We previously covered (and commented on) Activision’s lawsuit against DoubleFine Productions and EA to block the release of their game Brutal Legend, which Activision dropped when they bought out Vivendi. Well, Gamasutra is reporting that DoubleFine is striking back with a counter-suit, saying that Activision is (among other things) trying to kill the project to protect the Guitar Hero franchise (an argument that bears some merit – EA is the publisher of Rock Band – and Brutal Legend has the likenesses of Ozzy Osborne & Lemmy Kilmeister, who also appear in Guitar Hero: World Tour & Guitar Hero: Metallica, respectively.) So, the mess surrounding Brutal Legend is far from over, but will hopefully get resolved sooner rather than later. *Knocks on wood.*
Category Archives: Games
“Halo Legends” Announced at Comic-Con
Microsoft announced it’s new anime project, Halo Legends, at the San Diego Comic Con today. The project, a direct-to-video series of anime shorts in the vein of Batman: Gotham Knight, and the Animatrix. The studios attached to the project include Production I.G. (Ghost in the Shell, Black Lagoon), Studio 4°C (Tekkonkinkreet, Spriggan), BONES (Fullmetal Alchemist, Wolf’s Rain), Casio Entertainment, & Toei (Harlock ’78, Sailor Moon, Galaxy Express 999) – with Toei’s installment being non-canon, the rest being within canon. Continue reading →
OC Remix puts out Final Fantasy IV Remixed Sountrack.
I like video games. I like the Final Fantasy series. And I also usually grab any soundtrack album that comes out of OC Remix (as well as most tracks to come out of OC Remix. So, I was pleasantly surprised to see a message in my inbox hyping that OC Remix had put out their latest album, featuring re-mixes, re-envisionings, and re-workings of the music from Final Fantasy IV, titled Final Fantasy IV: Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption. This is their fourteenth album, after their soundtrack for Tales of Symphonia & Phantasia, and the soundtrack Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. The album is available through bittorrent on their tracker or download off their site. Bittorrent would probably be easier.
New Mechwarrior Game Announced
So, Piranha Games, has announced that they’re working on a new Mechwarrior game in conjunction with Smith and Tinker games, the new company co-founded Jordan Weisman, who was also the co-founder of FASA, and who also helped create Mechwarrior. IGN has a very substantial interview with both men, discussing the new game, and with some embedded video of the trailer.
Good Old Games has the Tex Murphy series
Good Old Games, a video game site focusing on older PC games has, on their new releases, the Tex Murphy series of adventure games, a series of Noir adventure games set in a post World War III San Francisco (sort of like Blade Runner meets the Continental Op, but significantly more tongue-in-cheek), that were originally put out by Wordplay.
As someone who has long enjoyed genre adventure games, I’m going to give these a try and will have reviews on the site once I’ve beaten the games. Continue reading →
Activision-Blizzard Sues To Block Release of EA’s Brütal Legend
Kotaku is reporting that Activision-Blizzard is suing EA to prevent them from releasing Brütal Legend, the fantasy & metal themed action/adventure/RTS game from Tim Schafer, the creator of Psychonauts, as well as a lot of Lucasarts adventure games (including Day of the Tentacle, and the Monkey Island games).
Genre-Related Notes on the E3 Press Briefings – The Console Manufacturers
So, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo have had their Press Briefings at E3, showing off the games to come for their systems. The question is, from a Genre fan’s standpoint, what do they have that’s interesting?
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 for X-Box 360 & PS3 Confirmed!
The rumors have been brewing for quite some time, and at last we have conformation – Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 will be coming to the X-Box 360 through XBLA (X-Box Live Arcade) and to the Playstation 3 through Playstation Network.
The game will have it’s full roster, plus the addition of online multiplayer. Presumably the 360 and PS3 versions will have Achivements and Trophies, respectively.
The trailer can be found here.
Dave Arneson Dead at 61
We reported earlier that Mr. Arneson had been hospitialized, but Sci-Fi Wire is reporting that the co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons has passed away. His partner-in-crime, Gary Gygax died last year.
Rest in peace, Dave.
Video Game Review – Worms (PS3)
One of my video game franchises, Worms has finally come to the Playsation Network. Some of it’s previous console outings, particularly to hand-held systems have been hit-or-miss. So, does this installment in the franchise blow itself up, or does it get a triple-kill?