Hopefully everyone has a long weekend thanks to Dead Presidents. Spend your extra free time between car commercials featuring people dressed up like George Washington updating your consoles because we are finally starting to get some next gen games this week.
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
Release Date: February 17th, 2015
Platforms: PS3, PS4, Xbox 360,Xbox One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADSNhxa749U[width=650,height=366]
This is the third incarnation of Dead or Alive 5 so can we really take them seriously with the title “Last Round?” It has updated graphics, stages and characters as well as a new “softness” engine. I’m wondering if something got lost in translation there...
Q*Bert Rebooted
Release Date: February 17th, 2015
Platforms: PS3, PS4, Vita
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mAPYIFumWU[width=650,height=366]
Sony is bringing back Q*Bert to the next generation of gamers (or are we already 2 generations away from the original Q*Bert fans?). This version will have the complete original game as well as an all new version featuring hexagons instead of cubes. Here’s what Sony’s blog had to say about the game.
Does target demographic for a Bob Vila reference really overlap with gamers?
Q*Bert Rebooted is the equivalent of your old backyard treehouse refurbished by Bob Vila: same nostalgic joy, but magically just better.
Total War: Attila
Release Date: February 17th, 2015
Platform: PC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK1S4GYHJTw[width=650,height=366]
The ninth game in the Total War franchise lets you battle to become leader of the Huns.
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
Release Date: February 20th, 2015
Platform: WiiU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqEOsvTmcoE[width=650,height=366]
He was once a little pink slab of clay (is Gumby a more obscure reference than Bob Vila?). The latest Kirby game puts him in a world made of clay where you have to draw ropes to help him get around. The game makes heavy use of the stylus, much like the last Kirby DS game.
The Order: 1886
Release Date: February 20th, 2015
Platform: PS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7SbgvtBDCQ&oref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtu...
A PS4 exclusive this game is set in some sort of weird mash up between Arthurian legend and Victorian times. Somehow they also have wifi?!
