The latest trailer for Telltale’s upcoming adventure game based on Jurassic Park shows this indie developer turning away from the slow pace and light tone of their previous games by focusing on action and giant lizards that want to eat you.
Sometimes the most difficult task to keep in mind when writing a review is to criticize the thing being reviewed for what it is and not for what it isn’t. This is especially true when it comes to Indie games, as they’re always low budget and not meant to emulate or compete with blockbuster titles. For a game like Battle High: San Bruno, comparing it to industry established fighters like Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter IV is both pointless and unfair. Battle High: San Bruno is a competent 2D fighter that has a distinctly classic feel both in terms of its visuals and sounds.
The four issue Barbarian mini-series changes drastically each issue. It started out with a free online first issue that, despite having heart behind it, was one of the worst comics I have ever read. The second issue had some improvements, with the fourth issue following the same motions as the second. The third issue, the one I’ll be going into detail about today, is by far the best issue of the mini-series. The execution and some artwork problems still make the issue an average one, but do make me look forward to more from its creators in the future, because they clearly have talent and the passion to do this. Just no idea how to pace the issue – a problem all issues of Barbarian share.
The Barbarian is a mysterious man without a name who refuses to talk and instead hacks and slashes his way to victory. This issue he and his allies get captured by their alien enemies the Romisians and the origins of the aliens and the Barbarian are revealed.
Originally announced at Gamescom, Infamous 2: Festival of Blood will be a downloadable game that stands apart from Infamous 2.
Scheduled to be available later this year, think mid-late October, the
game will still take place in the city of New Marais. In this alternate
story, vampires have run amok and Cole has been bitten. Cole will have
24 hours to save the city before it’s lost and taken over by the
blood-suckers.
August 2011 had its share of great PC games, including several instant classic PC-exclusive indies, and at least one AAA mega hit. Let’s take a look back at the games the PC Department reviewed this month at Player Affinity.
With “A Short Time in Paradise,” Alphas‘
producers tried again to provide a self-contained episode allowing them
to focus on the team. They failed (again), even with the story line
involving the most likeable characters. Rachel’s issue with her family
was at times annoying, the relationship between Nina and Cameron was as
awkward as ever, and Dr. Rosen was dragged into an amateurish sub-plot
about guns. Ironically, the Alpha-of-the-week story line — which was
probably not meant to be — proved more interesting than the others
despite also failing to deliver.
As with the past few major movie seasons, we of the PAM staff have pooled together our collective 10 most anticipated movies of Fall 2011. All we can say is this is not a fall you’re going to want to sleep through on your way to Holiday Season.
It may be the last official day of blockbuster season, but 2011 still has five more months. Our featured trailer this week, The Rum Diary stars Johnny Depp in an adaptation of the best-seller of the same name.
Fringe show-runner Jeff Pinker has confirmed that new episodes in the upcoming fourth season of the sci-fi drama will return to the future. In the show’s acclaimed third season finale, Peter (Joshua Jackson) was erased from history after traveling to a dystopian future world and subsequently altering the universe with the power at his disposal.
“The future that we saw in 2026 will now not have happened, because by altering the past, inevitably you set in motion a new chain of events that lead to a different future,” Pinkner told TV Guide. The executive producer also revealed that the fourth season ofFringe will include more glimpses into the past.
The Xbox Live Indie Summer Uprising approaches its conclusion with today’s game Train Frontier Express, a multiplayer train simulator by the two person development company of Team Train Frontier.
