In this episode: Mafia II, Gun Loco, Resistance 3, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Hydrophobia, Captain Smiley, Super Meat Boy and much more!
Freeplay award winner Andrew Goulding on Jolly Rover, Steam and the Aussie indie scene.
Karen travels back in time to review Singularity, the latest shooter with a twist from Raven Software.
NanoBITES captures those small but important morsels of gaming information that otherwise might slip between the cracks.
ITEM! Hothead Games has revealed that it will issue a DeathSpank sequel in September 2010, barely two months after the release of the original action RPG. (Take that Valve!) Like its predecessor, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue will be available on XBLA and PSN.
ITEM! Ubisoft has announced plans for a new instalment in one of gaming’s longest running fantasy sagas. Due for release on PC in 2011, Might & Magic Heroes VI will offer a blend of role playing and turn based strategy.
ITEM! Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio responsible for Killer 7 and No More Heroes, has revealed that its next project will be a time based horizontal shooter. Sine Mora is due for release on XBLA and PSN in 2011, with the PlayStation version to support 3D displays.
ITEM! Ubisoft is working on Fighters Uncaged. The Kinect powered brawler is scheduled for release on Xbox 360 in November 2010.
ITEM! Just weeks after Kinect support was dropped from the game, another Fable III feature has gone the way of the dodo. Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux told OXM that plans to include an online auction house for special weapons have now been abandoned. If they don’t release Fable III soon, there’ll be no game left!
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Wheew! We can relax. Windows Phone 7 will have Bejeweled.
Microsoft has unveiled a broad range of games for its Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system. The launch line-up consists largely of existing Xbox Live titles (e.g. Rocket Riot, UNO), mobile gaming hits (Mini Squadron, Jet Car Stunts) and console spin-offs (Assassin’s Creed, Guitar Hero 5). Personally, I’m looking forward to Fight Game Rivals. Though little is known of Rough Cookie’s forthcoming release, I’m hoping it will be a game in which I get to fight my rivals.
Australian developers are well represented with Halfbrick’s Fruit Ninja, Firemint’s Flight Control and Infinite Interactive’s Puzzle Quest 2 all likely to be popular among early adopters. We’ll also be receiving Halfbrick’s Age of Zombies, which until now had been exclusive to Sony’s PlayStation Minis store. It remains to be seen how a phone will handle what is essentially a dual stick shooter (methinks badly).
Users will also have access to a range of Xbox Live gaming features including Avatars, Friends and Achievements.
Microsoft is yet to pin down a release date for Windows Phone 7.
