Today we bring your our review of Def Jam Rapstar from 4mm Games. The Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii title is the first of its kind solely dedicated to the hip-hop genre - not only in music - but in the culture surrounding it. We go hands on like Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg to get the down low.
One of the few problems we had with the Astro A30 Headsets earlier this year in our review was the amount of wires required to run it in conjunction with its MixAmp. The MixAmp is the brains of the headset that give you the ability to balance game sound and voice volume as well as provide surround sound playback. Now Astro has alleviated part of the problem by creating a wireless version of the MixAmp called the MixAmp 5.8.
Atlus games has announced a new co-op game due out this summer. The Cursed Crusade is an action adventure title that allows you and a friend to traipse around the medieval world in local split screen or online co-op. Available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and the PC, you will play the role of a cursed Templar while a second player can play as a thief.
Rock Band 3 is a great game. We say as much in our review. Unfortunately, fans may be disappointed to hear that Harmonix is taking a move right out of the Star Wars franchise playbook, in that they will be charging gamers again and again for the same content. If you already own a song for Rock Band 2 you will need to purchase it again if you want to have the keyboard or vocal harmony portions.
While we had hoped to get Dungeon Defenders this year on Xbox Live, PC and PlayStation Network; it looks like we'll have to wait a little longer. According to a post on the official forums by Trendy Entertainment's Jeremy Stieglitz, the four player co-op tower defense RPG is going to be out in January instead. It's not that the game isn't done - in fact, it's complete. The problem seems to stem from the fact it's a multiplatform release and certain "platform owners" are holding things up.
As if you didn't know, Call of Duty: Black Ops is on store shelves today. With it comes a single player campaign set during the Cold War, a deep online versus mode, and two co-op modes: Zombies and Combat Training.
Magicka is a light hearted four player co-op game about casting spells and working together for the PC. It's being developed by Arrowhead Game Studios and Published by Paradox Interactive. We sat down with the game's producer, Shams Jorjani to talk about the title - which is coming out next year.
It's time again for another Xbox Live Co-Op Night. This month's featured game is the recently released Fable 3! We'll be headed into the world of Albion for some good old fashioned questing, slaying, loot collecting, and sexing...yes sexing. After all - love and marriage is a big part of Fable 3.
Slam Bolt Scrappers is an interesting title coming early 2011 for the Playstation Network. We've been covering the game for it's 4 player co-op and hybrid brawler/puzzle game elements. It looks quite unique, to say the least. If you are interested in playing the game before it's release, indie developers Fire Hose Games have put out a call for beta testers.
Beyblade: Metal Fusion - Battle Fortress is releasing tomorrow for the Nintendo Wii. After feverish research I have found that a Beyblade is not, in fact, a mythical blade used to smite movies, endowing them with 100% more explosions but with 1000% less awesome. That's the Bay-Blade, and that's something entirely different. Beyblades are "highly powerful spinning tops... which are enchanted with magical spirits." I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that they just might be Japanese in origin.
