So, I'm hoping to try and find some sort of a pattern here. Like at least 1
review a weekend, maybe 2, and to try and do some sort of a news and notes
post on Wednesdays. We'll see if I can stick to the schedule and make it
'work', but I'm hoping it keeps things on my page a bit more updated.
So,
the big news today was Nintendo and their
3DS announcements.
The big talking points were: European launch is 3/25/11 and US launch is
3/27/11. In the US the unit will price for $250, and in Europe the price will
be set by retailers. IGN has had a huge amount of content about the various
games such as Street Fighter and Kid Icarus.
In related
3DS news, a downer
for some people - but the system will be region locked.
In slightly
better
3DS news, DSi downloadables will be transferable to the 3DS.
Modern
Warfare is apparently
experiencing some problems
on the Playstation 3 system due to the security breaches. This is only for the
Infinity Ward games in the series. How bad is it? In the article Community
Manager Robert Bowling suggested that players who are worried about this
should only play online with trusted friends. Ouch.
A slightly
misleading Gears of War triple pack
has been announced. The content is solid for those who don't own the games, but it's more like
a double pack (Gears 1 & 2) plus some bonus content.
Bethesda
and Bioware are two of my favorite companies (both make excellent RPG games,
which happen to be among my favorite genres), and the Elder Scrolls series is
a favorite of mine. For those anxious to hear more about the upcoming
installment of the series, there is a good interview
here about
Skyrim's new engine.
Killzone 3
will come
with SOCOM 4 beta access as well.
The fairly well-received sequel
to The Conduit is
coming to the Wii
March 22nd.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is
coming to Japan
this year. And IGN
has some info on
the release. Final Fantasy XIII was one of the more divisive releases in the
series, and was a title that I myself played and enjoyed, but also had quite a
few problems with. It'll be interesting to see how much of the original engine
remains in tact for the sequel.
Last but not least,
Valve has announced
that their Portal 2 release will have cross platform play, and if you buy it
for the PS3, you can get it for free on the computer via the Steam service.
