Warm Up Your Xbox for March 10th-13th
December through February are typically very dry months in the gaming universe, since the industry usually pumps out all their big-name titles ahead of the Christmas season. So start saving your money now, because in March, the pace begins to pick up again.
On March 10th, the first downloadable expansion pack for Mass Effect, entitled “Bring Down the Sky,” hits Xbox Live Marketplace. 400 Microsoft Points ($5) gives you a new mission to undertake as Commander Shepard, picking up from where last year’s excellent futuristic RPG left off. It’s also said that there will be more downloadable expansions to come.
Then, on the 13th, Condemned 2: Bloodshot hits stores, brought to you by Monolith (the makers of F.E.A.R., which I reviewed in 2005). The sequel to the Xbox 360’s best launch title (IMO), the exceedingly disturbing survival-horror game Condemned, Bloodshot packs in even more visceral melee combat, a beefed-up forensics analysis engine, and plenty more chilling abandoned locales and psychotic imagery. I know what I’ll be playing with the lights off.
And in April, look for Grand Theft Auto IV to arrive. This one really needs no introduction. If you haven’t seen any of the pre-release footage, go check it out. I’ll wait.
While last year was an uncanny banner year for gaming, there’s no shortage of good stuff set for release this year, either. And if it takes our minds off the incredibly depressing presidential election, so much the better.
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“And if it takes our minds off the incredibly depressing presidential election, so much the better.”
Or, if you live in the Detroit area, the games can take your mind off of the insane levels of coverage the mayor is getting for his latest scandal(s).
Hehe, King Kwame and his Assignment from God! I swear, I read the Free Press website every day, and every day I laugh my friggin’ ass off all over again. Between Kwame and Jennifer Granholm (whom I hear is a possible candidate for a cabinet position if Hillary gets elected — those two were made for each other), Michigan is basically under administrative martial law at this point.
I like the fact that Kwame’s “Assignment from God” (hee) includes sleeping with his Chief of Staff (and possibly other women), lying under oath during a criminal trial and subsequently covering it up, practically bankrupting the city he works for, and God knows what else. I especially liked today’s article in the Freep contrasting what he said on the radio yesterday with, well, the truth.
As for Granholm, yeah, I keep seeing the “Granholm + Hillary” stuff too. Count me out, thanks. Of course, it’s hilarious to note the total mess regarding Michigan’s primaries, and how Michigan’s Democrats and the national party are feuding over delegates (because nobody forsaw Hillary and Obama being neck and neck at this point). Ah, politics. I knew I generally avoided it for a reason.