Videogame News
This is a very good week for shmup fans and classic platforming fans at the very least. Sine Mora is here and it looks spectacular with classic shooting action in a more modern style. Rayman 3 gets enhanced and re-released as well.
SCEA is kicking off Spring with part 2 of their Spring Fever PSN lineup on the PlayStation Store. Rayman 3 HD for the PS3 is the big release, along with Sumioni: Demon Arts for the PS Vita. There are a number of sales on Final Fantasy titles and content, price updates and add-ons too.
I Am Alive for the PS3 is… alive. Well, it was never dead actually, it was just staggered with the XBLA release. Today, Ubisoft has confirmed the PSN release of the game, and April 4th is the day.
Dragon’s Lair has been released for 65 platforms (seriously), so what’s just one more to add to the pile? Digital Leisure and Microsoft Studios are brining Dirk the Daring’s classic quest to XBLA… with Kinect controls.
Finally, after countless throwaway remakes of Frogger, we finally get one that counts. Obviously inspired by Pac-Man Championship Edition, Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition looks to up the ante with score based, competitive Frogger action.
The Walking Dead is shambling onto Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and PC beginning in late April, and Telltale Games has revealed pricing info and a new teaser trailer for the game.
Irrational Games and 2K this morning sent over new media highlighting another of the Heavy Hitter enemies in the game. In this case, the very unique, and noisy, Boys of Silence.
Starhawk is finally nearing completion, and so far, it is looking to check off all the required boxes for an awesome experience. Single player, local and online competitive and co-op play? check. Awesome transforming vehicles? Check. Action and strategy? Check.
Dishonored is looking more and more like a mash-up of Assassin’s Creed, Hitman and BioShock, and the latest batch of screens offered up by Bethesda and Arkane Studios shows off the unique style pretty effectively.
Disney Interactive and Disney?Pixar have announced the inevitable videogame version of their upcoming fantasy adventure movie, Brave. Just based on the flick’s setting and story, we’re guessing there is quite the potential for an awesome game.
The portable PS Vita version of Mortal Kombat looks quite excellent so far, and as with other already available fighters on the system, it should play extremely well too. The latest trailer shows off the new game modes in this version.
Avengers Assemble! Zen Studios this morning has announced that tables based on Marvel’s The Avengers Movie, World War Hulk, Fear Itself, and The Infinity Gauntlet are headed to the to Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation Network, and for the first time, the PlayStation Vita.
The NEOGEO is back!! At least in portable form. SNK’s awesome piece of retro arcade hardware is getting a new lease at life as the NEOGEO X, a dedicated NEOGEO handheld with a 3.5″ screen.
Sony took home a couple of design awards for their new portable hardware and other various peripherals.
Sleeping Dogs should be in full development at United Front Games at this point after being picked up by Square Enix, and today, the companies released a new development diary for the game showing off their work somewhat.
Following up on the latest batch of screens showing off the game, Rockstar Games has delivered the next part of their design and technology video series for the Max Payne 3.
What else do you need to know? The mega-anticipated dungeon crawling action role-playing game is sending us all to Hell in May.
