Krabbitworld Origins is a game that I wanted to like. It’s an independent title developed by two people, it has wonderful music, distinctive character design, and a long history behind it dating back to a 2D MMO from ten years ago which proves that Krabbitworld is a labor love rather than a quick app intended to cash in on the latest commercial trends. Unfortunately, I didn’t enjoy my stay in Krabbitworld as much as I had hoped.
Yesterday Microsoft announced a special Holiday bundle that is sure to get your yule log growing. Over the next few weeks, retailers will be selling a special version of the new slimmer Xbox 360 250 GB console paired with not one—but two games to get you started.
The Xbox 360 Holiday Bundle comes with a physical copy of Forza 3 as well as a token for the full game download of Alan Wake. Both games are exciting Xbox 360 exclusives and are great starters to new Xbox owner’s collections. Alan Wake going digital introduces gamers to the ease of downloading games of the Xbox Live Marketplace while Forza 3 gives people something to play right out of the box.
Call of Duty: Black Ops is coming soon, and since this is a Treyarch developed Call of Duty, of course there’s a zombie mode. But no official word had surfaced on the details of the zombie mode in Black Ops, which has frustrated some fans of the game. Now there’s been a huge leak at Activision and the details on the zombie mode are finally out.
PC Gamers had an amazing week during the close of October as every online game store held some sort of Halloween sale that all had at least one phenomenal deal. Now, November is getting off to great start as well, with Steampowered.com offering not one, but TWO Mid-week Madness sales on two different franchises.
Samurai Warriors 3, original announced as a Wii exclusive, will now be making its way to the PS3. The PS3 version will be called Samurai Warriors 3Z, and will have improved HD graphics, some additional weapons, and extra story modes. On top of this the in game characters; Masanori Fukushima, Zen Ayago and Gracia will now be playable
The Fable franchise is famous for some serious pre-release hype. Before each installment releases, Peter Molyneux tantalizes us with features that never seem to make their way into the finished product. In the first Fable, it was the promise of an acorn that could be planted and would mature into a full tree over in-game years. The exclusion of the acorn did not particularly hurt the game’s sales, but it became a marquee for the broken promises that have plagued the Fable series. Fable III was announced to be compatible with Kinect (Natal at the time) but development constraints would keep the Kinect features from seeing the finalized product. Despite this, the latest installment in the franchise manages to shake any negative effects and emerge looking like a healthy step forward for the franchise.
This week, discounts on games played a huge part in the sales on Steam. The release of Call of Duty: Black Ops topped the Steam list, but that doesn’t compare to the rest of the list, which was populated by great deals on great games. Warhammer 40K, Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, and Worms Reloaded got their individual prices halved, while Bioshock and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Bundle, some of the better games of 2007, got a 75% off discount. Everything else sold either from current popularity or pre-release buzz. Call of Duty will stay on the list for a while, though Bioshock will fall off the second it gets normal pricing again.
