Kotaku: hour of victory

Week in Games: Phantom Hourglass Edition

fdemarco — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:00:00 MDT

I'm so behind on games right now after Tokyo that I really shouldn't be buying anything new, but I fear that the siren call of Phantom Hourglass will be too strong to resist. What's on your game purchasing horizon this week?

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS)
Control Link with your stylus as he sets sail for a new adventure in this follow up to Wind Waker.

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PC)
Take out the Strogg online.

NBA Live 08 (X360, PS3, PS2, WII, PSP)
The latest NBA game from EA.

NBA 2K8 (X360, PS3, PS2)
Ever notice these things always come in pairs?

Project Gotham Racing 4 (X360)
PGR returns for a fourth round of racing action.

RACE 07 - The WTCC Game (PC)
A racing game for the PC. See, I told you they come in pairs.

MLB Power Pros (WII, PS2)
Little big headed people playing baseball imported from Japan.

Spider-Man: Friend or Foe (X360, PC, PS2, WII, PSP, DS)
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Crash of the Titans (X360, PS2, WII, DS)
Crash Bandicoot spins his way on to the 360 and a possible new career.

Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow (PSP)
Gabe Logan comes out the other side of a Dark Mirror and finds his own Shadow.

Hour of Victory (PC)
World War II gets another workout in this FPS.

FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage (X360)
We like the cars, the cars that go boom.

The Chosen - Well of Souls (PC)
Defeat the evil wizard and his hordes of monsters. The classics never die.

Week in Games: Wizards, Demons, Robots and Pokemon Edition

fdemarco — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:00:00 MDT

There is a deluge of titles coming out this week with a little something for everyone. My game dollars this week will be going to The Darkness and the harry Potter game for the Wii. There are several others I'd like to get, but I'm saving my pennies for the Limited Edition of BioShock coming in just under two months. Which of this week's blockbuster titles will you be picking up? Flynn De Marco

The Darkness (X360, PS3) Gangsters and demons are a lethal combination.

Overlord (PC, X360)
Which side will you choose, evil or evil?

Transformers: The Game (X360, PS3, PS2, WII)
More than meets the eye. We hope.

Driver: Parallel Lines (PC, WII)
Everyone loves a good car chase.

Pokemon Battle Revolution (WII)
Get your Pokemon ready for the battle of the century on the Wii.

Grim Grimoire (PS2)
a young magician goes to a school for magicians...hmm, sounds vaguely familiar

The BIGS (X360, WII, PS3, PS2, PSP)
The new baseball game hits one out of the park.

Final Fantasy Anniversary Edition (PSP)
Get back to your RPG roots with a revamping of the game that started a franchise.

Ratatouille (PC, X360, DS, WII, PS2, XBOX, PSP, GC, GBA, MOBILE, MAC)
Rats in your room! Or at least your console, handheld, computer or phone. Did I miss any?

Hour of Victory (X360)
Another WWII epic.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (WII, X360, PS3, PC, PS2, PSP, DS)
Put your wand up in the air and wave it like you just don't care.

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (PC)
Battle big bugs in icy landscapes.

Hitman Trilogy (PS2, PC)
The entire Agent 47 saga all in one tidy box.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (PS3)
The game the Mayor of Vegas doesn't want you to play.

Clip: Hour of Victory Trailer

Mike Fahey — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 14:20:44 MDT

Prepare yourself for a World War II game unlike any other...somehow. Possibly.

Probably not.

Midway has released a new trailer for their Xbox 360 game Hour of Victory, and what little footage of the game we see looks every bit as generic as the title.

Probably just me, but I feel like I've even heard the same voices somewhere before.

At this point I know World War II better than the folks that fought it. I'd say it's time to move on, but I'm sick of hearing people say that too. That the 20 bajillionth WWII game is coming out and we still don't have an FPS game about Aztecs fighting off Conquistadors sickens me. Michael Fahey