Video Games

Ico/Shadow Date and New Details

It’s no surprise that we enjoy HD remakes of popular games, and the biggest one is yet to come. The Ico/Shadow of the Colossus remake has finally been announced and dated for this fall in Japan – and there is even some news for those of us that are state side. The HD collection is being handled by Bluepoint Games, the same developer that did the God of War Collection and that are currently working on the Metal Gear Solid Collection. The games will, of course, offer the standard trophies for both games, and they will also both offer the option of being in 3D as well as HD. 

As for Japan, they’ve got a different deal from their US counterparts; and maybe a less lucky one. While they will have the games by this fall, they will be getting them in parts, with a 100 page book with art from the games included. Both games with the book will be for $87 (¥6,980), or you can get them separately for $50 (¥3980) apiece. While you should not have to worry about paying that much in the US, do not expect any sweet art book outside of a pre-order bonus from a vendor like GameStop or Amazon.

Finally some gameplay for Ninja Gaiden 3

When it comes to Ninja Gaiden, you’ll be hard pressed to find someone more interested than me. Hayashi has been talking a lot about the game recently and now this is his chance to showcase what his team have been working on. They have been talking about how they want it to play completely different from previous games in the series and these videos seem to show that.

Insomniac’s Multiplatform game Overstrike Announced

Insomniac have always been one of Sony’s big developers and have a great reputation amongst gamers thanks to both their Ratchet and Clank games and the Resistance franchise which have all been Sony-Console Exclusives. But when Insomniac announced that they would be going multiplatform with their next, game many wondered what it could be.

X-Men Destiny Unveiled

Hot on the heels of the new film X-Men: First Class, the first details of the latest mutant game X-Men: Destinyhave been released by Publisher Activion Blizzard and Developer Silicon Knights.  X-Men: Destiny is an upcoming action game based on the Marvel Franchise and is being developed by Canadian studio Silicon Knights who are best known for the spectacular Gamecube title Eternal Darkness.

Halo CE HD Remake and Halo 4 announced

Mass Effect 3 Officially Dated

Bioware has released the embargo on the release date for their highly anticipated title, Mass Effect 3, now slated to appear on March 16, 2012 for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC platforms. Additionally, the Xbox 360 version is slated to ship with Kinect support. No, you won’t be controlling your Shepard with motion controls (not yet, anyway), but you will be able to control your squadmates using unforseen voice recognition brought on board by the Kinect’s unique hardware and software.

Exclusive Kinect FPS titled Blackwater announced.

The game is being developed by Zombie studios who also made the FPS game Blacklight Tango Down, and claims to reinvent the combat shooter genre by allowing players to control it completely by Kinect. Now I must admit, that statement doesn’t really make much sense by itself and I don’t have Kinect nor have I used one. Blackwater will be shown off sometime this E3 and it’s a very interesting concept, just seeing a shooter working properly on Kinect would be quite a sight to behold. This also marks an important step that Microsoft is taking with the hardware and trying to get more people interested in it.