Friday 27 August 2010
Deliver Hope...
Halo Reach is almost here, and I'm getting more excited by the day. You can usually expect a pretty tidy advert from MS whenever a new Halo turns up, but the "Deliver Hope" short is just incredible. I'm playing ODST again to get in the mood, but in the meantime, here's the trailer. WANT!
Wednesday 28 April 2010
Ray Storm HD arrives on 5th May!
It's been a good couple of weeks for XBLA, with the Final Fight & Magic Sword double pack from Capcom showing everyone how retro arcade games should be presented, and Afterburner Climax from SEGA turning my childhood up to maximum.
Taito and Square Enix are about to add to the goodness, with the release of classic PSone era shmup Ray Storm, albeit in a tidy HD revamp. Space shooty fun hits May 5th, and I can't wait!
Taito and Square Enix are about to add to the goodness, with the release of classic PSone era shmup Ray Storm, albeit in a tidy HD revamp. Space shooty fun hits May 5th, and I can't wait!
Tuesday 20 April 2010
Fate of Two Worlds!
It's on the way, and it has a subtitle - and here's the first bit of art from my most wanted game for 2011. Gears of who now?
There's definitely some Chunners in there, and a bit of Deadpool I reckon. Possible Dante? Could be. Oh, and Cap. Definitely Cap. *froths*
There's definitely some Chunners in there, and a bit of Deadpool I reckon. Possible Dante? Could be. Oh, and Cap. Definitely Cap. *froths*
Capcom and Marvel taking us for a ride again!
It's official! Iron Man! Morrigan! Wolverine! Ryu! Chris Redfield! Hulk! ZOMG! ;p
Monday 19 April 2010
Strong Rumour -Marvel vs Capcom 3 on the way!
Well it's been a fricking age since I've posted anything on here, mainly because I find the majority of games extremely boring. Must be getting old! If anything is guaranteed to get me excited though, it's a new Capcom beat'em-up. Even more so if it's a vs one, featuring the Marvel bunch.
Luckily for me then, that Capcom are strongly rumoured to have unveiled Marvel vs Capcom 3 at their recent Captivate event in Hawaii. Apparently it's under strict embargo at the moment, so no screensor movies are yet available, but it does seem to be a fairly genuine rumour.
Not a lot of info has surfaced, but it's supposedly coming to PS3 and 360, will be a full retail game, due late 2010/early 2011, and will be a 2D fighter, but not 2D graphics. Street Fighter IV engine I'd imagine. Characters so far rumoured are Wolverine, Spider-Man, Hulk, Magneto and Storm. No Capcom fighters have been mentioned yet.
I'm going to be keeping my ear close to the ground on this one, but while I'm here, may as well list the characters I'd like to see on each side who haven't yet joined the ranks of MvC 1 or 2....
From the Capcom side, it simply HAS to have Dante. I'd settle for the last game with added Dante tbh. Some Resi characters would be welcome too, as would Viewtiful Joe, and Samonosuke from Onimusha. Would be nice to have a good mix of Street Fighter 2, 3, 4 and Alpha in there too, as the older games were very Alpha heavy.
Marvel wise, there's sooo much potential. Daredevil, Punisher, Warbird, Silver Surfer, X23, Cloak & Dagger (now THAT would be an awesome super combo), the Fantastic Four would all make great additions to the line-up. An easy win for Capcom could be to do the evil variants of heroes from the recent Siege/Dark Avengers storylines - Daken (dark Wolverine), Iron Patriot, Ms Marvel etc, as they could essentially be reskinned charas with some alternate moves. My inner Marvel fanboy is squeeing with delight. :D
Til they announce it, I'm remaining a True Believer.
All but official, Marvel vs Capcom 3 - Eventhubs.
Monday 18 January 2010
Most Wanted 2010
Meant to do this the other day, but as usual I got distracted. Attention span of a fruitfly me. Anyway, 2010 is in full swing, and here's what I'm looking forward to in the wonderful world of videogames. As usual, there's no big hyped stuff like Final Fantasy, Metal Gear, Bioshock, or Alan Wake. I'm contrary like that...
