Those of you with PS3s may have noticed that a demo for the latest game in Q Games’ Pixeljunk series “Eden” appeared this week as part of the weekly PSN update.
For anyone who hasn’t had a chance to download it yet, let me be the first to say that the game is absolutely gorgeous. I haven’t seen a game with such a unique visual style since Okami came out back in the PS2 days. It’s a fitting tribute to what developers can accomplish with these modern consoles even without benefit of a gigantic budget.
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Those of you who joined us yesterday for part one of our “Where Are They Now?” featurette my have noticed that we focused on a few of those characters from our youth who have been featured quite heavily in the gaming press these past few months. Today we want to take a look at a few old favorites who haven’t made the headlines for a while, but who we expect will be making some huge comebacks in the near future.
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A Rock Band developer on the official Rock Band forums has confirmed that four new songs are due to hit Xbox Live and PSN next week. They are songs from Testament, Scars on Broadway, Staind, and The New No 2. The Scars on Broadway and the Staind track’s are both singles from their new albums being released through Rock Band, and all four tracks are master recordings.
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We’re a nostalgic lot here at Casualty Gamer. So nostalgic, in fact, that we’ve decided this week it would be nice to take a little stroll down memory lane and catch up with some of our favorite video game characters from our youth.
We don’t want to focus on the failures. Everyone knows Sonic has fallen on hard times lately. We all remember the wretched gaming abortion that was Pac-Man World. We wish we didn’t , but we do. As for Bomberman…well don’t get us started.
But what about the success stories? Those few treasured characters from our youth who are still going strong today. It takes more than a flashy outfit or an over sized set of e-hooters to stay relevant for a decade or more in such a quickly evolving industry. In that spirit, this is Casualty Gamers’ salute to those characters who helped define video gaming when we were children and yet continue to prove to us all these years later that they can still kick some ass when they have to.
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On Bungie’s latest blog, it has been revealed that new multiplayer content for Halo 3 will soon be shown and that a ‘big announcement’ is still far away, but they are working on three different projects.
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I’ll go ahead and be up front with my opinion of this game: I love it. I thought 5 Differences was very entertaining, and 6 Differences only ups the ante. The gameplay is simple: it’s like those puzzles you see in the newspaper where you have to find the differences between the two pictures. Honestly, I never would have thought one could make a great game out of such a simple concept.
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Activision confirmed yesterday that Geometry Wars 2, the sequel to the popular Geometry Wars: Retro Revolved, will be on Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday, July 30th. Originally scheduled for release on August 6th, it has been moved up a week to come in at the end of the month.
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Apparently the problem with the Torque Engine on which Penny Arcade: On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness was created has been fixed, because it is coming to the PSN this fall.The price is said to be the same as the Xbox and PC versions so expect to buy it for around $20.
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Main characters of video games are often of the humanoid-variety: You have your Clouds, and your Links, and your Dantes, and your Master Chiefs, and so on. Far too often are the minor characters of such games overshadowed by them, much more in the cases where those minor characters aren’t even human. Or even if the main characters themselves, are, in fact, non-human. That is why it will be my pleasure and privilege to present to you the top 10 video game characters, throughout the span of video game’s existence, that are not humans, but in fact, animals.
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Recently the browser based MMO Runescape released its High Detail version for the world to see. The graphics are now good enough to challenge even some of the big MMORPGs, since having a browser MMO means no more hefty downloads, fast loading, updating and making it much more accessible… Could it potentially pave a way for a new class of online games?
Maybe this isn’t enough to be a real rival to the downloadable MMOs yet, but it is a sign that browser based MMOs are evolving and you never know what can happen in an year or two.
Click below to see the trailer
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