Ars Technica takes a look at what Blizzard’s total control over user-created content for Starcraft II actually means. Reading this makes me sad, as Blizzard has begun to look more and more like “just another game company” recently. Anyone remember the “spawn” installation for the first Starcraft that let you LAN up using only one copy of the game? Yeah…those days are loooong gone.
Stephen Totilo over at Kotaku has posted a rather in-depth preview of Civilization V, based on nine hours he spent with the game. I have some truly great memories with Civ IV…I can’t wait to see what memories we create with Civ V.
Via Kotaku, the official title for the sequel to Arkham Asylum will be Batman: Arkham City. Arkham Asylum was an amazing game that was both fun to play and fun to watch; I’m really looking forward to the sequel.
While not quite as good as Alien Swarm, Greed: Black Border is still a fun game reminiscent of the Crusader series.
Over the past few years, the “Douchebag of the Industry” award has been slowly shifting from EA to Activision. Well, news comes this morning via Kotaku that the award has been moved about four spaces back towards EA’s side. Apparently, the new NBA Jam will only be available on the 360 and PS3 if you buy NBA Elite. That’s right; you’ll be able to buy NBA Jam on the Wii with no problem, but the only way to get it on the 360 and the PS3 is through a one-time use code included in the NBA Elite box. They currently have no plans to sell it as a downloadable title on either XBLA or the PSN.
While I’m not going to write a review of Starcraft II due to lack of interest (although I played the heck out of the original one), I feel like we should still post one. Because of that, here’s a link to Ben Kuchera’s review over at Ars Technica. Enjoy!
