It’s a familiar tactic – pair up new IP with beta access to an upcoming blockbuster and watch said new IP fly off the shelves. It worked for Crackdown with Halo 3, and now it looks like it’ll work for Bulletstorm, with Epic promising that each copy purchased will provide users access to the upcoming Gears of War 3 beta.
I have yet to watch the movie The King of Kong, but mark my words, over the Christmas period I will check it out. In fact if one of my family or friends was to, perchance, read this post – buy this instead of that rubbish pair of socks you picked up in K-Mart.
The nasty lawsuits between Call of Duty publisher Activision and the ousted lead creators of that hit series franchise just got uglier with accusations that the makers of Modern Warfare gleefully sabotage the sister studio behind this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops – and that the president of rival EA was instrumental in trying to “hijack” the Call of Duty developers.
Flash games continue to blow me away. If this was released on Xbox LIVE today, as is, there is no doubt in my mind that I would shell out cash for it. K.O.L.M. is one of the most polished, engaging, and flat out incredible flash games I’ve played. Ever.
