DarkZero writes: "It seems like ever since Marvel superheroes started clogging up movie theaters a few years ago, there's been a significant resurgence in comic-inspired video games. Some of these are adaptations from their film counterparts, and most of them are lacklustre, at best. Why? Well, I would conjecture that there's simply no need for a company to "waste money" on a title that is already being sold based on the title alone. Sure, Spiderman stood pretty firmly he swung from silver screen to home console, but those sales would have been great even the game itself was bad."
From Heretic to True Crime and Prototype to Blur, Activision abandoned multiple fantastic IPs, and now it's time for Xbox to bring them back.
Not going to happen with prototype. Activision had plenty of time to revive these games. They didn't. They didn't see it as guaranteed revenue like Candy Crush or COD annually.
Microsoft purchasing Activision is not going to change much. Because Microsoft also likes guaranteed revenue. Which is why they continued to milk Gears, Halo and Forza. Or purchased Mojang for Minecraft. They as well didn't bring back many of their own games. Because they aren't money makers.
Sure, you'll see them throw a bone here and there to say they are using the purchase. There might be a game or two to test the waters. And they'll bring characters into other games possibly as micro transactions on console and mobile.They'll use those characters like Konami does for casino games. Especially on mobile.
But as soon as they see that no one is engaged in those few attempts because the community that enjoyed and purchased those games more were on a different console, they'll shelve any future attempts and continue on with the same rotation of guaranteed money makers.
If those other franchises were money makers, they would still be around getting releases and not in a back catalog collecting dust. Where gamers wonder why they aren't brought back.
Phil wore a Hexen t-shirt in the xbox games showcase, he personally wants the series to make a return. its going to happen.
Love to see Prototype, Heavy Gear, BattleZone 98 make a return, but id love to see Heretic make a return the most..
I never liked Prototype. I remember forcing myself to play the first game and just giving up. True Crime would make a lot of sense though. Saints Row and Volition are dead, and GTA now takes more than a decade between releases. There's a huge gap in the market for that style of open world game.
Xbox has a great history of reviving old franchises and managing studios well, crackdown 3, battletoads, nuts and bolts - safe hands!
OX writes: 'Being a videogame hero is usually a straightforward job, but you can't plan for the unintended consequences of all your reckless heroing. Here are seven times we thought we were doing the right thing and ended up making things much, much worse.'
A walk through of the 5 bloodiest, madness induced games yet played. Along with features that make these games the gory gems that they are.
gta for sure, makes me want to knock people down when im out driving. USE YOUR INDICATOR !! T-BONED !
Good read, funny stuff.
I love the nod to Destroy all humans (a franchise ive felt is long overdue for a next-gen sequel) and the comment "Alien life better hope i dont get a spaceship, because i go straight for the butt. Every time."
Referring to Gta "Anyone who turns on GTA becomes a one-man wrecking crew..."
My stepfather, 60 years of age, played a gta for the first time ever last month when i introduced him to gta5. Hes a car nut. First thing he did was grab a hummer to familiarize himself with the driving controls. Took him about 5 mins. He immidiately went on a killing spree (that made me pause at him in wonder), running down any unfortunate npc who happened across his path.
Frightening and hilarious at the same time because he was giggling like a schoolgirl, something i thought id never see from him =)
