WR: Zombie Gunship (iPhone,iPad)

September 2nd, 2011 by


 

Developer: Limbic Software
Publisher: Limbic Software
Genre: Shooter
Players: 1
Console: iPhone, iPad
iTunes Rating: 9+
Hours played: 10

Do you remember the awesome AC-130 gunship section from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare? Did you ever think it was entertaining enough to warrant more? Well fret not, gamers! The fine folks at Limbic Software have made a full game out of this great gameplay sequence and instead of blowing up nondescript Eastern Europeans, players will have the honor of blowing up hordes of zombies. Read on to find out whether the game is actually as good as it sounds…

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WR: Brink (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)

September 1st, 2011 by

Developer: Splash Damage
Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
Genre: First-Person Shooter 
Players: 1, 2-16 (online)
Console: Xbox 360, PS3, PC
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Hours Played: 20
Progress: Completed the Resistance campaign

It was almost two years ago at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) that Splash Damage, the developer behind Quake Wars and Return to Castle Wolfenstein gave us a glimpse at an innovative new, multiplayer-focused FPS, named Brink. With a greater emphasis on story and innovative, parkour-style gameplay, not to mention a great looking art style, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this title. Out for almost four months now, this review takes the recent price drop, current community status and new DLC into consideration in its final opinion.

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Boom With The 3DS

July 28th, 2011 by

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As of Aug. 12th, people who have been fence-sitting regarding Nintendo’s latest handheld will have a whole lot less of a reason to continue their indecision.  Nintendo is knocking a whole $80 off of the price of the 3DS, also in time to give the PSVita a proper run for its money, to make it $169.99.  In addition to being cheaper, Nintendo made a few other surprising announcements regarding the 3DS:

  • For us poor early adopters (or as Nintendo calls us, “Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors”), recompense is coming very quickly to the tune of 20 free Virtual Console games for our expensive 3DS’.  These VC games will be NES and GBA games, neither of which have been released on the 3DS VC to date.  On Sept. 1, we’ll be able to download 10 free NES VC games including: Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr., Balloon Fight, Ice Climbers and The Legend of Zelda.  By the end of the year, we’ll get 10 free GBA VC titles that are not planned to be released for non-Ambassador types including: Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Metroid Fusion, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ and Mario vs. Donkey Kong.  
  • Nintendo also announced some final names and release dates for its bigger titles that are coming out this fall/winter: “Star Fox 64 3D arrives on Sept. 9, followed by Super Mario 3D Land in November, Mario Kart 7 in December and Kid Icarus: Uprising during the holiday season.”

Is that enough to get you to buy a 3DS?  If you buy it now, you’ll get 20 free VC games, including GBA games that you won’t be able to get otherwise, or if you want until Aug. 12th you’ll save yourself the price of two 3DS games and be that much more ready for Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 when they hit later this year.  We’ll keep you posted should any other details regarding this unprecedented move from Nintendo arise.

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WR: L.A. Noire (PS3, Xbox 360)

June 12th, 2011 by

Developer: Team Bondi
Publisher: Rockstar Games
Genre: Adventure
Players: 1
Console: PS3, Xbox 360
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Hours Played: 22
Progress: Completed the main story

When it was rumored that Rockstar games was working on a new open world game people naturally took notice. Even though the concept was a bit unclear, the prospect of being immersed in another detailed open world period piece was enough to get mouths salivating. Enter L.A. Noire, a story-driven, investigative, adventure game set in 1940’s Los Angeles. Developed by Team Bondi, a new studio helmed by Brian McNamera, former Director of Development at SCE’s Team Soho Studio, London, it tells the tale of detective Cole Phelps, who is to be the poster boy of the LAPD and restore confidence in the city’s law enforcement amidst times of corruption and apathy.  So a combination of Grand Theft Auto 4 and Heavy Rain sounds pretty good right? Read on to find out if it actually is…

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Usagicast Episode 7 — E3 2011

June 9th, 2011 by

Join us as an expanded Game Usagi Krew discusses the offerings from the big three at E3 2011, the siren-like Wii U name, PSVITA Vs. the 3DS at the same price, and magical mutton chops made out of Skittles.

Contact us at contact@usagicast.com, we’ll read your letters on the podcast! : O

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Top 3 Wii U Controller Mockups

June 7th, 2011 by

With 167 mockups in our Project Cafe Controller Mock-up Archive, we were able to see a lot of different ideas on how Nintendo could implement a 6-odd-inch screen in a modern-style controller.  We went back and sifted through the mock-ups to come up with the Top 3 that ended up being the closest to what Nintendo revealed as the Wii U controller today and you can see them after the jump:

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HUGE Wii U Console/Controller Shots

June 7th, 2011 by

Nintendo announced today that the successor to the Wii will be called the “Wii U” and will feature at least PS3-level graphics and unprecedented 3rd-party support for a Nintendo console.  Some of the games shown off or listed for the Wii U during the conference were:

  • New Zelda (tech demo)
  • New Super Mario Bros. Mii (tech demo)
  • New Super Smash Bros. (will have a companion game on 3DS)
  • LEGO City Stories (exclusive to Wii U/3DS)
  • Darksiders II
  • Batman Arkham City
  • Ghost Recon Online
  • Tekken
  • DiRT 3
  • Aliens Colonel Marines
  • Metro Last Night (Metro 2033 sequel)
  • Ninja Gaiden 3
  • EA Sports games (Madden, Fifa, etc.)
  • Battlefield 3
  • Harry Potter (of some sort)
  • Sims (of some sort)
  • Army of Two (of some sort)
  • Need for Speed (of some sort)

See after the jump for more enourmous shots of the system and its controller, plus the factsheet info Nintendo has provided about the system!

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