GameQ Wednesday

evolveteam June 24, 2009 0
 

PS3/Xbox 360

The greatest boxing franchise of all-time comes out throwing puncturing body shots and knockout uppercuts. An all-new physics engine and extensive boxing roster makes this the ultimate Fight Night. Choose from greats like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Sugar Ray Leonard and many more, and rewrite the history books to your liking. Don’t be fooled by their age, they’re called legends for a reason.

PS3, PS2, PSP, Xbox 360, Wii, DS

The official videogame to the summer’s biggest blockbuster is available on multiple platforms. You have the choice to save the world as an Autobot or destroy it as a Decepticon. Options have never been this much fun. Play co-op or go head-to-head with opponents, as you take the battle to the skies or on the ground.

Wii

This Nintendo Wii exclusive has been hyped since last year E3. Sega’s visually stunning FPS places gamers into a sci-fi adventure, where you must unravel an alien conspiracy and save Washington D.C. from a full-scale onslaught. Experience the system’s Wii speak controls, engage in intense battles via 12-player online action and test out the matchmaking system, which connects friends together through “friend codes”. Interesting!

DS

Making its portable rounds, Shin Megami Tensei brings its niche role-playing madness to Nintendo’s portable giant. SMT fans will enjoy the same unique hybrid combat system and indulging storyline that the PS2 titles provided. Tactical and traditional role-playing has never been this demented on the DS.

PS3/Xbox 360

This sequel allows you to control a powerful army of minions in your conquest to become the most powerful overlord of the Glorious Empire. Get into 2-player split screen action (offline) or jump into the numerous multiplayer modes (Arena Survival, Kill A General, Treasure Hunt or Capture the Flag), and prove who got the most badass click online.

Wii

Capcom keeps rereleasing them and Nintendo keeps porting them. It’s the power of the T-Virus. Return to Raccon City, for the zillionth time, and explore the mansion as S.T.A.R.S. members Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine; unraveling the sinister plague that has turned the residents of the town into flesh eating corpses. So what’s new here this time around? You can use the Wii remote. Plus it doesn’t hurt to unlock all 10 endings. Try finding the Gamecube version if you dare.