Scott Pilgrim, Monday Night Combat Reviewed, Red Dead DLC is released and more

Okay two great downloadable games have releases this week and I already picked the one I will be getting. Have you?

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World released today and Joystiq posted their review today giving it much love and respect. Clearly we have entered the future of 8-bit retro gaming (huh?).

Monday Night Combat for Xbox Live is releasing tomorrow and I think its going to be a cult favorite. Once again Joystiq and IGN get their rocks of on it. I gotta tell you this game looks mighty fun for us LAN party junkies.

Also you might have know about some Red Dead Redemption DLC being released soon. Yeah well that day has arrived for the first ,the Legends and Killers pack, in a planned series of DLC for the epic western saga. It released today and includes the new tomahawk weapon. I most excited about this rather explosive fellow. I really need to buy this game.

Want to kill some time and have fun at work? Load up "Worm Food" a game that puts you in control of a worm that tunnels under the earth and terrorizes a primitive village. You can't help but think of the classic "Tremors" movie when playing Worm Food. Love those quirky movies.

Finally, this tidbit of news is great. A boy at a zoo drops his Nintendo DSi XL into a Gorilla exhibit and funny things happen. The best part is that after the ape does a number on the DSi one of the trainers returns it to him and it still worked! What a great opportunity for a PR rep from Nintendo!

More updates as deem worthy. Stay tuned zombie peeps.

Starcraft II Review, Free Zombie iPhone App, and that's about it.

Yup. Not much going on in the gaming world that I find interesting. Hence the Dead Rising 2 pic above. Not that I am drinking, but I would be if I could. There is a mess of games releasing this month  like:

Mafia II (Xbox/PS3) 8/24
Madden 11 (Xbox/PS3) 8/10
Metroid Other M (Wii) 8/31
Kane and Lynch 2 (Xbox) 8/17

And a list of good XBLA/PSN games coming out as well.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (XBLA) 8/25 (PSN) 8/10
Castevania: Harmony of Despair (XBLA) 8/2
Shank (XBLA) 8/25 (PSN) 8/24
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (XBLA) 8/18
Monday Night Combat (XBLA) 8/10

For those of you with iPhones, there is a wicked cool FREE app you can download and play called Zombie Shock. Search for it in the App Store and check it out. It's a great little app and for free its even better.
Other than that. Here is a Starcraft II Review from Destructoid. Which is topping the sales charts in the UK by the way. So until next time peeps! Keep gaming and keep it here for the best news. Oh and BTW if anyone is interested I can post a mini-review of some games I am catching up on with my PS3. I just beat Batman Arkham Asylum and next on my list is Uncharted 2 and Infamous. That is of course if GameFly doesn't decide to send me Alan Wake or Transformers first which will have a review when I finish it. So if you want to know what those games were like and what I would rate them....leave a comment and let me know.

Later!

Red Dead Redemption: Rockstar's New Gem?

I just caught the new trailer of Red Dead Redemption over at IGN and boy this just keeps looking better and better. I am very excited about the possibilities of this one. Watching a good western movie is good for the soul. It always has a moral at the end and the bad guys always lose. Everyone has a favorite old western movie, mine is Tombstone with Unforgiven being a close second. Rockstar Studios of GTA IV fame is aiming to put right in the saddle of an old western world. While being a bad ass in the old west is not as glamorous as being a super soldier in the future its one of those old traditions that never dies and always comes back for more. Personally, this ZoMbiE is right at home shooting gunmen with lethal precision while riding a horse or ducked down behind some wooden barrels. I attached two videos below that are definitely worth watching. The first one is a sort of montage about the lawmen featured in RDR. The second one is about the weapons that's where I really got giddy. The gunplay looks spectacular and the physics seem so real. Take a look for yourself and let me know what you think. This game is releasing for PS3 and Xbox 360 April 27th.

Dead Space 2 Update

Gotta love games with the word 'Dead' in the title. The original Dead Space was a survival-horror epic and struck a good chord with critics and gamers alike.
The sequel is taking a more survival-action approach and Visceral Games is even saying that the intensity will be similar to Modern Warfare 2 and Uncharted. I gotta tell ya, this title has my interest piqued. I never played the first Dead Space and kinda wrote it off to be honest. I did follow the reviews and imagery that was released and thought "Its probably pretty decent." Why didn't I pick up a copy? Probably because I was too busy playing something else and just forgot about it. As a gAmE ZoMbiE I should be ashamed. It's not often that I miss a game with extreme gore and a horror theme. If I find some time I may just pick up a copy in a bargain bin somewhere. Dead Space 2 is slated for a Q1 2011 release. -source IGN

Splinter Cell Conviction gets a release date

Ubisoft has given the long-awaited next installment in the Splinter Cell series an actual release date of 4.13.10. This came as a surprise to me because up until yesterday I thought the game was releasing on 2.23. While initially I felt a tinge of disappointment at this news (This is my #1 title for 2010) I can actually get more playtime on Bioshock 2 now that the date is April. Rest assured that when SCC finally meets my Xbox I will be in full-fledged gAmE ZoMbiE mode. I can't wait to mark and execute my first terrorist!

Mass Effect 2 Released

The sequel to BioWare's epic RPG was released at midnight last night. Mass Effect 2 promises to be just as good as the first and up the ante in nearly every way. For those of you who are fans of the first one, like me, you will be clamoring to get your zombie hands on this one. While I am personally holding out for Splinter Cell: Conviction (releasing on 2/23) I will most certainly be purchasing a copy of ME2 in the future. The first game had a superb feel to it and totally immersed the player into a galactic universe filled with interesting characters and a compelling story line. It instantly became a classic. Mainly because the choices you made in game impacted what happened later. I mean who can forget moments like having to shoot one of your best teammates, or the alien sex scene? Expectations are big on this one and reviews by IGN and Gamespot are up for your reading pleasure.