Hey there. January 2012. Yup, it's a new year, a new month, and a new set of games that scheduled to be released this month. 2011 was full of awesome games and I can only hope that 2012 will follow suit and produce some more reat games. January's lineup is not too shabby. An old favorite is brought back and and well-known series are releasing new chapters. Let's take a look:
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Well, we'll see. Going after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is like an MMO trying to topple World of Warcraft. (I love using video game analogies to describe other video games). Do I think it'll be a better game? Probably not better. Maybe equal, but probably not better. Do I think it'll sell better? No, it won't. But that's okay. There's enough love to go around.
Tags: Battlefield 3, The week in games
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So, basically I just learned that my entire gaming experience is dictated by my kill/death spread in major AAA titles. That's pretty sad. Anyway, there's about a bajillionty games coming out this week, and obviously Batman: Arkham City is the big dick in the orgy. Payday: The Heist is that smaller, interesting looking one in the corner. Click the link -- I've got all of them detailed for you.
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Oh, and maybe the "Game of the Year" edition of Red Dead Redemption, too. But you've already beaten that one, so it might be best to shelve it until after Christmas, when things are dying down a little bit and you'll have all that money your grandma gave you for the holidays. Oh, and maybe Orcs Must Die! If you can squeeze that one in now, I say go for it.
Anyway, onward and upward, folks.
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So, it is official people. You are entering the season. It is time for you to exercise your prioritization skills and come away with that which you can afford, and that which you can wait to pick up. Click the link to witness the potential damage.
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This Darkness II trailer is told in a little bit of a graphic novel fashion. It vaguely spoils some big plot points, but its content is soaked in that dark, ghoulish vibe that made the first game stand out. It is black and bloody and kind of emo. But, it is an original trailer, and those are the ones we don't see often enough.
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Gears of War 3. Cliffy B has stated on numerous occasions that RE4 was a huge inspiration for the GoW franchise, as well as most other third-person shooters out there now. So my week is going to be a whole lot of third-person shootering for many, many hours each day. I hope it won't affect my work, although I've pretty much conceded now that it will. So, watch out for a bunch of shitty articles by me, James Hawkins!
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So, I'm a little glad to have a week where the delights of big hot games take a little break, and the smaller, less urgent games trickle in. This week, we've got a long-awaited Red Dead Redemption DLC called Myths & Mavericks, which will take us back to the American West for some gunslinging. And we've got an additional bit of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, called (eerily) Shadow Hunters. Cap it off with God of War: Origins, and we've got ourselves a full plate!
(Note: If you have DS... this week is good to you...)
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Rise of Nightmares for Xbox 360 Kinect and Dead Island give us our horror fixes, while Resistence 3 and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine will surely take care of any action we've been lacking in our day-to-day lives. Rock of Ages will take care of our indie slots, and StarFox 64 3D will make sure that our Nintendo 3DSs aren't gathering too much dust, now. Click on for all of them.
Tags: the week in games
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So, in addition to Madden, there's Duke Nukem Forever for Macs (ha!) and BloodRayne: Betrayal. A few others dot the schedule, like The Baconing, or Rock of Ages, but for the most part we've got football to occupy our disc-drives for the next weeks. Click that link for more schedule. Yum.
Tags: Madden 12, The week in games
