Crazy Gamers Podcast

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood release date announced

Yup, here’s another! Ubisoft has confirmed that the multiplayer focused Assassin’s Creed off-shoot “Brotherhood” will be in stores on November 16th. Who here wants to do some multiplayer assassinating ?

Tom

Fallout New Vegas release date announced

Bethesda has confirmed that the Obsidian developed Fallout off-shoot, New Vegas, will be in stores shelves in North America on October 19th. Be sure to check out the latest E3 trailer via Gametrailers for what I feel is very promising footage of what will surely be an exciting title.

Tom

E3: Microsoft dubs motion peripheral “Kinect;” 360 slim chances increase

Here begins the first wave of E3 2010 coverage!

Microsoft’s initial press event last night unveiled what we have been referring to as Project Natal for the past year as “Kinect,” the controller-free, camera enhanced motion peripheral due on store shelves this Fall (presumably October). The official date, pricing and SKU details have yet to be confirmed, but we do have a slew of games to count on for Kinect…all of which are not surprising and honestly, don’t interest me as a gamer. The Star Wars lightsaber thing does seem kind of cool, but other than that I fail to see how this provides anything not on the Wii…only with prettier graphics and lack of controller.

Also, rumors continue to mount regarding the slim version of the 360. An Italian gaming website promoted the product as having a 250 gig hard drive and finally built in WiFi! As of this writing I don’t believe the company has confirmed this, but the photo leaks of the motherboard and said ads seem to have made it more plausible than not. The speculation also claims that the motherboard has been completely altered to cut production costs, as well as consolidating the CPU and GPU capability into one chip. Finally, rumors hint that the hard drive itself will be strictly internal, which would be a new venture for Microsoft.

Stay tuned as further info and coverage continues to unfold!

Tom

Transformers: War for Cybertron Demo is up

The multiplayer demo is up on Xbox LIVE now. This only for Gold members. Eh, you kind of need to be a gold member to play online anyway, right? Right?

Set your queue up here so that that Autobot goodness will start downloading as soon as you turn your 360 on.

DAK

Mortal Kombat is back!! For real this time.

I have located another Mortal Kombat related trailer on the interwebs this AM. After watching it, there is no doubt on whether or not this is for a game or a movie. Also, looks like Warner Brothers (Yes, that’s correct, the WB) are taking a similar approach to the MK franchise to what Capcom has done with Street fighter 4. Stick with old stuff and make it pretty. Check out the trailer at Kotaku. This maybe the MK we all have been waiting for!!

DAK

Rock Band 3 – Harmonix’s Plan to Teach You How to Play Instruments, FOR REAL!!

Rock Band 2 came out in 2008. The innovations from the original were all about keeping an ongoing library. The only interactive music service on a console that boast an eclectic collection of over 1000 songs, this all started with just a few hundred songs and a Rock Band 1 disc. Harmonix were music genre gods, when they announced that all DLC purchased from Rock Band 1 would be compatible with Rock Band 2. Also, the original Rock Band disc was rip able. Meaning, no disc swapping. That’s major!! So what have the makers of Rock Band been doing since the release of Rock Band 2? I’ll just say, obviously, they didn’t take much time off.

USA Today ran a story on what’s new in Rock Band 3. Let’s first address the Keyboard/Keytair rumor, it is true, there is a keyboard in the game. The 25-key MIDI Keyboard isn’t the only new addition. Stringed guitars have been added as well. There will be sensors in the neck that will detect your finger placement. Drums now have 3 cymbals added to them. I know what you are thinking; cymbals were in Rock Band 2. You’re right, but this time all of the cymbals are not just one color. You can’t just hit any of them to register the note. RB3 is stressing correct cymbal play. So, each cymbal will have its own colored button to register.

So, now I have to buy all new instruments again!?!?! Not at all. You will want to, but they say that playing with the old controllers will still offer new features and gameplay.

The improvements are not just in the instrument play either. Song sorting has been revamped. According to USA, it seems to be a bit more granular. “With the new system, "you can say, 'only show me songs in Rock Band 3' or 'only songs under three minutes' or 'Eighties metal songs from my (downloadable) collection” They even mention that the Rock Band library is approaching 2000 songs. Why mention that? I have to think that most, if not all, of our current library will be compatible with Rock Band 3. So, when I buy Rock Band 3 not only will I have new songs, but possibly a new way to play the existing songs on my hard drive. I cannot wait until that is confirmed.

Please check out the preliminary song list at IGN and the article at USA Today for more.

DAK

Playstation 3D tomorrow!!

Starting tomorrow, Sony will be the only current gen videogame console that has 3D games on the market. So, all 17 of you that have 3D sets should take some time to visit PSN and check out the games they have to offer. There are only 3 full PSN games and a demo available but you got to start somewhere, right? WipEout HD and Super Stardust HD are the only two that really have piqued my interest. Imagine going mach 10 in WipEout or the asteroids in SS floating in your living room. Are you seizing yet? You’re not supposed to do that until you put the glasses on silly!! Just a joke Sony Ninjas, at ease!! PAIN is the last PSN title. I had no interest in it then and most certainly do not have any interest in it in 3D. Motor Storm Pacific Rift is the only demo of a full retail game available. Yes, its just a demo, but should do a very impressive job of showing off your sets 3D capabilities. I am imagining that if you already purchased these titles there should be an update available. So logically, no, you will not have to repurchase them. As for Motorstorm, I really do not know. I will keep my fingers crossed on that one for you guys. So, if you do have a PS3 pop into PSN and check them out. I know that copy of ‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs’ is getting really old.

DAK