I love me some Monkey Island. I’ve been a long-time fan of the series, and I believe my impressions of The Secret of Monket Island: Special Edition make no secret of that. So when I heard about the (at the time) soon-to-be-released Tales of Monkey Island I just about wet myself. Then I found out it was only on the PC and Wii, and I have neither. A few perilous explorations into the deadly jungle known as The Internet failed to produce any news of a Mac version. This made me sad.
If you’ve found yourself in a similar situation, you should check out MacHeist’s current Amazing Deal of Awesomeness.
Hey again, everybody. Sorry for the absence of the new release lists for the last couple of weeks. To make up for it, we’ve highlighted some of the bigger games for the last two weeks in the New/Recent Releases Amazon sidebar (just in case you wanted to pick some of them up, y’know? Hint, hint?).
As for this week’s titles, there’s really one title that stands head and shoulders above the rest – I honestly shouldn’t have to even tell you which one it is. But here’s a hint: it starts with and “F”, ends with an “inal Fantasy” and has had 12 other entries before it (well, more than that if you count spinoffs).
Beyond the long-awaited RPG, there are a few other releases that may be on your radar: Calling or Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition for two different flavors of tension, Mega Man 10 on PSN for retro-style action, Assassin’s Creed II on PC for the perpetually late-to-the-party, or Yakuza 3 on PS3 for your niche import goodness.
Regardless of which way your tastes run, hit the jump for a full list.
It feels like winter is finally on the outs around here in Western Michigan. The temps have been creeping up into the 40s, the huge mass of snow is melting off and there’s this strange, bright, hot ball in the sky that seems like it should be vaguely familiar, but I can’t quite place it for some reason.
Still, it’s not quite nice enough out to be planning picnics and other outdoor excursions just yet, so you know what means – more video games!
Oddly enough, this is the first weekend in a while where I’ve actually been playing stuff instead of just writing about it. This weekend’s fare consists of what I’d much rather have been looking at for the last three months instead of snow: Heavy Rain. Not sure if anything else will be in the plans for this weekend yet, but I wouldn’t rule it out.
What about all of you? How’s the weather looking in your part of the world? Is winter finally on its way out? And more importantly, whatcha playing this weekend? Hit the comments below and let us know!
The Shin Megami Tensei series has never been what one would consider ordinary, but Strange Journey (due out later this month on Nintendo DS) is definitely an odd mix of elements.
Take the old-school, first person dungeon hack of the original MegaTen games, mix in a touch of Antarctic weirdness (H.P. Lovecraft’s At The Mountains of Madness says hi) and a response team of science guys wearing helmets that remind me of classic Dr. Who enemies, the Cybermen and you have a recipe for some bizarre demon-smashing.
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey is due out March 23rd. Enjoy the trailer!
It seems Activision sent out an internal memo asking for any evidence that ex-studio heads Jason West and Vince Zampella were secretly looking for a suitor outside the company for another Modern Warfare game.
Time for bullet points! Selections from the memo come courtesy G4TV.com and will magically appear after the jump.
Sorry about the delay in getting the winners up. Don’t think we forgot about you all! We just got a little overloaded with working on a bunch of other things (like trying to get more giveaways secured for you all – more on that in another post coming soon) and it just slipped past us. We actually did pick winners after the cutoff on Monday night, however, just like we promised.
And who are those lucky four winners, you ask? For that info, you’re going to have to head under the jump…
Yes, this is a bit late – we know. Bungie fans have likely had this footage running on loop for the last few days already anyway, salivating at the chance to dig their teeth into the Halo: Reach beta when it hits. But for those of you who haven’t yet had the chance to see it in action, here it is – footage from the alpha build of Reach’s multiplayer modes!
After a brief, but intense courtship and only two dates (2008’s award winning LittleBigPlanet and 2009’s LBP for PSP), Sony and Media Molecule, have said “I do!”
That’s right – Sony Computer Entertainment announced Tuesday that they had purchased the UK-based development studio, fully cementing their partnership ’till death do they part. Dodge the rice-throwing Sackboys and Sackgirls and hit the jump for some choice quotes from the happy couple.
It feels like winter is finally on the outs around here in Western Michigan. The temps have been creeping up into the 40s, the huge mass of snow is melting off and there’s this strange, bright, hot ball in the sky that seems like it should be vaguely familiar, but I can’t quite place it for some reason.
Zuri Grimm
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