The final installment of theMass Effect 2downloadable content deluge — “Arrival” — is set for release on March 29. “Arrival” finds Commander Shepard attempting to rescue an undercover operative who may be key to uncovering the Reaper invasion. Admiral Hackett, voiced by Lance Henrikson, will play a “prominent role” in the content’s narrative. you may pick up the pack for 560 MS Points for the Xbox 360, 560 BioWare Points for the PC, and $6....
Activision has revealed the latest batch of downloadable content forGuitar Hero World Tour, all set to released weekly this coming May. Best part? One of the track packs is completely free and totally metal, bro. You’ll have… May 7: Ferret/Metal Blade Track Pack (Free) May 14: Pop Rock Track Pack ($5.50, or 440 MS on Xbox 360) European Track Pack Vol 5. ($5.50, or 440 MS Points on Xbox 360)...
Although I have very little prior experience with theArmored Coreseries (true story: I played one of the demos once), I’ve reached a time in my life when my need to kill mechs with other mechs must be satiated. PerhapsArmored Core Vwill be the installment that finally gets me. Attached is the gamescom trailer for the title, which may be the darkest trailer I have ever seen for a videogame. The sound of global online team battles is appealing enough to cancel out any concerns I have with the video, though....
Meet Sigrun. She’s a dwarf, a former Legion of the Dead devotee who has chosen to give her life for Orzammer. But she’s too good to die. Good in battle, that is. A smooth talker and a convincing Dark Spawn smasher, Sigrun appears to be much more meaningful addition toDragon Age: Originsthan the last of her kind, who seemed to have nothing of interest to add to any conversation or battle....
There’s only one thing lacking from theMetal Gear Solidexperience. Keychains! Who else could you entrust your keys and Borders reward tags to than Solid Snake himself? Japanese Capsule toy company System Service has unleasheda new setofMetal Gear Solid 4keychains, and they don’t just look classy. They speak to you as well. This set of keychains is actually a follow-up to the near-impossible-to-find “Ration Sound” chains. This time around, the keychains include voice samples for a number of characters, including Old Snake, Liquid Ocelot and Otacon....
It looks like someone on the Microsoft Web site design team either goofed up or has a strange sense of humor. The folks over atVE3Dgot a tip that an image displayingHalo 3as a PC game was showing up at the Microsoft Download Center. Curious, I went to confirm it for myself, and sure enough,there it wassitting next to a link for free trials of Microsoft Game Studios games. The graphic featuresHalo 3sitting on top ofZoo TycoonandGears of War, both of which already have PC versions....
To say that Microsoft jealously guards itsHalofranchise, much like a dragon does its pile of gold and arcane treasures, could be something of an understatement.Halo 3‘s launch is obviously important, and The ‘Soft doesn’t want it falling into eager hands early. In fact, MS was so adamant of this that it threatened suspensions of Xbox Live accounts to anybody caught playing the game before its launch next week. However, followinga report we ran earlierabout Argos breaking the street date accidentally, it would be considered most unfair, almost fascist, for opportunistic gamers who were only showing the kind of initiative that builds multimillion dollar corporations to be punished for seizing the moment....
Yesterday, at a Gamers’ Day event that took place in Las Vegas’ remote Red Rock Casino, Resort, and Spa,Midway’s Ed Boon finally pulled the cover off of the next chapter in theMortal Kombatseries. CalledMortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, the Unreal Engine 3.0-powered title pits characters from Midway’s videogame universe against DC Comics’ iconic super heroes. The details on what brings the two universes together are being kept under wraps, but Midway’s creative team has joined with comic book writing talent Justin Gray (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight) and Jimmy Palmiotti (Painkiller Jane) to make sense of the peculiar mash-up....
You know how it works! With the help of each other, try to figure out all of the disguised game covers. They all share a common theme that, once solved, can help you figure out the harder ones. This week’s theme is both relevant and easy, so I made sure to include a large quantity of brain busters to keep you busy for a while. Also, many of the game covers used this week are mainstream titles, so if you’ve never participated in these posts before, now might be the time to jump in!...
If you’re not too busy lapping up all the news coming from E3, why not write an article on June’s Monthly Musing theme? If your article is good enough, or inspires good discussion, you may have a chance to get it featured on the front page. With every passing year, we see more and more what games are capable of. We’ve seen games evolve as an artistic, technological, and narrative medium thanks to benchmark games likePassage,Portal,orMetal Gear Solid....
It seems that the ESRB has rated the upcoming Cyan Worlds gameCosmic Osmo’s Hex Islenot only for PC, but for xBox 360 as well. A jump into new territory, indeed. I can’t say if Myst fans will be stimulated by the puzzler, but it looks cute enough. Also it stars Cosmic Osmo, who you may remember from his apperance on computers back in 1989 inCosmic Osmo and the Worlds Beyond the Mackerel....
[This past weekend, the Arcade Operators Union Entertainment Expo — one of the largest gatherings of arcade manufacturers in the world — swept Japan. Our extremely-part-time Japanese correspondent 50ft. Samurai was on hand to check out the action … and take pictures of girls.]The Arcade Operators Union (AOU) Entertainment Expo is the largest gathering of amusement device and arcade manufacturers in Japan. Seeing as how my beloved childhood arcades are all but dead in every other country, one might be able to say it’s the biggest in the world....
Kotaku hasreceived wordfrom several LucasArts employees that the company is phasing out employees at all levels of production, including QA testers, programmers, artists, andLEGO Indiana JonesandLEGO Star Wars: The Complete Sagaproducer Shawn Stoc. These positions are expected to be outsourced overseas, with LucasArts to more strongly utilize outside development teams to handle their IPs. Several of these ex-employees, obviously more than a little miffed over the mass layoffs, have decided tostart spilling the beanson several titles LucasArts was rumored to have in development....
