Midway Gamer's Day: This is (near) Vegas
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
What happens in Vegas stays... a good 15 miles off the actual strip, just to be sure. Or such was the case with Chris Hudak during his orchestrated visit with big huge game publisher, Midway. This is his story.
Midway Gamer's Day: This is Vin Diesel and Batman near Vegas
PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Chris Hudak and a gaggle of other game journalists were recently treated to a trip to Vegas under the auspices of Midway and the "Gamer's Day" event that allowed said journos a sneak peak at several forthcoming Midway games. Ironically, they weren't actually in Vegas per se, but at least one game, made up for it.
Universe at War: Earth Assault
Xbox 360
Brought to you by some of the developers involved with the lovingly campy Command & Conquer games, Universe at War: Earth Assault doesn't quite match C&C's kitschy real-time strategy (RTS) shtick, though its gameplay mechanics and interesting mix of races does offer an engaging, albeit wildly unbalanced take on the whole RTS thing.
DFC: Nintendo looks to conquer Europe
PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Game industry analyst group, DFC Intelligence, is readying forecasts for release over the next few month. In this overview, DFC notes that Nintendo Wii is expected to dominate Europe, the PlayStation3 might start to recover but never regain its former dominance, and the Xbox 360 will just sort of dither about in all European markets other than the U.K.
Devil May Cry 4
Xbox 360
Long awaited, hotly anticipated, and never understated, Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 for Xbox 360 arrives with all its expected stylishness and glam-goth-garishness intact -- and buffed, in fact, as Cry 4 also marks franchise's first showing in high-def on the new generation consoles, eye-candy for the soul.
Prototype: The Comic Book
PlayStation 3, Windows PC, Xbox 360
Seems like just about anybody can make a videogame based on a comic book -- sometimes even a good one. But here's a switch: With the help of Sierra, DC Comics is make a comic book based on a game.
Aging Crue release new single as game
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
One of the more clever cross-promotional marketing ploys, Mötley Crüe, Harmonix and MTV Games have collaborated to bring the Crue's new single, "Saints Of Los Angeles," to Rock Band as downloadable, playable track.
THQ Editor's Day by the Bay: Pixar, WALL-E, booze, de Blobs
Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Windows PC, Xbox 360
THQ's recent media showcase blitz included first an off-the-chart Wrestlemania / Disney World extravaganza in Florida, then a slightly more controlled shindig in San Francisco. Chris Hudak was on hand for both, the latter including hands-on, stupefyingly-secure time with several forthcoming THQ games.
THQ Editor's Day Disney World: Wrestlemania-mania
Mobile, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Television, Wii, Xbox 360
Powerhouse game developer and publisher THQ recently treated the games media to a habitually extravagant 'Editor's Day' -- two of them, in fact. The first was in Disney World Florida, replete with appropriately surreal Westlemania-meets-Walt-Disney shenanigans and Chris Hudak on hand to take it all in.
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Xbox 360
Sometimes you can call excessive, gruesome, brutal violence "art." Sometimes you can call it Condemned 2: Bloodshot.