Zombie News No. 18

Ok so yeah its been awhile since my last post to GZ, but hey having only a handful of hours of sleep every night to feed your growing kid can re-arrange your priorities. How did I make time for this one? I guess I am adjusting to the lifestyle of being a parent. Yeah that sounds good! So alot has happened in the last 11 days of gaming. For starters, we saw the release of Blur, ModNation Racers, Alpha Protocol, and a few other titles. The best bits of news aren't the new titles (which aren't any good according to recent reviews), but the DLC being released for multiple games as well as a few rumors and announcements that hit. Hit the links to read up on the latest.

Game News

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 gets another map pack from the grave of IW. The Resurgency Pack has 5 ALL NEW maps and retails for another $15. Xbox gets the exclusive release until July. Get it here.

Alan Wake gets a third DLC pack this year. Wow Remedy three episodes within a year? Cool.

Gears of War 3 screenshots are making Dtoid drool. Me too! It's been far too long since I curb stomped a locust solider.

Red Dead Redemption Co-op Pack June 22nd. OMG I can't wait for this. Gamefly will never get their copy of RDR back from me!

Reviews of Super Mario Galaxy are stellar. IGN, Dtoid, and others are giving it perfect scores. I still need to finish the first one.

Naughty Bear Pre-order on Amazon = Freddy Krubear outfit. Is chopping up plush bears going to be fun? Maybe!

His Airness Michael Jordan will be appearing on the cover of NBA2k11 this year. It's gonna be a tough battle this year between EA and 2k for B-ball supremacy on the consoles. EA's new shooting and dribble controls look sick! According to the latest issue of OXM, ""If the left stick is your body, then the right stick serves as your hands and the ball. Bouncing the ball behind our back, for instance, required rolling the stick down and around - the same movement our hands would make to pull off the trick."

Ubisoft teasing another Assassins Creed game? This looks legit.

New Call of Duty Black Ops Co-Op will be separate from the main campaign. I see a pattern here.

Cool Stuff and Other News

PS3 Owners will finally get some coveted HBO programming.

Gamestop will be selling DLC in-store soon. Why not just download it from Live or PSN as usual?
Play Worms 2 with the developers this month!


Lastly, Valve canceled their Portal 2 press event for E3. Why? Well its a surprise. Instead of the event taking place in the Regal Theater it will be replaced with a surprise. Hmm...Valve is crafty. I think the part that made most of the journalists antsy is the way the email was written. Here is what it said: (source-Dtoid)

Subject: A note from Aperture Science

Dear Subject Name Here,

Aperture Science is pleased to inform you that we have partnered with Valve to announce the gala CANCELLATION of the June 14 Portal 2 event at the Regal Theater. The event will be replaced by a surprise. And even though the cancellation of the event certainly counts as a surprise, we are pleased to further announce that the cancellation of the event is not THE surprise. However, per International treaties regarding the definition of the word "surprise", of which both Aperture Science and Valve are signatories, the time, date and content of the actual surprise will only become available as you experience the surprise.

If you'd like to ask fruitless questions about the E3 Portal 2 surprise or, more fruitfully, schedule an appointment to attend a Portal 2 screening at the Valve booth during E3, please contact Valve's Special Envoy to Surprises, Doug Lombardi.

Thank you for

PS: The surprising record scratch is also not the surprise.