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Loading ...A few weeks ago, a picture of the new Guitar Hero: World Tour drums was leaked in a magazine scan. The drums looked very similar to the Rock Band drums with the addition of symbals. I’m not trying to discredit the drums because the symbals are very cool, but maybe I was expecting a little more. But, the trailer above may offer that. The trailer above features a few important things about the game. First, a few glimpses of the new guitar, a focus on the drums, which do feature a bass drum looking thing, and a mic. There really isn’t much more, but check it out for yourself above.
Archive for May, 2008
If you haven’t played Gears of War in a while, then perhaps the Gears 2 gameplay that Epic showed us might not seem all that much better than the original. Line them up side by side however, and you get a completely different take on it all.
The above video shows a comparison between Gears of War gameplay and what we in game footage we have seen of Gears 2 so far. You will likely notice many differences, but keep your eyes open for improvements in color, character models, environments, and animations. In other words, take it all in, and appreciate the true awesomeness of Gears of War 2’s graphical improvements.
Sure those screens look nice, but don’t they just make you want to see the game in action? Luckily for us, GameVideos just dropped an exclusive first look at the gameplay of Banjo Kazooie’s third title. Check it out above.
One of the coolest pieces of news, or one of the only new pieces of news depending on how you look at it, in the Epic-Microsoft Gamer day press kit was that there will be “weapon specific executions”. One can only assume that instead of simply curb stomping, you will have a much greater variety of execution-types which will be based upon your weapon. There aren’t any details at all really. But, Kotaku seems to have learned a few things in their dinner with a developer from Epic. They learned that the game will feature a romance and that the multiplayer received a lot more attention during development.We at RotPod can only imagine the awesomeness that can result from the weapon specific executions, but if you have any thoughts post them in the comments. We are probably looking forward to this game more than any other in the fall. Maybe because we spent countless hours playing Gears of War or because maybe because we all have a little something for Marcus Fenix. Either way, this is going to be an epic game and we can’t get news on it fast enough.
Sure, we all pretty much knew that a new Banjo Kazooie game was on its way to the Xbox 360, but its always nice to hear an official announcement ain’t it?
Today, Microsoft announced that one of Rare’s most beloved franchises will see the light of day once again, as the third installment of the ‘Banjo Kazooie’ series will be hitting the Xbox 360 this November. As can be deduced from the screenshots, the game looks to be staying true to its roots, even with the addition of a big vehicular gameplay aspect. Check out more screens and Microsoft’s fact sheet after the jump.
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1Up promised that we would get some sweet gameplay footage tonight, and believe me, they were not lying. In this 3 minute video, you will witness everything from chainsaw duels to using locusts as ‘human’ shields and mobile cover, and it is all looking extremely awesome. Oh and don’t forget about the- well, why don’t I just shut up and let Cliffy B. take it from here.
Gears of War 2 is one of the most anticipated games of the year, but as of yetwe have gotten nothing but sparse details about the game. Tonight however, is the night many of us have been waiting for. 1Up will post the first gameplay video for Gears of War 2 onto GameVideos.com at 10:30PST and then onto Xbox Live at 11:00PST. No one knows exactly what to expect from this footage, but maybe we’ll get some juicy story details too. I just know I’ll be waiting for the release.
Update: GameTrailers TV is getting their own exclusive footage tonight as well, so make sure you check it out as well in order to catch all of the GOW2 goodness that you can.
GameRankings posted an interesting statistic today. They measured the amount of games per console that received an average of 80% or better (which constitutes a good game) and the amount that received a 60% or worse (which constitutes a bad game). Interestingly enough, the PS3 came in with the best average with 33% of games receiving 80% or better, but that might also be a result of the console having the fewest number of games. The 360 came in an impressive second with 26% of 374 games, more than double the number of games on the Wii and more than triple of the PS3’s games. And the Wii? Well it came in the last with only 11% of games receiving a good rating.
I figure that most people probably expected this with the lack of regulation coming from Nintendo and the increasing number of copy-cat, gimmicky games coming out for the Wii. I think this is as good as time as any for Nintendo to come out and start to invest some more to get more innovation into these game. But I wonder if they really need to, with over 5 million consoles sold.
via [Gamefunk.com]