1 - Bayonetta. Yes, it's already out. Yes I've already completed it. But it was my most wanted game for 2010, so it's going in. Besides, I'm making this list up on he fly, and I'm struggling to come up with anything at all at the moment. If I don't put Platinum Games' incredible stylish action pervathon in, I may as well switch off the netbook right now.
With all that said, Bayonetta kicks ass, so I was right to want it so badly. It's Devil May Cry taken to the nth degree, and done with such ridiculously over the top joie de genre. Filled with arch nods, knowing touches, and acres of fan service, Bayonetta is a love letter to gamers, and a thank you for the music to Sega. It's also an amazing fighting game. Winner all round, and likely to end up my game of the year. And it's only January. Jinkies.
2 - Super Street Fighter IV - Quelle surprise - like there was the remotest chance this wasn't going to feature. My most played Xbox 360 game gets an overhaul this year, with 8-10 new characters from Alpha, 2 and hopefully 3, new stages, new ultras and more. Can't come quick enough for me, although I'm sure it'll drive me up the wall as much as the last one did when I take Chun-Li (or hopefully Ibuki or Makoto) online... Still, day one for sure.
3 - Aliens vs Predator - If this turns out good, it's going to be absolutely incredible - 3 way mutliplayer carnage between tooled up but terrified Marines, maniacally mandibular Aliens, and the galaxy's hardest chameleon rastas. That's if it's good mind, as Rebellion haven't been on a hot streak of late, and SEGA aren't renowned for their quality control either. Bayonetta may be a sign of things to come from the once great publisher, or it could just be a glitch - Platinum were never going to put a foot wrong after all. Still, here's hoping. I'm a sucker for the Aliens and Predatorwith those films guaranteed a place in my top 5 "Movies I will watch whenever they are on telly, despite having them on DVD" So yeah, please be good.
4 - Halo Reach - Halo 2 and 3 were great fun, and ODST was a much played game in my household last year, but the engine is looking old, and the gameplay is feeling more than a little tired. Fingers crossed Halo Reach will fix both those issues. Judging by the teaser trailer released the other month, the game should look pretty tidy, and with the rumoured co-op squad play and online multiplayerness (is that a word?), the gameplay looks set to recieve a much needed shot in the arm too. Can't wait basically. Any chance to blast the Covenant while wearing that armour is fine by me!
5 - Split/Second /BLUR - Two possibly stunning racing games, one from Disney's Pure studio, and the other from "newly free from MS" Bizarre Creations. I say possibly, because despite the interesting premise for both, promising trailers and previous form from both developers racing games live and die on their handling model, and until it's actually in your hands, you just never can tell. BLUR interests me more simply because PGR 4 was amazing, but the addition of weapons could spoil the racing broth. Time will tell.
6 - Sonic & SEGA All Star Racing - Another one that really is walking the line, S&SASR has one great thing going for it (SUMO are developing, and they rarely put a foot wrong), and plenty of things conspiring against it being any cop it all. First off, it's a Sonic game, and they've not been good since the dawn of fucking time. Secondly, it's got Tails in it. The little twat. Thirdly, it's a karting game that doesn't feature Mario, so chances of it actually being remotely playable are slim. However, as mentioned SUMO are in charge, and it's apparently based on the OutRun 2 engine, so I'm remaining cautiously optimistic. I must be mad.
7 - Last Guardian - If anything's going to make me buy PS3, it's this. ICO and Shadow of the Colossus are two of the best games of thelast decade, so hopes are high for another magical adventure. The few screens and the short trailer released so far raise as many questions as they answer, so I fully expect this to be shrouded in mystery up until release. Which is nice. Makes a change from endless hype and countdowns to bloody countdowns to sodding announcements of a shitting teaser website, that's for sure.
8 - Ray Storm XBLA - Gotta have a shooter, and while Espgaluda II is on the way from Cave, I'm not sure if that's getting a multi-region release, never mind a PAL one. Ray Storm was great on PlayStation back in he day, and a Hi-Def rehash will do very nicely thankyou Taito. Just don't cock it up like Bubble Bobble please.
