Welcome to post E3 and another slightly slow week of releases. This week we have a cheerleading zombie killer, a Japanese fighting game a year late, a game with a crater, a pretty cool gravity manipulation game, an augmented reality Vita game, and quite possibly a game that did everything possible to be awarded our latest What Were They Smoking?! Award.
Omission from last week
Sorry Forza fans, I seem to keep missing these car packs, so here’s the latest one from last week: Forza 4- the Meguiar’s Car Pack- latest car pack for Forza 4 includes 10 vehicles. Vehicles include 2011 Chevrolet #4 Corvette Racing ZR1, 2012 Mercedes- Benz C63 AMG Black Series, 1959 BMW 507, 1958 MG MGA Twin-Cam, 1997 Maserati Ghibli Cup, and 1963 Volkswagen Beetle to name a few. [560 MS Points]
Pulse’s Pick of the Week
Lollipop Chainsaw (PS3, XBOX360) - If you ever wanted to play a game where you were a high school cheerleader that killed zombies, this game is for you! This hack-and-slash stars Juliet Starling, a cheerleader that carries with her the head of her boyfriend who was bitten by a zombie. Perfect game to prepare yourself for the upcoming zombie apocalypse![$59.99]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRfroCeDk2E
XBOX 360 Releases
Phantom Breaker - Japanese 2D fighting game using the oh-so original storyline of a fighting tournament where the winner gets his or her wish granted. This game was released in Japan over a year ago but was delayed due to some bugs. Game includes 14 playable characters. [$39.99]
PC Releases
Krater - Action RPG with elements of an overhead strategy game and dungeon crawler. Game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where cities have been built upon a large impact crater. The object of the game is explore the crater and get as far as you can. Players control a squad of three characters and there is seamless play between singleplayer and multiplayer. [$19.99]
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion - Stand alone expansion for the Sins of a Solar Empire series. Expansion includes new factions, ships, updated visuals, and new abilities. [$39.99]
Playstation Vita Releases
Gravity Rush - Action role playing game where players have the ability to manipulate gravity by tilting the Vita. Story was written by Naoko Sato, who wrote for the Siren series as well as the first Silent Hill. [$39.99]
Metal Gear Solid HD Collection- Remastered versions of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. [$39.99]
Arcade and DLC Releases
Magicka: The Other Side of the Coin - DLC for the Magicka series featuring Alucart the vampire and his necromancers. Includes a new story, four new challenge maps, new pvp class, and four-player co-op. [$4.99]
PulZar (PSN Vita) - Augmented reality puzzle game where any flat surface becomes the field of play. Object is to reflect lasers using AR cards to destroy meteors that are going to destroy earth. Better hope you cleaned your desk off before all of mankind is destroyed!
What Were They Smoking?!
While awarding last week’s What Were They Smoking?! Award, I thought it would be a while before another game came along that would be more fitting. But then this week came along and may be the most ridiculous yet. The Nintendo DS gives us another winner with iCarly: Groovy Foodie! In my opinion, this game does everything wrong. First, it takes a theme from a terrible show on Nickelodeon (sorry iCarly fans!). Second, it’s a sequel of blockbuster iCarly games like iCarly! and iCarly2: iJoin the Click! Third, its a bad puzzle game that steals ideas from other games, like Root Beer Tapper. In this terrible game, Carly and Sam get into mischief at a local hot dog stand and must perform community service by serving food to customers. Some of the wacky food items are spaghetti tacos, doughnuts on a stick, and fudge balls (gonna leave that last one alone). Battle customers such as web mascots, students throwing stuff, and... wait for it....prisoners from King County Prison! Enough already, you earned it iCarly!!! You earned it, now go away! [$29.95]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pePOVUQ8nUo
