Metacritic

2. Sony PSP: Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010) 62
Ubisoft

4. Playstation 3: Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010) 75
Ubisoft

5. Xbox 360: Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010) 73
Ubisoft

6. Wii: Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010) 77

What happened?

I tried the Snoopy XBLA and it's very good. I'll probably pick it up as well as Doom 2 later on.

Ubisoft new artwork for mystery game.

Ass Creed Egypt?

CVG

Ubisoft has moved to quash hopes that a mysterious image released this afternoon is related to Assassin's Creed 3.

Apparently the image - which shoes a very Assassin's Creed-esque bloke with a hood standing in front of pyramids - is related to a "non-game related project," a Ubisoft spokesperson just told CVG.

The Assassin's publisher has previously branched off into making toys and even creating its own gaming art gallery.

We're not 100 per cent convinced. It looks very game related to us.

angrymonkey said:

robio said:

You know what, I don't care what anyone thinks I can't wait to play Wii Party.

Eh, I'd give it a try. Some the games sound pretty weak though. Hiding the remote - uh ok...

Well when you have 80 games to play they're not all going to be winners.  

Vanquish gameplay on GTTV this friday, woo!

Dvader said:

That is one sexy Killzone 3 teaser.

So what, is there going to be intricate 3rd person melee or was the teaser just for show?

Agnates said:

Goldeneye sounds like bullshit. Metroid screens look great.

Seems there is some past evidence that the game might be in development.

http://commanderbond.net/8123/goldeneye-2010-on-the-cards-for-activision.html

26 Oct, 2009

Up until now, James Bond gamers were expecting the next 007 adventure from Activision to be the ‘racing oriented’ title that was first announced in December 2008.

However, IGN reports today that a different game with a rather familiar name may be in the works: GoldenEye 2010.

This news sparks from an online resume listing for animator Craig Peck, previously employed by Eurocom Entertainment:

Eurocom Entertainment Software, Derby, United Kingdom
July 09 – Sept 09 Animator – GoldenEye 2010 (Wii)
Animator on Activision’s James Bond series for the Nintendo Wii

Unfortunately that’s the extent of this rumour. No further details and no confirmation from Activision, Eurocom or any of the other parties that may or may not be involved.

At this point, it’s a good idea to remember that this GoldenEye 2010 news is an unconfirmed rumour—as soon as CommanderBond.net hears more, we’ll let you know.

http://commanderbond.net/10232/activision-registers-new-goldeneye-game-domain-name.html

24 Apr, 2010

A new take on GoldenEye may be on the cards after all for Activision.

As some CommanderBond.net readers will recall, this past October it was rumoured that the company was possibly going to revive the classic James Bond title when an animator’s resume appeared online and included a mysterious credit for “GoldenEye 2010 (Wii)”.

Now heads are turning once again as Joystiq reports that Activision has registered the domain name goldeneyegame.com.

Assuming that the credit on the animator’s resume was true, then it’s a possibility that Activision is securing the domain name in advance of making an official announcement. To date, there has been no comment of any kind from the company regarding the GoldenEye 2010 rumours.

As soon as we hear more on the matter, we’ll be sure to let you know.

So October last year, a Eurocom developer lists Goldeneye Wii on his CV. Then just over a month ago, Activision registers goldeneyegame.com as a web domain.

I started 3D Dot Game Heroes last night and I love how the game is such a throw back. In terms of graphic design and music, recreating the theme of 8-bit gaming it's a success. As a Zelda game it's a good one but nothing special yet. I don't know what it is but I am not feeling that same sense of wonder from the world or that excitement of finding and conquering a new dungeon.

Maybe it's because it is all so familiar. I got a boomerang in the first dungeon, thats not exciting, I know how a boomerang works. In the next dungeon I got bombs, woah... big deal. I bet I get a hookshot next, been there done that. I can't get excited over the very basic Zelda items, the reason each Zelda is great is cause they always bring new gameplay ideas, this game so far has not.

Now I understand the whole point of this game is to make an old school Zelda game with neat 3D graphics. I love how the story is a metaphor  for how us the gamer have forgotten 2D gaming and now what everything in 3D, the dialog in the game plays with that notion beautifully. Everything around the gameplay is great, FROM has a wicked sense of humor and I have laughed many times already at the tons of references scattered throughout (many about Demon's Souls).



This game plays like a hybrid of NES Zelda and SNES Zelda, Link controls like SNES Zelda but the world and dungeon design is NES Zelda. Now here is the issue, NES Zelda is ancient, there is a reason why Nintendo changed up the way the world and dungeons were handled. What makes NES Zelda so special to those that played it was that of course it was our first Zelda game, and the whole feeling of discovery, of having a game that basically doesn't tell you anything. That last reason is why I still love the first Zelda, no Zelda since then really captured the feeling of exploring the world on your own. 3D Dot doesn't do that, it carries the post Alttp mentality of showing you where you need to go next, of always showing which walls are fake. The dungeons are NES like in design with the simplistic one room at a time layout. They blatantly copy LoZ, there is no shame at all, I have seen identical room layouts with the exact same enemies. But the dungeons are not mazes, they have a clear path of progression. Even the dungeons in LoZ had no guidance, there would be random walls to bomb, a bunch of locked doors that would lead to no where, and you didn't even need to find the dungeon item, those were hidden. Sadly this game is not like that, it keeps the simplistic nature of the dungeons with the basic switch puzzles but not that sense of where the hell do I go now. Basically this game keeps the out of date elements of NES Zelda but removes everything that made that game special and replaced it with the more modern SNES Zelda elements. Well if you wanted to make a game like Alttp then go all out and make it like Alttp, don't give me this odd hybrid.



Thats my anal Zelda fan reaction to the game, it is really good though. I played a few mini games like this race using the dash boots which was really tough. It has a full tower defense game, this thing is a full game of its own and I still suck at it. There seems to be plenty of side quests to do and the overworld is pretty huge. It's not that hard (another aspect which made LoZ work, it was brutal hard), maybe its the gigantic sword you get when you are at max life. I am not so sure about upgrading swords, I guess it makes money useful which is something Zelda games struggle with but it's a bit too RPGish.

I am enjoying the game, I hope it does get better though. Those are my pictures above, I found the perfect Link.