Archive for the ‘trailers’ Category
By: Nick Collins on December 3rd, 2008 am31 11:34 am
Atari has released a trailer for The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena. Vin Diesel reprises his roll as the voice of Riddick in the 2nd game in this popular sci-fi series.
This trailer is choc-full-o’ clips from cut scenes as well as FPS gameplay. And, if you look closely, the possibility of some 3rd person gameplay. (check it out at the 52 second mark of the video, not sure if this is part of a cut scene, or gameplay… you be the judge!)
After watching this trailer, I can’t wait to get my hands on this. I was a huge fan of Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay on the original Xbox, and enjoy the movie series as well. I hope this game adds to the story and entertainment value of the Riddick saga!
Tell us your thoughts!
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By: Nick Collins on December 1st, 2008 pm31 6:35 pm
It appears that the almighty hosts of The Video Game Awards would like to tease the announcement of Uncharted 2. Check out the teaser trailer / commercial for the 2008 Video Game Awards to air on Spike December 14th.
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By: Jon Christensen on December 1st, 2008 pm31 2:45 pm
Just recently I was watching someone play the original Half-Life for the PC. While the gameplay is still top-notch, the graphics just couldn’t hold up to the test of time. Remember, when the game was first introduced for the PC, the year was 1998 – 10 years ago! Most games, especially 3D games generally look their age over time. And sadly Half-Life was no exception.
Thankfully, the mod team Black Mesa has just released a trailer featuring their Half-Life remake using the source engine. And boy, it blows away our expectations. Check it out up top.
Of course in another 10 years — the game will look ‘old.’
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By: Jon Christensen on November 30th, 2008 pm30 8:34 pm
Okay Activision, the first time we watched the Guitar Hero commercial directed by Brett Ratner (Rush Hour) which was obviously inspired by the movie ‘Risky Business‘ featuring Kobe and company — we chuckled. Then the company also filmed an ad starring Heidi Klum playing the same game, but in her bra and panties. We were okay with that because we kinda saw boobies and video games at the same time.
However, the Risky Business advertisements should have stopped there! Because now get to watch Corbin Bleu (High School Musical) playing the On Tour DS game. This time it’s not original enough to make us laugh nor does it show boobs — we only get to see some teen heartthrob — yuck!
This one is so bad, Penny Arcade made fun of it — there reaction was the same as mine.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 26th, 2008 am30 3:09 am
Guess what console gamers, the hardcore PC gamers get a better version of the game that will probably win ‘game of the year,’ from most sites. Grand Theft Auto IV for the PC is getting a ‘movie editor’ included in the sandbox, and it looks deep. In the video above, Rockstar shows off the feature in a clip montage.
Sure the PS3 version looks ’slightly’ better than Xbox 360 and the 360 has exclusive DLC. I personally would rather would the video editor and would spend additional countless hours toying with it. Oh well, — looks like I might have to re-buy GTA IV.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 22nd, 2008 am30 4:38 am
Today must be ‘endless trailer day,’ because we have another one for you. Zen Studios has released the first video featuring the new Punisher game. We think the company is hoping to bank from the movie release. And hey, it looks about as good as the new film — which isn’t a good thing.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 22nd, 2008 am30 4:30 am
One of the more underrated movies of this year I felt was Wanted. When I was watching the comic book-turned movie, all I was thinking about was how much it felt like an awesome video game. Soon after the movie was released, we got word GRIN (Bionic Commando) was already in development and they planned on releasing the game in 2009.
The game will follow the movie and be a 3rd-person-shooter. Wanted: Weapons of Fate will still tell the story of the original character of the film Wesley Gibson and will be a direct sequel.
As you can tell from the trailer, the game will feature “curving bullets” which by our count, is a first in video games.
FYI - The trailer has the potential of being a NSFW video. Wesley drops the F-Bomb at the end of the clip.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 22nd, 2008 am30 3:49 am
The first teaser trailer for Batman: Arkham Asylum is now online and boy is it shaping up nice. Although it does not show any kind gameplay, the purpose was to give you an idea of how dark and disturbing Arkham Asylum is — which needs to be an essential aspect of the game.
We would love to call it the first good Batman game, but we can’t. The most important thing the game will need to showoff in the future is the fighting system — until then, we’ll just say we have a crap load of confidence that it will end up being good.
Although, how awesome was the Joker’s laugh at the end of the clip!?
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By: Jon Christensen on November 21st, 2008 am30 5:04 am
If you’re one of the many people who love Fight Night, make sure you watch Spike TV’s Video Game Award show. According to the teaser trailer above, the forth installment of the series will finally be shown for the first time to the public, during the VGAs.
If you don’t know by now, not only do most of us consider Fight Night to be one of the best boxing games ever, but “Iron” Mike Tyson will be a selectable boxer. We’re assuming EA understands Tyson is a huge draw for the franchise; so we’re guess he’s going to be a big part of the advertising. We just hope they don’t show him ‘eat anyone’s children.’ Wait, scratch that — we actually want him to eat children. Than no one could argue that Fight Night is the best boxing game EVER.
