The Worms series is back again with Worms Revolution – looking better than ever with the same quirkiness that the franchise is known for. All the classic weapons are back with some new friends, giving your little worm soldiers the armory they need. This along with the robust tutorial will be great if you’re new to turn-based earth eater warfare. While Worms sticks to a tried and true formula it does shake things up a bit. New customization options for your dirt-dwelling cannon-fodder can give them an appearance other than their usual naked selves. My personal favorite is the option
Dishonored – Review
Dishonored is a Victorian/Steampunk immersive experience (or game if you will) that takes players to a strange and mysterious land and drops them inside the body of Corvo Attano. As Corvo you are betrayed, imprisoned, manipulated and turned into an expert stealth assassin with the ability to wield creative weapons and magical items. Arkane Studios, Bethesda & ZeniMax all helped bring the excellent experience that is Dishonored to life. It is a first person action game with tons of stealth-play, character interaction, mystery, suspense and intrigue. Dishonored is insanely unique and fun to play and no two gameplay experiences will be the
Closure – Review
I was afraid of the dark as a kid.When nighttime rolled around, everything covered in darkness got twisted and deformed. Now imagine this was the principle with which your world was based on. This is what it’s like to live in Closure, a new puzzle game released on Steam. You play a small eight-legged demon who watches over three people as they struggle through various locales, always pervaded by a looming sense of darkness. From the moment I started Closure, I felt a sense of amazing wonder. The aforementioned mechanic creates a feeling of walking through a labyrinth of corridors,
Naughty Bear Panic in Paradise – Preview
We got some hands-on time with Naughty Bear Panic in Paradise this week and came away wanting to play more! Panic in Paradise is a sequel to Naughty Bear – a third person action game that saw a retail release on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 a few years back. This time around Naught Bear is a downloadable game and will only run you $15 on either XBLA or PSN but don’t let the price tag fool you as game developers promise that the game is dramatically larger in size then the original! Naughty Bear Panic in Paradise has
Rock Band Blitz full tack list revealed
The latest in a long line of Rock Band titles Rock Band Blitz moves the franchise forward by devolving the idea. This is Rock Band for the friendless, finally a one man band sim. Harmonix is stepping away from their formula in a couple other way too. One: it’s a downloadable title via XBL and PSN. Two: no plastic instruments, just the good old controller. Rock Band Blitz comes with 25 tracks and most of the songs in the entire Rock Band library will be compatible Blitz at launch. All Blitz track compatible with Rock Band 3. The full track
Top Five (Recent) CARTOON-Based Games
Books turn into movies. Movies are turned in to games. Television shows are made onto movies. A book into mini-series. Video game into television shows. This is the nature of our entertainment. Cannibalistic, symbiotic, incestual? That’s a matter of perspective. On the subject of perspectives, these are the five best cartoon based video games in recent memory. Phineas and Ferb: Across the Second Dimension – Phineas and Ferb is an action game designed for kids released in 2011. It makes the list because it perfectly represent the new generation of children’s games. Games made for kids by people that seem to
Dyad – Review
Dyad is the proof that the video games industry is amazing as a medium for entertainment. Independent developers (in this case, Shawn McGrath) making people step out of their comfort zones to experience something other than the typical platformer or run-and-gun is one of the many things I love about this industry. Currently exclusive on the PlayStation 3 and releasing today, Dyad is an assault on your senses and your sensibilities. The games mechanics are simple enough. You are a …er, dyad, I guess – imagine sputnik if it had waggily antennae behind it instead of straight metal rods. You
Ghost Recon Arctic Strike DLC release dated, July 17
Ubisoft has announced a July 17 2012 release date for the first Ghost Recon Future Soldier DLC pack. Titled Arctic Strike (in July?) this first add-on brings three new multiplayer maps, a new multiplayer game mode, six additional weapons, a new Guerrilla Mode co-op map, a level cap increase, and some new achievements for the Xbox 360 players. Maps: Riot, Skyline, and Evicted Guerrilla Mode Map: Arctic Base Weapons: Assault Rifles Ghost: F2000, Bodark: CZS805 PDRs: Ghost: Mk17 PDW, Bodark: OCP-11 SMGs Ghost: BT MP9, Bodark: Type 05 JS Multiplayer Mode: Stockade – An objective game type, Stockade awards not only
Awesomenauts – Review
Ronimo has crafted a funny, fantastical, cartoonish multiplayer battle arena. And they’ve titled it Awesomenauts. Apparently drawing inspiration from the glory days of Saturday morning cartoons the playable characters, or Awesomenauts, are some crazy folks; featuring a French assassin lizard, a brain in a jar, a space cowboy (I call him Maurice), and a jet packing monkey. Oh yes, the nauts are awesome. Awesomenauts has 2D arenas with enough vertical platform jumping to keep them strategically interesting and stave off the boredom of the side-scrolling nature of the game. Each of the three arenas has unique environmental hazards and hidden
Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning Teeth of Naros DLC – Review
If you follow me anywhere on social media sites then you’ll see that I haven’t been able to stop talking about how much I enjoy playing Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning. Amalur has much going for it, great fantasy, excellent combat, well crafted magic and now two DLC expansion packs. Last time around, I discussed in great detail the DLC for Legend of Dead Kel which featured pirates, a mysterious island full of despair and root golems. I’ve had a chance to sink my teeth into the second DLC called Teeth of Naros this past week and a half and enjoyed mostly every
