Recently Nolan Bushnell spoke with the USA Today gaming blog, Game Hunters. Don’t know who Game Hunters are? Don’t worry, that’s fine, you have us at Loot Ninja. Don’t know who Nolan Bushnell is? You are probably under 20. For those lacking the knowledge, Nolan Bushnell is the guy who made a little title call Pong from a tiny company he founded called Atari. If you don’t recognize that, then here is a freebie for you, the man made Chuck E. Cheese. If you are still clueless then you are hopeless.
Long story short, Nolan is old. Older than my parents old. His current company Reality Gap refers to him as a “video game veteran”. But he still loves games, especially playing games with his five kids. The problem is a bunch of kids are whooping old man ass in these fast twitch first person shooters. The Godfather of Video Games getting his ass handed to him in hate, what a shame. NB doesn’t cry about it, he just makes a new game to level the playing field.
Hence we have Battleswarm: Field of Honor. A Nolan Bushnell RTS/FPS hybrid online free to play multiplayer on PC supported by micro-transactions. That’s a mouthful. An NB RTS/FPS Online FtP MT PC game. Enjoy. No comprende? Ok, lets break it down. It’s a game that allows NB to kick ass in the style he is best, Real Time Strategy, controlling aliens swarming over human soldiers. But if he gets bored of that at any time he can switch to a First Person Shooter becoming a human fragging aliens. It’s online, 6 players to a side, and it’s free to play or you can pay for special upgrades to assist you in xenocide. Expect upgrades to be cheap too, less than a dollar cheap.
Battleswarm: Field of Honor is sounding pretty friggin’ awesome. So awesome it’s almost Rad. That’s right, I said it, Rad. It would achieve Radness if we could get a Team Bushnell Clan versus Team Loot Ninja match going on. NB plus kids, we can take them. Rock out NB, rock out.
Growing up, I was a big fan of the Ghostbusters. I had Slimer sheets on my bed, which qualifies me for some sort of award, or at least a pat on the back. I’d always wished the team would get back together for a third movie, but it never came to pass. Now, that third movie has been incarnated as video game, which makes me tingle a bit inside. Mixing one of my favorite movie series with my favorite pastime should be a win-win scenario. Ghostbusters: The Video Game comes damn close to hitting it out of the park.
Atari has struck a deal with Sony for the platform holder to publish Ghostbusters in Europe, making it a timed exclusive for the PS2 and PS3. The game will be released June 19th in the EU on Sony platforms. A PSP version will be available worldwide in August.
This move doesn’t affect North American gamers, who will see the game on every platform known to man June 16th.
While this helps Sony in Europe, it hurts gamers who were looking for the game on other platforms. Personally, I’m most excited for the Wii version of the game. If I was across the pond, I’d have to wait a while. Luckily, I’m not, so I can play whatever version I choose in June.
One of the big things Atari was touting to us at NY Comic Con this year about the upcoming Ghostbusters game was everyone from the movies lending their voice talents to the game. I guess their definition of “everyone” doesn’t match when the dictionary things. Signorney Weaver said no to reprising her role as Dana Barrett, so Alyssa Milano will be stepping in.
“Obviously, fans of the movie are going to miss Sigourney Weaver,” said Milano, who was offered the part of the game’s leading lady after Weaver declined to reprise her role as Dana Barrett. “I have so much respect for that character in the movie that I hope I do the position that she is in justice. I was just flattered to be asked to be part of ‘Ghostbusters’.”
You know, I’m not too upset here. While I don’t have first hand knowledge of the game’s story, I can’t imagine Dana Barrett being a big enough part for it to take me out of the experience. She’s been possessed and had her baby bring back an evil demon, so what else is left for her?
Want to get some cool behind the scenes thoughts on the upcoming Riddick game? We checked it out back at Comic Con, so make sure to check out our developer interview and preview, then watch the video Atari released today. I’m very excited for this one.
Fear not Riddick fans. The time is close at hand. Atari wants you to know just how damn good Assault on Dark Athena is by releasing a demo on the Xbox 360 today. Based on our earlier conversations with the developers, the PS3 demo will most likely be released in tomorrow’s PSN update.
The demo gives you a chance to take a look at the main decks level of Dark Athena (it’s a giant ship that you’re hijacking, in case you didn’t know). You’ll be able to try out all of Riddick’s cool moves. All of us here at Loot Ninja were huge fans of Butcher Bay and loved what we saw when we got hands on with the game last month. Check out our preview here for the full scoop.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena is scheduled to drop on April 7th for all platforms, so get some time in with the demo for the next month and get ready to shiv some bitches.
Some people have told me that this retro-review is redundant, that anyone who knows video games knows exactly what I’m going to write before I write it. And they’re right.
But they can kiss my ass regardless. Just like the people who coded this atrocity of a ‘video game’.
And since everybody seems to know what I’m gonna write you can just go ahead and fill out the rest of this introduction in your little pointy skulls.
Who you gonna call? Even though I want to punch myself in the face for saying that, how can you not start off a Ghostbusters game preview without that classic line? Now that we have that out of the way, let’s talk about what you really care about, the game. Atari picked up the license for the Ghostbusters game and ran with it. What they spit out the end is somewhat impressive.
The biggest news is that the game is being fully written by Dan Ackroyd and Harold Ramis, so you can fully expect a high level of comedic action. All of the original cast members are voicing their respective characters, which is huge for keeping the true to the films.
When the PS2 first hit store shelves, the first game I bought was Ready 2 Rumble 2. I played the shit out of that game and loved every minute of it. When I heard that Atari was bringing the series to the Wii, my pants got a little tingly. Yeah, that’s right, I said it.
We spent a good deal of time with the game at NY Comic Con this past week and I got to whoop Al’s ass in the ring. The controls were very fluid as you punched with the Nunchuk and Wii Remote, with the ability to use the various buttons to act as modifiers to allow you to throw body punches, hooks, and uppercuts. Build up your “RUMBLE” meter and press the A button to unleash the fury of your Rumble Gloves. During this time, your punches are more powerful and you can easily knock your opponent out or even blow him out of the arena. Al had me knocked down twice in one round, but unleashing my Rumble Gloves proved I was the better boxer. Sucker.
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