According to LucasArts, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed will be hitting stores on September 16. The game is looking super nice. It’s currently available for pre-order on sites like Amazon.
Check out a video I found on GameTrailers showing off some of the lightsaber moves:
You’ll be playing as the apprentice of Darth Vader in this game. The first level is also supposed to have you playing as Darth Vader himself!
Rock Band has finally been confirmed for the Wii by EA CEO John Riccitiello. No release date yet but it’s been speculated that it’ll come out later this year or early 2009.
EA Sports is getting set to release a new arcade style boxing game called “Facebreaker” sometime this year. This game is being developed by the same team who brought you the great “Fight Night Round 3″. It’s said to include real-time face deformation. This game is also expected to be on all 3 consoles, Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii.
One of the best fighting games of all time is now available on Nintendo’s Virtual Console. Nintendo has updated its Virtual Console today with 3 more games, Eternal Champions, Dynastic Hero and ZANAC. I haven’t played the other 2 but Eternal Champions is great. What are you waiting for? Start fighting!
Eternal Sonata developer Tri-Crescendo working on post-apocalyptic adventure outing on Nintendo console
With RPGs still a little thin on the ground on Nintendo’s much-in-demand Wii console, adventure-gamers will be delighted to hear that Namco has revealed it is working on a new role-playing outing for the machine named Fragile.
Though little is known about the game, it has been confirmed that Eternal Sonata studio Tri-Crescendo is working on the game, which sees a boy called Set exploring cities in a post-apocalyptic future.
The Wii remote is thought to act like a torch as gamers confront the hidden nasties.
Those of you comfortable reading Japanese, or brave enough to venture into to murky depths of online translation services, can find out more at the game’s official site.
There’s a new Alone in the Dark website that is displaying a teaser trailer and a countdown. The trailer doesn’t seem to have any shots of the game itself. The countdown today is at 25 days and says “the truth will be revealed”. Will this game finally get a release date? I sure hope so.
Head on over to Toys R Us now to get a free Wii game when you buy 2 (most of which are on sale too). What a great deal, even before the Black Friday specials.
Amazon is at it again, vote for you favorite discounted console and you could be selected to buy it at the sweet price. Here’s the consoles and prices:
Nintendo Wii - US 79 Sony PlayStation 3 (40GB) - US 139 Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade - US 99
How This Works Welcome to Amazon Customers Vote! The products that get the most votes in each of six rounds will be offered to randomly selected voters at ridiculous winning prices, and the runners-up will also be offered to randomly selected voters at a smaller discount. (But they’ll still be sweet deals.)
