Shacknews' Week in Review: December 7, 2007
by Carlos Bergfeld, Dec 07, 2007 4:38pm PSTHere's a quick summary of all this week's feature content, followed by some of the more prominent news items, in reverse chronological order.
Features:
Shacknews' guest commentators give their expert opinion on the state of the industry.
Turok Multiplayer Hands-On Preview
I checked out the multiplayer mode in Propaganda's reimagined Turok (PC, PS3, X360). It had facial stabbing.
The Shack's own Chris Faylor reviews Banpresto/Dimp's rhythm-based fighting game. It's weird.
Shacknews editor-in-chief Chris Remo takes a new look at Digital Extremes' ambitious third-person action title, Dark Sector (PS3, X360).
Nick Breckon invites you to join him once again for another installment of Replay Couch--the greatest collction of gaming videos on the Internet.
I took Natsume's throwback horizontal shoot-em-up Omega Five (X360) for a spin. You can play as a samurai (with his magic dog).
Ninja Reflex First Impressions
Chris Remo took a first look at Sanzaru's reaction-based party game, Ninja Reflex (Wii, NDS).
GripShift (X360) Hands-on Preview
I checked out the newest and best version of Sidhe Interactive's GripShift (PS3, PSP, X360), coming soon to Xbox Live.
Pirates of the Burning Sea Impressions
Cap'n Nicholas Breckenbeard took a stab at Flying Lab's pirate-themed MMO, Pirates of the Burning Sea (PC).
News posts:
Acclaimed Blogging Organization Shacknews, Ltd. Launches First Official Blog
Microsoft Intentionally Sabotaging HD DVD and Blu-ray, Claims Director
GameSpot Details Gerstmann Situation; Claims Termination 'Unrelated' to Advertiser Pressure
EVE Online Update Cripples Windows XP, Developers Urge Caution
FASA Founder Regains Rights to MechWarrior, Shadowrun, Crimson Skies
Guitar Hero 3 Wii Mono Sound to be Remedied with Free Remastered Discs
Skyrim Workshop touts 2M downloads, 2,500 mods
Xenonauts dev promises 'proper remake' of XCOM
Binary Domain demo available this week
Shack PSA: Angry Birds on Facebook today
Resistance: Burning Skies dawns on Vita in May
Comments
Chris Remo, Carlos and Nick are doing a great job keeping the frontpage full of new stiff. Also sometimes that guy who likes peggle posts things.
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