Sniper Elite V2-Kill Cam of the Week #1
The title says it all really. A excellent clean kill is featured in this video from 505 Game’s Sniper Elite V2.
I must warn about the bullet through the skull portion, but I do not want to spoil it for you.
5 Craziest Video Game Marketing Stunts Gone Bad
Final week, EA announced that they were launching off weather balloons about the planet that contained a copy of Mass Impact 3. That seemed a small bizarre for a PR stunt, but it got us thinking – what other crazy stunts have developers tried more than the years to popularize their games?
Of course, because this is Piki Geek, we had to take it 1 step further and pass that identical question through our filter of bitterness, hate, and sarcasm.
And so here you are – a list of the five craziest video game marketing stunts gone bad.
five). The Wizard – It’s So Negative
Attack And Defense Of The Independent Games Festival
This bit of Web discourse has created its rounds right now in the gaming world (or at least my globe on Twitter which heavily consists of gaming journalists), and I wanted to make certain you saw the two prominent posts and give my thoughts on the subject.
The Rotting Cartridge is an indie game developer working on a Game Boy-styled platformer for the iPhone known as Kale in Dinoland, and they, like several other little dev teams, entered the Independent Games Festival in hopes of becoming recognized and garner some attention and/or praise. However, they had a poor experience with the whole event and took to where words of any sort can constantly find an audience: the Net.
They went into specifics about how the IGF had judges use TestFlight—an app that tracks analytics for other app usage on iOS devices—but was unaware this would give information back to them about when or if their game was installed and how extended it was played. Out of their eight assigned judges, one particular didn’t install it and two others didn’t play it. Those aren’t fantastic numbers and certainly say some thing towards the points brought up by the Rotting Cartridge, but regrettably, this is exactly where issues fall apart for me.
Becoming angry that your game didn’t get a fair shake is fine as it’s entirely justifiable, but fluffing statistics to make your point does not make it correct. Your sample size is eight. Your outliers will not be robust. You are throwing out a single data point based on ostensibly subjective qualities as an outlier (i.e. you want to make your point) and yet you are such as three zero values (a single of which should not even be included) to drive your average playtime down. This right away discredits the later stat of “a huge group of anonymous gamers” averaging 30 minutes of playtime. This lacks transparency and legitimacy.
This is not how you make a valid argument.
‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Avatar Gear Now Available On Xbox Live Marketplace
If you have been seeking for a way to show off your really like for MTV’s legendary slackers Beavis and Butt-Head, you may possibly want to head more than to the Avatar Marketplace on Xbox Reside. Just this week Microsoft and MTV loaded the virtual clothing shop with tons of Beavis and Butt-Head Avatar gear including Cornholio’s hoodie!
Beavis and Butt-head full outfits are available for 400 MP, but you can also purchase individual pieces like their shirts or hair for considerably less than that. Sadly, the shirts do not say Metallica or AC/DC like we’d anticipate, but they have completed a excellent sufficient job to make it pretty obvious who your avatar is imitating.
Aside from the title character-themed options, we can also grab Coach Bradley’s shirt, Todd’s cut-off shirt, Todd’s aviator glasses and Van Driessen’s peace sign shirt. Regrettably, there is only 1 avatar prop for the time becoming, but the duos Television comes full with rabbit-ears and features them rocking out in familiar form.
There are at present 15 items readily available in the collection and they’ll cost you anyplace from 80 MP to 400 MP, similar to most other avatar items. You can see the entire Beavis and Butt-Head collection in the Avatar Marketplace.
Medal of Honor: Warfighter Revealed, October Release, Runs On Frostbite 2.0
The subsequent installment of Medal of Honor has been revealed.
Game Informer reports that in the most up-to-date problem of Official Xbox Magazine, the next Medal of Honor is getting reported as being titled Medal of Honor: Warfighter. The game is being created by the very same team as the prior installment, Danger Close. Multiplayer for Warfighter is getting worked on in-house, whereas the prior MOH‘s multiplayer was supplied by DICE. The game’s engine is the visually spectacular Frostbite 2., which had powered DICE FPS Battlefield 3.
The game when once again follows the story of Tier 1 operators, but no further particulars are given.
OXM’s report also says that Medal of Honor: Warfighter will release this October.
EA is scheduled to give a lot more particulars on the next Medal of Honor during a press event subsequent month.
Shoot Many Robots To Hit PSN On March 14th
Nowadays, Ubisoft and Demiurge Studios announced that Shoot A lot of Robots, a side scrolling four-player co-op shoot ‘em up, will be accessible for download on March 14 from PlayStationNetwork.
And final but not least, early PlayStation Plus buyers – within the 1st two weeks – will be provided an exclusive Totally free DLC pack (including additional weapons & outfits) valued at 5€*!
Shoot Many Robots follows P. Walter Tugnut on his mission to kill as a lot of robots as attainable following a factory ominously begins to produce killer robots. With an RV full of guns and beer, you will knowledge a four-player co-op run-n-gun, side-scrolling shooter filled with a ton of weapon and item customizations.
For a lot more details on Shoot A lot of Robots, please check out: shootmanyrobots.com.
Warfighter is the next Medal of Honor
First specifics on EA’s subsequent Medal of Honor have come out a tiny earlier than expected.
The most up-to-date issue of Official Xbox Magazine has the very first appear at the sequel, titled Medal of Honor: Warfighter, which is in development at Danger Close Games, and follows the story of Tier 1 Operators. Unlike the first game, released in 2010, the multiplayer is getting developed in-house. It also utilizes the Frostbite 2 engine, which powered final year’s Battlefield three.
It is due in October.
EA’s official reveal conference is on March 6. If anything, expect a lot more details then.
Thanks, Game Informer.
