Metal Gear: Rising Demo was just released yesterday January 22nd for the United States & Canada and January 23rd for everyone else. Make sure you go ahead and check it out now!!!
Also If you would like to catch me playing the demo and kicking some ass, check out my video below.
Phantom Out
Well ever since last year’s E3 people have been talking, about when the next Xbox console will be released since it wasn't announced last year. Maybe people have questioned that the Xbox 360 is reaching its age of it being released November 22, 2005 in the United States & Canada 7 years ago. I personally think it’s time for something new don't you? We have heard many exciting new about the upcoming console the "Xbox 720" some things good and some things that could be improved on....
E3 has come and gone and we have seen a great many things, now we shall recount what we can remember. Note to self, tell Proteus not to eat ice while we record.
As usual the notes for the week can be found here.
So Kinect came out on what, November 4th? That was only 4 months ago, and in that time Microsoft has managed to go and sell not only 10 million Kinect units but 10 million stand alone games (assuming this does not count Kinect Adventures). Now this is world wide but that is still an impressive number, and Guinness agrees. Microsoft now holds the record for Kinect being the fastest-selling consumer electronics device. To get this they sold 8 Million units in the first 2 months. Gaz Deaves, Gaming Editor for Guinness World Records, had not seen any faster sales according to their independent researchers.
So 4 months down and sales look like they are going to stay strong, but now here is the question I have for Microsoft. We have seen the rumors that a new console is in the works over at Redmond, will Kinect work with this new console. Since I do plan to buy one soon I sure hope so.
THQ recently announced that Saints Row: The Third is scheduled for release on the 360, PS3, and Windows PC (sorry Mac guys). According to THQ Executive Vice President Danny Bilson this games starts off with you at the head of the Third Street Saints who are now an elite criminal orginazation. This means that "There’s no delivering pizza, no shuttling family members about in a long series of taxi missions. Instead, you take all the power of the Third Street Saints and you take the world by storm." So hopefully there will be less pointless missions as are pretty standard in free roaming games, at least from my experiance.
So what is the games point? Well now the Thrid Street Saints are a household name complete with their own products such as sneakers, energy drinks and even bobble heads. But all this comes at a price at they have garnered attention from The Syndicate (BUM BUM BUMMMMMMMMMM). The Syndicate is a global criminal fraternity and now demands the that Saints pay them tribute. Being who you are you bow to no man (that is what go you to where you are now afterall) and the battle begins. Look forward to even more outlandish gameplay then we had in the previous games this holiday season.
Click here to check out an oldie but a goodie review of Psychonauts courtesy of Assimilator.
