DrinkBox Studios is looking to partner sun and humidity with singlets and Mexican wrestling, when it unleashes Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition onto Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and Wii U early next month.
En route to Los Angeles for this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, I was still getting over the surprise that was Hyrule Warriors' announcement. In fact, I'm still having a hard time believing that Nintendo is mixing Zelda with Dynasty Warriors. It's a weird-sounding concoction, to say the least, and one that you'd never expect to exist. However, that said, it's also a surprising amount of fun.
Techland chose to forego setting up shop within the hustle and bustle of E3 2014's two main halls, in favour of a quiet, low-key meeting room on an above level. It was there that we took a break from the chaos, and had the opportunity to play through two separate sections of Dying Light, the studio's next, zombie-filled adventure.
Fable is an interesting subject, because it's a series that is both beloved and revered at the same time. Part of that is, of course, Peter Molyneux's fault, because he's had a knack for making extravagant promises and then failing to deliver on such things, but there's surely more to it than that, right? Regardless of why opinions are so mixed, there's no denying that they are, and that Microsoft's most notable RPG franchise hasn't been a complete slam dunk since it first landed on the original Xbox console.
I'll admit that I'm not a car person, and could care less about what is referred to as car porn. It's just not for me, and never will be, especially since, in all honesty, I don't even want to own a car. Driving is fun at times, but it gets tedious after a while, and dealing with insurance, repairs and everything else is a money sink that I'd rather not have to worry about. Yet, I quite enjoy playing racing games, especially arcade ones.
Dead Island 2 is coming, and I'm honestly giddy about it. People can say all they want about the first two games' shortcomings, but I had a hard time putting my controller down while playing them. That's why this official sequel's official announcement helped make E3 for me.
Those who know me are well aware of my love of the National Hockey League and its Toronto Maple Leafs. I'm a long-suffering diehard, like many others, and practically bleed blue and white. Not only that, but as both a gamer and a hockey fan, I'm also someone who plays each new instalment of EA Sports' NHL franchise to death, while dreaming about what may come next.
Dark hallways? Check. Creepy hidden documents? Check. Warped puzzles, ghosts and hideously deformed enemies? Triple check. Such is the world of The Evil Within, the next game from survival horror's grandfather, Shinji Mikami, which was available for personal demonstration during day one of E3 2014.
Those who want to take a bullet-filled vacation in video game form don't need to look any further than Ubisoft's venerable Far Cry franchise. After all, though the games are filled with scumbag baddies, they're more about becoming one with the environment than simply shooting hot lead into digitized corpses.
This afternoon, I was able to get some hands-on time with the series' next, visually stunning outing, Far Cry 4, a game that has looked better and better as more of its features have been revealed. And, although its demo kiosks were problematic, it showed this massive Far Cry 3 fan a ton of promise and an action-packed time.