I got chills watching this trailer. It reminds me of the Halo 3 ad campaign (and the ODST and Reach ones as well, actually) that was took the subject matter ot combat so deadly seriously. Almost half the video is without images and just voice-over. No ice pick climbing, no AC-130s. No "Ramirez! Go take out that tank with this bayonet and save America!".

So well done EA. That's a great ad.
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There's quite a full docket of releases on PSN and XBLA this week. Check out the details below:

PSN
This week sees the release of Lead And Gold: Gangs Of The Wild West on PSN. The game released yesterday (May 4th) in North America, and retails for $14.99 US. The game is set to release in Europe on May 5th, and will retail for €14.99 (£9.99 UK).

XBLA
There are two games hitting XBLA this week; Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition, and Raystorm HD.  Zeno Clash is a first-person brawler similar to Condemned, though the game aims for more of a fantasy element than its forebear, whilst Raystorm HD is an old-school shmup, recently given an HD coat of war-paint. Both games are scheduled to release in North America and Europe on May 5th, and both will retail for 1200MSP.

Videos for all three titles can be found after the break.
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Tyler and I both picked up copies of Halo: ODST (used natch) today in order to gain access to the Halo: Reach beta that just launched. I am currently downloading the 1.15gig file, and may get a little pay time in before bed tonight, and then as much as I can in the next week before I have to Gamestop Shuffle back my copy of the game.

I'll tell you one thing I won't be doing in the next week, though: playing Halo: ODST. No interest whatsoever. no comments

The game Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Old West has for the most part flown under my radar, but I'm starting to become interested. I've heard it described as "Team Fortress meets the Old-West" which doesn't sound too shabby to me. It's available on Steam right now (just like everything that's fun but I can't play), but it drops on the US PSN May 4th, and I need a quick-in-quick-out multiplayer shooter for my bedroom-based PS3 since I've pretty much gotten over Battlefield 1943.

Hmmm....intedezting. no comments

Information from Majornelson.com and Joystiq.com.

For Download this week, we have a different game on each platform -- namely Tecmo Bowl Throwback on XBLA, and NormalTanks on PSN.

Tecmo Bowl Throwback is an HD remake of SNES classic Tecmo Super Bowl and will be available on XBLA on April 28th, for the price of 800MSP. Tecmo Bowl Throwback is currently only available on XBLA, in North America and Canada at present. The game will be making its way to PSN, though no date has been released yet.

NormalTanks on the other hand, is a top-down, multi-directional shooter, which received an "honourable mention" in this years Independent Games Festival. It's set to release on PSN on April 29th, though again, no price has been announced yet.

If you're curious about either of these games, videos for them have been embedded after the break, so feel free to check them out.
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Reported by Joystiq

A demo for Split/Second, the new arcade racer from Pure devs, Black Rock Studios, is now available to download now on Xbox Live. However, the demo is only available to Xbox Live Gold subscribers, so it looks like Silver subscribers and Playstation owners will have to wait until May 11th, when the demo gets a full release.

Now that Criterion Games have stopped supporting Burnout Paradise, there is definitely a place in the market for a good arcade racer. The question remains though, will racing fans opt for this, or for Bizarre Creations powered-up racer, Blur? I personally am looking forward to both (a lot!), so it looks like May is going to be an interesting month.

The demo for Split/Second is available on Xbox Live now, whilst the retail game ships in North America on May 18th, and in Europe on May 21st. no comments

As reported on Joystiq, Capcom held an event -- called "Fight Club" -- in LA over the weekend to promote the soon-to-be-released Super Street Fighter 4. However, what was probably the high point of the event, was a match-up between two of the worlds best Street Fighter players: Daigo Umehara and Justin Wong.

Match-ups between these two players are always pretty intense (just look on Youtube for proof!), so anyone interested in the game would do well to check out the videos of their fights, which are posted after the break.

The first video is a three-match warm-up, in which Daigo and Justin are only allowed to use the new characters, whilst the second video is the actual fight. Watching two high-level players go at it like this is nothing short of exhilarating, and it's always good to see the game being played the way it's supposed to be.

Super Street Fighter 4 is set to release in North America on April 27th, and in Europe on April 30th.
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Behold the finest selection of chicken legs, things getting stuck in other things, and masturbating Big Daddies. You have been warned:

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Dear Zombies,

Every time I look at you, I am reminded of the first time we met; you shambled up to me, and sweetly moaned "braaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiins" in my ear. Oh, how I laughed. Then, you went to touch my arm, but slipped and fell over and face planted into the dirt. I then emptied my revolver into your gross, papery brain-sack, and scooped up your rotting brain meat, before heading off on my merry way... we were like ships passing in the night. Good times!

However, since that first encounter, my thoughts have been plagued by one question: what's your fascination with barfing on stuff? I mean, really! What's with that?

There was a time when we used to have fun with each other, but nowadays it just seems like it's all "oh, hey! I'm going to barf on this", and "oh man, I totally just tossed my cookies on that dudes shoes!". I'm sorry, but you've changed; you're no longer the carefree shuffling brain-eater I grew to love, and this barfing obsession is going a little bit too far -- you're going down a path that I just can't follow. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I love you, but I just can't live like this anymore. Either you change, or I'm leaving you. I don't like forcing you to make this choice, but something has to give.

love & hugs,

Steve. no comments

Right now in the iTunes App store (what other app store is there, really? Droid Marketplace? blech) which is a side-scrolling Simpsons arcade style beat-em up. It's called, simply enough, The Simpsons Arcade, and while it is not the exact game that you remember from your childhood, it is a good enough reminder to justify the $0 price tag that comes with it. As an added bonus, its actually pretty funny, and the gameplay is solid (if you don't count that horrible iPhone virtual joystick).

Do yourself a favor and pick it up. I can only vouch for the free "lite" version, so if you go and do something stupid with your money, that's aaaalllll you, buddy. no comments