Gamecyte reports:
''From its humble origins as a PC, Xbox and PlayStation 2 title, The Godfather has built a veritable empire across every current-generation platform save the Nintendo DS - and aptly enough, sold like gangbusters doing so. So we weren't exactly surprised to hear that EA was creating a sequel.
What surprised, excited, and concerned us was that in that sequel, we weren't going to play a lone soldier who rises up the ranks - we were going to be Don.
At the 2008 EA Studio Showcase, we got our first glimpse into just what that does, and does not mean for aspiring Godfathers like yourself.
For the uninitiated, the basic Godfather formula is typically described as a blend of Grand Theft Auto's open-world gameplay, missions derived from the famous film, an emphasis on brutal fisticuffs to solve minor conflicts, and Punisher-esque intimidation sequences where your character extorts business owners to gain their respect - and their greenbacks - via the good ol' protection racket.
From what we could tell from the pre-alpha build on display, none of that has changed. In The Godfather II, players will performing the very same sorts of activities; only now, they'll go about them family-style… and while keeping an eye on the bigger picture.''
gamrReview's Xavier Griffiths: "Movie tie-in games have a reputation for being notoriously bad and shoddy, doing both a disservice to the original film and videogames as a medium. More often than not the movies that get adapted into videogames are high octane, action-oriented summer blockbusters and the aim is simply to extract as much money from the market as possible. Realistically no one expects games based on trashy films such as Catwoman, The Cat in the Hat, or Eragon to be good in the first place, but what about games based on films that have garnered recognition for the highest award in cinema?"
Gaming Update's CM Boots-Faubert takes a look at the newest list of online game servers that game giant Electronic Arts is shutting down, with a focus upon the online Achievements and Trophies that gamers will need to work on if they want to unlock them before the April 13th shutdown.
What the heck is wrong with EA. Some of those games aren't even two years old. Hardly even a year and a half some of them.
And they only JUST put that simpsons game on psn and xbl, and they're pulling the plug already?
Yeah I'm glad I got that as a PS plus game because I'd be pissed if I bought that
I think you may have got the wrong simpsons game, the one spoken about in the article is this one
http://uk.gamespot.com/the-...
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Ok now I'm not too upset lol. Plus the one I meant isn't even made by EA lol
Thanks
EA need to change their business tactics, it's obvious they are bleeding money even with all the sports franchises they hold.
The 28th of December hails the fourth instalment of Electronic Theatre's special The Twelve Games of Christmas series; every day for the twelve days of Christmas Electronic Theatre will be running through the best releases of each month of 2009. We're here to remind you of the games you should be looking out for in the 2010 January sales so that you can find the gems that you've missed. Today, being the fourth day of Christmas, is the turn of April 2009.
