June 7th to 13th

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Happy Monday boys and girls. I hope your weekend was as restful and full of gaming as mine was. On Friday Sway and I put over fours hours into Full Spectrum Warrior and learned the true meaning of team work... and dying. On Saturday I picked up Riddick which turned out to be an excellent game with a good amount of variety. Sunday found me playing more Riddick, Thief: DS and some of the Alien Swarm UT2K4 mod with Zedian, Krazytaco and Gaald. Alien Swarm is great if not a little tough to learn when your teammates are screaming at you to Â"quit shooting usÂ", Â"donÂ't place that turret there you idiotÂ" and Â"why havenÂ't you figured out what youÂ're doing yet??Â" ItÂ's been five minutes you bastards! Suffice it to say we never got past the first level despite about twenty tries but I think we still had some fun with it. Today's game of the week is The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords for the Gamecube. It will ship on June 7th for $49.99. A GBA is not required but it's recommended.

This week on DVD we have Mystic River, City of God and more. You can check out the full list here!


The Games

The Suffering
Platform: PC
Ships: June 7th
Price: $29.99

The Buzz: The PC port finally arrives.

Time of Defiance
Platform: PC
Ships: June 7th
Price: $39.99

The Buzz: According to Game Rankings, this one has been out since 2003 and itÂ's got a solid 80+ review average. Make what you will of that!

Blitzkrieg: Burning Horizon
Platform: PC
Ships: June 8th
Price: $29.99

The Buzz: An expansion to the original WW2 RTS, this one packs an 18 missions campaign and eight single missions with the nation of Japan mixed in for good measure.

Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2
Platform: PS2
Ships: June 8th
Price: $39.99

The Buzz: A tennis game, finally!

KnightÂ's Apprentice
Platform: Xbox
Ships: June 9th
Price: $19.99

The Buzz: Yep, itÂ's a 3D platformer for kids alright. Yes sir..

Powerdrome
Platform: Xbox
Ships: June 12th
Price: $29.99

The Buzz: Yep, itÂ's a futuristic racers alright. Yep.

- Certis

Comments

I'm loving FSW, but I'm only playing it single player. I need to replace the switch the Xbox was connected to as its died, so for the meanwhile solo play over and over it is for me!

Alien Swarm UT2K4 mod with Zedian, Krazytaco and Gaald. Alien Swarm is great if not a little tough to learn when your teammates are screaming at you to "quit shooting us", "don't place that turret there you idiot" and "why haven't you figured out what you're doing yet??" It's been five minutes you bastards! Suffice it to say we never got past the first level despite about twenty tries but I think we still had some fun with it.

After 5 hrs we beat the first level. We found out that you didn't have to backtrack through the whole map, instead there was a door to go to the end, lol. But this game seriously rocks. Also the flame thrower blows harder than monkey nuts flapping in the wind.

Powerdrome
Platform: Xbox
Ships: June 12th
Price: $29.99

The Buzz: Yep, it's a futuristic racers alright. Yep.

Listen snowshoes, this isn't just a futuristic racer. This is a remake of a futuristic racer out on the Atari ST, pre-dated Wipeout by several years and was rock hard. Respeck the 'drome.

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Looks like PC is having a good week...

How is a glorified GBA game selling on the GC for $49.99?

I would have bought it at $29.99...but full price? no thanks.. I'll pick up FSW instead this week.

TheGameguru wrote:

How is a glorified GBA game selling on the GC for $49.99?

One word.... ZELDA They'll sell a million before people realize it is a GBA game

TheGameguru wrote:

How is a glorified GBA game selling on the GC for $49.99?

I would have bought it at $29.99...but full price? no thanks.. I'll pick up FSW instead this week.

It's on sale up here for $49 CDN ($39 US). Considering quite a lot has changed, you can't compare it to the GBA version, not to mention this is finally the killer app for the connectivity crowd. Gotta pick up my pre-order soon..

But yeah, get FSW instead Great game, and Co-Op on live is a big plus for replayability.