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New Mafia II Trailer
By Joe Haygood | December 15, 20082K Games decided to lift more of the veil off of their mobster title, Mafia II. The beginning of the trailer is very amusing, ending with a rather funny quip in the middle of a church. From there we get a lot of frantic cuts, showing off a lot of the action in the games. Most, if not all of the footage looks like cutscenes, but it still looks like Mafia II is going to follow up to the first Mafia game quite nicely. Also, while Mafia II is a sequel, it is totally separate story from the first one, but you are missing out if you have yet to play the first Mafia game. Get it on the PC however, as most have said the Xbox and PS2 ports are not very well done.
Dead Space, Meet Scarface Control Schemes
By Joe Haygood | October 20, 2008
If you are a listener to the Aeropodcast, you have probably heard myself rattle on to no end about the control issues in Scarface. It was buggy, remaping did not work, and generally overall, it sucked to have to use a third party gamepad mapping software to make the game work. It just seems that when multiplatform games are developed, the PC ends up getting the short end of the stick when it comes to translating controls to the mouse and keyboard. Well, I am woefully reporting that it looks like the controls for the PC version of Dead Space have been nerfed to the highest order.
X-COM Series Now on Steam
By Joe Haygood | September 5, 2008So it seems that the powers that be have finally brought upon this Windows Vista and XP Earth, a version of X-COM that will run properly, without any glitches or bugs. This was the one game that I was so mad I could not play with my Gametap membership, because the game would not run under Vista. Yay for Steam and 2K Games for making this happen.
Steam is selling each X-COM game in the series, including X-COM: UFO Defense, X-COM: Terror from the Deep, X-COM: Apocalypse, X-COM: Infiltrator and finally, X-COM: Enforcer for $4.99 each. But if you buy the entire collection, you can pick it up for a slim $14.99. Buy it this weekend, and you get 10% off the purchase. If for some reason, any of our readers pass on this deal for one of the greatest games ever released on any platform, Shenannigans will be called and you will be dealt with accordingly.
Bioshock Release Date for PS3
By Joe Haygood | August 19, 2008
Today, 2K Games announced their release date for Bioshock on the PS3. Gamers on the Playstation 3 will get a chance to delve into the depths of Rapture starting October 21st, 2008. The game will ship with enhanced graphics and apparently new content. Not sure if this is from download or if the content will be significant, but it will be there. Also, 2K Games sent over the above screenshot plus one below the jump, as well as a new website dedicated to the PS3 version of Bioshock, which can be found at http://www.bioshockgame.com/ps3/.
Venom Games Closes Up Shop
By Joe Haygood | July 3, 2008
So here is an interesting conundrum. What do you do when a developer closes up shop while you are reviewing their game? Well, the review still goes on, but there is a benefit to know that you probably don’t have to worry about DLC to purchase.
Venom Games, developer of Don King Presents: Prize Fighter and Rocky Legends, has shut down production, and is closing their doors. Formed out of the ruins of Rage Studios back in the late 90’s, Venom Games has been performing porting duties for several games, like Prey, but started putting together Rocky boxing games. They were selected by 2K Sports to develop the Don King game, but lackluster sales and ill-fated reviews seemed to seal the deal for this small development house.
Venom Games was handling the development of the Wii version of Prize Fighter, so it will be interesting if the game is shelved or if it is handed off to another developer to finish. Prize Fighter was going to make use of the Wii Fit board if you had it attached to your Wii.
2K Sports Sponsors Basketball Video With Beastie’s MCA
By Joe Haygood | June 25, 2008
Adam Yauch, aka MCA from the Beastie Boys, and 2K Games have teamed up to announce the premiere of the new high school basketball documentary, “Gunnin’ For That #1 Spot”. The film was directed by Adam Yauch, and focuses on eight of the top recruited high school athletes two years ago, while they are wooed by shoe deals, fans and colleges alike.
