Soccer is the only sport to really have found success in the management genre. With only a few releases before the last few years, the desire for this kind of deep simulation has been enhanced by two factors: the surge in the popularity of fantasy sports, and mainstream sports games’ trend of dumping many deep management elements when making the jump from the last console generation to the current one. READ MORE
Konami’s series of licensed beat-’em-ups in the late ’80s and early ’90s were a huge success at the time, and those who played them then have desired to experience them again on modern consoles. Konami and Ubisoft were happy to oblige, bringing TMNT and X-Men games to downloadable services. Now we have The Simpsons Arcade, and if there’s anything we’ve learned at this point, it’s that only some of these hold up as well as we thought they would. READ MORE
Here at Snackbar Games, we’re as interested in news as anyone else, and this week we’ll take a ride with Sackboy.
TOP STORY: Little Big Planet Karting announced
Unlike most Sony rumors, this one lasted very little time before Sony commented on it. It was confirmed on Friday via a tweet that a kart racing game featuring Sackboy will be a reality at some point in the not-too-distant future. Nothing else was said, not even what studio is working on it or the target systems. It’s a fair assumption that it will be a PS3 and PS Vita title though, as PSP support is unlikely at this point.
BioWare and EA were preparing for next month’s Mass Effect 3 release by releasing five separate trailers dealing with various aspects of the much-anticipated sequel to our 2010 Game of the Year. This one’s on interactive storytelling in the game. The rest, including looks into the game’s A.I. and co-op functionality, are after the break. READ MORE
Can the Freedom Five — Legacy, Bunker, Tachyon, the Wraith, and Absolute Zero — survive the Ruins of Atlantis in order to prevent the nefarious Baron Blade from activating his Terralunar Implosion Beam and causing the moon to crash into the Earth? Will Grand Warlord Voss amass his army of gene-bound minions at the Wagner Mars Base in order to take over the Earth before Ra, Tempest, Fanatic, and the Visionary can stop him? Find out in the next exciting issue of Sentinels of the Multiverse! READ MORE
