The Vietnam War is one of the most interesting conflicts of the 2oth century. Never has an event such as this in American history spearheaded social, political, entertainment, and cultural revolutions as Vietnam did. Fire up some Hendrix and hop on the side of that chopper, it’s time to get some. Coming Winter 2010 for 15 bucks. Well, well worth it.
Word is out that EA and Visceral games have let a few lucky PS3 owners in on a closed Beta for the multiplayer component to Dead Space 2. As we previously reported, the multiplayer side will pit two teams of 4 players against each other, one side taking the role of Sprawl security officers and the other playing the part of the Necromorphs. Of course, I don’t have a PS3 because I’m broke and if I buy one more system my wife will make sure it meets the business end of a hammer. So, this means I won’t be trying the multiplayer unless/until it’s rolled out to Xbox live Gold subscribers. You hear that, Microsoft? Stop worrying about hands motion control gaming and get with the program: I already have one paperweight and it’s called a Wii.
After 2.5 months, APB is going the way of the dodo. Sure, MMO’s all have a tough time living up to World of Warcraft, but come on — less than 3 months? I feel bad for the folks at Realtime Worlds who put so much effort into the game. The abrupt end came in an acknowledgment on the game’s official forums:
APB has been a fantastic journey, but unfortunately that journey has come to a premature end. Today we are sad to announce that despite everyone’s best efforts to keep the service running; APB is coming to a close. It’s been a pleasure working on APB and with all its players. Together we were building an absolutely amazing game, and for that, we thank you. You guys are awesome!
If you went ahead and bought the game, you’re shit out of luck. I guess this certainly puts all APB console rumors to rest too. Maybe one day we’ll see an MMO come along that people want to play that doesn’t include elves and dwarves. Maybe a Halo or Call of Duty MMO is what’s needed to dethrone the king.
For those of us that don’t have our faces buried in some Spartan’s cod piece, there are other games out there worth paying attention to. Gametrailer TV recently posted a trailer featuring in game footage of Dead Space 2‘s multiplayer component.
The question that gamers have to ask themselves every 2nd Tuesday in August is as follows: Am I going to buy the new Madden? The rationale here is simple. Madden is always a good game. Is it better than last year’s is what the conundrum is. Outside of 3rd party knockoffs like Backbreaker and whatever the hell that John Elway game was a few years ago with all the retired players, Madden is all you have for NFL Football. Anywhere. Every year EA tries to sell us on a new concept, tweak, or mode. Some of them are great ( hit stick), and some are terrible (passing cone). 2011 brings us Gameflow. I don’t know what I ever did without it.
DeathSpank seems to be getting some high praise. Enough so that Hothead Games slapped together a new trailer showing off some of the better gameplay along with quotes from various reviews of the title. Now, I have yet to play DeathSpank, although I did buy it a few weeks back. Life has been hectic for me and a little game called StarCraft II showed up at my house, so my gaming time is pretty much dedicated to that. But from what I hear, this game is badass. Check it out.
I’m posting these awesome Medal of Honor screenshots for two reason. First and foremost, the game looks badass and the beta is now available if you preordered the game. Second, I wanted to show off our cool new JavaScript gallery features. Click through the jump and check it out. And if you’re in the beta on PS3, look for me online.
After Microsoft’s fairly sweet Press Conference, I jetted back to pick up my wristband for Sony then hiked my way down to EA’s Press Conference about 10 blocks away. A solid showing, but you’ll hear more on our thoughts later (we’re going to roll one big epic Press Conference wrap-up article). For now, check out the sites from my chair at EA’s Press Conference.
I’m uploading all my photos to Flickr to speed up the process, so head over to the E3 2010 EA Press Conference album to view everything.
The era of third party exclusives is dying. First Bungie partnered with Activision to develop their upcoming franchise for multiple platforms. Now, Insomniac, previously a PlayStation exclusive developer, has partnered with EA for publishing their next big thing. Color me surprised. The news broke in a press release issued today.
Insomniac has been around for 16 years and has developed such greats as Spyro the Dragon, Ratchet and Clank and Resistance, all on PlayStation. We all know they can make quality games, but now they’ll be exposed to much greater audience.
What concerns me with this move is the effect on Sony and the PS3. While they do gain the next Bungie game through the Activision deal, Sony has previously stated they will not pay for any third party exclusives, nor do they have the deep pockets to do so. With more and more developers going multi platform to increase exposure and profits and Microsoft more than willing to pay for secure exclusive content, Sony may need to change their tune or be left out in the cold.
There has been a lot of big news dropping the past week or so and we aren’t even at E3 yet. I have a feeling we’re in for some bombshells in a few weeks…
Since I haven’t finished Mass Effect 2 yet, I don’t know exactly what happens at the end (although I have a good idea). I’m almost there, but need to play Alan Wake and Red Dead Redemption first. But for those of you who know the ending, EA wants to sell you some content to bridge the gap between one of 2010′s Game of the Year candidates and the third game in the series. BioWare’s Casey Hudson told VideoGamer.com:
So, for the time being there’s going to be a continued stream of DLC for people. We’ll start to have packs that’ll tell the story between Mass Effect 2 and 3. But beyond that we kind of have to see how people are responding to what we have and go from there.
The DLC to this point has been pretty good for Mass Effect 2. I give BioWare a ton of credit for the amount of additional content and support they’re pouring into the game. The prices have been right and people have been happy. I’m looking forward to finishing the game and picking up some of this content.
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