Game Previews

Maverick, Goose, Iceman and Viper are more than ready to roll back the years and take off to the sky yet again, thanks to word of Top Gun for PlayStation Network for the PS3 being in the works, where it will also arrive on Mac and PC platforms as well for fans of the movie. Paramount Digital Entertainment recently announced the Top Gun video game, where it will come in the form of a free-flying air combat shooter that is based on the adrenaline-packed film. In Top Gun, you will get to enroll in the Top Gun Academy as Maverick with their Radio Information Officer Goose, while going up against the best of the rest for Top Gun honors. After graduation, players will fly into the danger zone with fellow US Navy pilots over the Indian Ocean, where this is where all the action begins, as you attempt to shoot down enemy fighter jets, defend and attack bases and engage in large-scale dogfight battles. Just in case you hate flying solo, you will be pleased to know that Top Gun also features five multiplayer modes, allowing up to sixteen players to go up against the best and battle it out online.

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Ever wanted to be a prima donna when it comes to the super hero world? With so many hundreds (or perhaps, thousands) of characters to choose from with several universes to contend with, you can be sure that picking the right one might be a whole lot harder than you originally thought. Well, for those with an affinity towards the Marvel Universe will be pleased to know that Gazillion Entertainment has unveiled the eagerly anticipated Super Hero Squad Online, where players worldwide can have the chance to be their favorite super hero in a living online world. You get 5,000-plus iconic heroes and villains to choose from in the Marvel Universe. where you can team up with friends as they engage in exhilarating combat, show off their decked-out squad in the game’s social spaces, collect thousands of items, and explore interactive environments based on classic and new Marvel worlds.

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2K Games and Valve recently announced earlier this month that they will be enabling power all PC versions of the highly anticipated Sid Meier’s Civilization V with a slew of Steamworks’ features, and that also will come with a special Digital Deluxe Edition through Steam. Apart from that, customers who pre-order the regular or Digital Deluxe editions of Sid Meier’s Civilization V on Steam will also be rewarded with a free map pack that ought to stoke strategists worldwide when the game rolls out to the masses later fall. Hmmm, free is always good, but something tells us that the cost of programming the map pack has already been factored in – surely they wouldn’t sell software at a loss, eh?

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Blizzard knows that their StarCraft cash cow is far from being milked to its very last drop, which is why they are coming up with a long-anticipated sequel known as StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. We know that this game will be a success long before the game was completed, knowing Blizzard’s rabid and yet massive fan base. Can’t blame them though, for Blizzard really knows how to make a mean game, and one that has great gameplay mechanics, a riveting storyline as well as looking all stunning while making the most advantage of today’s hardware. Well, the company has just announced the pricing structure for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, where it will also be fully localized into Latin American Spanish and will be available in Mexico, Argentina, and Chile for a recommended retail price of $299 MXN/$119 ARS/$13,900 CLP. Each purchase will be accompanied by six months of access to the StarCraft II single-player campaign and multiplayer play through the new version of Battle.net.

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LittleBigPlanet has been more than a decent hit on the Sony PS3 platform, and the company has now announced plans to introduce LittleBigPlanet 2, a sequel to the award-winning, multi-million unit selling hit LittleBigPlanet. Needless to say, this will be similar to its predecessor, being an exclusive for the PlayStation 3 console. It will be developed by Media Molecule, where fans will have a new means to PLAY, CREATE, and SHARE, where this includes a revamped graphics engine that is capable of supplying stunning visuals, a fresh storyline, added accessories and equipment for Sackboy, and revolutionary gameplay mechanics providing players a level of control and customization that has never been seen before.

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Majesco is back with yet another title that will definitely appeal to the mass market in the form of Swords for Wii, although it remains to be seen whether reception for this title will be as hot as previous Majesco outings. Swords will place you against some of the most formidable adversaries in history through via less lethal weapons of war – we’re talking about the tried and tested Wii Remote with Wii MotionPlus that doubles up as your blade for accurate 1-to-1 motion-based battles.

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Toy Story 3 will come in 3D format to capture kids’ hearts all over the country come this June 15th, riding off the unprecedented success of Avatar that has frankly broken just about every record out there to stake its claim as the best selling film to date. Well, we don’t know just how well will Toy Story 3 do in the theaters, but at least we do know that it will also come in the form of a game specially for the Sony PS3 platform this coming June 15, 2010. Inside, you will find that Emperor Zurg, one of the most beloved villains of the Disney/Pixar “Toy Story” franchise, will end up as a playable character, while the game itself is also one of the first few to hit the market which boasts compatibility with the PlayStationMove motion controller.

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IPMG Publishing is first off the blocks to introduce the first math game app that has been specially optimized for Apple’s popular new iPad, where it was recently unveiled at the 2010 National Council for Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) conference in San Diego, California. The app is known as Tic Tac Math Universal, and will definitely not be a simple port of sorts, as it will rely on the special features that are found only on the iPad in order to deliver a fun, engaging math game app for kids to improve basic math skills regardless of where they are – in the car, waiting at a restaurant or anywhere that kids may say, “I’m bored!” The math teachers who had a look at it loved the innovative design applied to a familiar game that offers great opportunity for math skill building.

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Epic Games, People Can Fly and Electronic Arts have all come together to announce the confirmation of the development of Bulletstorm. Bulletstorm is a spanking new original intellectual property from the teams behind the award-winning, multiple million-selling Gears of War, Unreal Tournament and Painkiller series of games, so you can have an idea on just how big this title is going to be when it rolls out sometime next year. Bulletstorm is set to introduce new furor to first-person shooter action thanks to its signature ‘kill with skill’ gameplay that is accompanied by blockbuster moments.

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Black Box has just announced that their highly anticipated SKATE 3 game has a demo that is ready and waiting to be tried out by fans and interested parties over the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Network from April 15th, 2010 onwards. This demo will entail players having a taste of the University District in the all-new skater’s paradise of Port Carverton. You can go through a range of single and multiplayer challenges including Domination, Own the Lot, and the bone-crushing Hall of Meat even in the demo itself to get a taste of what’s to come.

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