At E3 this year we had the opportunity to drop by Microsoft's booth and meet with developer Twisted Pixel, who gave us the chance to check out their Kinect title, The Gunstringer. You may remember Twisted Pixel for their previous arcade titles, 'Splosion Man and Comic Jumper. Well, they're back and bringing a new Kinect game that puts players in the role of a gun-slinging, cowboy-hat-wearing, skeleton marionette bent on revenge.
During last week's E3 expo, we dropped by the Activision booth and waited in line for a bit for the opportunity to try one of the next big shooters that gamers are foaming at the mouth to get their hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
At E3 this year, we dropped by the THQ booth where they gave us the opportunity to check out the third game in their over-the-top, open world, third-person shooter series, Saints Row 3. We were actually shown gameplay of the game without having the controller in our own hands, but from the looks of things a lot of great action that gamers have come to expect from THQ's series definitely remains.
At E3 last week, game developer CD Projekt RED gave us the opportunity to check out a demo of the Xbox 360 version of their recently released RPG (for the PC), The Witcher 2. In The Witcher 2, players take on the role of an older version of first game's hero and witcher - someone who has been genetically enhanced and trained from an early age to battle vicious monsters, Geralt of Rivia, who now serves as the bodyguard to the king of Temeria, King Foltest.
During this year's E3, Bethesda Softworks gave us the opportunity to check out the next game in The Elder Scrolls series, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. For those of you that are unfamiliar with The Elder Scrolls games, Skyrim is the latest in a long line of open world Western RPGs, in which the player can create their own unique character and embark on a journey filled with tons of enemies and quests that will keep them occupied for months.
With E3 underway in Los Angeles, gamers are just about foaming at the mouth for any news about their favorite games. Now, Diablo III fans can get a little more excited as SteelSeries reveals a new line of peripherals co-branded with Blizzard featuring the well-known series.
Game publisher Kalypso Media has today announced a sequel for their PC strategy game where it’s better to be evil than good, Dungeons, titled Dungeons: The Dark Lord. The goal of Dungeons is to create your own unique dungeon to lure heroes in and eventually build up their soul’s power by keeping the hero happy with whatever it is that specific hero enjoys, such as finding treasure or rescuing others, until the point where one of your traps catches them and your dungeon lord saps the energy out of them.
With the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) happening next week gamers are starting to get that rush of excitement as their favorite companies tease some of the titles that they can expect to hear plenty about during the show. Here is a breakdown of some of the recent announcements of games being presented.
A company known for its various gaming and computer accessory brands (Tritton, Gameshark, Saitek, Eclipse, Cyborg), Mad Catz, has today announced the formation of a new game development studio, ThunderHawk Studios.
Game publisher THQ has today announced the sequel for their post-apocalyptic title Metro: 2033, titled Metro: Last Light and due out for the PC and consoles in 2012. Metro: Last Light will take players back into Moscow as dangerous mutants continue to stalk the underground catacombs.
