Archive for the ‘Action / Adventure’ Category

The Cursed Crusade – Templar’s Curse Trailer

Posted on Jul 14, 2011 07:30:56 PM

The Cursed Crusade is set at the end of the 12th century and is centered on a pair of cursed warriors fighting to save their souls.

This game brings together the beauty and wonder of medieval Europe and a thrilling adventure of dark fantasy. You will embark on a contentious quest for retribution through five chapters and 40 missions. One of the features in the game is a templar curse, which increases your strength and your ability to perceive hidden things, but at the expense of your humanity.

Play with a friend with the Brotherhood of Steel: split-screen or online. Your friend will assume control of the thief, Esteban. The Cursed Crusade offers intense, visceral third-person action. The weapon-based combat engine features more than 90 combos that you can perform with 130-plus available weapons.


The Cursed Crusade – Templar’s Curse Trailer” was posted by MikeTao on Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:30:56 -0700

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 – Launch Trailer

Posted on Jul 13, 2011 08:10:31 PM

Step into the roles of your favourite heroes in the epic finale of the entertainment event of the decade.

Playing as Harry and other key characters in the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 videogame, you are on a dangerous and urgent quest to locate and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, and with them, Voldemort.

Break into the high security vaults of Gringotts Bank, escape Fiendfyre in the Room of Requirement and battle Voldemort’s most powerful allies as you defend Hogwarts in this action-packed experience. Featuring the most epic battles of any Harry Potter game gone before, this is the ultimate showdown against Voldemort and his Dark forces.

The fate of the wizarding world rests in your hands in the final battle of Hogwarts.


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 – Launch Trailer” was posted by MikeTao on Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:10:31 -0700

South Park Seconds coming to Xbox 360

Posted on Jul 13, 2011 12:43:47 AM

Comedy Central game studio creative director confirms new title based on cartoon series en route for Microsoft’s platform.

Unlike the aesthetically crude Comedy Central show it was based upon, South Park’s first brush with gaming in the late ’90s was objectively not good. However, Microsoft and Comedy Central went a long way to righting the franchise in gamers’

Now, it appears as if a second South Park game is headed exclusively to the Xbox 360. Speaking to Joystiq, 345 Games creative director Prithvi Virasinghe confirmed that his studio is collaborating with Microsoft on a new title based on the tiny-town travails of Kyle, Stan, Kenny, and Cartman.

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Official Gameplay Trailer

Posted on Jul 12, 2011 04:01:00 PM

The third installment in the cyberpunk action-RPG series is in the works at Eidos Montreal.


Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Official Gameplay Trailer” was posted by erickt on Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:01:00 -0700

Final Fantasy XIII-2

Posted on Jul 11, 2011 07:54:01 PM

Final Fantasy XIII-2? is an upcoming console role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is being produced by Square Enix’s 1st Production Department. It is a direct sequel to the 2009 role playing game Final Fantasy XIII.

Five years after the events of Final Fantasy XIII, Lightning, the protagonist of the original game, has disappeared into an unknown world. Her younger sister Serah Farron, a returning character from the original title, and a young boy named Noel Kreiss attempt to find Lightning.

The game is due to be released in Japan in December 2011 and in North America and Europe in early 2012.[5][6] Square Enix Europe has stated that the game “exceeds Final Fantasy XIII in every aspect” and that it has an evolved battle system of the original game.

     


Final Fantasy XIII-2 Screens” was posted on Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:54:01 -0700

Street-Cleanin’ Man: Street Cleaning Simulator

Posted on Jul 11, 2011 07:03:52 PM

Discovering that this game existed was a moment of perverse joy for me.

I knew that it would be deeply boring – it really is – and that I would have to play it extensively for no reason other than to take joy in being quite deliberately boring. It’s the kind of non-challenge I relish, and I gleefully set about compiling a diary of the events – or lack thereof – in the life of a simulatory street-cleaner.

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From Dust Video Preview

Posted on Jul 8, 2011 05:00:00 AM

Wield divine power in this upcoming downloadable game from Ubisoft.

PC gamers have cut their teeth on world-building strategy titles since the dawn of time — it makes sense, then, that Out of this World creator Eric Chahi’s upcoming god game, From Dust, will arrive on the PC day-and-date with its Xbox Live counterpart. If you’ve got a hankering for cultivating a tribal island paradise and then volcanoing it to the ground — or, more likely, a hankering for more Chahi — you can grab the game from the usual digital vendors on July 27 for $14.99.


From Dust Video Preview” was posted by Tyler on Thu, 07 Jul 2011 09:00:00 -0700

Crimson Alliance Trailer

Posted on Jul 6, 2011 06:48:00 PM

Crimson Alliance is an all-new action role-playing game with a heavy emphasis on combat over character interaction.

     


Crimson Alliance Screens” was posted on Wed, 06 Jul 2011 11:48:00 -0700

LOTR: War in the North raging this fall

Posted on Jul 5, 2011 04:59:39 PM

Warner Bros. offers new release window for upcoming fantasy action game; $130 Collector’s Edition and retailer-specific preorder bonuses announced.

When Warner Bros. announced Lord of the Rings: War in the North in March, it noted the fantasy action game would ship later this year. Now, the publisher has narrowed its release window, letting gamers know the war in the north will commence this fall.

In addition to announcing the new release window for the game, Warner Bros. offered information about War in the North’s Collector’s Edition, as well as its various retailer-specific preorder bonuses.

The $130 Lord of the Rings: War in the North Collector’s Edition includes a Ranger of the North Quiver Case (pictured at right), art book, behind-the-scenes DVD concerning the game’s music, three songs from the game’s soundtrack, and a copy of the game.

In addition, the collector’s edition will include a Ranger of the North avatar for Xbox 360 copies of the game and a War in the North Theme Pack for PlayStation 3 iterations of the title. The theme pack includes wallpapers, fonts, and icons.

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Captain America: New Trailer

Posted on Jul 5, 2011 04:54:13 PM

Captain America: Super Soldier is a third person action adventure set during World War II.

     


Captain America: Super Soldier Screens” was posted on Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:54:13 -0700