Simple. Gory. Fast paced. Fun. Those were the ingredients of Serious Sam when it was released a good 8 year ago, and it brought back old memories of Quake and Doom. Today though, first person shooters are a lot more complicated and realistic, but luckily, there’s something in store for those just looking for some fun.
Serious Sam HD is the same game as was released years ago, now though, it features HD visuals, and while they’re not gonna stack up against Crysis and Gears of War, they’re still good enough for you to want to revive the Serious Sam shooter. The gameplay is still just as fast, gory and over the top as before, and the improved visuals only make it better. However, on the audio side, there are noticeable shortcomings, the biggest of them is the fact that the game still features the sounds samples from the old game, which sound quite crappy today. Read the rest of the review
Microsoft has released numbers for Xbox Live games throughout 2009, and it appears that Halo 3 was still the most played game, followed by Modern Warfare 1 and 2. The full list below:
EA has confirmed rumors about the revival of NBA Jam, once a hallmark series when it came to arcade sports action. According to EA, a development team at EA Canada is working on the game, which is scheduled for release later this year.
An official website is also open, where fans can vote on the three players that will be featured in the game from each team.
Croteam has revealed that the Xbox 360 version of Serious Sam HD, the HD reboot of the old, and popular game, will be released this Wednesday on the Xbox 360, and will cost 1200 Microsoft Points ($15). The game has already been released on the PC, and has been met rather successfully by fans of the old game.
It seems like 2010 is starting off with a ton of rumors coming from every direction, and now, according to Games Thirst, who apparently have the upcoming issue of the official PlayStation Magazine, Sony will be unveiling Killzone 3 at E3 2010. But that’s not all, Sony will apparently unveil Infamous 2 and Resistance 3 as well. Yeah, we know, it’s a long shot, but there’s no doubt that sequels for all those games are planned.
Developer Rebellion has confirmed that a demo of the upcoming Aliens Vs. Predator will be released early February, with the full game out mid-February. The game is a highly anticipated reboot of the AvP series, which didn’t fare well with the last few installments.
Darksiders is one of the more original titles to hit the consoles this year, and even so early this year. Not exactly set in a post-apocalyptic world, but rather, a world where the apocalypse is actually happening, Darksiders seems like a sci-fi/dark version of The Legend of Zelda, fused with some combat from Bayonetta and God of War. But despite the mix of different styles, it’s a surprisingly good game.
The story is set during the apocalypse of the world, where you play as one of the four horsemen and your quest is basically to maintain the balance between heaven and hell, but when your character finds out that he supposedly disrupted what he was set to protect, he’s sent down to Earth to set things straight. Yeah, we know, it’s a weird story and is also by far the worst aspect of the game. Nothing is really connected and everything is quite predictable. Read the rest of the Darksiders review
EA has announced plans of releasing three soundtracks of upcoming games, Dante’s Inferno, Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Mass Effect 2. The full dates/tracks of the albums:
Mass Effect 2, 2-disc, 27-tracks (Jan. 18)
Bad Company 2, 1-disc, 11 tracks (Feb. 1)
Dante’s Inferno, 2-discs, 41 tracks (Feb. 8 )
Pricing of the soundtracks wasn’t released, but expect $1 per song on iTunes the same way all other EA OSTs are sold.
Nvidia has unveiled the new Tegra 2 chip for mobile devices and in the video above, it shows it running Unreal Engine 3. The Tegra 2 chip is rumored to be in Nintendo’s DS 2.
Simple. Gory. Fast paced. Fun. Those were the ingredients of Serious Sam when it was released a good 8 year ago, and it brought back old memories of Quake and Doom. Today though, first person shooters are a lot more complicated and realistic, but luckily, there’s something in store for those just looking for some fun.
Microsoft has released numbers for Xbox Live games throughout 2009, and it appears that Halo 3 was still the most played game, followed by Modern Warfare 1 and 2. The full list below:
EA has confirmed 
Darksiders is one of the more original titles to hit the consoles this year, and even so early this year. Not exactly set in a post-apocalyptic world, but rather, a world where the apocalypse is actually happening, Darksiders seems like a sci-fi/dark version of The Legend of Zelda, fused with some combat from Bayonetta and God of War. But despite the mix of different styles, it’s a surprisingly good game.