So remember Mirror’s Edge? You know, that first person platformer based on parkour that came out in 2008? It was one of the more innovativee IPs by EA in 2008, but it received polarizing critical reviews. While critics were having a hard time deciding if Mirror’s Edge was a success or not, EA wasn’t. EA Games boss Frank Gibeau has said that “Mirror’s Edge’s execution fell short.”
Are you considering donating some money to help the needy this weekend, but you demand some sort of entertainment in exchange for your so-called charity? Well, there are several charity events going on this weekend where dorks will humiliate and torment themselves to raise money for the Child’s Play charity, which donates toys and games to children’s hospitals.
Do you like video games and are penniless? Well, if the answer to both questions is “Yes”, you should head over to Onlive.com and check out the beta test of their new Free Playpack Beta. Unfortunately, the “Free” beta is only available to people who already shelled out $99.99 to buy Onlive’s Micro Console.
There are several video game developers who have unbroken strings of great games. Anything game put out by Blizzard, Irrational Games, or Bungie can be counted on to please their fans, and get spectacular ratings. Unfortunately these developers are only part of the team that brings a game to market. They have to work with a Publisher. Where the Developer is the group of artists and programmers who make a game, the Publisher is the company that promotes, distributes and funds the development of that game. Publishers have to make a lot of the hard choices about a game; they generally set the budget, the release date, and have to decide how to deal with anti-piracy. Limiting the budget or development period can turn a potentially great game into a mediocre one. Even worse, choosing the wrong kind of anti-piracy software can turn the joy of starting a new game into a frustrating experience that makes players ready to vomit with rage.
If you were a fan of the first Two Worlds game by SouthPeak Interactive, you probably already know that the sequel Two Worlds II has only been released in Europe. The rest of us have to wait until next year to get our armoured gauntlets on it. The folks at SouthPeak are a wacky band, and they seem to understand how hard it is waiting for a game to hit shelves, so they produced this Two Worlds II music video which will let you commiserate with you fellow RPG fans while listening to an 80’s power ballad.
For the last month, all of the online stores and digital distributors have been holding sales, and they’re converging today due to the “Cyber-Monday” media hysteria. There are quite a few of these special sales, so we’ve compiled the most prominent ones here in a handy guide. First up is Ubisoft who are in on the joke with all of these made-up shopping holidays, so they’re having a “Blybergiving Sale”. You can getAssasin’s Creed for five dollars today, along with several other Ubisoft games that are marked down by about 50%.
With the release of Tron: Legacy so close, it doesn’t come as a surprise that there has been a video game in the works to take advantage of the predicted popularity. Developed by Propaganda Games and published by Disney Interactive, Tron: Evolution will allow players to experience the Tron universe first-hand. Tron: Evolution is intended as a prequel to the film Tron: Legacy that is being released around the same time,
