Amateur Surgeon: Christmas Editionis the follow-up to last year’s original, which was a top selling iPhone game. This game, set to go up on the iTunes App Store tomorrow, is going to be free. Think of it as a Christmas gift from the people at Adult Swim Games. They sent me an early preview so I could try it out. Because of this, I’ve been performing amateur surgery all afternoon....
In a dystopian post-apocalyptic world, a Judeo-Christian fanatic group called The Regime has taken control of the entire world. Meanwhile, a global organization of resistance cells called the GRN (guess what it stands for) tries to fight The Regime and its army of genetically enhanced super soliders that have crosses imprinted on their armor. Previously known as a Source-powered game calledSalvation, the Unreal-poweredScivelation(science+revelation) puts you in control of two characters who will shoot, climb, stealth, and stab their way through a third-person action adventure....
Despite news that the PS3 saw a massive amount of trade-ins during the PSN outage, a study reports that loyalty to the PlayStation brand has not wavered to any dramatic extent. Fans are still loyal and ready to keep giving Sony money. GameSpotasked 2,285 fans about the outage, and 67% said they were “very likely” to stick with the PSN, bolstered by 14% who said they were “Somewhat likely.” 64% said they were “Very unlikely” to switch from PSN to Xbox Live....
Sony released their latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 today, though not very exciting, we’re still waiting until March for the “big one.” What do you suppose will be in the big one? Will my PS3 sprout legs and arms and eat my Wii? Mmmm, I sure hope so. In the meantime, here’s what the latest firmware does: The image of the person you are chatting with during video chat can now be changed to match the screen size2....
you may always count on a price drop to boost sales (unless that price drop is forThe IT Crowd), something Sony can attest to. Since itdropped PlayStation 3 pricesin Europe, UK sales havegone up by 178%. Another score for Blu-ray! In the UK, PlayStation products are true status symbols, so it’s no great stretch to imagine a price cut attracting yet more buyers who found the launch product a bit too rich for their blood....
The age of exclusives is crawling to an end faster than Lindsay Lohan’s career (you see, ’cause I’mHollywoodnow, I can say such things). The latest headshot to Sony’s PlayStation 3 is theconfirmationtoday by Electronic Arts thatMercenaries 2will NOT be a PS3 exclusive as was once thought. Damn Sony, it must be hard out there for a pimp: As suspected for months, Mercenaries 2 will be coming to Xbox 360, but it will also be hitting PC and the aging PS2....
In a recent chat withOfficial Nintendo Magazine, Ken Yeeloy, producer ofPunch-Out!!for the Nintendo Wii, mentioned his desire to make a sequel to the title. Would it beSuper Punch-Out!!Wii? From the interview: “I would love to make a sequel. I think with this first product, we wanted to ensure there was a definite, undeniable connection to the original. The sequel would be our opportunity to evolve the franchise further and add some cool, new things....
QuakeCon is only a week away! Whose going? If you are don’t you want to know what’s going to be going down and when? id, the events organizer, hasfinally released the schedulefor the annual event of all things having to do with shooting each other. So other than being able to get together with thousands of other gamers for free what is QuakeCon offering this year? How about the public’s first look at bothRageandBrink....
There’s already a fair amount of controversy brewing around Rachel, the new character revealed in this trailer forResident Evil Revelations. Her character design seems to be the target of some built up resentment among some gamers; resentment over the blatant oversexualization of female game characters that’s been endemic of the medium since Samus first took off all herclothes for no reason at the end ofMetroid. I understand why some gamers have finally had enough, but in this case, I don’t really see it....
Revenge of the Titansis a game I’ve been meaning to talk about in some capacity for a while now, but was never clever enough to come up with decent justification. Thankfully for us, there’s now anopen beta/demo thingy— I couldn’t ask for a more perfect excuse! Calling it a tower defense game sells it really short, but I don’t entirely know how else to describe this one. Does “worth playing” work for you?...
After a week of being asked, “Where’s theRed Dead Redemptionreview,” by damn near everyone, here’s the answer: It’s here. Are you vultures happy now? Red Dead Redemptionis, of course, Rockstar’s latest epic sandbox adventure. Wild West, gunslingers, horses. There’s a tale of vengeance and enemies both in man and nature. Like I said, epic stuff. Now that I’ve had time to play through the game in its entirety, I’m ready to lay down whether or not you should do the same....
I can tell you everything that happens in this “mood clip” for Deep Silver’s 360/PC RPGRisenin one sentence. Some birds walk around, some porcupines walk around, then a little man sits down. That’s about all the content released for this small video. I’m still quite looking forward to the game though. Deep Silver is responsible for the promisingCursed Mountain, that high altitude horror game for the Wii that you haven’t thought about in months....
If you’re an iPhone owner and you never got around to playingRobocalypsefor the Nintendo DS, this is a really great opportunity to pick up some really solid strategy goodness for your portable gaming needs. The game is calledRobocalypse – Mobile Mayhemin its iPhone incarnation, and comes packed with 10 unit types, 20 varieties of weaponry, 17 campaign missions and 18 unique multiplayer maps. Not too bad! The game definitely has a sense of humor too, so if you’re burned out on strategy games that need a little something more this game may have just what you’re looking for....
