Seemingly never short on ideas for marketing upcoming titles, Capcom Japan has a site extension for Dead Rising 2 called Samurai Dead Rising – the result being the first in a series of animations that we can all enjoy with breakfast this morning.
Catch your dose of both the undead and hell hounds after the break.
When the original Mass Effect was on its way to shelves, there was talk of expanding the galaxy map with a supply of downloadable content—an idea that never quite took flight. With Mass Effect 2, Bioware has produced content on a consistent monthly basis, finally delivering on the promise of an expanding galaxy—and what’s more, DLC has been employed to expand and refine the gameplay experience, meaning that Bioware doesn’t just give you more to play, they give you new ways to play. Today we’ll be covering the two most recent releases; the Lair of the Shadowbroker mission pack, and the Firepower weapon pack.
While the demo of Vanquish ends as quickly as it begins, it doesn’t take much time for Platinum Games to dangle another title mixing tight controls and sensory overload. This time around, Shinji Mikami and Atsushi Inaba seem to be catching up on the robot bashing Mikami expressed an interest in creating long ago, a void since left to be filled by cult favorite Gamecube title P.N.03 until now.
It has taken more than a few run-throughs, but Vanquish seems to use elements of P.N.03’s dance moves to create more of a hyper bullet ballet, though not in the ways I might have originally imagined when the title was first announced.
I suppose even I can’t resist giving in to Halo hype a little, perhaps thanks in part to an advertising blitzkrieg, not so much meant to assume you’ve never heard of Halo, but more to assure you don’t hear about anything else.
Sometimes I feel morally obligated to not mention Halo, but I don’t know if that’s because I foolishly try to resist the Tzars of fashion, or because I sometimes wake up feeling incomplete unless I’ve found some new reason to like my 360 more while liking Microsoft’s direction less. I might just be a hackneyed writer, terrific lover, and all around bad person.
What I do like, in the simplest words available, are the Covenant Elite. Ever since my first co-op session with Combat Evolved, the Covenant Elite have become one of my favorite adversaries since an Alien knocked boots with a Predator to birth them into the gaming universe.
I don’t know whether alien-samurai-religious-fanatics in space justify a slim hope that Reach can do something interesting. I also don’t know why the elites can never come across quite as fierce as they should, but maybe it has something to do with the fact that if you ever get close enough to one the emphasis is on butting a gun barrel upside their head rather than looking for drool and venom.
At the very least, their split/second appearance caused me to watch today’s extended live-action Halo spot more than once, so I guess I’ll stick it after the break.
If you’ve been looking for incentive or reason in showing an interest for the upcoming PSP port/release of Knights in the Nightmare, Atlus is willing to give it a shot by offering another Sting PSP title for free.
Retail and digital launch purchases of Knights in the Nightmare will include a digital download of 2008’s Yggdra Union – not nearly as sweet as Knights’ original swag bag, but it’s the thought the counts I suppose.
You’ve got some time to decide if that’s enough of a reason to buy one of the best DS games of 2009 again on the PSP – Knights doesn’t release until November 9, 2010 – with an MSRP of $29.99.
XSEED Games sent word about their next release in the arrangement with Falcom, with Ys: The Oath in Felghana due for North American PSP release before the end of this year. As with Ys Seven, expect two packages, with a limited edition that includes a soundtrack CD and a 4-inch by 6-inch 2011 desktop calendar featuring artwork from the game – suggested retail pricing puts the regular edition at $29.99 and the limited at $39.99.
It’s a bit hard to top everything they packed into the Ys Seven Limited Edition, but at least your PSP won’t be waiting very long for another dose of the series. Catch the full image of the limited edition here.
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