Again, check out the teaser above and watch the award ceremony on December 14, 2008.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 19th, 2008 am30 12:07 am
The cult anime/manga Afro Samurai is set to have its own video game. When we first heard about the series was going to have a game adaption, we somewhat wrote if off. Let’s face it, generally when companies sell of the rights of their own I.P.’s they look to make a quick buck. So we figured the action title was a wash.
Then during Comic-Con 2008, we had opportunity to check it out. To our surprise we thoroughly enjoyed it. Even though the game didn’t necessarily felt incredibly deep, the controls worked and the option to slow down time to see you chop off a body party was defiantly fun.
Check out the ‘Beatbox’ trailer above, complete with the voice of Samuel L. Jackson– we recommend keeping an eye for this one. Especially if you like the anime.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 17th, 2008 pm30 2:49 pm
One of the more interesting games to come out for the Wii this holiday season is Mushroom Men. The game is one of the few platforms to come out this generation, that alone should make anyone at least curious about what the game has to offer.
Besides having the game being a genre that is quickly dying, the game features a neat weapon system. For one of the Mushroom Men to use it against the enemy, you first must build it. “For example, an axe made of a corncob attached to a popsicle stick or even a Nintendo DS stylus,” can be used as a weapon according to Wikipedia.
Check out the launch trailer above.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 13th, 2008 pm30 11:40 pm
One of the most underrated and strongest series in the history of gaming is Prince of Persia. Yeah, I said it. In a world where the Zelda’s and Gears of War rule, the Prince always seems to get shafted. The marketing of the series has just been horrible and when it generally launches — other titles with better hype beat it in sales.
Thankfully, when this game hits store shelves on December 2, 2008; every other ‘blockbuster’ game will have already arrived. So, maybe this being the last big title of the year — it will finally sell the way it should’ve years ago.
Check out the new trailer above, if you watch it and don’t get excited about the possibility of a good story line along with great gameplay mechanics — I don’t know what’s wrong with you. The first half of the video above looks to be the opening scene of the actual game — although we can’t confirm it. The second half of the trailer shows gameplay in slow-motion and works perfectly with the song ‘Breath Me‘ by Sia.
The trailer is even getting me more and more excited about the movie which should be in theaters next year. I’ve even heard from a secret source (guess who), the movie is looking awesome — from the footage he already saw this past summer.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 13th, 2008 am30 3:48 am
Here is the commercial for Activision’s followup to Guitar Hero: On Tour for the DS, which was one of the most popular games for the handheld. This newest advertisement for Guitar Hero: On Tour Decades shows a female and male gamer sitting next to each other and end up being friends because they decide to play the game against each other. It’s just like real life except for a girl playing a game…
Ok-ok, I know they play them — but seriously, does she look like a gamer?
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By: Jon Christensen on November 13th, 2008 am30 12:57 am
To say Wii Fit was a success is an understatement. Since the game/exercise trainer was released, it’s been pretty much impossible to find a copy — a lot like the Wii itself. It was only a matter of time when another company would jump on a similar bandwagon.
For about a month, rumors were circulating around the internet about a possible Wii Fit type game made by Electronic Arts. Those stories apparently had truth to it because EA has just announced ‘EA Sports Active‘ for the Nintendo Wii.
However, instead of the gaming giant just to copy Nintendo and release a balance board would be — well lazy. The game will be based around using the Wiimote and Nunchuck with a case to place the controllers into and not require Wii Fit Board. However, it was confirmed that if you own a board, some mini exercises will be included in the game that will take advantage of the board. But the game is meant to be an “alternative” to Wii Fit.
EA Sports Active is meant to promote an western exercises — where Wii Fit was more about using the philosophy of eastern exercises. EA Sport’s President Peter Moore discussed the general idea with Gamespot:
“It’s a completely different fitness experience. There’s a different philosophy between the East and West about what fitness means, and Wii Fit does very well with some of what I’ll call the Eastern philosophy of fitness, which is balance and coordination. But you’re rarely in danger of breaking a sweat and getting your heart rate up. It’s just not intended for that. We looked at that when Wii Fit came out and said, “How can we be complementary and yet differentiate and be more applicable, if you will, to a Western consumer who looks for a different fitness experience?”
The game will also come packed with a rubber strap which will give you the ability to do more ‘weight lifting’ than just cardio and balancing — something that Wii Fit focuses on. Another thing that is worth mentioning is the game looks to use MotionPlus for the Wiimote. Meaning when you do the exercises, the game can track it in ‘realtime’ with no delay.
EA expects the game to be on stores shelves in spring of 2009 and sell for $59.99
Check out the video above.
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By: Jon Christensen on November 11th, 2008 am30 12:56 am
If you’re not excited about the PSN and XBLA game Super Street Fighter II HD, than my guess is that you have no soul. Not just because the fighting system in the old game is almost perfect, or the updated graphics simply look gorgeous — but because the trailer above features a song that changed the course of history.
Yes, that’s right; I’m talking about Bill Conti’s, “You’re the Best.” Let’s all pray Capcom somehow includes the song in the actual game. But it’s doubtful…
But as the lyrics in the song says “Never doubt that you’re the one, and you can have your dreams!” Ya, I can dream!
Super Street Fighter II HD will be available online for download on November 30, 2008.
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