Today Sony announced that the beloved tower defense title PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe will arrive on the Playstation Network this Thursday. In celebration of this even, Sony has released a new trailer for the game.
What makes this edition so “Deluxe”? Well according to Sony, the game will come will all the original content in PixelJunk Monsters, plus the Encore add-on pack that adds 15 additional levels. There will also be new levels, enemies, and towers exclusive to the PSP.
Sounds great to me. I played the hell out of PixelJunk Monsters on my PS3. Once I get it on my PSP, the long bus rides to work will be much easier.
Read: PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe Hits PSP This Thursday.
This week’s Release Roundup has a little something for everyone.
If you are a fan of console hack and slash titles, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 hits the PS3 this week. For those of you who don’t know, Sigma 2 is a redefined version of the Xbox 360 exclusive Ninja Gaiden 2. Sigma 2 adds two new playable characters: Ayane and Momiji. The game also features new enemies, Trophy support and a new online co-op mode.
Also arriving this week is the on-rails shooter Dead Space: Extraction. Serving as a prequel to Dead Space, Extraction gives gamers a “guided first person experience.” Players will have to fend off Necromorphs while solving puzzles with the Wii Remote. Extraction also supports drop in/drop out co-op.
The games arriving this week are:
Xbox 360
Bass Pro Shops: The Strike
Black College Football Xperience: The Doug Williams Edition
This week’s Release Roundup is sure to please Xbox shooter fans. This is because Halo 3: ODST hits stores this Tuesday.
Considered to be a standalone expansion for Halo 3, ODST puts gamers into the shoes of “the Rookie” an unnamed member of The UNSC’s elite special military unit, Orbital Drop Shock Troopers. The game takes place during the events of Halo 2 and Halo 3 with players exploring the besieged city of New Mombasa in Africa. Halo 3: ODST comes with Halo 3’s multiplayer contained on a separate disc and features 24 maps including the original 11 from Halo 3, the Heroic map pack, the Legendary map pack, the Cold Storage map, and the Mythic map pack as well as three new maps. There is also a new co-op mode called Firefight which functions as a survival mode with players fending off waves of increasingly difficult baddies to see how long they can last.
Enough about Halo 3: ODST, the games coming out this week are:
Xbox 360
Halo 3: ODST
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As we reach mid-September, the holiday release season is upon us and games are finally getting good again ™.
Two long-awaited titles, Need For Speed: Shift and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, hit this week. Shift, particularly, has been getting rave reviews around these interwebs for bringing the NFS series to simulation-minded gamers.
This week’s Release Roundup gives gamers a chance to become familiar with four boys from Liverpool. Of course I’m talking about The Beatles: Rock Band.
Developed by Harmonix for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii, The Beatles: Rock Band allows gamers to play though The Beatles timeline. Much like the other Rock Band titles, The Beatles will allow gamers to play guitar, bass, drums, and sing. The game comes with 45 songs from twelve of The Beatles albums, spanning 1962-1969. In addition, there are also six non-album singles that have been included. If that doesn’t sound like enough songs, you have to consider that the full albums of Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Rubber Soul will be made available as DLC in the coming months.
Enough about The Beatles. The new games this week are:
Xbox 360
Darkest of Days
DiRT 2
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
Mini Ninjas
Qubed (Every Extend Extra Extreme, Lumines Live, Rez HD)
The long-awaited and much-hyped Guitar Hero 5 hits stores shelves this week, followed by super MMORPG Champions Online.
Action fans can take a bite out of the unfortunately-named Section 8 (hint: Naming your game after a government housing program associated with urban decay isn’t the best decision ever).
Today Sony announced that the PS3 and PSP will be receiving a digital reader service, allowing gamers to download and read comic books on their consoles.
According to Sony, the “biggest names in the comics world” have signed on to the new service, which debuts this Dec. So far, the only publisher known is Marvel Comics, publisher of Spider-man, X-Men, and The Avengers. Sony has stated that other publishers are “to be announced soon.”
So far we know that the service will be made available in both North America and Europe. More details are set to arrive when Sony takes the stage at the GamesCom 2009 conference.
Today publisher EA announced that Visceral Games’ literature inspired hack & slash title Dante’s Inferno will arrive in the U.S. on Feb. 9, 2010. Europeans are going to have to wait a few days longer, until the Feb. 12, 2010 release.
The announcement was made during EA’s GamesCom 2009 event. According to Senior producer Justin Lambros, the PS3, Xbox 360 and PSP versions will all arrive on the same date.
