The introduction of multiplayer to a purely single player experience made for a interesting announcement. How would the roaming assassin gameplay translate well to a fun multiplayer environment. Could Brotherhood offer anything new and refreshing? Thankfully Ubisoft are more than willing to show us with a multiplayer demo on the show floor. Click the link for my impressions. … Continue Reading
Assassin’s Creed 2
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Price: $59.99
Platform: PS3
In 2007 Ubisoft released the highly popular Assassin’s Creed that had tons of potential, but because of repetitious missions and a broken combat system it just didn’t reach what it could have been. Ubisoft listened to the complaints and released Assassin’s Creed 2 which towers over the previous title in terms of gameplay, mission variety, and story. … Continue Reading
Only available for pre-order at GameStop!!! Want to have an advantage over all your friends? Pre-order the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3 version of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands exclusively at GameStop to be “rewarded” with additional content!!! … Continue Reading
Sorry about the lack of NewsVine yesterday, during the time I had free I couldn’t access the site for some unknown reason. But today, no such problem so here’s the day today in the world of gaming.
Red Steel 2 Scheduled for March 23 Release
Ubisoft has stealthly dated Red Steel 2 for March 23, according to the publisher’s site. We’re hoping they’ve got all the kinks worked out with the extra delay time for its release.
Dishwasher Dev Announces Charlie Murder for XBL Indie Games
From the maker of The Dishwasher and I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!!1 comes another ingenious creation. Check out the Facebook page for a look at the characters and the gameplay which looks to be an arcade beat-em-up with punk rockers and zombies. The developer says there will be a good chance the game will be in attendance for PAX East and is currently scheduled for a March 2010 release. … Continue Reading
This week saw the release of Assassin’s Creed 2 and all of it’s offspring, Left 4 Dead 2, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Tony Hawk: Ride, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles and my personal favourite Jambo! Safari: Animal Rescue for the Wii.
The week also saw Sony reveal their plans for a paid premium subscription service though that won’t affect any online play as that will remain free, basically turning this into another version of Qore only on a more international level. Sony’s also has shown interest in 3D gaming stating it’s support for it in 2010. It’s bad enough seeing every film being released in the cinema being in 3D, I don’t want that for consoles thank you. The PS3 also saw Facebook support making using a easy-to-use website slightly more complicated. … Continue Reading
A visually enhanced port of Grasshopper’s No More Heroes subtitled ‘Heroes Paradise’ will be coming to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, revealed in the latest edition of Japanese magazine publication Famitsu.
Improvements include new graphics, “Advanced Mode,” Japanese voice acting, and “Very Sweet Mode” where all ladies wear revealing outfits. Motion gesture controls from the Nintendo Wii version will not be included.
Heroes Paradise will release in Japan on February 25, 2010, a worldwide release date has yet to be announced. Grasshopper Manufacture’s sequel No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is due to arrive in early 2010.
Source: Shacknews, Siliconera
Admit it, you’re excited for Splinter Cell: Conviction. You’ve basically waited three years since it was originally supposed to be released in 2007 and four years since the last Splinter Cell video game came out.
The wait is pretty much over with its impending release in Spring 2010, despite having been delayed once more. Click the image above for a commentated video of the game which indulges into features like interrogations, sweet googles, sticky camera, and the ‘mark and execute’ approach. … Continue Reading
Ubisoft has postponed the release of the often-delayed stealth action game among other titles. … Continue Reading
Mafia 2 Developer: 2K Czech Price: $60.00 Platform: PC, PS3, & 360 From the people who brought us the brilliant Mafia years ago comes the sequel Mafia 2. This tale places you in the shoes of World War 2 vet Vito Scaletta who returns home from the war early only to realize he doesn’t really [...]
Kane & Lynch 2 Dog Days Developer: IO Interactive Price: $59.99 Platform: Xbox 360 [reviewed], Playstation 3 Nearly two years since the first installment, the duo of Kane and Lynch return for the Dog Days of summer in the IO Interactive developed sequel. Dog Days bears little resemblance to predecessor and that, in its own [...]
Hydro Thunder Hurricane Developer: Vector Unit Price: 1200 MSP Platform: Xbox 360 I can’t say anyone was expecting a sequel to a boat racing series released back in dawn of the Millennium for the Dreamcast and Playstation. Now for the Summer of Arcade season for Xbox Live we have a full blown sequel to Midway’s [...]
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