Wet immediately brings to mind the Grindhouse style that Quentin Tarantino recently made popular. This styling of low budget horror, kung-fu and exploitation movies form the 70’s achieved a cult following despite poor print quality, and this homage adds to the over the top and visually violent game play that is the essence of Wet.
From the menu and load screen graphics, to the mini cinema style advertising, right through to the melting film frames when you die, Wet wants you to think you are playing the part of a 70 action hero with a modern twist. The twist being that you’re a woman. Read the rest of this entry »
Thats right Sony Playstation New Zealand and Weta Workshops are teaming up in a competition to celebrate Ratchet & Clank’s New Offering – Ratchet & Clank : A Crack in Time.
We’re not an American website, so we might be missing something, but we’re sure Wal-Mart’s new Modern Warfare 2 ad is missing the point. Whilst it might be funny seeing two guys trying to outdo each other on the phone, it really doesn’t sell the game. But then I guess Wal-Mart’s job is to sell Wal-Mart not Modern Warfare 2. 
DICE today announced a Limited Edition release of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the premier first-person shooter of 2010. The Limited Edition game features six special gameplay unlocks that give players a tactical advantage on the battlefield from the minute they fire up the game. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has been recognized by critics worldwide for its uncompromising action gameplay, unprecedented level of destruction, vehicular warfare, squad play and open sandbox environments in a modern warfare game. Available while supplies last, the Limited Edition version of the game will be sold at the same price as the standard version of the game with participating retailers in New Zealand from March 5, 2010. 
The latest sales figures are in and it now seems the gloss is starting to come off Nintendo’s flag ship product the Wii. With reported sales in the last 6 months at $766.1 US Million, down 52% on last years figures, most are picking that this is a clear sign that the Nintendo Wii is on its way out.
Left 4 Dead 2 may follow the Splosion Man route of offering wearable Avatar items for in-game accomplishments, according to a post on the Steam Forums (via MTV Multiplayer). A user with the handle “Fade Guy” found some items listed in the .txt file of the recently released demo. Among the awards are a med kit and frying pan, along with several t-shirts. The items are split into two categories: “in game” and “xlast,” the latter of which is widely assumed to be the Xbox 360 Avatar items. We’re not sure what the “in game” category describes (which includes the frying pan), but it’s still under the header of Avatar. 
November is going to be a huge month for gamers, not necessarily on the number of games being released, but because of two games in particular. It would be a fair bet to say that Modern Warfare 2 will be the biggest selling game of the year and go on to become the biggest selling First Person Shooter of all time. When that games drops on November 10, there will be a lot of people either taking sick days or turning up to work looking like zombies. Ten days later a number of gamers will be conflicted in their loyalties when Left 4 Dead 2 releases, unleashing a stumbling mass of zombies for the eager to dispatch. 
