If you get tired of chatting with your Microsoft Avatars this spring you
might try playing some actual games with them. Microsoft will soon make
its gamble with Full House Poker for Xbox Live and Windows Phone 7
Today Harmonix dropped the news that six Linkin Park tracks will be
available for download beginning January 11 in the Rock Band 3 music
store (available in Europe January 12).
We played through several levels of Capcom’s Bionic Commando Rearmed 2
at this year’s CES, and it only whetted our appetite for the game’s
early February release
Ilomilo is
an action/puzzle game – one brilliant in design and fiendish enough
that, on the night of my second day of playing, I actually dreamt about
it.
As the game’s light-hearted humor and goofy characters slowly grew on
me, it was the surprisingly high difficulty level and unpredictable
action that made me want to bang my own skull against a wall while
playing it.
Nowadays, FPS battlefields are the destination of choice for gamers who are
looking for a little rivalry, but those who prefer chasing high scores to
racking up headshots still have a plethora of inexpensive options at their
disposable.
We spoke with creators Edmund McMillen and Tommy Refenes at length about
the origins of Meat Boy, battling PETA, designing Braid characters, and
why they'll never make another punishing platformer again.
