Review: Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (Xbox 360)

Something tells me that a lot of people are going to be surprised by Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. Codemasters has loudly proclaimed that their new game will take players “as close to war as they’ll ever want to get,” but secretly part of me doubts whether most gamers will know what they’re getting into. Call me a cynic, but I suspect that more than a few people will pick up this up in the mistaken belief that it’s an alternative to Modern Warfare 2. Anyone who does this is in for a rude awakening, that’s for sure.

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Infinity Ward: Activision wanted more WWII games instead of Modern Warfare

Infinity Ward bossman, Vince Zampella, has told the Official Playstation Magazine that originally, Activision did not want Call of Duty 4 to be a Modern Warfare and had been holding the reins on a more “modern” type of war experience for quite some time.

“With Call of Duty 2, we were dead set against it being World War 2,” said Zampella. “But Activision really wanted it, the compromise sort of being that we’d get some dev kits for consoles in exchange for doing a World War 2 game. We always wanted to be on consoles and Activision saw us as more of a PC developer.

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Undead Knights: Zombie Rush

Tecmo began work on Undead Knights before they merged with Koei and yet its an epitome of Tecmo Koei title. Undead Knights takes Dynasty Warriors’ formula and adds zombies to make it, like most Tecmo action games, over-the-top.

At one time the Blood family were loyal… and human. Now as legions of the undead they only thirst for revenge and HP restoring souls. Romulus Blood, the head of the Blood household, looks like a stereotypical black knight with evil red veins. Sylvia carries a Grim Reaper-like scythe larger than her and Fatima, the mysterious queen at the center of the story, flaunts her cleavage. This is, after all, a Tecmo developed title.

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DJ Heros Full Set List Revealed

Hailed in the press as one of the most fun, innovative and highly-anticipated games of the year, Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today dropped the needle on DJ Hero’s™ full set list featuring 93 exclusive mixes from the biggest stars in hip hop, R&B, rock, pop and dance and created by some of the greatest DJs of all time. On October 27th, living room legends and budding superstar DJs alike will start the party off right with an unprecedented array of talent DJs including DJ AM, Cut Chemist, Grandmaster Flash, DJ Jazzy Jeff, J. Period, DJ Shadow and DJ Z-Trip spinning tracks from JAY-Z to Eminem; Daft Punk to Black Eyed Peas; Rihanna to The Killers; Kid Cudi to Gwen Stefani; and Marvin Gaye to Beastie Boys.

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Dead Space Extraction

Dead Space: Extraction scared my girlfriend’s cat. Don’t get me wrong – EA’s on-rails horror/shooter terrified me too, but having the ability to frighten such an indifferent, grumpy creature to the point that he exerted the effort necessary to exit the room is impressive. And that isn’t the only surprising feature in this Wii-exclusive prequel, as nearly everything that it attempts to do is performed so unforgettably well that I can’t see another horror game this year approaching these highs. If you ever said that the Wii is only for kids, Dead Space: Extraction will not only make you eat your words, but will also create an entirely new set of words to shove down your throat so that you can accurately describe the awesomeness of this shooter to others.