Unstoppable Gorg Game Trailer Channels 1950s Sci-Fi Movie
Futuremark Games Studio's Unstoppable Gorg involves using a twoer defense system to protect the solar system from fearsome aliens. You can move your defense towers by rotating the orbits that surround planets, moons and space stations. The game is available for the Windows PC, Mac and iPad. The iPad app can be found here on iTunes. The game will also be out for the Xbox Live Arcade later this year. The clever trailer for the game is like a 1950s sci-fi film. Take a look:
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Ubisoft's I Am Alive video game is expected to arrive in Q1, 2012 for the PS3 and Xbox 360. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world following a terrible incident called The Event. You have the avoid the toxic dust as much as possible as you play the game. There are other survivors to interact with and rescue. Survival supplies are hidden around the damaged city. Take a look:
U.S. Army Partners With CTA Digital for Call of Duty Accessories
The U.S. Army has partnered with CTA Digital to create some accessories for the Call of Duty video games. The accessories include a rifle controller for the PS3. The controller was modeled after actual military equipment. It contains every button featured on a standard PS3 Dualshock controller, including clickable thumb sticks for strafing, running, steadying your weapon and looking around within the game environment. Take a look:
A Bearded Dragon plays the Ant Crusher mobile game in this video. The person who posted the YouTube video writes, "My Bearded Dragon showing her mad skills." The lizard does indeed have mad skills and quickly slays several ants on the iPad. She deserves a reward of real ants for her skills at destroying virtual ants. Take a look:
Here is the teaser trailer for the new Spider-Man video game. The full trailer will premiere during the Spike TV VGAs on Spike TV, MTV2 and Spike.com
on Saturday, December 10 at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT. Marvel had this to say about the new game:
An all-new Spider-Man is poised to bring the action back to New York City as Activision and Marvel announce "The Amazing Spider-Man" video game, planned to launch summer 2012 tied to Sony Picture Entertainment's upcoming feature film of the same name. Created as an epilogue story occurring entirely after the events of the movie, the game features the return of free-roaming web-slinging all over the city and evolutionary improvements to navigation and combat, as the newly anointed Spider-Man is plunged into an all-new storyline charged with protecting Manhattan from a variety of criminals.
"The Amazing Spider-Man" is in development at veteran game studio Beenox, and features an original narrative crafted by Hollywood writer Seamus Kevin Fahey (episodes of "Spartacus: Gods of the Arena" and the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica") that continues young Peter Parker's adventures following the events of the new film. Using the game's new Web Rush mechanic allows players to pull off a vast array of moves never before possible. With a story that takes players through many areas all over--and under--Manhattan, fans will feel what it's truly like to be a super hero, as they experience the cinematic adrenaline rush of web-swinging through the city and fighting crime using Spider-Man’s spectacular acrobatic moves and attacks.
Disney's Swampy Where's My Water App Now Available for Android
Disney's Swampy is always searching for water. The character stars in the "Where's My Water" game, which is now available for Android here.
Business Weekreports that Disney has big goals for Swampy, which was first available to mobile gamers as an iPhone/iPad app. The Where's My Water 99 cent iPhone app hit #1 after its September 22 release, knocking off the Angry Birds favorite. You can find the iPhone app here.
Here is a trailer for Where's My Water. Take a look:
John Davison from Gamespot Talks Most-Wanted Video Games for 2011 Holidays
John Davison from Gamespot.com talked about some of the most-wanted video games for the holidays with Chris Wragge from CBS News. His recommendation for younger kids is Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster video game. Other hot games this holiday shopping season include The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Goldeneye 007: Reloaded and Call of Duty: MW3 . Take a look:
A London bar has installed urine-controlled video games above urinals in its men's bathrooms. Men are tested on the accuracy of their aim. The bar owner hopes it will bring in new customers and repeat business. Take a look:
Gameloft has Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard for the iPhone and iPad for 99 cents today. You can also get Real Soccer 2011, Dungeon Hunter 2, BackStab or Starfront Collision for 99 cents today.
You can find links to the games on sale here on a Gameloft blog post.
PBS Arts Off Book web series looks at the world of video games. PBS Arts says in its description for the video that video games are important and that we are in the middle of an explosion of gaming activity. This is certainly true.
Video games are important. They are a storytelling medium, a place for self-expression, a sandbox for the human imagination, and an extension of an ages old tradition of gaming. We play out some of the most essential aspects of our culture in games, and we learn more about ourselves and the world around us in the process. From the powerful cinematic experiences of mainstream gaming, to the hyper-personal environments of indie games, we are in the midst of an explosion of gaming activity that, as some predict, will continue to define the way we live and interact with information, and each other, far into the future.
The interesting video features interviews with Game designer Eric Zimmerman, game studies scholar Jesper Juul, game journalist Leigh Alexander and game designer Syed Salahuddin. Take a look:
Portal 2 Named Ultimate Game at Golden Joystick Awards
Valve's Portal 2 was named the Ultimate Game as this year's Golden Joystick Awards. Sonic the Hedgehog was there to celebrate his Outstanding Contribution award. There were no multiple category winners. Take a look:
Conan O'Brien: Batman Arkham City Showcases a Much Older Batman
Conan O'Brien has really been enjoying the new game, Batman Arkham City. But Batman was created more than 50 years ago, and he seems to be feeling his age a bit. He wanders the streets, reminiscing about the good old days: his favorite bar, his old car. Then he meets some young ruffians. Take a look:
Christina Hendricks Makes Video Game Debut in EA's Need for Speed The Run
Electronic Arts Inc. has announced that Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) and Sean Faris (Vampire Diaries) will star in the upcoming action racing game Need for Speed The Run. In the video game, the actors play lead characters in a race-for-your-life story taking players on a cross-country race from San Francisco to New York.
Christina Hendricks makes her video game debut as Sam Harper, a woman with ambition, street smarts and a penchant for lightning fast cars. She's turned her lifelong passion into a lucrative livelihood, managing the best drivers in the world of outlaw street racing. She's betting on Jack Rourke (Sean Faris), the story's protagonist, by fronting his $250K race buy-in in hopes of winning the $25 million prize.
Christina says, "It's very exciting to be part of Need for Speed The Run. I've never been a video game character before so this is definitely a first for me. It's been fantastic fun to do something so different and to show a different side of myself as well."
The game is developed by Black Box, an EA studio. It will be available November 15, 2011 in North America and November 17, 2011 in Europe for the Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii and Nintendo 3DS. Take a look:
Gamers Don Hats at New York Comic-Con for New Professor Layton Game
Professor Layton fan Jason C. and other games don special hats at New York Comic-Con to celebrate the arrival of the new Professor Layton and the Last Specter video game. The gamers were also treated to a special North American premiere screening of the animated feature film, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva. The next Professor Layton game, Professor Layton and the Last Specter, launches on October 17.
