Gamin' NEWS! Shooters and adventurers, ahoy!

On today's program, sequels!
Hitman is finally back, The Darkness gets a numero dos, and Larry will come back soon...
Hitman is BACK! Looking mighty badass in Hitman: Absolution!



I can't wait to see Agent 47 back in full HD glory this time around.
I loved the previous games, besides some technical problems that prevented me from ever finishing Contracts, they were very good games worth exploring.
You could playing it guns ablazing or more tactical like a professional stealth assassin. Great games!


Here's a sequel nobody was asking for, from a game most didn't even knew about...
The Darkness II is a sequel to 2007's The Darkness, which was in fact an adaptation from a Top Cow comic. The original game was a pretty good title developed by Vin Diesel's own gaming studio Starbreeze. This time around 2K Games got Digital Extremes to make this one, and it's scheduled to be released in February 2012.



Looking pretty fun actually!


On the Adventure side of gaming genres (sounds like a mouthful, right?), here's a new trailer for the upcoming Jurassic Park game:



This one has a lot on its shoulders. Not regarding to its quality. But the fact that most games based on JP thus far have been solid pretty good titles in their own.
From the 8 bits to the 16 bits and even the park builder title on PC from a couple years back, most of them if not all have been fantastic games so far!
Will this be the weak link of the family?


And finally, Leisure Suit Larry.

The popular classic Larry franchise from the good ol' Sierra On-Line days will make a come back in our HD era.

[Above: More than two decades and seven Windows OS later...]
Replay Games  was able to obtain the rights to the Leisure Suit Larry franchise, thanks to the fact that Activision didn't pick up the rights back after the closure of Vivendi Universal.
And they will re-release the original series, as well as start working on all new adventures, beginning in 2012, the year that marks the series’ 25th anniversary.

And if that wasn't enough, they even brought back series creator Al Lowe on board!
You can read more on Lowe back on the series here on EGM Now.

After Vivendi Universal took the rights off Al Lowe hands after the successful LSL7, they made one simpler cheaper LSL: Magna Cum Laude and another even worse LSL: Box Office Bust that made the former look like an award winning AAA-title game in comparison...
Will the series be back in right and due form?

Check out the first screens of this remake!

BEST NEWS of the year!! Yeah!
I hope it's well animated, as good or better than LSL7 was.
I'm fearing a cheap flahs-like budget remake...

The first of these remake is scheduled for release sometime early next year, on most system (so I'm guessing, Wiiware, Xboxlive, PSN, Steam, iPhone/Pad/Pod, etc..) and the sequels will follow depending on the success of this one.

Gamin' NEWS! JP new footage

And here's some new footage of Jurassic Park: The Video Game!

Get More: GameTrailers.com, Jurassic Park - Action Montage Gameplay Trailer, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

'starting to get interested here.
But that might just be because it's dinos. And I love dinos. :)

Gamin' NEWS! Jurassic Park gets new trailer and new precisions

Remember the upcoming new Jurassic Park game from TellTale games?

Some news have surfaced about this one.
Alongside a brand new trailer!
Mwahahaha! One more JP game to add to my collection! HAHAHA! *evil laugh*
W..what? Oh, you're here, didn't hear you coming.

So.. hum *cough cough*.

Anyhow, this episodic adventure take on the famous franchise will be coming out on most systems at the same time - as it has been recently confirmed by Telltale.
AND the console versions will be retail discs directly from the start, containing all the season/episodes!! °__°
A new one for Telltale!
(their games usually come on disc at the end, once all episodes have been released - like Monkey Island 5 on DVD disc for PC, or Sam & Max Season 1 or 2 on the Wii for example)

It's great news...for me...
Since I like my games on actual media instead of digital volatile stuff... (for my, huh, collection! like I said above!)
And it will go better along all the past excellent JP
(and I feared my computer wouldn't be able to run this game, I mean I even get lags and freeze while watching blip or youtube videos these days... stupid HD settings..)

And here's the new trailer!

