ZombiU is currently the best thing about Nintendo’s up and coming new generation of hardware. From the moment the gaming public glimpsed this Wii U exclusive the hype levels have simply gone up and up. To chime in with Gamescom Ubisoft have just released a new trailer for the game which shows off a significant dose of gameplay, throwing in some cultural references to make sure that London doesn’t drop off anyone’s radar anytime soon – want to see some zombie royalty?
There’s also a little bit of a tale being woven about the beginning of the new plague that has caused the latest zombie outbreak in the gaming world, plus many, many heads being squashed.
ZombiU will most likely release whenever the Wii U does – stay tuned!
Were you looking forward to Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time? Well too bad! The game has been silently announced to have been delayed for release until the always vague date of ‘early 2013’.
This is of course bad news for those looking forward to the game, but it’s release date is now plagued in uncertainty. You can check out the new trailer for Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time below.
The game was originally slated for a October 23rd, 2012 release date, but that is now marred with confusion as the game now is set for ‘early 2013’. Let us know what you think of this delay in the comments section.
Super Action Hero Developer: Com2uS Publisher: Com2uS Platforms: iPhone (reviewed), iTouch and iPad Release Date: 16 August, 2012 Price: TBA
Overview
A lot of games revolve around playing as the hero of the story, some even cast you as a super hero, and isn’t that a big part of why games are so fun? You get to go around beating up bad guys, saving the day, and being all cool and whatnot at the same time. Super Action Hero brings this to the iOS with a stick figure twist. So does this crime fighting app measure up?
Gameplay
The controls are pretty simple and easy to pick up, there’s a d-pad in the left bottom corner and an action button in the right bottom corner. A combination of directions from the d-pad with the action button makes different combos from powerful uppercuts to being able to pick up your enemy and throw him at others. There is a tutorial that takes you through all these moves, but they’re all fairly organic and chances are you’ll figure them out (or get them by accident) without trying too hard. A lot of these moves are flashy and some are often used accidentally so at first your little stick figure might seem a little out of control, especially given how fast the guy moves.
You’re given a bunch of health, which should last you plenty as you take on the different bad guys. It’s not the bad guys that I found giving me the most amount of trouble, it was the environments. As the game progresses you start to find yourself in more and more threatening situations (like having to escape a slow moving explosion by continuously hopping up platforms, God forbid you misjudge it and fall). And in these situations you also have to defeat the evil minions. Some achievements even have the aim of getting through a level without fighting at all, which is doable. The game makes a bit of a shift from arcade fighter style to platformer for some of the levels, which will either aggravate or entertain you. It certainly doesn’t get dull and – even if you’re raging – you won’t want to put it down.
There’s a huge amount of customization that you can give your character as you go along in the game, conquering levels and finding new swag such as masks or weapons to don. You earn points, which you can spend on upgrades to your skills, so there’s a bit of an RPG element mixed in there too.
One big issue for the game was bugs. A few times the game crashed when I tried to go in to customize a mask I wanted to wear. Then the game would refuse to start, saying that the save I was trying to load was from a different device and I needed to go back to my original device. This happened a few times but was fixed by restarting the app, until it just became a consistent problem that I couldn’t fix no matter what I tried short of re-installing it. I seemed to have stumble across a game-breaking bug and I’m not sure exactly what happened because it was working one moment and gone the next.
It also doesn’t want to run unless you exit your other applications first, because it needs the processing power. That I am not surprised by, it’s a good-looking app and responds well (when it chooses to run), but the fact that it demands complete attention may be something that turns you off it a bit. Once these issues are resolved it will be a far stronger game, and much more enjoyable when you don’t have to pray that it will recognize that it is actually the same phone.
Visuals
The graphics are really great, not only are they high quality but they’re also superbly stylized and the whole thing feels like a cross between a comic book and someone’s skilled doodlings. It really is a joy to look at and it reaches back into that imagination that everyone had as a kid and brings it to the surface. The moves are sort of over the top in the awesome way that makes it more fun and that you don’t tire of seeing.
Audio
Every super hero needs a kick ass theme song and the soundtrack behind Super Action Hero works really well with the game, instead of against it as some can do. The audio adds to the experience and isn’t something that will have you reaching for the mute button.
Overall
Super Action Hero is definitely an app that will keep you invested for a while. Not only is the gameplay fun and addictive, as well as the levels being interesting and different enough to keep you invested, but it’s just a fun game. There are definite flaws, and having such an awesome app have a game-breaking bug is something that really needs to be examined hard and fixed in an update, because otherwise you’ll find yourself wanting to play this fun, addictive game, but unable to because it’s decided to give up on life.
