There’s definitely something to be said for the qualities of Call of Duty, both bad and good. Many have parodied it in one way or another, but EA just brought it to the commercial level, with the Bulletstorm marketing game called Duty Calls. Duty Calls is a small, downloadable and free game that lasts about 4 minutes. As you can guess by the title, the game is a spoof of Call of Duty, and military shooters in general.
We mentioned a few times in the past, that there’s a Free-to-Play online game based on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. It was in closed beta the last time we checked in itht he game, so details were scarce. However, as of today, everyone who is curious can log in and give the game a shot for free in the open beta test. If you missed our preview, BSG: Online is a space combat game with a bit of MMO as well. Players can choose to join either the colonists (Humans), or the Cylons (A bunch of Frakkin’ Toasters), and battle it out in PVE, or PVP combat. You’ll level, up, gain upgrades for your ship, and new skills for your pilot.
Did you enjoy the 2008 game Spore, but didn’t feel that it was dark enough? If you did, you’ll be happy to hear about a new game called Darkspore, which is an online action RPG that is partially-based on Spore, but well… darker. In the game, the evil mutation known as The Darkspore has been unleashed on the galaxy, and is causing no end of trouble. It’s mutating the populations of entire worlds, and is out to dominate life on all planets! You’ll battle the Darkspore and its minions by creating an arsenal of “Living weapons”.
After hearing about this game for fifteen years, I won’t believe that Duke Nukem Forever has been released until AFTER I play it. Even when I hold the disk in my hands and see it installing, I’ll cling to my skepticism until after I have finished the game and determined it to be a completed product. Now the publishers of this game, 2K are trying to convince me that they’re also releasing a collectors edition called the “Balls of Steel Edition”, which only adds to my sense of disbelief. Regardless, I’m sure it’ll look nice on my shelf next to collection of unicorn horns and phoenix eggs.
Dungeons is a new title from Realmforge Studios that takes another look at the dungeon simulation genre in an innovative and fresh way. In a similar game, Dungeon Keeper, the player had to take care of the creatures in their dungeons in order to properly defeat heroes who would dare to enter the ever changing labyrinth. While that remains an important component of developing your dungeon, Dungeons seeks to properly satisfy the invading heroes’ lust for gold, treasure and advancement in order to harness the Soul Energy stronger heroes possess. As the formerly most powerful Dungeon Lord amongst competing Lords, the player must ascend the ranks and regain the majesty they once had; previously weaker Lords have become your new bosses and you must often complete tasks that meet their particular idiosyncrasies.
It’s another day of lackluster online sales. While you’ll probably find something below to suit your tastes, we’re having a hard time finding anything recommend. The Electronic Arts store is selling Dead Space for half off which is $9.97. While that’s just dandy, there were plenty of places selling it for less than that over the last few months. This is still a good deal if you’re on the fence about buying the sequel, and want to try out the first game in the series while you wait for price breaks on DS2.
We PC gamers can be smugly assured that we have the best hardware; our gigantic hard drives, state of the art graphics cards and laser-precise mice give us a clear edge over console gamers. But what about the games we play? Admit it, we all get console envy from time to time when some new AAA game comes out only for Xbox of Playstation. There’s no shame in confessing that you want to play some piece of forbidden Wii fruit either.
