The good people at EA Sports have released another video in anticipation of the release of Fight Night Champion. This time fighter damage takes center stage. The fighter physics look more realistic than previous efforts and of course with the M rating the blood and violence are stepped up as well. Fight Night Champion hits stores on March 1st.
Yesterday at their NYC gamers event THQ unveiled their brand new logo.
“Our new logo epitomizes the change, innovation and creative growth that are the cornerstones of the new THQ, “said Brian Farrell, THQ President and CEO. “By developing triple-A, innovative, original intellectual properties, attracting the top talent in the industry, and placing that talent first, THQ continues to redefine itself. This new logo seeks to capture that change and make it tangible.”
The logo which will begin appearing on games in February.
Epic Games designer Cliff Bleszinski returns to share yet more information from his oddball world. This time we find out how he learned he is going to be a father. We’re not even going to ask what the lotion and tissue were for. SMMFH!
Bulletstorm drops 2/22/11.
Today we bring you more detail into the Champion Mode of the upcoming Fight Night release. This time you get more detail into the story of fictitious boxer Andre Bishop. It’s getting a little dramatic for our tastes but if EA can pull together good fight action around the mature story line then it could bring a new wrinkle to fighting games all together.
Fight Night Champion hits stores on March 1st, 2011.
In what Activision is calling a first, DJ/producer Tiesto and DJ Hero 2 have joined forces to create the first music video comprised 100% of video game footage. Tiesto’s likeness, which appears in the newly released game, is the focal point of the “Speed Rail” video.
“I’m having a lot of fun playing myself in DJ Hero 2!” says Tiësto “I originally wrote ‘Speed Rail’ for the video game and then started playing the track at my shows. The music video idea came together after I asked Activision to cut together some footage of my character in the game to play on the large video screens I use on tour. The fan reaction has been amazing, so I decided to go a step further and make it the official ‘Speed Rail’ music video. It looks really cool!”
Techno is not our thing but the video is edited very well. The concept is pretty cool, kind of reminiscent of a much lighter version of this.
DJ Hero 2 is in stores now for 360, PS3 and Wii.
Capcom and our friends at Konsole Kingz will be giving ATL gamers hands on time with Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds on 10/28 at Fight Club. This is a first come first serve type situation so get there early. This may be your only chance to play Marvel vs. Capcom 3 before it launches in Spring 2011.
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Activision
(Xbox 360/Playstation 3/Wii)
7 .0 out of 10.0
The sixth main installment in the highly popular series is arguably its most risky one, too. Warriors of Rock challenges pop-culture and the rhythm-game fans by giving us a whole slab of hard-rocking, metal-moshing, punk-sporting rock tracks that differ from what we’ve become accustomed to by the likes of Band Hero and the other recent Guitar Hero attempts. In a way, they’re giving hardcore fans what they want, but at the expense of alienating a majority of their consumers that make up their sales charts.
Graphically, they hold a major advantage over their main rival – Rock Band. Warriors of Rock boast heavily updated character models for all characters, not just the main rocker. Add in some awesome transformations that each character undergoes when you finish their set list with enough stars, and you have a great range of really cool looking characters.
Hit the jump for detailed review.
Years of anticipation usually equals a substandard product and a pissed populace, Talk of a Duke Nukem game has reverberated in the gaming community for generations and as each year passed it seemed more unlikely that it would ever come to fruition. And then one day it finally happened. Initially there were cheers and excitement, then thoughts of failure and disappointment surfaced as people pondered realized that there was no guarantee that the game would be any good. Well the verdict is in and the answer is this—WOW.
The very good people at 2K have created a game that will undoubtedly satisfy the needs of even the most hardcore gamer. Everything that’s supposed to be in the game is there. You want hardcore action, well you got it.
Hit the jump for a list of what you need to know.
EA Sports MMA and Sherdog.com have partnered for a unique fighting initiative called Sherdog MMA Fighter Exchange. Similar to the EA Sports MMA career mode where virtual fighters travel the globe learning new fighting styles from Randy Couture, Pat Miletich, Rickson Gracie and Bas Rutten, the MMA Fighter Exchange pairs four young fighters with Strikeforce vets Luke Rockhold, Jason “Mayhem” Miller, Gegard Mousasi and Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza. The fighters will train in Brazil, Japan and the United States.
Sherdog.com will be providing blog and vlog coverage on each fighter. After the young bucks complete training they will have their debut at the December 4th Strikeforce event. The fighters preliminary bouts will be streamed live on Sherdog.com.
This is a pretty cool partnership that of course will remind MMA fans of UFC’s Ultimate Fighter show but the travel to different countries to learn different disciplines first hand provides a different interesting angle that UF does not have.
EA Sports MMA hits stores on October 19th.
MoH hits stores next week.
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