Killzone 3 Multiplayer going free to play, a new Medal of Honor, a new Assassin’s Creed, that’s right, finally some news to really sink your teeth into this week. It’s not all good though (if you couldn’t already tell by the MoH news), more job cuts and UK retailer GAME certainly seem to be in a rough spot to say the least.
The next DLC pack for Gears of War 3 is set for release 3 weeks from today, on March 27th. This new map pack, entitled “Forces of Nature,” will feature 3 brand new maps, as well as 2 remodeled classic maps.
With the release of the newest Silent Hill and Resident Evil titles not far off, let’s take a look back at some of the most gruesome moments in video games so far. Video games have come a long way from the days of forcing your change into a Donkey Kong machine at your local arcade or bar. Modern day visuals in games are making things more realistic than ever, allowing developers to get their wildest ideas on screen. The arrival of home consoles from the Sega Mega drive up to the Play Station and N64 showed us that horror was no longer a genre that was confined to the film industry.
Announced at a post day 1 Games Developer Conference party held by Grasshopper Manufacture, their next quirky game Lollipop Chainsaw is confirmed for a June 12th release.
Bethesda Softworks PR and Marketing VP Pete Hines responded to rumors about Doom 4’s supposed cancellation by telling Joystiq, “When we’re ready to talk about it and show it off, we’ll let everyone know.” A batch of screenshots was leaked on AllGamesBeta which supposedly were from the “cancelled” Doom 4. However, id Software design director Matthew Hooper stated that the “Those images have nothing to do with what you’re gonna see in Doom 4.”
Commander Shepard returns this week to finally thwart The Reapers and their attempt to destroy civilization. While Shepard is both a Paragon of humanity’s virtues, and a Renegade who gets the job done no matter what it takes, sometimes I wonder if maybe – just maybe – those villainous Reapers might actually be right. Perhaps the galaxy would be better off if the heroes of Mass Effect just stayed home and left the Reapers alone.
A study at the University of Missouri examined the relationships between video games and religion. Doctoral student Greg Perreault looked at five modern games: Mass Effect 2, Final Fantasy XIII, Assassin’s Creed, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. He looked at the treatment of religion in these games and concluded that video games present religion in a “problematized” way.
