Everybody’s Gaming For The Weekend Of August 17th, 2012!
With the insane amount of info pouring out of Gamescom combined with three really big games released this week –one of them being Sleeping Dogs which I reviewed, You might not have time for anything this weekend. For those few that have all the time in the world or power through their new games too fast, here are some things you should look at this weekend.
Iron Brigade – PC, XBLA
I can be one of those people who said, “I played this when it was called Trenched“, but that wouldn’t benefit me other than showing that I am a douche. One of the few Tower Defense style games that I really love playing, Iron Brigade comes to the PC with the Rise of the Martian Bear DLC free that console players had to pay for. It’s not as fun protecting your base alone so grab a few of your friends and fire up those mobile trenches for some Monovision stomping fun.
Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack – PC, PS Vita
Everyone that was smart enough to purchase a PS Vita already experienced the wonderful Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack. Using the touch screen controls mixed with some traditional 2-D platforming as a blob makes its way to the PC as well, without the touch controls of course. Getting Steam achievements, cloud saves or new mini-games might not be enough for PS Vita owners double dip but we can at least show the naysayers what a great puzzle-platformer they’ve been missing out on all this time.
Hero Academy – iOS, PC
Hero Academy is a great turn-based, tactics style game that feels so much like chess that it brings me back to my high school days of 5th period study hall. Trying different strategies for your turn in the match before submitting it to your opponent is perfect for when I am in the line at the bank or at the grocery store. Robot Entertainment decide that we all need this kind of distraction in our lives while on the PC. Bringing Hero Academy to Steam, you will see everything that is in the iOS version. You even get the Team Fortress 2 team on your iOS version if you buy the Steam version of Hero Academy. If going through emails in-between writing and playing game for review were’t a distraction enough, with Hero Academy running minimized until it is my turn against someone that could be on their iOS device or Steam, I don’t think I will ever get anything done at all!
