Hudson Announces Lost In Shadow

Posted on September 1, 2009 by geelw

More Hudson news? OK! The company has also announced Lost in Shadow, a unique new platformer/adventure/puzzle game hybrid scheduled to reach the Nintendo Wii sometime in Summer 2010. Based on the images and press release below, my take on this one is that I’m definitely intrigued. Stylistically, the game’s visuals and color palette seem highly influenced by the phenomenal PlayStation 2 sleeper hit from 2001, ICO. Similar aesthetics aside, it will be extremely interesting to see this one in action, as the shadow platforming idea is certainly innovative enough for a really solid game experience.

Below the jump are the complete press release and five screenshots for your reading and viewing enjoyment.

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Update: New Robo-Shambo Screens, Info

Posted on September 1, 2009 by geelw

Well, looky here! GearSphere has gone and updated its Robo-Shambo web site to include four more screenshots, three new wallpapers, two turtledoves and game info in a pear tree for the upcoming multiplayer LAN action shooter. Don’t tell the game’s project manager (as well as potential amateur boat skipper and Nutella collector extreme) Carina Kom, but I’m stealing screenshots and wallpaper images off the game site and posting them here for your enjoyment. I like this one the best:

Because I’m not a complete spoilsport, you’ll still actually need to visit the game’s site to see the concept art as well as nifty HUD diagram (complete with arrows and lines and everything!). Still no news about Nutella stock shares or boat basins being bought. That must mean it’s crunch time as the team gets the game tightened up for its September 14, 2009 launch. Look out below, screens and more wallpapers incoming:

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Gallery: Darkest of Days (Updated)

Posted on September 1, 2009 by geelw

Phantom EFX’s upcoming time-bending PC and Xbox 360 single player FPS, Darkest of Days is one of those games I’m really looking forward to playing thanks to its focus on a compelling single player story-driven experience and massive, open field battles. I have the feeling that the weapons selection won’t disappoint either, as it looks as if there will be guns from the past and future available to blast plenty of enemies with. Below the jump are a dozen more great looking images from 8monkey Labs‘ Marmoset engine-powered game:

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Gallery: Dark Void PC Screens

Posted on September 1, 2009 by geelw

What, MORE Dark Void screens? Actually, these are from the upcoming PC version of the game and amusingly enough, happened to become available right after I decided to post the console screens. Dig in!

Dark Void will be available in early 2010 for Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC and MACOSX. Back with more jetpack joy soon as Capcom graces my inbox with more images…

Military Madness – Nectaris Coming to XBLA (Thanks, Hudson!)

Posted on September 1, 2009 by geelw

Hudson is definitely hopping all over the gaming scene these last few weeks (as they should be) and that’s a good thing. The company has announced that its classic turn-based strategy game, Military Madness (Nectaris) is coming to Xbox Live Arcade on September 30, 2009 for 800 Microsoft Points. In case you never owned the original TurboGrafx-16 or the later PlayStation remake, the game is an addictive single or multiplayer strategy game that takes place on the Moon (in the future, of course).

Backbone Entertainment is handling the development for this new version of the game, and as a fan of their work on the amazing N-Gage game Rifts: Promise of Power (one of the best portable SRPGs I’ve played to date) and other projects, I’m thrilled by the possibilities for this update. Given the pile of stuff in my inbox, I’ll let the press release take over for a bit…

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News: Disney Buys Marvel (Yawn) And Why You Should Just Go About Your Regularly Scheduled Lives…

Posted on September 1, 2009 by geelw

I was taking a few days off for some personal stuff, but given all the “Hulk Smash!” *rage* I’ve seen and heard about this, I’m back today for this one post. I’ll resume regular updates on Wednesday.

First of all, folks: Disney more likely than not isn’t going to interfere in any MAJOR print successes Marvel is currently having. Why mess with censoring any part of the publishing arm that’s financially successful (and lose massive sales in the process)? If things get to that point, the sales figures will show and Disney will have to let Marvel continue to create the books their way. Unless of course, this is some sort of cosmic justice at work toward Marvel’s mistreatment of Jack Kirby and other artists in the “distant” past many of today’s comics fans have little to no idea about. Update: although given some of the artwork I’ve been seeing online since the announcement, a lot of folks are probably giving Disney some ideas the artists who drew up these pieces might regret…