Videogame News
There may not be a huge quantity of titles this week, but at least we finally get the super-enhanced HD version of Oddworld: Strangers Wrath finally. All Zombies Must Die infects the PSN tonight as well with some comical twin-stick zombie shootin’ action and a couple of other things worth checking out.
Remember when the Call of Duty developers and Infinity Ward co-founders left the company and Activision, to jump ship for a new EA studio? Well, it’s been fairly quiet recently regarding Activision’s pending lawsuit against EA, until this morning.
Capcom this morning sent over a new set of screens highlighting the tutorial mode in Street Fighter X Tekken along with the brand new CG trailer.
According to Sony, the Vita will launch with the “Biggest and Best Software Lineup in Sony Computer Entertainment”. That’s a pretty big claim, but with 25 launch day games, they may be able to actually pull it off. Read on for all the details.
Following up on the cover-athlete announcement of the other day, EA Sports has lobbed over a new trailer highlighting Wimbledon’s inclusion in Grand Slam Tennis 2.
If you remember the original SSX when it launched for the PlayStation 2 long ago, you’ll certainly appreciate what the upcoming reboot has to offer. Check out some pure gameplay footage.
The classic Game Boy version of Tetris is back! One of the few Nintendo downloads available today is the iconic, monochrome version of the Tetris that started it all. A couple of other downloads worth checking out also.
Atlus, Focus Home Interactive and Cyanide Studios this morning released a new video trailer for their anticipated console and PC RPG version of Game of Thrones and an interactive new website.
Namco Bandai’s latest portable TEKKEN game, and their first 3D-enabled one, finally has an official date. A whole lot of lovely new screens also.
EA Sports this morning both announced the cover-athletes for Grand Slam Tennis 2 and released a set of new screens and boxart to go along with it.
Eutechnyx sent over a brand new trailer and a selection of screens showing off the Christmas red-colored Enzo Ferrari ripping up the Monza track in their very reasonably priced new PS3 racer set to hit the PSN in early 2012.
The Ignition Factor was released in 1994 by publisher Jaleco on the Super Nintendo. I first laid hands on the game in 1995, bringing home a rental copy while staying with my grandparents that summer. This is one of those games that would draw you in with the box art and back cover screenshots, something that got little play in gaming magazines but just looked too cool to not check out.
Trine 2, the sequel to the wonderful PS3 and PC side-scrolling action puzzler, is now available on Xbox Live Arcade. And that’s pretty much it besides the sales and
Square Enix and Microsoft have announced some big news regarding Final Fantasy XIII-2 this morning. Huge, enormous, and possibly earth-shattering news regarding an exclusive for the Xbox 360 version of the game.
There’s a tremendous amount of PlayStation content on the PlayStation Store this week. Sony’s pre-Holiday updates are usually quite impressive, and this year is no exception.
PS3 owners have had the pleasure of using VUDU for a little while now, and the Walmart-owned video streaming service is now also available for the Xbox 360. And to celebrate the launch, they are offering credit for one free streaming HD movie rental to all new users.
Action! Deception! Intrigue! Namco Bandai snuck over some new pieces of Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen media for their PlayStation Vita launch title, including a set of screens and a fresh new trailer.
