New DLC for Dragon Age- Golems of Amgarrak
July 28, 2010
Dragon Age is the game that keeps on giving. Bioware announced today a new downloadable adventure arriving August 10, Golems of Amgarrak. This quest will cost a mere $5.00.
POTUS to Appear in Madden 11
July 27, 2010
Yahoo! Games reports that President Obama will make a cameo appearance in the upcoming Madden 11. This year’s entry into the pigskin franchise will feature lengthy post-Super Bowl victory celebrations along with team specific commentary.
Street Fighter X Tekken!!?
July 25, 2010
This year’s Comic-Con was definitely the place to be. A panel called “Street Fighter IV and Beyond” with SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono was interrupted by Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada on Saturday. Thankfully the two rival producers didn’t get into a brawl, but instead announced their most exciting collaboration: Street fighter x Tekken, reports Kotaku.
EA Sports Announces Fight Night Champion
July 20, 2010
IGN reports that EA Sports is returning with the fifth game in the Fight Night franchise: Fight Night Champion. It will be released for the PS3 and the Xbox 360 in 2011. EA touts it will not simply be an expansion to Fight Night Round 4, but a standalone disc with brand new features.
Activision Announces Apache: Air Assault for this Autumn
July 15, 2010
Flight sims don’t get a lot of representation on consoles. Anything flight combat oriented almost always takes the arcade route, like how the fighters in the Ace Combat series have the ability to carry an impossible number of missiles. And helicopter sims? Good luck finding them outside of PC’s.
Bioware Announces Dragon Age 2
July 10, 2010
Bioware has officially announced the sequel to my beloved Dragon Age: Origins. Dragon Age 2 is set for release on the PC, the Xbox 360, and the Playstation 3 in March 2011.
E3 2010 Roundup: Your Shape: Fitness Evolved
July 8, 2010
The problem with a lot of fitness games is that you eventually plateau to the point that the exercises no longer have any effect. That basically happened to me first with Wii Fit and then My Fitness Coach. Your Shape: Fitness Evolved looks to take advantage of Kinect’s motion capture technology to what amounts to a virtual personal trainer.
Read more
New Dragon Age: Origins DLC: Leliana’s Song
July 6, 2010
Like clockwork, if it’s at all Dragon Age related, I report it. The new DLC for the ever expanding DA universe is Leliana’s Song. You assume the role of the red haired beauty and potential love interest of your male (or female) Grey Warden. It delves into Leliana’s backstory as an Orlesian bard. It details how she was eventually betrayed by her mentor Marjolaine, her escape from Orlais, then finally making her way to the Chantry in Ferelden.
E3 2010 Roundup: Kinect Launch Titles
July 5, 2010
So now we’re going to see a fancy body motion reading device that negates the need for a traditional controller, right? Again it doesn’t mean anything without games to translate your clumsy, awkward gyrations. Like the Wii before it, these initial launch games seem more like elaborate tech demos, but we should expect titles with a little more substance down the line as the technology matures. Remember, none of these are first hand impressions, so any smart ass comments from me could be totally unfair. But someone’s got to balance out the corporate PR, after all.
E3 2010 Roundup: Kinect
July 2, 2010
The game controller. It has been a required input device for video games since Spacewar! was conceived at MIT in 1962. Well of course, there were no fancy motion controlled anythings back in the 60’s, but after nearly a half century of gaming we have seen the controller make leaps and bounds in innovation. From the one-button Atari joystick to the so-easy-Grandma-can-use-it Wii Remote hardware manufacturers are continuing to push the boundaries of how we control the images on our television sets. Now Microsoft is attempting at what might be the next step in controls before we start injecting nanomachines in our bodies so we can play video games with our thoughts.
