After a trip into the first person perspective in the Prime series, the Metroid series is returning to its side-scrolling roots… sort of. Metroid: Other M takes place immediately after the the fall of Mother Brain at the end of Super Metroid. Other M promises to flush out Samus as a character and help explain [...]
It’s that time of year again. Brett Favre has said that he might retire yet again, sports nerds everywhere are studying for their fantasy football leagues, and another Madden game is hitting store shelves everywhere. If you aren’t an annual Madden gamer, you still might care this year. Every year EA focuses on some aspect [...]
Releasing in September, Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole has been developed by Krome Studios (Xbox 360, Wii, PS3) and Tantalus Media (DS). Like every good movie tie-in game, it’s coming out for every console you can possibly handle. We’re sure an iPhone game is just around the corner. The pr folks say: [...]
Six games this week from Nintendo: two for the Wii and four for the DSi platform. Nothing’s ringing our bell at this moment, but you or your children may get a kick out of these downloadable games for the DSi and Wii consoles. Keeping you in the loop, that’s what we do here. WiiWare Fantasy [...]
As bandwidth continues to grow, both in quality and quantity, you know that digital downloads will be the way of the future. As every week, here’s your Wii, DSi and Virtual Console downloadable game list: WiiWare Dive: The Medes Islands Secret Publisher: Cosmonaut Games Players: 1 ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) – Mild Violence Price: 1,000 [...]
Heavy Fire, a rated T on-rails arcade shooter for the Wii, will be available Monday, July 26, in the WiiWare Store. It’s published by Teyon, a Polish developer, and will cost only 500 Wii points. IT supports the Wii Zapper in addition to the Wii remote, and has multiplayer modes, destructible environments and upgradeable weapons. [...]
It looks like we’ll know all about what EA Maxis has in store next for the Spore franchise before the end of the month, as the latest San Diego Comic-Con schedule shows a planned reveal for a new action RPG related to the Spore series.
You can find the brief description for the panel on the official Comic-Con website (via BigDownload), which calls the new game “a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore.” There are no other details given, so there’s no saying exactly how this game relates to the Spore series (which has already included expansions for the original PC game as well as a platformer spin-off for the Wii).
One possibility is this new action-RPG could be “Darkspore,” the title EA trademarked back in May. We won’t have to wait long to find out for sure, as the EA Maxis Comic-Con panel is set to take place just two weeks from today, on July 24.
One of Ubisoft’s smaller but more delightful announcements at E3 last month was Rayman Origins, a return of their original mascot in a gorgeous new 2D episodic platformer. And now we know a little bit more about the game thanks to an FAQ Ubisoft released just prior to the holiday weekend kicking off.
According to the FAQ, the first episode of Rayman Origins will be released over Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network this Christmas, with the rest of the episodes (how many in total hasn’t been announced) naturally following in 2011. Interestingly, although the game was only listed for the 360 and PS3 when it was revealed at E3, the FAQ also states that versions for the Wii, 3DS, PC, and iPad are all “to be considered.”
Rayman Origins is being created on Ubisoft’s UBIart Framework, a collection of tools designed to make it easier for small teams to make games. Rayman Origins itself is being made by a team of only five people, including original Rayman creator Michel Ancel. The FAQ also reveals the UBIart Framework will go open-source in 2011.
$10 if I can roll the golf cart and get this little ball in the hole at the same time?
