Video Games

What’s Next for God of War?

This year has been truly fantastic for PS3 exclusives so
far, and when you start to think of the biggest exclusives Sony has, God of War
is probably pretty high on the list. The first entry in the series was one of
the most successful games for the PlayStation 2 and was an impressive display
of the console’s technical capability and the ability of the development team
behind it. God of War 2 was a fitting end to that era of gaming and created
extremely high expectations for the final chapter that would arrive on the
PlayStation 3.

Brink: Agents of Change Due Out This Week

Brink was aimed at making a splash in the highly crowded, competitive FPS market and while it hasnt quite gotten the reception that developer Splash Damage were hoping for, fans of the game are set to get their hands on its first map pack later this week.

Limbo PC Review

Last summer, Playdead Studios released Limbo for Xbox Live Arcade, and it has left an indelible impact on the independent gaming scene. The beautiful art style, open ended story and puzzle platforming combined to form a unique, memorable experience. A year later, Limbo has arrived for the PC and PS3 with some additional content. Is the PC version a faithful port of the Xbox 360 award-winner, or is it an inferior experience to the original?

EA Sports’ Premium Sports Ticket

Electronic Arts announced today EA Sports Season Ticket, a premium subscription service being implemented into several upcoming sports titles, starting with Madden NFL 12 this August.   For an annual fee of $24.99 (2000 Microsoft Points), subscribers get four perks: Early access to all new EA Sports titles three days before release, a 20-percent discount on downloadable content, free premium web content and a membership recognition badge displayed both in-game and EA Sports profile.

Driver San Francisco PC Will Have Assassin’s Creed 2’s Wonderful DRM

Remember how awful the DRM software for Assassin’s Creed 2 was? How many times people got locked out of a game that they purchased, and how many pirates still got their hands on the game?  Well, Ubisoft is calling it a success now, and they’re putting it in Driver: San Francisco for the PC!

No Mo’ Commando!

Great news for all of us legit Modern Warfare
gamers, but bad news for all of you cheesy players. Robert Bowling, the
creative strategist for Infinity Ward, has confirmed that the commando
perk previously in Modern Warfare 2 will not be in the next installment.

For those of you that are new to the Call of Duty
series, commando was a perk that allowed you to melee another player
from a substantial distance away from them. Basically you could stab
from like ten feet away, amazing huh? Not! Having that perk made the
gameplay feel so unrealistic especially when you have those players who
never used guns and abused the perk. Commando took away from the
otherwise great gameplay.

Gears of War on the Board

Fantasy Fight Games has unveiled the trailer for the Gears
of War 3 Board Game. How can you turn one the most dynamic Xbox-only,
first-person shooter games into a board game? Well, they did it and time
will tell if the board game will sell as much as this extremely
successful series.

Gears of War 3
has over one million pre-orders and has taken the cake as most
pre-orders for exclusive Xbox titles. Just because you have one of the
most successful games does not mean you can possibly bring rebirth of
the old school board game back. This board is said to have been designed
by the same individual who made the Battlestar Galatica Board Game (not
that anyone really knew of this). The game will be a four player game
with each player being assigned one character in an attempt to secure
territory from the Hoard of Locust.