A developer famed for bringing “bringing retro games back to life” is ready to do so again. DotEmu will release R-Type for Android devices on September 12, 2011. Coming all the way from Irem in 1987, R-Type has also released on the Amiga, Atari, Amstrad, Commodore 64 and PC. The new version will have you flying around in a R-9a Arrowhead and will feature:
· A large amount of items and powers-up to collect through various and sharpened sets.
· Strong enemies and bosses at the end of each level (8 altogether).
· The famous « charge shot » for more power!
· Share your results with your friends with OpenFeint!
R-Type for Android also comes along with two difficulty modes and full touch mode.
On opening night at Call of Duty XP, on September 2, Dropkick Murphys will be performing for the benefit of the attendees. “Known for their complex distillation of classic punk rock, Celtic folk and American rock ‘n’ roll” Dropkick Murphy is ready to kill it at the event.
“With an unbeatable lineup of real-world and in-game experiences, Call of Duty XP was already poised to be an historic event for fans of the franchise,” said Eric Hirshberg, Chief Executive Officer of Activision Publishing. “The addition of Dropkick Murphys just makes XP that much more memorable. Few bands fit the bill better—we’re thrilled to have them performing on opening day.”
In addition, Kanye West will be closing the event on September 3. This is his first performance since his last album.
“We’re pulling out all the stops,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing. “We promised our attendees and fans around the world a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the first Call of Duty XP, so we’re thrilled to have Kanye on board. Everything about XP will be as epic as the games themselves. Whether you’re competing for one of the open slots in the $1 million tournament, playing Modern Warfare 3 for the first time, dodging paintballs in a spectacular life-size recreation of Modern Warfare 2’s Scrapyard level or just mingling with developers and fellow gamers, Call of Duty XP is a celebration of one of the greatest games in the world. So what better way to top it off with one of the greatest artists in the world?”
For more information about Call of Duty XP, please click here
With “explosive” gameplay and interviews from the developers, the latest trailer for Bodycount is the last one to release before the game launches on September 1st for Xbox 360 and the Playstation 3.
“What we’ve achieved with Bodycount, is bringing that shreddable, violent, explosive experience directly into multiplayer,” says, Andrew Parsons, Experienced Level Designer.
“Watching walls slowly get shredded apart and explosives take out whole sides of buildings really makes you think about how you approach these levels” adds Rob Mackenzie, Senior Designer “and it really forces team tactics.”
Codemasters will hopefully nail this shooter to the wall in terms of quality, as we are really looking forward to playing it.
The hidden worlds of conspiracy theories are at work in the next game from Funcom and EA. At last, the forces of evil and good have risen, both of them having been shrouded in secrecy for millennia, but now forced to fight their epic battles in the open. And guess what? You get to help them. How nice!
Choose your faction, unite with the others, fight, and then turn your back on your comrades and conquer the world in: THE SECRET WORLD.
In all seriousness though, the action and the story look like they have a lot of promise, and it will certainly be interesting to finally uncover the secrets that governments, powerful people and aliens have hidden from us for so long. The Secret World launches on the PC in the Spring of 2012, just a few months before, of course, the end of the world.
Electronic Arts is releasing NBA JAM: On Fire in October 2011 for the Playstation 3 via PSN and the Xbox Live Marketplace. These digitally distributed games “will feature exciting new gameplay enhancements, including ground-breaking artificial intelligence that will change the way gamers play NBA JAM.” For now though, all you have to look at it is the new video and quite a few new screenshots that EA has released.
We are looking forward to playing this arcade game soon. How about you? Unfortunately, you’ll have to shell out $15.00 or 1200 Microsoft Points for the experience, but it may be worth it. After all, how often do you get the chance to play a basketball game with FIRE IN IT?!
At PAX this past weekend, Harmonix revealed six new tracks that will be coming to Dance Central 2.
At launch, the game will have 40+ songs. In addition, it is likely that you will be able to import the first Dance Central disc and that DLC will be released later on. For now though, check out the new stuff (and the old stuff) that was announced. What are you looking forward to dancing to most?
Announced at PAX:
Haddaway – What Is Love
Digital Underground – The Humpty Dance
Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back (Mix Mix)
Bobby Brown – My Prerogative
Kurtis Blow – The Breaks
Usher ft. Lil’ Jon & Ludacris – Yeah!
Previously announced tracks:
Rihanna – Rude Boy
Nicki Minaj ft. Sean Garrett – Massive Attack
Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It
La Roux – Bulletproof
Far East Movement – Like A G6
B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Bananarama – Venus
Usher ft. Pitbull – DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love
Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – Club Can’t Handle Me
David Guetta ft. Akon – Sexy Chick
Daddy Yankee ft. Fergie – Impacto (remix)
Darude – Sandstorm
Daft Punk – Technologic
O-Zone – Mai Ai Hee (Dragostea Din Tei)
Bruno Mars – Grenade
Donna Summer – Hot Stuff
Gnarls Barkley – Run (I’m A Natural Disaster)
Lena – Satellite
Enrique Iglesias ft. Pitbull – I Like It
Lady Gaga – Born This Way
EXILE – I Wish For You
Oh, Japan! is a weekly feature in which I chronicle the wierd, wacky and just plain crazy goings on in Japan. Because we all know, Japan is prone to doing things that make us Westerners say “Oh, Japan!”.
We have had video games, prank shows, music videos and now I present to you a Japanese game show. What game show specifically do you ask? None other than Man x Dog. A game show in which man is pitted against dog in various different situations. This one in particular has man attempting to out-run dog.
Check out the clip below to see who is the superior, Japanese men or some angry German Shepherds. Oh, Japan!
Did you like Super Meat Boy? Of course you did! Well, the co-creator of Super Meat Boy, Edmund McMillen has a new game coming out for the PC and Mac. The game titled Binding of Isaac is a Zelda-esque adventure game of horrific proportions.
The game revels in sadistic gore-filled glee and if the trailer is anything to go by, it may very well spread that glee when it is released. The game looks good and knowing who is the man behind it only excites me more. Super Meat Boy was great, but Binding of Isaac looks simply amazing.
Take a look at the creepy trailer below and let us know what you think in the comments section.
For those of you who tuned into the last episode of Breaking Bad, episode 7 of season 4, “Problem Dog”, you may have noticed that in the opening sequence Jesse Pinkman (a character in the show) was seen playing the upcoming game RAGE. The show uses the game a metaphor for the rage within side of the Pinkman character and ends with him having the choice to quit or restart. At which point he chooses to restart.
The fact that such a high profile show as Breaking Bad not only used the game as part of analysing this character’s emotional state and motivations, it also gives the game some pretty heavy publicity leading up to it’s impending release.
If you weren’t able to catch the scene in the latest episode you can check it out below. Do note that the version of RAGE shown on Breaking Bad isn’t the same as the full retail release and appears to have been altered into an on rails shooter specifically for the show as a story-telling device.
Let us know what you think of RAGE on Breaking Bad in the comments section below.
2 mysterious teaser sites in 1 day? Surely a conspiracy is afoot! Today a vague teaser website for Vocaloid has appeared and can be seen here. Whilst the site is incredibly vague, clever fans made a discovery after accessing the HTML source code for the website.
Within the HTML source code a hidden message which roughly translates to say “On September 1st, something will happen…” was discovered. What exactly that something might be is still a complete mystery. You can check out the HTML source code here.
What do you make of this teaser site? Do you have an idea what the Vocaloid site will reveal on September 1st? Let us know what you think in the comments section.
