The concept of interplay between the multiplayer populations of different games is still an exotic one. CCP’s FPS, Dust 514, has stood more or less alone as an attempt to have its online action influenced by the events in its MMOG, Eve Online. Heroes & …
0The concept of interplay between the multiplayer populations of different games is still an exotic one. CCP’s FPS, Dust 514, has stood more or less alone as an attempt to have its online action influenced by the events in its MMOG, Eve Online. Heroes & …
Electronic Arts has released a new trailer for their upcoming Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, which is out on February 7, 2012. Trailer
There’s a good chance you caught some of the Spike TV video game awards on Saturday night. However, there’s also a good chance you missed a lot of the awards that were given out because… well… they didn’t actually give them out… So, here’s the full list, in case you missed it: GAME OF THE YEAR The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim STUDIO OF THE YEAR Bethesda Game Studios CHARACTER OF THE YEAR The Joker – Batman:
If there’s a marketing opportunity to be exploited, you can bet that Spike and the producers of the network’s annual Video Game Awards will be there to take advantage of it — no matter how absurd it may seem. I can just imagine the conversation that took place between them and EA Sports’ marketing department a few weeks ago: EA Sports: As you know, we just announced that we’re making a new NFL Blitz game . It’ll be available for $15 on January 4– Spike: Yeah, yeah, I heard ya. Football game. Whaddya got for me? EA Sports: Um, we’d like to work with you to promote it on the VGAs. Spike: Yuh-huh, you and every schmuck with something due out in oh-twelve. EA Sports: … Spike: Twenty- twelve. Next year. Uh-doyyy. EA Sports: Right. Well, we have three candidates for the game’s cover — Ray Rice, Patrick Willis, and Roddy White — and we were thinking of getting your viewers to vote during the show to pick one. Spike: … and? EA Sports: I should note that it’s a virtual cover, so to speak, since the game’s coming out on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. Spike: [ blank stare ] EA Sports: Oh, and we can get Hall of Famer Jerry Rice to announce the winner, live on the air. Spike: Great! We’ll just move another award or two into the montage. Where do I sign?
Rayman: Origins is an odd little number. It’s a serious – damn serious – throwback to what games used to be. It’s an “old school” platformer if there ever was one