I’m still surprised Castle Crashers isn’t already on Steam, considering the origins of the developer. It would be a perfect fit though, so I’ll be surprised if this doesn’t happen.

Considering the success that Castle Crashers has had on XBLA and PSN, it’s very surprising to me that it hasn’t come to PC or Steam yet. I think it’s likely to happen sooner or later, but the fact that it hasn’t after this much time tempers my expectations a tad.

Downloadable games have found more success on PC than on console, despite the experience being nice, smooth and largely preferable for many games in the closed environment. That said, Castle Crashers broke the mold, and let’s be honest: wouldn’t this have happened before now if it was going to?

This would be pretty awesome to be honest. Would give me another reason to pick this game up again on a different system. If anything, Behemoth has always been a company to please their fans, so the idea of a steam release seems viable. It took a while for it to come out on PSN, but it happened eventually. I could see the same thing happening on Steam.

I want to say the first game did decently for EA, but I would be surprised if they want to push for a sequel. At the same time, the same thing happened with the first Dead Space and, with the right launch window, Dead Space 2 did a lot better. EA could be hoping the same for Dante’s Inferno 2, and with the right launch window and marketing campaign (one that’s hopefully better than the abysmal Dead Space 2 marketing campaign), they might just get that.

From what I understand, Dante’s Inferno was a fairly good game that got a bad rap for being ‘too similar’ to God of War. I wouldn’t be surprised if EA decided to try to make a franchise out of it, but I’d be severely disappointed. It’s one thing to make a game based on a classical poem, it’s another thing entirely to write a sequel to said classical poem expressly to make a game about it.

I personally wouldn’t mind if this series went away quietly, but I recognize what EA probably does as well: a God of War clone could have great success in a world where that series is no longer being made. (Though I wouldn’t be entirely sure Sony will stick to that plan indefinitely.)

One of it’s glaring problems was that it was seen as a God of War clone. If they’re gonna come out with a second one, they have to give it something distinctively different to set it apart from other games like it. It has to pull off a Saint’s Row 2, if you will. I can’t see it happening, but if it does, it has to pull off something new.

Kinect for Sony TVs. Something just seems very, very wrong here. I can imagine the Kinect being integrated into more products outside of the Xbox 360 (and whatever future system Microsoft has coming down the pipeline), but a Sony TV? That just seems pretty preposterous to me. Of all of the companies that Microsoft could team up with for this, I can’t imagine Sony being the one.

I can definitely see this happening. And I don’t think Microsoft would have any more of a problem with Sony licensing Kinect for this purpose than they do with Sony licensing Windows for use on their PCs. Either way, it gives Microsoft more money and more reach with its technology.

At first, it may sound far-fetched that Sony and Microsoft would work together to people used to the console wars. Beyond software, though, the two businesses make the best decisions for each department. Microsoft pays the DVD license, and much of that goes to Sony. Sony Pictures movies are available to buy through XBLM, and Sony’s Crackle service is coming to 360 now too. (Heck, Sony’s Vaio computers are PCs, after all.) It’s not that crazy.

Total benefit of the doubt here, but I could totally see Kinect-Infused-Sony TVs happening. 3D has already happened and we’ve managed to stuff a PS3 into televisions as well. What’s stopping Microsoft from doing something in a similar fashion with their rival in tow?