We take a look at the upcoming game from Ignition Entertainment El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron for Xbox 360 and PS3. El Shaddai is an action platformer game with a graphical style all of its own. We were able to get our hands on a copy of the demo and here our impressions of the game.
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Here are this week’s Nintendo downloads for the Wii and DS:
Three in total this week, but still no sign of any 3DS downloads until Nintendo deliver the much anticpated update which will bring their revamped online store to download games onto the 3DS. Of the releases, Chrono Trigger is clearly the strongest title, worth a look for any RPG fans. It’s from Square Enix, orginally on the SNES and if you don’t have the improved remake released on the DS then it could be worth a look.
Earlier this month, Nintendo confirmed plans of a Wii price cut to £129 from today, May 20, but GAME, Gamestation and Asda are now offering a new Mario Kart bundle (and the existing Wii Sports Resort one) for just £99.99.
Other retailers are also offering it for slightly higher but still at a reduced price, and for the majority of the deals, they are available both in-store and online.
At this reduced price, they’re awfully tempting? Not too bad seeing how it comes with a game of either Mario Kart Wii or Wii Sports Resort too. Will anyone on this side of the pond be picking up their first Wii, or if you’re feeling particularly spontaneous, a second Wii?
Konami has decided to take a bit of a unique method into releasing additional concept art and screenshots for their upcoming title NeverDead. A method that may be a tad bit “revealing” lets just say. Konami has launched a new Facebook experience that will allow fans to take a quite personal look at Arcadia, our heroes female companion. By harnessing the power of the sun Konami has made it so that the more Likes they receive on their Facebook page the more power will be given to the sun.
Meaning of course that Arcadia may end up doing something somewhere down the line. There are various tick marks showing possible unveiling points. Also in the near future Lead Artist Atsushi Tsujimoto will be revealing additional details about Arcadia including how the idea came about to make her. You can find and Like NeverDead’s Facebook Page here and check out the one screenshot already revealed for the game which will release for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
Do you think that your Johnson is just not up to snuff sometimes? Are your enemies laughing at your Johnson because it seems so weak and small? Well you won’t have to worry about that anymore because EA and Grasshopper Manufacture are here to tell you all of the different ways you can enlarge your Johnson.
In a trailer released today you can find out how to make Garcia’s talking skull gun named Johnson much stronger. This includes waving your Johnson around and hitting things with it; making it grow extremely large at a moments notice among a number of other things. I can go on for hours like this but you should definitely take a look at the trailer and its infomercial feel as it is certainly worth a laugh or five.
Konami has been quiet about an actual release date for No More Heroes: Paradise in the West. Sure the title is being released in Japan shortly is called No More Heroes: Red Zone but we won’t have to be waiting very long for this enhanced version of the title to make its way overseas. Today Konami revealed that they will be bringing No More Heroes: Paradise with all of its enhancements to North America on August 16th for the PlayStation 3.
This means that at the tail end of Summer we will be able to experience all of the new features included in Paradise, including a number of bug fixes, boss fights with leaderboards against a number of bosses, ten new missions, four new beam katanas, four new bikes, a free camera mode for all the different characters, Travis’ hotel room and last but not least the enhanced visuals that come from the PS3 and of course PlayStation Move support. This means that you’ll be getting practically an entirely new experience this August.
Now kiddies, do you remember your three R’s? What? Reading, writing, arithmetic? Uuh, no! Only one of those actually starts with R! Jeez.
No, obviously, the three R’s refer to Wrecked: Revenge Revisited, the new Mario Kart-cross-Destruction Derby game from 505 Games.
Ignore the clunky name, and endure the cringe-inducing taunts of the characters, and the game looks solid and fun. And coming from the creators of Mashed and Micro Machines 4, it should be. I usually find driving games pretty boring, but those with a combat element make things more interesting. Wrecked gives players 14 weapons to change the tide of the race, from the standard forward-firing rockets to the more unique force-field pulse, useful for pushing overtakers off bridges.
505 promises a single player mode to hone your mad skillz, but the major drawcard is the 4-player mode, online and off – this looks like a blast with mates and drinks on a Friday night.
Wrecked: Revenge Revisited is due for release onto Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network sometime before August. Check out the gameplay trailer below.
I found this video in the course of my regular browsing, and it’s such an awesome idea I thought I’d share it.
As a promotion for a version of Angry Birds being released onto the Google Chrome app store this week, developer Rovio set up a giant, playable real-life Angry Birds set in a city in Spain. It sounds cooler in theory, and doesn’t quite pan out as well as my unrealistic expectations had hoped, but still, it’s awesome.Watching stuff fall over and pigs exploding is still really satisfying, despite the dodginess of real-life physics.And to top it off, there’s a live band playing the theme song.
You have to appreciate the effort that’s gone into this. It makes me think – what other games should have real-life playable models built?
The latest addition to the MMORPG Guild Wars 2 is the engineer profession. This profession is the master of mechanics and gadgets and a swathe of useable devices that will aid them in combat.
The engineer class is only able to use one weapon set at a time, but they overcome this setback by having the ability to set-up turrets, mines and elixer shooters. Each engineer has a range of tools that are used differently, like the backpack and weapons kits, which overtake the primary weapons role and allow them to use different kinds of abilities, like a flamethrower. They can also set up turrets, which are launched throughout the battlefield and can be moved in battle. Lastly, the engineer gets a toolbelt, which grants them extra skill slots and other abilities.
Make sure to visit the GuildWars 2 website for more info.
Some big news from EA this week. Firstly, EA have just released a new game, Draw Jump. If this isn’t enough for EA fans, then get your hands on the latest update for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, now featuring autolog.
While Draw Jump might sound fairly close to Doodle Jump in title, the two are far from the same, apart from the act of jumping. Cosmo the rocket man needs some help reaching new heights, and the only way for this to happen is if you help out by drawing tampolines to launch him higher and higher. Draw Jump features six colourful and imaginative levels to jump through, as well as an environmental undertone. Cosmo doesn’t use any rocket fuel, but rather sunflower fuel cells as a means of boosting jumps. Finally, an eco-friendly form of space travel!
From sunflower fuel cells, to high-speed petrol fueled racing. EA have released a new update for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit. The latest update features: Speedwall, enabling you to compete with friends and compare scores on leaderboards, Autolog recommends to alert you when friends are racing and Autolog friends list that allows you to stay connected to your fellow racers.
Both games are available from www.eamobile.com.
