Do you like Japanese games? Desolate, post-apocalyptic cities? Giant, walking tanks? If so, the new trailer for Steel Battalion: Heavy Armour looks
like it might be right up your alley. The game is developed
by FromSoftware, the minds behind the Armoured
Core series and more recently, Demon’s
Souls and its sequel Dark Souls;
both renowned for their difficulty and challenging gameplay.
Margin Call does for business what The Ides of March did for politics. It tells a familiar, high-stakes story about people making difficult and morally-questionable decisions. And like George Clooney’s film from earlier this month, rookie writer/director J.C. Chandor’s film isn’t afraid to get very technical on its viewers. If you’re unfamiliar with some of the basic causes of the financial crisis, you very well might get lost, but this talky thriller is surprisingly tense, features a number of exceptional performances, and is certainly worth 100 minutes of your time.
The film opens on Eric Dale’s (Stanley Tucci) last day on the job at an anonymous (but presumably large) Wall St. financial firm. He’s been laid off, along with dozens of others, and on his way out, he leaves his protégé, Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto), with a memory stick and a message: “Be careful.”
We enjoyed Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet here at Player Affinity; its visual style, familiar-but-challenging gameplay and clever puzzles made it worthy of being one of the games featured in Xbox’s Summer of Arcade. It’s primarily focused on a single-player, but came with a simple co-op multiplayer mode called Lantern Run that had players working to drag a fragile “Lantern” away from an unstoppable wall of death. The new DLC, Shadow Hunters tries to combine elements of both game types into one experience.
Halloween is just
around the corner, so I thought there would be no better way to
prepare for the festivities than by looking back at some of the
scarier moments TV has given us over the years. Whether they were
shocking, frightening, or just all around disturbing, this collection
is the stuff of nightmares. So join me, if you dare, as I journey
into the the more haunting side of television. Someone cue the
maniacal laughter.
There has always been something truly unsettling
about taking the innate innocence of a child and flipping it on its
head. The only thing worse than a monster is a child monster; and
little Anthony Fremont was certainly that. The idea is simple, give
a young boy godlike powers and the malice to use them strictly for
his own enjoyment.
Hot on the heels of the massive success that was Paranormal Activity 3, we feature two more of the same horror sub-genre with the shaky-cam spin on the superhero genre, Chronicle, and the exorcist fright-fest The Devil Inside.
Battlefield 3 may be seen as more realistic and authentic than any other FPS, at least by today’s “hardcore” gamers, but true FPS fans know that Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is the most realistic multiplayer shooter this side of Operation Flashpoint.
Sure, Battlefield 3: Near-Future Warfare has breathtaking graphics, great sound design and a host of gameplay improvements that make it possibly the most realistic shooting experience this side of actually joining the army and killing real insurgents. But why would you play Battlefield 3, one of the dourest video games in existence, when you could hurl an energy leash thing at a bad guy, yank him off his feet into your boot, kicking him up into the air where you can riddle him with automatic fire before switching weapons and shooting a rocket up his backside? Why indeed?
Nowadays, many who consider themselves hardcore FPS fans cut their teeth on games like Battlefield 1942 or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. These young pups who consider themselves “hardcore” should step aside for the multiplayer shooter that the real pros learned the ropes on: Counter-Strike and its successor, Counter-Strike: Source.
Last weekend at the New York Comic Con, Capcom held a panel that revealed not only when you’ll be able to get your hands on Street Fighter X Tekken, but also the extras that will come in the Special edition, along with details on the new “Gem” system that will help in balancing the game for newbies, and providing experienced players the option to better customize their characters. We also got some hands-on play with the game as well. Here’s what fighting fans need to know.
The Justice League has always been the flagship of the DCU.
How could it not be? The team consists of all its major heroes. It’s always
awesome seeing your favorite characters teaming up to fight a common cause. In
Justice League #2, the heroes aren’t exactly working together yet.
