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Besides being handhelds, the PSP and 3DS have one other big thing in common: Neither system is doing so hot. The long underused PSP is making its exit as Sony prepares to usher in the Vita, and the Nintendo 3DS debuted to much disappointment and disapproval. The past year has been a turbulent one for the handhelds, but not altogether fruitless. Check out the best PSP and 3DS games of 2011.
My latest article for GameZone covers changes and upgrades the PlayStation Vita needs to enjoy a successful launch. The handheld is showing signs of implementing some of them already.
Do you think the Vita will outmatch the 3DS?
I’m back with another five-day video game editorial on GameZone. The first one (here, if you missed it) was extremely successful, so thanks to everyone who read.
I’ll be updating this post with links as the week goes along.
Part 1: The Platformers (#25-21)
Part 2: The Fighters and Racers (#20-16)
Part 3: The Shoot ‘Em and Runs (#15-11)
Part 4: The RPGs (#10-6)
Part 5: The Special Mentions (#5-1)
Wildstorm, the DC Comics property known for bringing video game icons to the comic book page, is adding the galactic Ratchet and Clank to their dossier this September.
After the defeat of Dr. Nefarious, the best pals zip off to the Solana galaxy for a quick vacation, but before they can enjoy some well-deserved shuteye, Qwark summons the heroes. The adventure pits Ratchet and his robot sidekick against a Markazian planet thief named Artemis Zogg. Writer T.J. Fixman and artist Adam Archer will be handling the six-issue limited series based on the popular Sony franchise.
[Via GameInformer]
If you haven’t played God of War III yet (*raises hand*), or perhaps desire a little more god with your war, then die-hard fans will surely be interested in Wildstorm’s freshly released God of War limited comic series. But take it from this oracle: You’ve been warned.
Wildstorm immortalizes Kratos, Sony’s hottest poster-child for blood splatter, in an all-new limited series. Of course, by the time you’ve finished scouring these makeshift Greek tales, you’ll gladly seek refuge in the underworld.
In my opinion, when video games leap into comics, the two mediums should overcome that troublesome gap as seamlessly as the creators can forge that metaphorical bridge. Unfortunately, regardless of the labor’s intensity, the fusion tends to meet a sloppy end, and for all its might God of War #1 crumbles just the same. All the Spartans and Olympian gods could not salvage this mutilated comic, which—despite its flattering outward appearance and fair storyline—suffers from wretched oversight. Whatever research writer Marv Wolfman tapped fails to nudge this premiere issue in any glorious direction, and Andrea Sorrentino’s visuals only rub those vulnerable edges raw.
