Super Heros are cool. Villains are even cooler. With 24 playable characters, Activision’s Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 combines the two sides for an all out smash’em up RPG action game. Ultimate Alliance 1 was just a prototype set up to enhance Ultimate Alliance 2 with a rework of characters, attacks, and fused attacks between two super hero’s that allow for maximum damages. This time a civil war splits up all the hero’s and villains in Ultimate Alliance. Choose Rebel and you’re an outcast to the U.S. government “attempting” to clean up the streets in order to increase national security via the Superhuman Registration Act. Or would you rather work for “the man” and with their help abolish those who oppose? Choice is yours! Also, here’s another chance to play as Wolverine again!
Most Games based off movies fail. But oddly, Raven Software’s adaptation of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was a bit MORE entertaining than the movie. The understanding of the movie will help but not necessary since the game “tries” to explain the history of Logan aka Wolverine. The Main Menu of the game shows you a submerged Wolverine with tubes connected twitching and in obvious pain. But the story of the legendary comic book character awaits you, so “Press Start”!
Regenerative Health finally makes sense. Many games adore the regenerative health system, but it just never seemed right to me. If you’re shot in Gears of War 2 or Call of Duty your health should actually degenerate. Trickling out of your body until your demise. But that wouldn’t be fun now would it? Making a game featuring mutants makes sense for regenerative health. In X-Men Origins, Wolverine can take some serious hits to his health bar. With idle time, that health will increase due to his mutant powers.
If you have yet to see X-Men Origins: Wolverine yet, save your money! We have the 30 second condensed version right here! I know due to how bad things are economically now a days you need to pinch every penny. I actually saw the movie yesterday and this does a pretty good job depicting what it was about. It was a pretty damn good movie, not the best ever but still worth a watch in my opinion. Special thanks to youtube user shyaporn for making this video! Check the video out after the jump!
Today marks the official release of Activision’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine video game, and what better way to celebrate this momentous occasion for the company than to sponsor a wolverine enclosure in the Edinburgh Zoo in the UK. Even though this seems like a tacky promotion, there is a legitimate act of kindness in all of this. Activision will sponsor the wolverine enclosure, which houses the only wolverines in the UK, for an entire year in hopes the Edingburgh Zoo can continue its breeding program throughout next year.
“It’s fantastic that X-Men Origins: Wolverine is sponsoring our very own wolverines here at Edinburgh Zoo. As a charity we rely on our fundraising to further our work and sponsorship is an excellent way for us raise essential funds, not just for the day to day care of our animals, but for our conservation projects across the globe.”
– Cristina Pouso, Corporate Development Manager at the Edinburgh Zoo
As a a sign of appreciation, the lead male wolverine has voluntarily changed his name to Logan. I just hope the female wolverines don’t catch wind of that. Logan might be a badass name to us Humans, but to Wolverines, that name is as dorky as Mortimer is to us humans (which in fact is a badass name to Wolverines). Did your head explode yet?
You know how the French kiss the right and left cheek to say hello, perhaps Obama forgot that on his trip to France but every country has it’s customs. It is weird because one second the Japanese seem so reserved when it comes to public displays of affection, dating and just shy in general. Then on the other hand they are kind of frisky, it seems that cupping each others genitals is just the way the Japanese say hello perhaps. Not just any genitals mind you but Wolverine’s himself, Hugh Jackman! Well I know you all cannot get enough of Hugh until the X-men Origins: Wolverine movie coming out May 1st!
Developers Raven Software, Amaze Entertainment Publisher Activision Distributor Activision Blizzard Engine Unreal Engine 3 Platform PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, Wii, PlayStation Portable Release date May 1, 2009 Genre Action-adventure
Check out these latest screenshots of the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine title, and seeing this game up close at the NYCC ‘09 was truly awesome.
I know all of you are antsy for the X-Men Origins: Wolverine movie and game coming out May 1st as you should be, so why not get this adorable “Mighty Mugs” Logan figure to hold you over till then. It is a pre-order so it is shipping out mid March, just in time to take the little guy with you to the theatre!
I started collecting Mighty Muggs last year and so far I have the spiderman figure and it is awesome and quite a conversation starter. Mighty Muggs also has new “Star Wars”, “Transformers” and “Gi Joe” figures coming out soon too! So collect as many as you can! At only around $10.99 , the price cannot be beat!
Title: X-Men Origins Platform: Wii, DS, PS3, PS2, PSP, Xbox 360 and PC Developer: Raven Software Release Date: May 1, 2009
Brief Story: X-Men Origins puts Wolverine as the main player. You will expereince the life of Wolverine and know what he went through from his escape of the Weapon X facility to the jungles of Africa. Some minor details on gameplay show Wolverine healing himself in real-time from open wounds. Until we get more, enjoy the screenshots:
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