Posted 5/16/13 12:20 pm EST by Charles Webb in News, PC, PS3, Video, Wii U, Xbox 360
They're really pushing the Slade/Batman conflict pretty hard with the marketing of "Arkham Origins," this October's prequel to Warner Brother's pair of "Arkham" games. Even if the initial announcement out of the publisher was that Black Mask would be the main heavy, one-eyed super assassin Deathstroke has been the one featured most prominently up to this point.
Which is weird, because he's better known for spending his time trying to murder the Teen Titans.
Posted 5/15/13 10:06 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, News, PC, Wii U
It's coming this fall to the PC, Wii U, and 3DS, and it's going to let you draw in just about any DC Comics character you can think of.
Probably even this guy.
Posted 5/15/13 5:07 pm EST by Clint Mize in capcom, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
~~Life is like a hurricane/ Here in Duckburg
~~Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes/ It's a duck-blur
~~Might solve a mystery Or rewrite history
~~DuckTales! OOH OOH
--Whoa -- sorry, I got a bit carried away as I've been humming that song for the last few hours after having played a few minutes of the upcoming and HD-ified Capcom classic, "DuckTales." Now titled "DuckTales Remastered" Capcom celebrates their 30th anniversary with one of their most beloved games. Read More...
Posted 5/15/13 4:15 pm EST by Charles Webb in News, PC, PS3, PS4, Video, Wii U, Xbox 360
The new trailer for "Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag" gives us a little bit of the pirate captain's origin story as he rejects his British masters for a life on the high seas, stealing stuff and shooting at the Navy.
Posted 5/15/13 2:55 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, PC, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
The creators of Cartoon Network's "Adventure Time" don't bury the series' 8-bit inspirations too deep: it's not uncommon for the series to play with the tropes of classic dungeon crawlers as animated hero Finn goes on whatever monster-slaying, treasure-hunting quest is set before him that week, set to a chiptune soundtrack. The season 5 episode "Mystery Dungeon" plays with these elements well, putting a mismatched group of the show's side characters together for an unexpected, stupid journey.
Anyway, that's all to say that D3 Publisher's announcement of their second "Adventure Time" game is a welcome one. Instead of going handheld as they did with the "Zelda II"-like "Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?!," this fall's "Adventure Time: Explore the Dungeon Because I DON’T KNOW!" will be headed to consoles and the PC.
Posted 5/13/13 2:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in PC, PS3, PS4, Video, Wii U, Xbox 360
Ubisoft provides a history lesson about the origins of high-seas banditry in the 18th century with this heavily romanticized new trailer for "Assassins Creed 4.
Posted 5/13/13 11:35 am EST by Charles Webb in News, PC, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
Hey U.K. readers: is it normal for promotions outside of games to get really, really weird? Like, do big horror movies open up interactive morgues or something equally elaborate and potentially grotesque?
Capcom is the latest to join in on the attention-grabbing/disconnected from the product marketing with an upcoming promotion where the U.K. arm of the publisher will fill a 55,000 gallon swimming pool with blood with swag on the bottom for the very limited number of fans brave enough to bob for "Resident Evil" merchandise.
Posted 5/9/13 1:14 pm EST by Charles Webb in PC, Previews, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
And suddenly, there was a class-based shooter in my "Splinter Cell" game.
The fundamental ideas behind the Spies vs. Mercs in "Splinter Cell: Blacklist" are strong: asymmetrical tactical missions where the stealth side is outgunned but compensates with gadgets and the ability to sneak while the combat-focused side is less agile but makes up for it with devastating attacks. In each of the scenarios presented to us by Ubisoft, the run and gun (well, walk slowly and gun) Mercs must prevent the sneaky Spies from arming and detonating a series of bombs on each map, but that asymmetry is kind of disruptive and at times, frustrating, hampered by stiff controls and with the first-person perspective of the mercs, an added challenge to gaining situational awareness.
Posted 5/9/13 11:01 am EST by Don Hatfield in 3DS / DS, Wii U
This week, the recently revealed "Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move" shows up on the eShop for 3DS with a couple others, but Wii U seems to be getting the most attention in this update. The Virtual Console on Wii U is once again getting two new additions and "Resident Evil Revelations" returns with a demo on May 14th.
Posted 5/8/13 2:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in News, PC, PS3, Screenshots, Wii U, Xbox 360
This new batch of screens from the upcoming prequel show Batman and the masked assassin Slade (aka Deathstroke the Terminator) squaring off, while villain Black Mask takes a stroll and the Caped Crusader sends a short crook on what looks like a long trip.
By the way, looking at Batman's earlier armor here: is anyone else noticing any major differences? To my eye, it looks more rounded and less "plated" than his "Arkham Asylum" and "Arkham City" gear--softer, perhaps.