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.
After extremely strong performances at pretty much every show that it has been presented at, BioShock: Infinite (the second BioShock game developed by Irrational Games) finally has a much more solid release date other than Fall 2012, and that date is October 16th (for North America), and October 19th (for the rest of the world). If you can recall the feature article that we did a while back, BioShock: Infinite was the game that I was (and still am) most looking forward to this year, so to see it get a solid release date is always good news, even if the date itself is a little far away.
Most of the information that we have about the actual gameplay of BioShock: Infinite came from the 15-minute demo that was presented at E3 2011, but considering the date that it will be released, and that E3 is in June, there could be a chance that there will be a playable build of Infinite at this years E3, which I find much more intriguing than the demo presented last E3. Between the release of BioShock: Infinite (on the 16th), and Assassin’s Creed III (on the 30th), October is quickly shaping to be a month of very heavy hitters, somewhat akin to the late year flood of tremendous games in 2011.
DC Universe Online has already gone free to play but that doesn’t mean it is being abandoned. The third installment of DLC is coming to both PlayStation 3 and PC. Although no price has been announced, “Legendary” members will have free access to the expansion pack while free and premium players will be able to purchase the additional content through the in-game marketplace on PS3 and PC players will be able to purchase off of DCUniverserOnline.com.
Those rotting monstrosities just can’t stay put in their own survival horror genre. They’ve invaded military shooters, tower defense, twin stick shooters and now the zombies have come to the puzzle genre too with the new game Containment by Bootsnake Games.
Making a profitable videogame for current-gen consoles is an expensive and risky business venture. Charging as much as you can get away with is, unfortunately an effective tactic to ensure success. While few game publishers would try to break the sixty-dollar price ceiling with a retail product, they do try to circumvent that by offering quick and numerous DLC packs. Consumer outrage grows greater the closer these DLC packs are to launch, and the inevitable worst-case-scenario for a buyer is the Day One DLC.
Shocking news for everyone I’m sure is that a collection of the Reatchet and Clank PS2 games re-released for PS3 in HD could be on its way.
Along with revealing the box art for Assassins Creed 3 Ubisoft have also confirmed the next building hoping stabby adventure to release this year on October 30th.
