EA is making a huge push towards gamers to buy Battlefield 3, however their DLC is causing an issue. EA’s DLC Physical Warfare Pack, currently only available via preorder at GAME and Gamestation stores, is causing a large outcry amongst customers. Gamers fear the DLC will provide an unfair edge to the players who purchase the Pack, ruining the balance which is the heart of the Battlefield series.
This year at E3, the Microsoft Press Conferences chose to make Kinect their main focus. Now, like it or not, the Kinect is extending the life cycle of the Xbox 360. But at what cost? Microsoft has been pushing Kinect with a half a billion dollar campaign. That is a lot for a motion device, but has the Kinect proven itself to the hardcore yet?
Bloodrayne is among the video games that have been granted the honor of a film adaptation by Uwe Boll. But don’t hold that against poor little vampiress Rayne, because her games are actually pretty good, unlike the movie adaptations. While the film series has hopefully been put to its final rest, the game franchise will return this summer in a new format.
As the ocean of press releases slowly sinks into the earth, four PC video game journalists stand alone in the aftermath of the Electronic Entertainment Expo. Join Charles Battersby, Ari Runanin Telle, Jonathan Gann and Fergus Halliday as these battle-scarred correspondents recount the brutal battle of hype that nearly destroyed LA this week.
It’s official, I’ve found the one book I’m not buying for sure from the DC Reboot and it’s Superman: The Man of Tomorrow written and drawn by George Perez. I’m sorry, but I’m really not interested. Just as I finished saying DC was waiting to do Superman last, they go and do Superman last. I’m not even counting at this point, but I’m pretty sure we’re to 52. If not, then everyone’s burned out anyways so just give it a rest DC.
Remember Mirror’s Edge? In case you don’t, the long and short of it is that Mirror’s Edge
was a first person parkour game that EA said would get a trilogy, but
then critics said “Meh” and so EA killed the sequel. Then they said
there would be a sequel. And then they killed the project again. EA was
being pretty cagey and indecisive, and is now continuing to do so,
saying that a Frostbite 2-powered Mirror’s Edge 2 is a possibility.
Announced a couple of months ago, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record is essentially the director’s cut of the originalDead Rising 2. It originally started out as an upgrade with more content and Chuck as the main character but due to the fan outcry of Frank not being in the original, Capcom saw fit to make him the new lead character for Off The Record. There’s a new theme park area included as well as new combo weapons and the photography mechanic will make a return.
The same developers who brought us Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions bring Spidey and Spidey 2099 back for another go. In Spider-Man Edge of Time, the present day Spiderman must team up with his counterpart from the year 2099 to save the future, and to avert Spidey’s death in the present. Players will be able to control both Spider-Men over the course of the game.
Creative Director of ID software walks us through some more Rage gameplay and talks a little about the structure of the game. Taking an open world approach for shooters seems to be a popular trend at this year’s E3 and Rage will feature this element.
Human Head Studios revealed some pretty big changes for the Prey franchise today. In the sequel, you’re not playing as Tommy the hero from the first game, and there are no portals for starters. Tommy is still a part of the story but there was no information revealed about that.
