The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
First up this week is The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile. Sequel to The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, this new game follows the same character from the well-recieved first game, and features many of the same mechanics. It builds on the original’s features, however, as players can now play as either The Dishwasher, Yuki, or both, as online co-op play is available. Battle through 13 new campaign levels, and 50 extra levels with LIVE leaderboards. Lots of weapons, lots of blood, and plenty of freaky enemies to chew through. If you had fun with the first one, you’ll have fun with this one.
Dino D-Day
I know I complain a lot about World War II as a setting for video games (or anything, really), but Dino D-Day might be the WWII game to make me change my mind. This class-based FPS is set in an alternate history in which Hitler Jurassic Parked some Dinosaurs, and is winning the war due to this overwhelming advantage. Players choose a class as they enter the battlefield, but unlike most games in the genre, the sides do not have analogs of the other. If the player choses the Allies, they have six classes—all the typicals from bombardier to sniper. If the player chooses the Axis, however, they only have three human classes. The other three classes are dinosaurs… dinosaurs with guns. Unfortunately the game doesn’t look too polished, and the dinosaur gimmick will likely lose its novelty after a few rounds, so it might not hold much of a following for very long.
Hoard
The Icrontic Spotlight this week flies from the deadly maw of Hoard. This game is an interesting twist on the city simulator genre. The player takes control of a marauding dragon, terrorizing a countryside village. The dragon in powerful, and earns treasure by destroying the village, but if he destroys too much, there will be nothing left to attack next year. The player must strike a balance, destroying enough to keep points high, but leaving enough infrastructure that the town will survive or even thrive into another year. It’s just made more awesome by the addition of a multi-player mode. Expect an Icrontic review of Hoard soon.
Following is a full list of this week’s announced North American releases:
Windows
- Hoard
- Spiral Knights
- Adam’s Venture II: Solomon’s Secret
- Anomaly: Warzone Earth
- Dino D-Day
- Mole Control
- Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops
Wii
- Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2
- Planet Fish
- Remington Super Slam Hunting: Alaska
- Super Bonk (VC)
DS
- A Fairy Tale
- Absolute Baseball
- Anonymous Notes: Chapter 1 – From The Abyss
Xbox 360
- Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do!
- Major League Baseball 2K9
- Retrocade: DataStream Y2K600
- Shield the Beat
- Swamp Defense
- The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
PS3
- StarDrone
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