Video Games | Jurassic Park | T-Rex vs. Triceratops Gameplay

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Looking nice! Even if a bit on-rails.
I don't think it will be the best JP game ever (and believe me, there's been a dozen GREAT JP games unlike most other franchises)
But surely something fun to play with!

Gamin NEWS! Jurassic Park preview

Here's a gameplay preview of Jurassic Park The Game!
This new episodic series by Telltale Games will be out in April.

Now, as a gamer, but a Jurassic Park fan first, I gotta tell ya, this game has a lot to live up to.
Most JP games have been pretty good over the years.
Be it the retro JP1 games (on the Nes, Snes, Megadrive, Master System, Arcades...), the Lost World games (during the 3D era, on the Saturn/PS1, Megadrive, Arcades...) and even some of the JP3 games (current gen, on the arcades, Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis on PC..)

Now, here's a video courtesy of giantbomb.
It shows some of the gameplay, some early story sequences, the guys are talking over it with the producers.



For now, I won't make a final decision, but as I love the style and visuals...the gameplay worries me.
It's a bit too much QTE-oriented, Heavy Rain-style...
Will it make a fun and memorable experience or be quickly forgotten a week after going through it?!
Will there be any challenge? (in a game taking place on an island full of dinosaurs..there better be)

I would kinda have preferred an action game for Jurassic Park (while that other old cult franchise Ghostbusters got one some years ago instead of an adventure game that would have been more suited for a dialogue-heavy story)

Gamin' NEWS! JP new game debut

Telltale Games just released the debut trailer of Jurassic Park, their upcoming adventure game.

This one will feature a brand new updated engine, to show more complicated environments, character models and animations.
And as a fan of JP and JP games I can only say: Awesome! Can't wait!

Video Games | Jurassic Park | Exclusive Debut Trailer

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Gamin' NEWS! Jurassic Park revealed!

Telltale Games finally showed the first screens of their upcoming new game, based on...

The game will probably be released after the current one "season" ends (that's Back to The Future).

It will be, like usual, a 5-part episodic adventure.

But this time it will play differently from usual Telltale adventures, more focused on action, which is great for JP anyway.
They also said it would take a bit from PS3's Heavy Rain, as in the storytelling, the flow of the game and even some of its gameplay. (please! nothing from those stupid QTE action-button-thingies! I don't want to clean my butt in a videogame by moving a stick left-to-right for a minute!)

Most JP games are great, it's one of those rare franchise where mostly good games come out from.
From the Master System, to the Megadrive, Saturn (yeah, I'm mostly quotting Sega :P), SNES and PC!
I would have prefered a more open-game like the early 2000s one that was cancelled. Even though I'm usually not a fan of the genre, it would have been great with the JP franchise...

Anyway, this new JP game will use a brand new engine from Telltale and feature a more realistic look.
Here's some pics:

I gotta admit, it looks pretty good so far!
Impressive, coming from Telltale!
I'm a big sucker for dinos, there's just not enough dinos present in mainstream media anymore. (kids prefer furry stuff now, right?)

Can't wait for this one!

Source GameInformer

GAME NEWS! Adventurous sequels?

After maaaaaany many rumours on the web, Telltale games, best known for their Monkey Island revival and the current Sam & Max adventure gaming series, have just announced an exclusive deal with Universal.
I've quickly talked about it previously.
Their next episodic series will be based on Jurassic Park and Back to the Future!

Yep. This mean two 5-episodes seasons for those classic 80s/90s movies. (yeah, yeah, I know JP is based on a novel! I've read it and still have both books!!...)
BTTF is supposed to start its season first in not that long. (around september? maybe...)

The official teaser website is up on Telltale site as of now.
Stay tuned for more!

I like adventure games... But how good will a JP or BTTF game translate?
There's hasn't been any good BTTF game previously, but there was some really neat JP action games in the past...
What's up with those classic revivals? Is it all because of the recent Ghostbusters game? Is Telltale that afraid to make an original adventure game? Will Monkey Island 6 be made someday? Will JP be based on the books, the movie or an original retelling? Will BTTF be a retelling of the movie events or some expanded universe/spinoff series? So many questions...

