THQ and Behavior Interactive have brought to the Xbox Live Arcade a game that I would have killed for as a kid during the 1980’s with Voltron: Defender of the Universe.
0THQ and Behavior Interactive have brought to the Xbox Live Arcade a game that I would have killed for as a kid during the 1980’s with Voltron: Defender of the Universe.
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?
While a simultaneous multiplatform release isn’t on the cards for Trine 2 , developer Frozenbyte isn’t too far off from reaching such a goal. The eye-catching platformer is due out first on PC and Mac via Steam release on December 7. That’s this week! For console owners, the wait is a fairly quick one — Trine 2 hits the North American PlayStation Network on December 21 (the European PSN release is TBD but “hopefully around the same time”), followed by a worldwide Xbox Live Arcade launch the following day. Looking ahead, DRM-free Trine 2 and the Linux version are scheduled for release in 2012. Any game which features an octopus is a game I want to support.
If you’ve been dying to get a Vault suit for your Avatar, but haven’t taken the plunge yet, then this is the week to do it. From now on until October 10, select Bethesda items are half-off — not just Avatar items, but DLC and …
A new report by the European Commission has found that social networking site Habbo Hotel and Microsoft’s Xbox Live service are two of the safest social networks available to minors. The Digital Agenda study noted that both networks have default settings that make profiles accessible …