The Vita is in need of some A grade arse kicking games, and given that Uncharted is already out of the way, Assassin’s Creed is just about the best thing that could yet appear on Sony’s handheld. Liberation is a stand alone game from the simultaneously releasing Assassins’s Creed III, and stars a female protagonist in her own separate adventure.
A new trailer has just been released that shows off some of the features of the Vita game, including how the touch screen will be built in to gameplay. It looks like players will be using the back screen to navigate certain modes of transport, and more enticingly, ‘touch to kill’ using the front screen. Make sure and check out the full trailer below and watch out for some croc riding action.
(I’m assuming it’s actually minor croc riding in the course of croc killing, but we can dream)
Assassin’s Creed III Liberation will release alongside it’s consular big brother on October 31, 2012.
Konami has now released Frogger Frenzy Free for iOS devices for all you Frogger fans out there. With fast-paced pinball action, unique stages, special modes, and that all important Facebook connectivity, this new Frogger is bound to be a whole bunch of fun – with some friendly competitiveness mixed in there too.
Take on the evil RoboCroc and help rescue Lily and save Frogger’s home in this new app, with 3D rendered graphics, ramps and realistic physics to play with. The special modes you can unlock include boss battles, Frogger frenzy, and multiball. With three action-packed tables in total, including Swamp, City and Space Station, gamers can compete internationally and take the title of ultimate pinball master.
Plus, if you connect with your Facebook account to compete with your friends you also get access to their unlocked achievements and power-ups. For more information about Frogger Frenzy on Facebook go to their Facebook page HERE.
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With Gamescom currently happening in Germany, plenty of pieces of media have been coming out of the event and now it is Square Enix’s turn to release a handful of screenshots of their upcoming Tomb Raider reboot.
The screenshots themselves can be seen below, however it is worth noting that nothing new has actually been shown off in these images as they all appear to be similar to what was shown off during their E3 presentation, though a few of them have been cropped together for an impressive vertical image. For those curious about our impressions of the gameplay shown off at E3, you can find it here.
Today Konami revealed a new trailer for the game for Gamescom. It is worth noting that although it was released by the Japanese branch of Konami, the trailer itself is in English and can be seen below. The main piece of information announced today however is the release date for the game outside of Japan.
Alongside this trailer the company released a Japanese press release that confirmed that the game would be released in Japan on February 21st. However with a quick translation of the page we’ve found that the company also decided to set the release date for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance in the West as well. Gamers in North America and Europe can expect to see the title a couple days earlier than Japan as the title will be released on February 19th in those regions.
NIS America isn’t a company that is known for their PC games. In fact the company has never released a title for the PC so far. But today that has changed because NIS America has surprised everyone by releasing their retro looking dungeon crawler ClaDun x2 onto Steam today.
Originally released only on the PSP, the title will cost $19.99 on Steam and can be bought here, though it is worth noting that anyone who buys the game before August 21st will save a bit of money as NIS America is currently holding a 20% off promotion, making the game only $15.99. Those curious about the PSP version of the title can check out our review for it here.
Sim City fans with Mac, rejoice, as EA have announced that the city-management sequel will be hitting the Mac via Origin in February of 2013. Also good news is that both versions of the game (Mac and PC) will allow players to collaborate in order to let their empires thrive.
At Gamescom, this little bit of news, along with a new trailer was released for the classic sim-builder, which you can check out below. The game itself is looking snazzy so far, and is sure to be a very socially active experience. So, PC or Mac? Which platform with you be simming it up on?
Hot from the GamesCom event, EA has released a new trailer for the hotly anticipated Need For Speed: Most Wanted. The new game is a reboot of the legendary Need For Speed: Most Wanted game from 2005. The difference with this game however is that it’s a Criterion Game apparently.
EA detailed the new Need For Speed: Most Wanted in their press release of the GamesCom trailer:
Witness Need For Speed like you’ve never seen it before in fast and fun 12-person multiplayer action. Jump into the open world of Fairhaven City and prove your driving skills against your friends. Drive a huge variety of cars and compete in a series of action-packed challenges. Race, Drift, Jump and Takedown your friends in a battle to become Most Wanted.
You can check out the GamesCom trailer for the Criterion Game, Need For Speed: Most Wanted below. Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments section.
Konami has now released Frogger Frenzy Free for iOS devices for all you Frogger fans out there. With fast-paced pinball action, unique stages, special modes, and that all important Facebook connectivity, this new Frogger is bound to be a whole bunch of fun – with some friendly competitiveness mixed in there too.
Hot from the GamesCom event, EA has released a new trailer for the hotly anticipated Need For Speed: Most Wanted. The new game is a reboot of the legendary Need For Speed: Most Wanted game from 2005. The difference with this game however is that it’s a Criterion Game apparently.