mid to late 90’s, you might not know about the history of Wolfenstein. This is the shooter that really launched FPS into the stratosphere. Wolfenstein makes its foray back into the gaming world and in next-gen for that matter. Wolfenstein follows the formula that made it great: killing Nazis with bad ass weaponry. Does this iteration do its predecessors justice? Put it this way, vaporizing Nazi’s with a particle cannon is about as fun as it sounds.
I did a double take when I read a press release a few minutes ago from Activision. If you buy a specially marked copy of Guitar Hero 5 in the month of September, you will get an advanced copy of Guitar Hero Van Halen absolutely free. Holy shit people!
Guitar Hero 5 is dropping September 1st and this one hell of a deal. If you have a desire to get either game, run out to whatever game store you prefer in a few weeks and pick this one. Maybe even pre-order it, if you’re into that kind of thing.
I’m very much looking forward to Guitar Hero 5 with its new feature set, much more than previous iterations of the series. Maybe I’ll even shell out the money for the new drumset, since my Guitar Hero World Tour set has never worked right.
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