Zombies are great. There are few things more satisfying than exploding the cranium of a brain-eating monster. However, over time, like fine food at Thanksgiving, zombies have been stuffed into our mouths repeatedly, to the point where we can’t enjoy them anymore. With the release of Call of Duty Black Ops: Rezzurection, it’s a perfect time to discuss the current problems with zombies in games today, and how to fix them.
It’s the first weekend of Fall, so avoid those deadly falling leaves by staying nice and safe indoors this weekend. While you’re holed up in your underground foliage shelter, you’ll need some way to avoid going mad from boredom, so be sure to download some of the great games that are on sale this weekend. One digital distributor even has enough classic RPGs on sale to get you through until Spring arrives.
We were quite impressed with both games in the Witcher series, but were even happier when the first game received its Enhanced Edition that significantly upgraded the game. Next week, The Witcher 2will receive an equally ambitious upgrade, called the 2.0 patch.
The good news is that Diablo III has a closed beta. The bad news is that if you’re reading about it here instead of in an invitation in your e-mail, well… you aren’t part of the beta.
You and your clan can win up to eight thousand dollars in an upcoming Red Orchestra 2 tournament being hosted by the game’s developer Tripwire Interactive, along with gaming clans Forgotten Honor and The Wild Bunch. This will be the very first official competitive event for Tripwire’s new ultra-realistic World War II shooter, which just came out last week.
More and more games are going free-to-play (FTP) these days, and following on the heels of Champions Online (which went FTP) earlier this year) and City of Heroes (which recently announced that it too was going FTP), Sony have announced that their superhero MMORPG, DC Universe Online is switching to a FTP business model.