For those of you who don’t know, Dante’s Inferno puts gamers in the shoes of Dante, a veteran of the Crusades. You are tasked with journeying though the nine circles of Hell to find Dante’s lost love Beatrice and save her soul from the clutches of Lucifer. According to EA, Dante’s Inferno will have similar gameplay to the popular Sony franchise, God of War.
Today EA Montreal announced that Army of Two: The 40th Day will be arriving on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PSP on Jan. 12, 2010.
The developer also announced a pre-order bonus for those who jump aboard The 40th Day early. When the game ships, one of the four multiplayer modes will be lock to everyone except those who pre-ordered the game. The ‘Extraction’ game mode, which according to EA “Pits a team of four players against a series of unique enemy waves as they move from point to point in the ruined city,” will become unlocked after the first month.
While The 40th Day is still on my list of games to check out, I can’t say I agree with this pre-order “bonus.” If I’m paying $60 for a game, I expect to be able to access all parts of it right off the bat. In all reality I expect the online community to react poorly to this news. Hopefully EA will reconsider their stance on the ‘Extraction’ mode.
This week’s Release Roundup caters to sports fans, in particular football lovers. This is because Madden 10 hits stores Friday, Aug. 14.
Marking the 21st annual installment, Madden 10 comes packed with new features. Football fans will be pleased to see the new “PRO-TAK” system, where new animations change the game by allow up to nine player tackles, the ability to steer tackles, and a more realistic pocket around the QB. Madden 10 also introduces the “Fight for the Fumble” feature, where players will have to pass quicktime events to gain possession of the ball during dog piles. Aside from these new features, Madden 10 also contains a new ratings philosophy, more realistic player momentum, a new injury system, and numerous other improvements.
I hate to keep doing this to you guys, but this week’s Release Roundup continues the tradition of crappy summer releases.
The “big” title this week is G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Based on the upcoming action movie, G.I. Joe offers gamers a chance to play as some of the most beloved toys of all time. Considering these are the only details I could find on the game and that G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is being ported to every console under the sun, my guess is that this game is just shovelware. Hopefully I’ll be proven wrong.
Besides G.I. Joe, the other big release this week is the fifth batch of DLC for Fallout 3. Dubbed Mothership Zeta, the final DLC pack has gamers abducted by aliens when exploring a strange radio signal. Little do these elfin extraterrestrials know, the wastelands of D.C. are a lot harder than a then they used to be. Gamers are tasked with sending these probing bastards back to the cosmos. I can’t wait to jack one in the face and yell “Welcome to Earth!”
The games coming out this week are:
Xbox 360
Brave: A Warrior’s Tale
Fallout 3 Downloadable Content: Mothership Zeta (Xbox Live Marketplace)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
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Today publisher 505 announced that WWII flight simulator IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey will arrive on the PS3, Xbox 360, PSP, and DS on Sept. 15.
While originally a PC-only franchise, Birds of Prey marks the first IL-2 Sturmovik game on console. Birds of Prey comes with four muliplayer modes, over fifty campaign missions, and a “completely flexible difficulty” option that allows gamers to run the gambit “from arcade to realistic simulation.”
The Xbox 360 and Ps3 versions were developed by Gaijin Entertainment, while the DS was developed by DiP Interactive and SME Dynamic Systems handled the PSP release.
This week’s Release Roundup has a little something for everyone.
This week’s Release Roundup is sure to please Xbox shooter fans. This is because Halo 3: ODST hits stores this Tuesday.
This week’s Release Roundup gives gamers a chance to become familiar with four boys from Liverpool. Of course I’m talking about The Beatles: Rock Band.
Today publisher EA announced that Visceral Games’ literature inspired hack & slash title Dante’s Inferno will arrive in the U.S. on Feb. 9, 2010. Europeans are going to have to wait a few days longer, until the Feb. 12, 2010 release.
Today EA Montreal announced that Army of Two: The 40th Day will be arriving on the Xbox 360, PS3, and PSP on Jan. 12, 2010.
This week’s Release Roundup caters to sports fans, in particular football lovers. This is because Madden 10 hits stores Friday, Aug. 14.
I hate to keep doing this to you guys, but this week’s Release Roundup continues the tradition of crappy summer releases.
Today publisher 505 announced that WWII flight simulator IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey will arrive on the PS3, Xbox 360, PSP, and DS on Sept. 15.