Console Monster writes: "Quite surprisingly, three Xbox Live Arcade titles have been added to the Marketplace, rather than the one we expected. MLB Stickball is joined by Shadow Assault/Tenchu and Beat'n Groovy though there are a few availability issues. MLB Stickball is only available to gamers in Canada and the United States; Beat'n Groovy is available in all Xbox Live Regions with the exception of India and Shadow Assault/Tenchu is available in all regions..."
Carlos writes - "Whether the idea of dusting off that library of Xbox 360 games for a spin once more is for you or not, the fact that there are now almost 400 titles available to play through backwards compatibility is certainly impressive. Nevertheless, for many gamers, more is better and now we see five new titles made playable on Xbox One.
But are they worth heading back to once more, or should we stick with the abundance of new titles gracing the Xbox Store in recent weeks."
Shadowlocked - We live in a generation of rebirths and remakes and so, with this in mind, these are the VG classics that we at Shadowlocked feel deserve a Hollywood-style revisit...
I know some people might think it but I don't think RE needs a reboot theres too many loose ends that havent been tied up.
The one I always go on about is the ending of RE4
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Ada takes the Sample but dosen't give it to Wesker and she says that she knows Wesker isn't stupid and tough times lay ahead. Well Wesker got the sample in RE5 so we need to know how the hell he got it.
and who are the other corpoation Ada was working for...the "Organization" the rival of Umbrella.
I think this is why Leon and Ada will be in RE6. Hopefully not co-op like RE5 but with Ada getting a small side game like in RE4.
CVG writes:
"We've put on our thinking caps and come up with seven Japanese franchises that we think would be given a new lease of life under western development."
You know I don't understand Japanese developers.
What's the point in making games for the western audience when we already get that from western developers ?
They should give pokemon while they are at it, i mean come on who doesn't want real-time battles,Co-op and some real character customization in pokemon?, ow and a BETTER story,western developers are clearly better at story games.
Japanese people with their traditions,, they are just afraid to change it, but that's what will ultimately be their downfall. Also western developers listen better to their fans.
So you're saying Metal Gear and some other great Jap-developed games have a bad story compared to Western games.... Thing is Japanese publishers are obsessed with the western market because games like Halo and Call of duty sells like hotcakes, but those sales are more due to marketing besides being great games of course, both games gets ridiculous amounts of money spent on advertisement, that's what Jap. companies are lacking, but that doesn't mean that jap. games sales are bad because the games are bad!!!!!
One thing for sure, they should make their games more towards their own ppl and culture, or have a vision of what their games should be like because most of the games I grew up with are actually japanese, because most companies are focusing on the western market, I mean there's nothing wrong with that, but not everyone is a FPS fan, not a fallout fan, not a Madden fan... Because this gen is of course dominated by westerns but all I see is yearly franchises, like 1735327436 FPSs, FPSs with RPGs, not too much variety anymore!!!!
Giving some these franchise to a western developer will take all of the soul and charm of what makes these franchise shine. The games will be an empty shell of itself, with nice graphics and modern gameplay, and that's it.
Don't make me throw up, don't ever mention Zelda and Darksiders in the same sentence.
darksiders is actually a really great game, yes zelda is better but there's no reason that darksiders should be ignored because it takes its cues from a beloved franchise.
While Other M wasn't that great, giving Metroid back to Retro is a bad idea. Retro is frigging AMAZING, and Metroid Prime is one of my favorite games ever, but it was clear with Prime 3 that that style of gameplay was getting a bit stale. We needed a new spin, but Other M was just not that spin.
other m was great, get off the bandwagon. People here dont seem capable of thinking for themselves. Didn't like the story? Thats wonderful, but its a game and the gameplay was superb.
Zelda is played out and sucks now. Go play the train one and tell me it still has it. And we do need a new Tenchu.
I'd rather play through the 50th Zelda than a 2nd Darksiders. That game didn't do it for me at all.
i don't think zelda is played out but spirit tracks was definitely a subpar game. It's the only zelda i've ever stopped playing due to sheer boredom. I still haven't gone back to finish it. The inclusion of the train is what killed it for me, there's no exploration whatsoever and it takes so long to get anywhere. bleh
Arrrgh, I persevered and finished Spirit Tracks, but only because it was the only DS game I had at the time. There were some good moments in the game, some that made me chuckle. Some of the bosses were really well done, but over all it was severely lacking in fun.
I kind of agree with the list. The Zelda franchise needs to be reworked a bit, FFS Nintendo get some voice acting already. The only games these days that don't have voice acting are PSN/XBL games and some of the lower budget handheld games. They don't have to westernize it, but get some fresh blood on the team and listen to some new ideas.
Skyward Sword is looking good. It'll be interesting to see what they do with it. There seem to be a lot of new gameplay mechanics this time. This is the first zelda game for the Wii. People forget that Twilight Princess was a port from the Gamecube.
I'm really hoping that Skyward Sword will bring some fresh ideas.
None. Dante is now dead. I dont want to see any more emo chain smoking freaks. Imagine emo Link. Ugh.
Let Japan be Japan and the west be the west.
Yes, because we gained so much deep insight into his actual character from a 2-minute CG trailer
When did I talk about the personality of that Dante from DmC? I was talking about his looks. Try asking tons of DMC fans and I assure you about 80% of the answer you'll get as to why they hate him is because of his looks. There were article months ago that even most of the japanese dont like him. The original Dante is one the most stylish and iconic characters in gaming history, you CANNOT deny that.
actually we did . he is already smoking when he clearly shouldnt , and looks awful in a game about BOTH style and gameplay
That 2 minute cg trailer was the most painful thing I've ever watched in my whole life. I am really positive that even the combat system is gonna be shallow looking at how Enslaved turned out. I don't want a western DMC and I don't want a smoking emo-Dante! Some games aren't meant to be western styled cause they would lose their uniqueness.
Yes i did ... there were lots of informations on the main character itself including some of his habilities and his style ..
First they made dante smoke , second they changed his look , third they make him a sadist with the creatures .. no sword in sight.
fourth no "over the top" attitude
those trailers have ONE purpose , to get fans excited by hinting on what they intend to do. and it suceeded into doing the opposite .. make every DMC fan angry
Man I regret changing my username believe me. Totally regret it. I'll change my avatar one of these days.
