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Oh what a joy it is to finally have a proper ADSL connection, complete with wireless functionality. I had a blast with the new connection last night, loading up YouTube videos on my iPad with nary a care, while being soundly defeated in a few rounds of Pokémon against what I can only presume is one badass little kid.
I’m looking forward to a solid week of gaming, and to celebrate, I think I’ll go buy myself a new multiplayer-centric title that isn’t in my collection. And don’t say Battlefield 3 guys, because that just isn’t my cup of tea.
In Other News: Gears of War gets all kiddy, the developers behind The Witcher 2 are ridiculously trusting of people and Mario gets ready for another two-dimensional adventure.
Here’s the news that we didn’t post, because we were too busy getting to know the neighbours.
With the best of 2012 yet to come, and the worst of 2011 behind us, we thought that we’d take a look this week at those games which were largely ignored, quality titles that got lost in a sea of big budget releases and marketing campaigns.
As an added bonus, BT Games has a spectacular Assassins Creed hamper to give away that includes the hard to find AC: Encyclopedia, a rare item that is not available commercially, so don’t forget to comment afterwards to stand a chance to win the main prize..
So sit back, relax, and get educated about a few fantastic games that you may have missed out on the first time that they rolled around.
The Witcher 2 was one of those great games that I wanted to play last year, but couldn’t, due to the fact that my PC setup was rather lacking in processing power. Fortunately, developer CD Projekt RED has been working on a port of the king-assassinating fantasy thriller taking all the best bits of the PC original, including performance patches and DLC, and mixing them up into one console release.
They’ve been working on it for quite a while now too, but it seems that fans of witchering might finally get to see the game, as a release date has been announced, complete with a new, fancy intro for the Xbox 360 port of the game.
Buying new maps through Call of Duty’s Elite service only allows those maps to be played on one account. It’s a huge problem, not least because it violates Microsoft’s own Xbox Live terms and conditions. It seems it was an honest mistake – and not some greedy scheme by Activision.
Welcome to our weekly post of featured downloadable content available for different gaming platforms sponsored by www.evopoints.co.za / www.evopoints.net
Downloadable content has become a pretty big thing. More and more people are opting to get their games and add-ons through digital distribution. instead of the traditional Brick-and-mortar method. Some games and software; like XBLA games, PSN shorts and iOS games are available through the internet only – something that can be daunting for a lot of folk. Confused about what new games are available for your platform of choice? Don’t fret – we’ve got you covered.
Hit the jump for this week’s list of fresh downloadable games and content.
Firstly, WTF… I knew Capcom were the kings at milking but this is getting a little ridiculous now, apparently the 2 latest additions to Street Fighter x Tekken are Pac-Man and Mega Man…
Nintendo fans, and parents of fans, I do hope that your wallets are quite deep. With the Wii U getting ready for a re-reveal at E3 2012, and reports stating that it will ship at the end of this year, just in time for Christmas mind you, the upcoming successor to the original Wii console is certain to have a few added hooks to lure consumers in.
One of those hooks, or lack thereof, is that Friend Codes are finally receiving a Spartan kick into a bottomless well, as Nintendo has decided to ditch that horrible idea. But the main draw for the Wii U so far, seems to be the tablet-orientated controller for the console, something which company president Satoru Iwata spoke about in more detail earlier this week.
Kirby, King Dedede, Waddle Dee and Meta Knight – usually at each other’s throats – team up to try to save Magolor by rebuilding his Lor Starcutter, a spaceship capable of opening portals to travel vast distances. The pieces of the Puddlejumper Starcutter have been sprayed all over Pop Star, and it is up to Kirby and the gang to go fetch them so that Magolar can get back home.
Whether we want to admit it or not the second hand games market is a problem, the publishers hate it as they feel they are losing out on income and the retailers adore it as they are starting to make more money on second hand games than new games thanks to the lack of licensing fee’s payable.
Should retailers be forced into giving the publishers a share of the profits from the second hand games market or should they be forced to stop ripping off us off on trade in prices or should we just leave the market to sort itself out without intervention.
Ubisoft’s Rayman Origins is easily one of the best games released last year. About as proximate to perfection as possible in a planar platformer, Rayman Origins charmed the pants off of us – and got the nod as our favourite platformer of 2011. PC gamers will finally get the chance to jump around as everybody’s favourite limbless heroes in March – and without being dogged by silly DRM.
Capcom’s slightly mental Yoshinori Ono, the guy responsible for the Namco crossover Street Fighter X Tekken has his hands on new Wii U development kits from Nintendo – and he reckons that the new tablet-controlled console might just have an ace up its sleeve.
I think it’s pretty obvious what the marketing plan is behind Soul Calibur 5, first we had the overly gratuitous boob shot and then the ill advised crotch shot and now they’ve gone back to the female form and released yet another gratuitous shot focussed on the posterior.
Personally I’m not sure this marketing attempt is going to win over any fighting game fans which makes me think the mechanics in Soul Calibur V may be lacking but we’ll have to wait and see on that one.
Well yesterday was fun. After having suffered from some excruciating pain in my mouth, I made an appointment to go see the dentist last week, and while there, he told me that my two wisdom teeth had to come out.
So, a week later, after some anti-biotics and medication, I was back in the chair, and had more drugs floating through my deadened mouth than Keith Richards when he was stopped at the airport. Those teeth had to come out, and after some extensive drilling, my faithful doctor went to work, shoving some pliers into my mouth and death-gripping the rotten bastards.
He had a hell of a workout ahead of him, as it appears that my teeth have curved roots. Once that ordeal was over, it was off to home to go spit blood out every couple of minutes and sleep off the numerous injections.
Now let’s hope that I never have to go through that ordeal again.
So when you’re finished cringing at my tale, have a look at our LW Mag sponsored Homegrown hottie of the day, Jordan Leigh Airey. She’s a young Jozi lady with a taste for good music, a well-performed swagger and enjoys flirting. Read more about her here.
In Other News: Meet the man who built the PS vita, THQ gets a new strategy and Mr Miyagi makes a leg-sweeping appearance.
Here’s the news we didn’t post, because a certain pillock (me) needed help with his ADSL connection today.
Big game, big budget, and now, Resident Evil 6 has one of the largest staffs working on a single game possible. Hiroyuki Kobayashi, executive producer for Resident Evil 6 recently took to the interwebs to talk about this, detailing how the upcoming game has over 600 people working on the zombie-packed game at the moment.
It’s the largest ever crew to work on a Capcom game, far surpassing the amount of people working on that other Capcom title, Dragons Dogma, which clocks in at around 150 staffers.
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