Crystal Dynamics made Lara Croft relevant again with the excellent Tomb Raider: Legend and Anniversary. They show no signs of letting up with next month’s Tomb Raider: Underworld.
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As promised, LucasArts, EA and Bioware announced Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO. Taking place thousands of years before anyone had even heard of the Skywalker family, you can role a Jedi, Sith or choose from a variety of other classes from the Star Wars universe. From what is released the game is supposedly more story driven with your actions affecting other NPC party members you can group with along the way. Sounds like they are headed in the right direction, let’s just hope it works as planned.
Check out the website for more info: http://www.swtor.info
MTV and Harmonix have announced that owners of Rock Band 2 will be getting a special surprise on November 4th in the form of 20 free DLC tracks. The tracks will be from up and coming bands with rapidly growing fan bases.
To receive your tracks, use the DLC redemption code inside your game case. Keep reading for the full track listing and more information about the bands in the lineup. READ MORE
Namco Bandai announced today that the characters Yoda and Darth Vader, previously exclusive to the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions respectively, will be added to the competitor’s consoles as downloadable content. The new characters will be made available this Thursday at a price of 400 Microsoft points on Xbox Live and $4.99 on the PSN store.
While this marketing move is hardly a surprise, it’s likely to be a lucrative one for Namco Bandai. Soul Calibur IV performed strongly, shipping over 2 million copies in its first week, and many attribute this success to the cross-promotion with the Star Wars franchise. Will fans be able to resist recreating the original trilogy showdown they never got to see?
The announcement is over on Namco Bandai’s site.
Call of Duty: World at War has gotten a lot of flak before it’s even been released because it’s being developed by Treyarch, the satellite Activision company that developed the lesser Call of Duty 2: Big Red One and Call of Duty 3. Activision (and some of the games press) claimed that Call of Duty: World at War really won’t be the same.
