If you played the first there are two things that look a little different, the graphics (while still in the same engine) have got upgraded a little with more foreground and background elements. There is also the newly added jump feature, something that is new to bionic commando. For the looks of it in the footage, I am all for the jumping. No date yet other than 2011, so say tuned.

This game needs to be on my PS3, like yesterday.

[Source: US PlayStation Blog]

If you are a real bad dude you will go after the carnivores, but if you are still learning the ropes there are herbivores to take down as well. You will have to be a crafty hunter though, making sure to be up wind of these creatures or they may just strike back. There are all sorts of tools to use during the hunt, like a dino call and 6 different weapon types.

I can now live out my Jurassic Park 2 fantasies and bag me a trophy buck T-Rex. I can only hope the trophy room is in fact just the heads of these creatures mounted above a fire place. If it is I am sold.

Looks like he’s holding some device, upon which you play the mini-games.

Images from the event:

Details on the game:

Top Gun features three single player and five multiplayer modes.
o Flight School: Players enroll as Maverick at Top Gun Academy and train to handle the breakneck speeds of hitting the “after burner” and the “tunnel vision” that poses a threat during high G-force maneuvers.
o Campaign Mode: After training to be the best of the best, players join the fight above the Indian Ocean for 11 total missions at various times of day.
o Horde Mode: Bogeys like fireflies all over the sky! Solo players get to test their flight combat abilities as they take down endless waves of enemies of increasing difficulty. Top scores will appear on leader boards. Remember, no points for second place.
o Online Multiplayer: Players can enlist in the US Navy or join the Soviet air forces and go head-to-head with opponents in five different modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Top Gun (choose your wingman and compete against enemy pairs), Bombing Run (defend and attack mobile bases) and Capture the Flag. Players can choose to battle at three times of day across multiple environments.

Screenshots:

Wallpaper:

The game will be releasing this summer, so look forward to more info in the coming weeks.

Screens:

The GT TV gameplay video they premiered a while back.

There’s something about half-cat half-girl characters that get me going (can you guess what character I use in BlazBlue?)

Apparently, Flick Fishing is one of the best fishing apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Here are some videos of these games in action:

It looks like the reeling is analog stick friendly.

Pac-Man on wheels?

The only video I could find of “Bee Wars iPhone app” was Rick Astley, and I’m pretty sure that’s not a gameplay video. According to the press release, “The player’s objective is to use the bees strategically to collect as much honey as possible. This turn-based strategy game entices you with simplicity and its immersion in bold beautiful colours.”
Use your imagination. I’m looking forward to seeing if any of these titles shine as Minis. Are you?

The game is a stand-alone title for the series, and marks the first time that the franchise will include cooperative multiplayer (both online and local). Lara and her male ally, Totec, will be raiding tombs, earning points to unlock new items and weapons. The game also boasts a fair amount of puzzles which require the two characters to work together. As you can see by the gameplay screenshots, the entire game takes place from a fixed isometric view a la Gauntlet Legends or the Diablo series. Looks like a load of hacking, slashing, and looting fun.

Dylan Cuthbert also let out that the game will have multiplayer, but we already knew that much from the PlayStation: The Official Magazine article. He also goes on to say there will be acid in the game. If you finished the first one I am pretty sure you know what kind of acid he is talking about.

We should hear plenty more about these two game next week at E3.

There are a few key features that are detailed, both pertaining to online play. The first is a versus mode which features head to head battles over PSN with voice chat. Seeing how when I played this game I always tired to screw over Brad, this sounds like a blast.

The second feature is one that will also be in PixelJunk Racers 2nd Lap, Ghost Attack Mode. You will be able to download ghost data from anyone on the leaderboards and try to best it.

If you want to find out more check out the magazine issue.

[Source: dallow_bg / NeoGAF]

I won’t spoil the ending to Shooter, you can definitely see where that first screen takes place. I am really liking the use of light in that second concept picture.

If you haven’t played the first Shooter, well there will be a demo coming to the US store finally. It has been out for a while in Japan and Hong Kong. So check the store out next week for that demo.

Trophies! Most of the trophies will be the same as the XBLA Achivements. To replace the “Glork” achievement from good ol’ All You Can Quaff, we have a new Volleyball trophy: “Social Networker.” Brush up on your social skills, as you will have to work with the other team to achieve an impressive number of volleys back and forth. Also, we’ve added a new Gold Trophy for those of you crazy enough to beat the game on Insane mode. This Trophy is called, appropriately, “You are Insane.”

There is no date set yet, but it is looking to be a summer title at this point. Will keep you guys posted.

[via The Behemoth Devblog]

For the up and up on all things Rocket Knight, follow their Twitter account.

Konami announced today that Rocket Knight will be coming to the PSN store this May. We got a new trailer and a batch of new screens for you to look at. Who is looking forward to this game?

WHAT IS BLACKLIGHT?
Blacklight: Tango Down is set in the near future and revolves around a special operations military group called “Blacklight.” Blacklight is the SECDEF’s (Secretary of Defense’s) personal direct action team comprised entirely of “Tier One Assets.” These elite soldiers are extraordinary operators recruited from all branches of special operations, including Combat Applications Group (Delta), SF, DEVGRU (SEAL), RANGER, and CIA MSP. All combatants are hand-selected and trained specifically to be equipped to deal with fast-moving, ambiguous and unstructured situations. This is the player’s role in the game.

THE WORLD OF BLACKLIGHT: TANGO DOWN
Blacklight: Tango Down’s near-future setting is not that different from our own time and will appear hauntingly familiar to gamers but also distant enough to be surprising and unsettling. It is a universe that has been overtaken by the exploding speed of technological progress and is left suffering from the unbridled failures that those advances create.

The technological overbuild has created a bleak environment which has transformed once vibrant and familiar cityscapes into dark and endless virtual billboards and danger zones. An ongoing viral epidemic ravages society and the military’s drive to control and use the virus as a weapon has only created more devastating strains. Civilians and governments struggle through ongoing unrest. Order can only be imposed through force and fear.

The military’s attempts to weaponise the virus has lead to what some call “Q-Fever” or SIV (Sentient Insanity Virus) and the people it infects are known as SIVs. The virus destroys a person’s humanity, transforming them into frightening creatures that are less capable of utilizing tools but are far more aggressive and impervious to pain.

SCIENCE FACT, NOT FICTION
Blacklight: Tango Down is set in a universe that is based in Science Fact, not Science Fiction. The future combat technologies and weapons featured in the game are based on the bleeding-edge military developments and breakthroughs of today. Whereas currently, in our real world, these items may exist only in the laboratory or in conceptual designs, in Blacklight: Tango Down, these advanced military tools are deployed mainstream and make up the military reality of the game.

This “science fact” equipment includes exciting new future weapons and support systems, like EMP grenades that disable opponents’ electronic visors, Digi-Grenades that distort the optics of enemies, reactive body armor and widely customizable weapons. The most iconic piece of Blacklight technology is the “Hyper Reality Visor,” a head piece that uses its own electronic pulse and nearby electro-magnetic fields to render the world in a new way, allowing soldiers to see what is otherwise invisible.

Blacklight: Tango Down is due out this summer.