Oh, It Certainly WASN’T A Slow Day…

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Actually, today was pretty busy for me at Toy Fair, but after three days I’m near totally beat, so no new updates until tomorrow! I’ll be at the show another day until about 2:30 or so, as I have an appointment at an Electronic Arts event shortly afterward. It’s not too far away, so I’ll most likely walk the 15 blocks rather than waste the transit fare. I’ve Got a lot of catching up to do, what with the cool Despicable Me 2 toys I saw downtown a few hours ago looking pretty hot for fans of that upcoming sequel, a bunch of pics and more jumpy videos to post from the show floor (oh, for a nice GoPro camera!) and plenty of stuff to write about. Oh yeah – I got in some new games to review as well and I have a GRID 2 hands-on preview and Skylanders Swap Force impressions to post.

I think that’s it… no, wait, I sent some interview questions to Natsume about Carnage Heart EXA yesterday – I just need to wait a bit before they boomerang back this way.

Man, I need a nice vacation… and more stuff to play with. Wait…. maybe the games are the vacation?

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen Enemies Trailer: Treasure Hunting Just Got A Lot Tougher…

 
 

Capcom is making sure Dragon’s Dogma fans will be coming back for more and staying put in the land of Gransys for even longer, primarily trying to survive some of these new enemy types. Fire breathing lizards, A gigantic reaper who needs to get his sheet suit cleaned, a few giants, and probably worst of all, monsters in some treasure chests. Talk about a jerk-in-the-box! All you wanted was a nice sack of gold or a new sword or something nice… but, nooooo. You get a mutant thing popping out of that chest and chewing on your head instead of that shiny prize. Well, it’ll sure keep many DD players on their toes, that’s for sure. April 23rd (April 26th in Europe) isn’t really that far away if you think about it. That’s plenty of time to go through the original game before this expansion OR you can wait and pick up Dark Arisen at retail which will have the complete game and expansion on a single disc for a mere $39.99… It’s coin flip time, I guess, but the good thing is if you have a save file from the original game you can transfer it over and not have to replay from the beginning (unless you REALLY want to and have that kind of free time on your hands).

Star Trek: The Game “Salvation” Trailer: Kirk & Spock, In Trouble (Again)…

  

Star_Trek_PS3OK, so Namco Bandai has re-posted the Gamescom trailer from last year, but that’s fine with me, as that probably means the game is close to completion and this is a gentle reminder of what’s on the way for Trek fans. Yeah, yeah, I was going to use the word “Tribble” in place of “Trouble” in that title, but I didn’t want to get your hopes up (or down, depending on how you feel about that original series episode). That and I didn’t want Namco Bandai chasing me around the galaxy like Khan if he survived his Ahab style demise, got rescued by the Doomsday Machine and is riding on the back on a tiny space saddle. At this point, I’m either making your head spin or I’m putting you to sleep, so I’ll shut up and let you watch that trailer in peace. There’s definitely a lot more stuff blowing up here, so the game seems as if it’s going to be closer to the new movie (and yes, appeal to that core gamer crowd who wants less talk in their games). We’ll see if that adds up to an overall worthy experience soon enough. Veteran developer Digital Extremes has been to this rodeo previously and knows their way around a decent action game, so let’s hope this is their best work to date…