Video games worth giving
A look at titles worth picking up for whatever types of gamers might be on your holiday shopping list.
A look at titles worth picking up for whatever types of gamers might be on your holiday shopping list.
It's officially fall, with "Dead Rising 2," "FIFA Soccer 11," "Wii Party" and a new "Guitar Hero" headlining this week's new releases.
The European counterpart to E3 (except bigger and open to the public) has been going on in Cologne, Germany this week. The big headlines include "Mass Effect 2" coming to the PlayStation 3 early next year and a new "Age of Empires" social game for the PC.
There's not much in the way of quality new releases this week, unless that "quality' is forgettable. There are, however, a few sales and special offers of note. Plus a game I enjoyed gets patched to fix one of its irritating flaws.
At its best, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable exclusive “ModNation Racers” is a worthy challenger to the “Mario Kart” throne. With fast, arcadey kart racing, a cute art style and an impressive box of tools for creating custom racers, karts and tracks and sharing them online, it ups the ante [...]
Before you read my recap of last week, get over to Steam before their sale on downloadable PC games ends.
If I don't include what I played at E3, there's not much to talk about, so I'll quickly run down everything I played at the show in a big giant list at the end.