“It’s great to partner with Adam Yauch, along with the top high school basketball players in the nation, to debut this amazing documentary for dedicated basketball fans everywhere,” said Jason Argent, VP of Marketing at 2K Sports. “We pride ourselves in making the most exciting and authentic games available, and GUNNIN’ FOR THAT #1 SPOT gets to the heart and soul of hoops in the same manner we approach our top rated NBA 2K franchise* and 2K Sports titles.”
The premiere is set for tonight in Los Angeles, CA at the Magic Johnson Theaters, on 2309 Frederic Douglass Blvd. Some of the players set to appear are in this week’s NBA draft or still playing college ball, including Michael Beasley, Kevin Love, Jerryd Bayless, Donte Greene, Tyreke Evans, Brandon Jennings, Kyle Singler and Lance Stephenson.
Conference Call for Don King Presents: Prize Fighter
By Joe Haygood | June 9, 2008
Chase over at 2K Sports was nice enough to send me over an invite to the press conference for their upcoming game, Don King Presents: Prize Fighter. The conference call covered the Xbox 360 version, and only addressed the Wii and DS versions of the game as coming shortly after the 360 version of the game. The call also gave us the surprise of both Don King and Larry Holmes showing up to answer questions about themselves and the game. The only problem I had was not knowing how to get my new phone to record the conversation, because if you have ever listened to Don King, you realize that you need a seatbelt to keep up with the man as he speaks.
Bioshock Gets a Shot of Adam, Enhanced for PS3
By Joe Haygood | May 28, 2008
Last year, Bioshock came to the 360 and the PC, with lots of fanfare, commercial and critcal praise. Of course, PS3 owners were asking when they would get their slice of the Rapture pie, and the patience and persistance has paid off as 2K Games has now officially announced what we have known for the last few days, that Bioshock is coming to the Sony Playstation 3.
Of greater interest is the fact that the game will receive some enhancements. What this means is not clear as of yet, but from the two screenshots that accompany this article, it is clear that the graphical power of the system is being used for some cleaned up visuals. I love the brighter color palette that is being used for the PS3 version, because it seems to show off more detail of the Rapture environment.
Bioshock Needs No Multiplayer
By Joe Haygood | September 7, 2007
Lately, I have read story after story about Bioshock and how it should be taken down a peg because it included no multiplayer. What shocks me even more is the fact that people hand over foot seem to agree with the editorials and forum posters that the game is lacking a bit due to this problem. They still say it is a great game, but that it will be forgotten because of the lack of multiplayer.
Well, I have to disagree on this one. I think one of the reasons that Bioshock was so highly regarded and had such a well thought out single player campaign is because it was single player only, without the distraction of a multiplayer mode taking away from the game. And Irrational/2K Boston has some history with adding multiplayer support in its games and it is interesting for those that may be unaware.
Little Sister Decisions Hit Mainstream Media
By Joe Haygood | August 23, 2007
In our last podcast, we talked about the morality play that confronts us with the Little Sisters in Bioshock. As people are aware, you have two choices in Bioshock when it comes to these vessels. You can try to free them, or you can kill them. Either choice plays into what happens in the game. Being that you are given the choice to kill something that looks like a little girl (they are no longer girls at this point, but Adam collectors), it was bound to hit the mainstream media.
Sure enough, The Patriot Ledger hit on this topic yesterday in their paper. They talk about how 2K Games is pushing the boundaries of “ultraviolent gaming” due to allowing the choice to kill these girls. Now to their credit, after the rather bold first paragraph, they actually do mention the fact that you don’t have to kill them, but that you can save them from their fate.
But in normal media sensationalism, towards the end of the article, they try to tie Bioshock’s morality play, to a killing that was allegedly brought about by someone playing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. It never fails. The media always seems to try to find a way to relate games to real world violence. Like somehow, all violent crime did not exist before the Atari 2600 or the arcades of yesteryear.
found via Joystiq
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