El Presidente would fire the UI designers - if he could find the menu to do it.
I have some amazing memories of construction/simulation heavy games, like Sim City 2000 and Dawn of Discovery. When done right, games in this genre are absolutely captivating. Tropico 4 comes extremely close to hitting the nail on the head, but stumbles in its implementation.
Battlefield 3 escapes its single player experiment.
Is Jesus your co-pilot? I sure hope so, ‘cause you’re better off with a 2,000 year old carpenter at those helicopter controls than me. Despite my inability to steer the helicopters, I’m still having a blast in Battlefield 3’s multiplayer. The vestigial single player campaign aped from Call of Duty is a different story. But nobody’s buying this game for the single player, and they shouldn’t. Battlefield games mean multiplayer and this installment should make all couch commandos giddy.
Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but Assault Horizon takes it too far.
If Modern Warfare was a rock star, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon would be its psycho groupie stalker. Assault Horizon doesn’t just love Modern Warfare, it wants to be Modern Warfare. Like Buffalo Bill pretending to be a woman by wearing a suit made of skins in Silence of the Lambs, the latest Ace Combat is unsettling in its desire to be something it’s not, which is a real shame because underneath that hand-stitched COD suit is a solid game just begging to be recognized.
I wish my power were to go back in time and not play it.
In the world of video games there are very few intellectual properties that will let you print money as easily as the X-Men line. The game only has to be the least bit decent to get a flock of mutie lovers to come running with cold hard cash in hand. Unfortunately the latest X-Men game was given to developer Silicon Knights which is keeping very much to current form in making games no one wants to play.
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron revealed.
The next GameInformer magazine has a big cover story on Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. Developed by High Moon Studios, gamers will play through battles that shaped the Transformers history, during the Civil War between the Autobots and Decepticons.
A franchise worth sinking your teeth into
Welcome to PixlBit’s inaugural edition of Missing in Action, a biweekly series that takes a look into the games and franchises of days gone by with an eye for bringing forgotten gems back from the dead.
Launch Trailer for the videogame Transformers: Dark Of The Moon which was released on June 14 for the Xbox 360 and PS3.
Both God of War PSP games, Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta will be packaged and released on the PlayStation 3.
Sony announced during their E3 press conference today that God of War Origins Collection will be coming to the PlayStation 3 this September. Both games will be remastered in HD and will feature 3D graphics support. No other information about the title was revealed.
Check out some side by side PS2-PS3 footage of both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus in this official Japanese trailer.
Chris and Jason Ross interview Tommy Tallarico about Video Games Live.
Chris and I were given the opportunity to catch an interview with Tommy Tallarico to talk about Video Games Live and the upcoming Concert this Thursday night. Tune in to hear how music is selected, if old game music ever dies, even where you can buy Video Games Live sheet music and more in our unedited podcast version of the interview.