9 - Afterburner Climax XBLA- Another SEGA title. Seems I'm always ready to forgive and forget with the big blue. Still, it would be churlish to hold a grudge when they're bringing Afterburner to XBLA. A conversion of recent(ish) coin-op Afterburner Climax, it's pretty much business as usual - pilot your F14 jet through wave after wave of enemy fighters, launching an improbable number of air to air missiles at all and sundry. Fast, bright, blue sky fun, with Mach 2 military ordnance? I'm soooo there.
10 Phantasy Star 0 - Jeezum crow, it's SEGA again. A long time coming for us poor PAL fools, PS0 is by all accounts a sterling return to Dreamcast form, and I've missed the days of Ragol and tooling about as a robot girl with a huge rifle. Not entirely convinced it will work on DS, but I've been surprised by the capabilities of the wee handheld beastie before. Fingers crossed again.
1 - Bayonetta. Yes, it's already out. Yes I've already completed it. But it was my most wanted game for 2010, so it's going in. Besides, I'm making this list up on he fly, and I'm struggling to come up with anything at all at the moment. If I don't put Platinum Games' incredible stylish action pervathon in, I may as well switch off the netbook right now.
With all that said, Bayonetta kicks ass, so I was right to want it so badly. It's Devil May Cry taken to the nth degree, and done with such ridiculously over the top joie de genre. Filled with arch nods, knowing touches, and acres of fan service, Bayonetta is a love letter to gamers, and a thank you for the music to Sega. It's also an amazing fighting game. Winner all round, and likely to end up my game of the year. And it's only January. Jinkies.
2 - Super Street Fighter IV - Quelle surprise - like there was the remotest chance this wasn't going to feature. My most played Xbox 360 game gets an overhaul this year, with 8-10 new characters from Alpha, 2 and hopefully 3, new stages, new ultras and more. Can't come quick enough for me, although I'm sure it'll drive me up the wall as much as the last one did when I take Chun-Li (or hopefully Ibuki or Makoto) online... Still, day one for sure.
3 - Aliens vs Predator - If this turns out good, it's going to be absolutely incredible - 3 way mutliplayer carnage between tooled up but terrified Marines, maniacally mandibular Aliens, and the galaxy's hardest chameleon rastas. That's if it's good mind, as Rebellion haven't been on a hot streak of late, and SEGA aren't renowned for their quality control either. Bayonetta may be a sign of things to come from the once great publisher, or it could just be a glitch - Platinum were never going to put a foot wrong after all. Still, here's hoping. I'm a sucker for the Aliens and Predatorwith those films guaranteed a place in my top 5 "Movies I will watch whenever they are on telly, despite having them on DVD" So yeah, please be good.
4 - Halo Reach - Halo 2 and 3 were great fun, and ODST was a much played game in my household last year, but the engine is looking old, and the gameplay is feeling more than a little tired. Fingers crossed Halo Reach will fix both those issues. Judging by the teaser trailer released the other month, the game should look pretty tidy, and with the rumoured co-op squad play and online multiplayerness (is that a word?), the gameplay looks set to recieve a much needed shot in the arm too. Can't wait basically. Any chance to blast the Covenant while wearing that armour is fine by me!
5 - Split/Second /BLUR - Two possibly stunning racing games, one from Disney's Pure studio, and the other from "newly free from MS" Bizarre Creations. I say possibly, because despite the interesting premise for both, promising trailers and previous form from both developers racing games live and die on their handling model, and until it's actually in your hands, you just never can tell. BLUR interests me more simply because PGR 4 was amazing, but the addition of weapons could spoil the racing broth. Time will tell.
6 - Sonic & SEGA All Star Racing - Another one that really is walking the line, S&SASR has one great thing going for it (SUMO are developing, and they rarely put a foot wrong), and plenty of things conspiring against it being any cop it all. First off, it's a Sonic game, and they've not been good since the dawn of fucking time. Secondly, it's got Tails in it. The little twat. Thirdly, it's a karting game that doesn't feature Mario, so chances of it actually being remotely playable are slim. However, as mentioned SUMO are in charge, and it's apparently based on the OutRun 2 engine, so I'm remaining cautiously optimistic. I must be mad.
