Astro Boy: The Video Game
Our first feature this week is the cross-platform release, Astroboy: The Video Game. This new video game adaptation of the Astro Boy franchise is based on the plot of the new Astro Boy CGI movie. Use all of Astro Boy’s signature moves, including his Rocket Boots, Finger Lasers, Arm Cannon, and Butt Machine Gun, to defeat the evil robot army. The gameplay is a mixture of platformer levels, and side-scrolling shooter levels. There will be a 2-player Co-op mode, but no details as to how it will work.
Medieval Games
For the Wii this week, we’ll be getting Medieval Games. This is a Mario Party-style party game, which means board-game movement interspersed with mini-games of various types, all within a medieval fairy-tale setting. That’s all well and good, but the thing that makes this entry stand out is its developer. Bethesda is not really known for goofy party games, so it’ll be interesting to see where they’ve taken the genre.
Rock-and-Roll Domo
The widely recognizable NHK Japan mascot, Domo will be starring in a series of DSi games this week. Hard-Hat Domo is a color-matching puzzle game in which Domo is trying to get to the top of a construction site. In White-Water Domo, Domo must reach the end of a Rafting course as fast as possible to advance to the next stage. Pro-Putt Domo is a classic golfing game in which players must aim and time Domo’s swings. Crash-Course Domo is a bicycle racing game against AI opponents. Finally Rock-n-Roll Domo is a simple rhythm game, using the touch-screen controls.
Borderlands
Our Icrontic Spotlight release this week is the cross-platform release Borderlands–a FPS RPG set on a lawless desert planet in the distant future. It’s been seven years since everyone but the poorest inhabitants of Pandora left to find a new home, and the entire world has descended into chaos. In addition, the planet is emerging from a decades long winter to reveal that dangerous creatures had been hibernating just below the surface during the colony’s entire history. Choose one of four pre-defined characters, each with their own attributes and skill trees, and venture out in to the wastes in attempt to find the ancient cache of alien technology and save the planet. The game features 4-player co-op play, and randomizers for almost everything that can be randomized, including items, level and wilderness layouts, and monster stats and attacks, lending itself to a potentially very high replay value. The visuals, however, are cell-shaded and gritty, which is an odd-looking combination, and the writing and humor seem a bit juvenile, which may turn off some players. The game will be released for the PC next week.
Following is a list of announced releases for North America:
PC
- Agatha Christie: Dead Man’s Folly
- CSI: Deadly Intent
- DinerTown Detective Agency
- Elementals: The Magic Key
- Elven Legacy: Ranger
- Everquest II: The Complete Collection
- iCarly
- LEGO Star Wars: Quest for R2-D2
- Light of Altair
- The Dracula Files
- Wedding Dash: Ready, Aim, Love
PS3
- Astro Boy: The Video Game
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers
- Borderlands
- FIFA Soccer 10
- SingStar Motown
- Trine
- WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
PSP
- Astro Boy: The Video Game
- FIFA Soccer 10
- Gran Turismo (Limited Edition Entertainment Pack)
- Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
- Marvel Super Hero Squad
- Mytran Wars
- The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun
- WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
Wii
- Alien Monster Bowling League
- Astro Boy: The Video Game
- Backyard Football 2010
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers
- Charm Girls Club Pajama Party
- Dragon Ball: Revenge of King Piccolo
- Dreamworks Madagascar Kartz
- FIFA Soccer 10
- iCarly
- Littlest Pet Shop: Friends
- LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias
- Marvel Super Hero Squad
- Medieval Games
- Mountain Sports
- Rock Blast
- Shootanto: Evolutionary Mayhem!
- The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun
- Water Sports
- WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
- RYGAR (VC – Arcade)
DS
- Astro Boy: The Video Game
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers
- Charm Girls Club My Fashion Mall
- Charm Girls Club My Fashion Show
- Charm Girls Club My Perfect Prom
- Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop
- Crash-Course Domo
- Diner Dash: Flo on the Go
- FIFA Soccer 10
- Hard-Hat Domo
- Hero’s Saga Laevatein Tactics
- iCarly
- Imagine Fashion Designer World Tour
- Jam Sessions 2
- Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010
- Littlest Pet Shop: Beach Friends
- Littlest Pet Shop: City Friends
- Littlest Pet Shop: Country Friends
- Margot’s Bepuzzled
- Marvel Super Hero Squad
- Pro-Putt Domo
- Rock-n-Roll Domo
- Space Invaders Extreme 2
- The Secret Saturdays: Beasts of the 5th Sun
- White-Water Domo
- WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
Xbox 360
- Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? Game Time
- Astro Boy: The Video Game
- Backyard Football 2010
- Bakugan Battle Brawlers
- Borderlands
- Dreamworks Madagascar Kartz
- FIFA Soccer 10
- Lips: Number One Hits
- Panzer General: Allied Assault
- SpongeBob’s Truth or Square
- Way of the Samurai 3
- WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
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