Download a little Bad Company

Is your trigger finger ready? Downloading the conquest mode of Battlefield: Bad Company will be free, as in nada, zilch. How can anyone deny that? Read more

Hothead Games gives the PS3 a little Fruit love.

You know you love them. Their quirky antics, those devilish fruit fondlers. Those impish boys, chasing after them. Penny Arcade is anxious to spread it’s wings beyond just episodic bursts on one mere machine.

No, Gabe and Tycho have even bigger plans. Spreading their witty stories is a must. First the internet. Then, the PC version of episodic tales. Next, the WORLD domination. Oh, um, wait, not quite that extreme.

How about just the PlayStation 3? Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will be making its smashing debut coming this fall ensuring that no one must miss a single laugh. Unless of course, you do not happen to have a PC or a PS3. In which case, if you ask very, very nicely, they might be persuaded to venture into other consoles. Now, go on. Be prepared for big, dramatic 20’s themed drama. Drama, I say! Oh, and maybe a little world domination.

Not all Bad Company is worth avoiding

Preston Marlowe, an incorrigible soldier,  hits some harsh terrain as he deals with the consequences of his antics.  Hopefully Sarge, Sweetwater, Haggard and their penchant for trouble won’t get him killed before they find the treasure that they seek.  This group of bad boys has been sent to company B for their wayward actions, now they simply care less for the rules in the face of their quest for gold and wealth.

Battlefield: Bad Company is ready to explode onto shelves.  Packed and shipped, XBox 360 and Playstation 3 players will be able to join the gold hunt June 25, in the US, and June 27, in Europe.  EA Digital Illusions made the announcement today, causing a sigh of relief for this immensely anticipated release which has both a single player and multiplayer modes.

Gaming gets pretty intense online as individuals may choose between attacker or defender in the multiplayer mode.  Ideally you want to protect your crates which either store your gold or your tickets home.  Naturally, you want to tear your opponents crates to shreds.  Essentially, a giant, vicious game of tag, geek style.  What more can one ask for?  Well, if you are really good and play especially hard, which EA Digital Illusions CE assumes you will, they will make available the popular Conquest mode for free.

Realism has a way of sneaking up on you.

In today’s society we demand bigger, better, more. In gaming, the same. So why wouldn’t it be natural for Ninja Theory to expect the best for for its consumers? Known for Heavenly Sword’s pushing of the envelope into creative realism, demanding a combination of actors and technology that would mesh to create the most cutting edge fluidity, Ninja Theory has licensed morpheme, of NaturalMotion, Ltd.

With morpheme under their belt, Ninja Theory now holds the keys to take over the gaming world, by revolutionizing how we view our games. Our desire to keep up with the average geek will be fruitful by sinking our teeth into each juicy layer of realism as the designers create new characters and visual images that are more real than we might care to believe possible from a video game. morpheme is an animation middleware program that makes designing games in virtual reality heaven.

It might sneak up on you and make you wonder if they were filming near your hometown, or even cause you think that maybe, just maybe, there really is a alternate reality that you can visit. Just name your universe that you wish to visit, ask the nice designers from Ninja Theory, pretty please with pikachus on top, and they might let you into their secrets. Or you can just sink into you favorite cushion on the couch, grab a bag of chips, and a controller and play for hours on end.

Either way, Ninja Theory has their head completely in the game. Vying for realism, ready to get you glued for at least 20-80 hours at a time, please say it’s longer than six. With talent like they are recruiting, even the most hardened anti-game individual could pretend it’s a reality show and take the controller for a spin with positive results, I am sure.

Have fleece? Will travel.

Embark on the ultimate quest of a life time to find the one and only thing that will revive your recently slain wife, a Golden Fleece.  The only question you should be asking is are you, Jason of the Argonauts, willing to incur the wrath of the gods to bring back your beloved?

As you get to live Jason’s life, making his choices, to anger the gods, to seek vengeance at all costs, or just some cost, it’s your choice.  This action RPG is designed to deeply immerse you in the game.  Most RPG’s tend to drag you along the edge and taunt you with their cumbersome battles, Codemasters, with Liquid Entertainment, were inspired to revolutionize the RPG experience and bring ancient Greece alive in your living room.

Available on the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3,  and PC, almost anyone will be able to go out and play immediately upon release. If you are one to fret over the fighting in RPG games, like I am,  you are sure to find playing the characters veritably unique with the new real-time combat system, scrapping the outdated menu based system in favor of a more accessible button-based option.

Don’t worry, you only have a few months of anticipation left.  If you don’t stare at the clock too much it will pass in no time at all.  While you are waiting, you could be pondering how far you are willing to travel to grab a Golden Fleece that you have to give up to resurrect a dead girl.