7 - Last Guardian - If anything's going to make me buy PS3, it's this. ICO and Shadow of the Colossus are two of the best games of thelast decade, so hopes are high for another magical adventure. The few screens and the short trailer released so far raise as many questions as they answer, so I fully expect this to be shrouded in mystery up until release. Which is nice. Makes a change from endless hype and countdowns to bloody countdowns to sodding announcements of a shitting teaser website, that's for sure.
8 - Ray Storm XBLA - Gotta have a shooter, and while Espgaluda II is on the way from Cave, I'm not sure if that's getting a multi-region release, never mind a PAL one. Ray Storm was great on PlayStation back in he day, and a Hi-Def rehash will do very nicely thankyou Taito. Just don't cock it up like Bubble Bobble please.
9 - Afterburner Climax XBLA- Another SEGA title. Seems I'm always ready to forgive and forget with the big blue. Still, it would be churlish to hold a grudge when they're bringing Afterburner to XBLA. A conversion of recent(ish) coin-op Afterburner Climax, it's pretty much business as usual - pilot your F14 jet through wave after wave of enemy fighters, launching an improbable number of air to air missiles at all and sundry. Fast, bright, blue sky fun, with Mach 2 military ordnance? I'm soooo there.
10 Phantasy Star 0 - Jeezum crow, it's SEGA again. A long time coming for us poor PAL fools, PS0 is by all accounts a sterling return to Dreamcast form, and I've missed the days of Ragol and tooling about as a robot girl with a huge rifle. Not entirely convinced it will work on DS, but I've been surprised by the capabilities of the wee handheld beastie before. Fingers crossed again.
Wednesday 13 January 2010
Capcom working on Natal project.
Intriguingly, he also says that the game is a revival of an older franchise we've not seen in a while, which certainly piques my interest. There's a fair few games from the company we've not seen in a while, but I think a motion controlled version of Onimusha with it's sword swinging combat would be the most likely - it was a big franchise for quite a while, and it certainly seems more likely to be resurrected than something like LED Storm or Forgotten Worlds that's for sure.
Personally though, I'd like a new Strider game. Go on Capcom, you know it makes sense. Ninjas. Huge swords. Acrobatics. Full body motion sensing. It would be awesome! Actually, unless Natal is a world away from Nintendo's Wii wavey controls, it would utterly shit, so maybe I don't want it after all.
Space Karting 5!
Sega's forthcoming Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing just got that bit more interesting to me, thanks to the inclusion of the wonderfully sassy Ulala of Space Channel 5 fame! Oh, and some chap from Crazy Taxi, but honestly, I could never see the appeal in that particular game.
Still, always nice to see old Dreamcast characters coming back, and with Samba from Samba De Amigo and Ryo from Shenmue also appearing, I may just have to pick this up. Just a shame they had to ruin the 360 version with sodding Banjo-Kazooie, the boggle eyed dopy faced, lazily designed piece of Rare shit that he is.
Still, always nice to see old Dreamcast characters coming back, and with Samba from Samba De Amigo and Ryo from Shenmue also appearing, I may just have to pick this up. Just a shame they had to ruin the 360 version with sodding Banjo-Kazooie, the boggle eyed dopy faced, lazily designed piece of Rare shit that he is.
Thursday 7 January 2010
Super Street Fighter IV new trailer gives up the goods!
Another week, another new trailer for Super Street Fighter IV, and boy, is it a doozy.
New features shown include the ability to have 2 different Ultra Combos per character, which should mix things up nicely, and a third costume option for every character too. Zangief's Mech look is SOOOO X-Men Colossus, I'm fully expecting a cease and desist from Marvel!
Anyway, take a look.
New features shown include the ability to have 2 different Ultra Combos per character, which should mix things up nicely, and a third costume option for every character too. Zangief's Mech look is SOOOO X-Men Colossus, I'm fully expecting a cease and desist from Marvel!
Anyway, take a look.
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