Anyway, I'll leave you up with this little fun opening from a great cartoon of the past:


*back in tiiiiiiiiiime~*

NEW NEWS! Gaming, movies, etc..

Hey gang!
Here's moaar news for today!

Someday, somehow, this will be back... darker and grittier (and probably less gory)

First of all, you may have heard about that Mortal Kombat trailer floating around the web.
I like Mortal Kombat games! They're truly under appreciated nowadays and criticized, while in fact they're pretty fun and entertaining to play.
Anyway, since Midway (MK developer) went bankrupt and Warner Bros bought the studio and the MK franchise...there's been talks about a final/last MK game (to test it's viability) which would be some kinda reboot/retelling.
I would love to see a new motion captured game using HD modern MK sprites (real people "digitalised")... but somehow I doubt that would happen...
Anyway that "MK trailer floating around"? Actress Jeri Ryan told the news it was made to motivate and show the producers how capable the crew was.

It was only a "short film" to promote a new movie. 
Mortal Kombat: Rebirth was the name.
Less cheesier but a bit over the top and darker. It's a rebooted MK universe, more realistic and brutal. Watch it here if you haven't:

+1 new poster!

Predators now!
I'm still highly expecting this new Predator sequel, with practical effects, epic story, great action and produced by Robert Rodriguez.

For once, we have a different kind of preview. Instead of having a ton of teasers and trailers, we had so far some interesting behind the scenes talks with cast & crew.
This time it's a recording session look at the Predators score!



Fantastic idea! Very interesting^^
John Debney music sounds so far pretty close to Alan Silvestri music in both originals Predator movies.
I'm loving it! Can't wait for this movie!

Moar gaming now:
LucasArts showed us what kind of collector edition to expect for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II.
I actually liked the original game. The plot was nice and original, the gameplay fun (a level based hack&slah/beat'em all game in our today rpg/fps/open world sand box's world? sign me in!)

From the listing, it seems we'll have plenty stuff to look forward to:
- Premium Collectible Steelbook
- Exclusive In-Game Content
- Three exclusive challenge mode levels
- Exclusive character skins
- Exclusive Lightsaber crystal
- Exclusive Mimobot USB Designer Drive Preloaded with Bonus Content
- Starkiller 2GB Flash Drive designed by Mimobot
- Digital art book, featuring insights into the art of The Force Unleashed II

If this one won't be too expensive, I may be interested in buying it :P
But I would have prefered a USB drive like those already released ones:

Couldn't they just have included this Darth Vader in the collector edition?

From what gameinformer said recently Telltale studio new adventure game will be...wait for it...a point and click 3D adventure based on Jurassic Park!

Despite what some gaming website may say nowadays, there's been some handful pretty good Jurassic Park games in the past. Then, on the later more current era systems, worse games...
I'm still pretty surprised by this annoucement. Fresh from their latest Monkey Island and Sam&Max success, will telltale be able to create some very original JP gaming experience?
A JP Adventure sounds good... but... Will it be based on the novels? The movies? Something original?
So many questions...


Finally, on Spider-Man's side, the 3rd universe was revealed in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimension.
Like we already knew it will be based on Spider-Man/Marvel 2099 universe:



Now the real question is, what will the last universe be based on?
Something original? Marvel 1602? Marvel Zombies?
Like I tried to identify in the last news post, will it be original? It cannot be Spider-Ham/Spider-Ape/Zombie Spider-man from what the pre-order costume looks like...
The last screen in this trailer seems to indicate a symbiote-related universe (not again! no more symbiotes please!!)
Spider-carnage?

Now that I think about it, I would have loved Spider-girl instead.
She is currently appearing in the only last good Spider-man comics afterall (true!).
She could have been a fun character, story-wise. (imagine here trying not to tell Peter Parker she is the daughter he never had from a parallel universe...)

Aynway, that's all for now~
*Trying to not be lazy and finishing my SF2 review soon!!*