After a challenging start to the year, in which high-profile franchises were canned, SKUs dropped and a studio closed following disappointing financials, Gamers Day 2008 was THQ's opportunity to show that its games strategy is back on track.
Heavy-hitting sequels like Saints Row 2, WWE and Red Faction Guerrilla led the way at the frenetic San Francisco event. But supporting the perennielly successful men in spandex was a solid showing of brand new IP from the publisher's sizeable studio portfolio, from open world racer Baja, to Wii jamming session Battle Of The Bands.
THQ's creative output is the responsibility of worldwide studios head Jack Sorenson. Finding a quiet spot away from the old E3-style mayhem of the main event, he sat down with GamesIndustry.biz to explain what went wrong last year, and why he believes the publisher is striking back stronger than ever.
The 2000s was a great decade for a lot of brilliant video games. Here are the ten best games of the 2000s that you may not have played.
You know usually when someone says "you may have missed" it's games that were lesser known, hidden gems, underrated games. These are all super high profile games that sold extremely well.
What is this list? These are all hugely popular games. I was expecting games like Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, Advent Rising, Arx Fatalis, etc.
I've only played 3 on that list. Part of me feels bad about how little I used all the consoles I've owned as a kid. One bright side is, there's over 30 years of games to experience for the first time.
News Wire - "Today, we’re excited to reveal Games with Gold for July! On Xbox One, command your rally car to victory in extreme conditions in WRC 8 FIA World Rally Championship and rule the court with high-flying dunks and confidence-smashing rejections in Dunk Lords."
Dunk Lords has a sort of NBA Jam vibe to it so that might be fun. I like rally racers but much prefer the Sega type (arcade style) over the more realistic ones. So that may be a pass. I already have SR2 on disc so I dont need that one. Juju looks cute in a DKC/Rayman sort of way so that might be worth a try. Overall though... its pretty bland month.
Plenty of games seem guaranteed to get sequels. But sometimes, companies surprise people and give them the additional installments they didn't know they needed.
is baja multiplat? i hope so
well smackdown 09 has got to be better last years sucked. i don't watch wrestling but i sure do like playing the games but they just have to improve on the graphics and gameplay.