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Star Wars: The Old Republic: Taral V Flashpoint Trailer

Nick Silversides (CaptSkyRocket) — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:43:34 +0000

Bioware have released this latest clip from one of the flashpoints from Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR). In a nutshell, flashpoints are story driven missions where your choices make a difference to the enemies you fight and the outcome of the flashpoint. You can also repeat flashpoints as often as you wish and they contain some of the best rewards in the galaxy, at least according to the SWTOR website. The following clip is from the Taral V flashpoint:

Whilst the environments in this clip look interesting, I’ll need to see a bit more of how the combat works before I begin to get excited about this game, as it doesn’t look great in this clip. All the enemies are very static, especially the giant robot/droid. I know KOTOR was awesome, with Weefz being a huge fan of that game. But, to steal a famous quote from Star Wars, do people have a “bad feeling about this” game. Is it just too big an ask for Bioware to produce a really good Star Wars MMO?

Star Wars: The Old Republic will be released on the PC sometime in the future.

Dead Space 2 – The Excavations Trailer

Nick Silversides (CaptSkyRocket) — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:00:44 +0000

If you fancy seeing what chaos humanity is going to cause in the 25th century then check out the Dead Space 2 trailer. Be warned, it does recap all the events of the first Dead Space game, so don’t watch is you’re planning on playing it any time soon.

Looking forward to playing Dead Space 2 at the end of the month? Yeah, me too.

Dead Space 2 is due for release on the 28th Jan 2011 for Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3.

Alien Breed 3: Descent Trailer And Release Date

Nick Silversides (CaptSkyRocket) — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:47:17 +0000

Team 17 have announced that the final part of their latest Alien Breed trilogy – Alien Breed 3: Descent – will be released on the 17th Nov 2010. I quite enjoyed Alien Breed 2: Assault even if the gameplay was a little repetitive. However, in terms of scary, horror-type atmosphere the game had buckets of it. So turn the lights off and prepare to get a little jumpy!

Check out the trailer for Alien Breed 3: Descent:

In Alien Breed 3: Descent you get to dive deeper into the Alien vessel in a bid to stop it crashing into the planet and killing all on board (i.e. you and your crew mates). The “horrifying truth” behind the Breed also awaits you. Eeek!

As before, there is a single-player campaign, two-player online co-operative battle modes.

Alien Breed 3: Descent is released on the 17th Nov 2010 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

Dead Space 2 – Lullaby Trailer

Nick Silversides (CaptSkyRocket) — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:00:28 +0000

What’s missing from a game with aliens, gore, violence, space, guns and horror? Yes, that’s right a nice lullaby and maybe some nudity ;-) Fortunately for us the latest trailer for Dead Space 2 includes all these lovely ingredients*.

*Sorry, I lied about the nudity.

Dead Space 2 is due for release on the 28th Jan 2011 on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Dead Space 2 – Time To Get Scared Again

Nick Silversides (CaptSkyRocket) — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:00:18 +0000

Dead Space 2 is shaping up to be a seriously cool and scary looking game based on this evidence. I love the fact you can just jetpack around the outside of a space station. And from the look of the screenshots there some pretty scary stuff waiting to eat your brains! I’ve not had chance to play the original Dead Space yet, but it is on my list of thing to do. Has anyone any comments about the first game?

Dead Space 2 is due for release on the 28th Jan 2011 on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3

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E3 Expo – Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer

Nick Silversides (CaptSkyRocket) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:31:24 +0000

Given Nintendo’s track record of churning out sequel upon sequel, it comes as no surprise what-so-ever that Super Mario Galaxy 2 is in the pipeline. However, the first Super Mario Galaxy game was really, really good. So much so I played it constantly until I’d finished it (and then never touched it again!).

On the basis of this latest trailer, we can expect pretty much more of the same but with added Yoshi. So, I’m pretty happy with that.