Irrational Games and Ken Levine’s latest project has been unveiled, and it is both a sequel to the BioShock series… and not at all at the same time. It takes the name and some basic ideas of the BioShock franchise, but instead of entering a Cold War underwater city, it goes above the clouds in a 19th century steampunk America.
The effort put into some fan projects is sometimes quite staggering to behold. Take this for example: a four player split-screen rendition of Don’t Stop Me Now using Super Mario World.
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Right on the heels of the release of the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World release in theaters is this mash up take on the trailer with the original graphic novel. Check out how faithful it is to the original source material (pretty faithful, all in all).
Few companies go a decade between successful releases: Blizzard did so with StarCraft, but they did have other franchises. Jagex, however, has only had RuneScape over the past decade, but they’re working on their latest game Stellar Dawn for a 2011 release.
While the downloadable Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game that’s out there wears its old school gaming references on its sleeve, the pitch for the game was even more 8-bit. Along with direct homages to Sonic the Hedgehog, Ninja Gaiden and Mega Man 2, there are chip covers of songs from the White Stripes, Smashing Pumpkins and the Ramones.
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While most romantic comedies aren’t set up to appeal to the nerd/gamer/geek crowd, The Switch is different. Not only is it staring Jason Bateman of Arrested Development fame, but it deals with friend zone issues that nerds can relate to in a funny way.
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Solid Snake and Ghost continue their assault on Activisun in part 2 of Modern War Gear Solid. Plenty more slick production values, with a twist at the end!
The second episode of Game Theory with Scott Steinberg has released. This episode takes a closer look to see if traditional publishers and developers are adapting to the world of free-to-play online games and social networks.
For those eager for Fable III to release, here’s an expeditionary cut scene that does a decent job of setting up the events of the game. It sounds like everything is ripe for a player led revolution.
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Call of Duty: Black Ops has the task of following up the extensive multiplayer options of Modern Warfare 2. If this debut multiplayer trailer is any indication, there’s more than a few tricks up Treyarch’s sleeve.
