Well, that was a bit of a letdown. After 2 years of build-up and what many thought would be an epic showdown between two of the most talented developers in recent memory and the biggest publisher in the business, Activision…blinked first. Activision announced today that they settled with the outed Infinity Ward devs Jason West and Vincent Zampella, as well as the other plaintiffs seeking damages towards unpaid bonuses. The terms of the settlement are being kept...
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Prototype 2 DEE EL SHEE
Downloadable Content, or “DLC” as the hipster kids (who won’t get off my damn lawn) call it, is now available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Radical Entertainment’s character action game, Prototype 2. The “Colossal Mayhem Pack” that is out now, will grant you access to the following. Colossal Mayhem Pack Thermobaric Boom-Stick Force Multiplier Powers: Warp Vortex Anti Gravity Field Air Time Custom Skins: Heller Test Subject Infected...
Prototype 2: James Heller’s Pack Leader Ability
Many new abilities have been talked about for James Heller in Prototype 2. We’ve seen all kinds of crazy new things he’ll be able to do, now we see one more. The Pack Leader ability allows James to call in a pack of brawlers and control them or even take over existing enemies on the battlefield. Your minions will follow you around and destroy anything that attacks you and when you dismiss them, they go out with a bang, literally. Less then one week left until we...
Battleship “Two Games in One” Trailer
The new Battleship game, licensed for the new Battleship movie, made roughly about the old Battleship board game, looks cool. In this new trailer we are given a glimpse to a really neat gameplay mechanic. During Battleship there will actually be two wars being fought, one on land and one at sea. While you rage on as a gun toting foot soldier you can stop and take command of the battleships to assist you or destroy the alien ships surrounding the island. It seems like a cool...
Transformers Prime coming to the Wii and 3DS
So there’s a current Transformers cartoon currently running on The Hub network and Transformers Prime is based off of it. My first question is why none of my “friends” told me about this, but that’s a different story. Anyways, Hasbro and Activision have teamed up to bring us the latest in Transformers video games. This newest installment is coming to the Wii and 3DS with no definite release date as of yet. You’ll of course try to stop Megatron...
Blizzard Entertainment Announces Reduction in Staff
Approximately 600 employees may lose their jobs, following the review of the companies organization. It is said that about 90% of the affected employees will not come from game development and the development team behind their MMO monster, World of Warcraft, will not be affected at all. “Constant evaluation of teams and processes is necessary for the long-term health of any business. Over the last several years, we’ve grown our organization tremendously and made...
Skylanders Giants Taking Your Money Soon
Activision announced that at this years North American International Toy Fair they would be showing of some new Skylander characters. Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure was released last year and has since taken the toy market by storm. Each new character for the game must be purchased separately by buying an actual model of said character. The model is them placed on the “Portal of Power” and like magic your character appears in the game. The game and characters have...
Bungie Hints At Next Big Thing, Confirms Bungie Pro Will Return
While Bungie may be ending it’s Halo career later this month, that doesn’t mean they’re done for good. While not much is known about Bungie’s next big things, we do know it’s code named Destiny, and that it will be amazing. Other than that we’re out in the dark. For the past few years Bungie has offered a Bungie Pro service to all members, it would grant them extra fileshare space in their Halo games, as well as allow them to render...
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