قامت شركة THQ بالإعان عن بيعها أكثر من 1.2 مليون نسخة خلال شهر واحد من اطلاق لعبتها الاخيرة Darksiders . كما قالت شركة THQ في تقرير صحفي ان لعبتها حصلت بعد اطلاقها في الخامس من كانون الثاني 2010 على تقييم 83 من اصل 100 لالعاب الفيديو، واضافت انها سوف تركز في ربعها المالي الرابع للعام 2010 ، على تطوير الالعاب التالية : Darksiders - Metro 2033 - Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising >>>
وكشفت الشركة انها خصصت اثنين من استوديوهاتها للعمل على هذه الالعاب المطورة . وتسوحي اللعبة احداثها من معركة توصف بالاخيرة قبل نهاية العالم،حيث تدور أحدث اللعبة .. في عالم سيطرت عليه القوى الشريرة بعد ان اندلعت حر-قبل اوانها بين قوى الخير و قوى الشر وانتهت بانتصار قوى الظلام . اللاعب سيكون بدور البطل War الذي سيجرد من قواه و يتم نفيه الى الارض عقابا له على دوره في تغذية الفتنة لاشعال الحرب، ولكنه سيسعى الى تبرئة نفسه من هذه التهمة عبر الوصول الى الفرسان الثلاثة الاخرين ليعرف منهم من الذي ضللهم للبدء بالمعركة قبل اوانها، اللعبة من رسم المصمم العالمي Joe Madureira .
Mabinogi Heroes:
I heard about this game many moons ago and never really followed up on it. Mabinogi Heores is a new PC MMO that is based on Mabinogi a huge MMO (Massive Multiplayer online) in Asia created by Nexon. What is the difference between the two and why am I highlighting it when my focus is on console gaming? Well for one Mabinogi is a very anime inspired MMO that is heavy on exploration and adventure. Where as the upcoming Mabinogi Heores is more action oriented even though it has some exploration and adventure. Both games actually take place in the same universe so there will be gems in their for those that know about the MMO series. The game will allow for new comers to be more than welcomed without needing to know about the universe. The game is built on the Half-life 2 source engine offering a stable and well understood technology has allowed the developers to explore a different style of game play in the MMO space with Heroes. With this knowledge and seeing the results of Valve’s Left For Dead it’s not hard to imagine Xbox 360 getting in some of this action. Offering tons of customizable game attributes from characters to weapons, options are vast and deep. It’s solidly making waves in the closed beta currently. As of this writing Nexon the Korean developer/distributor has stated they are working on an Xbox 360 version for the system. Could this be one of Microsoft’s big reveals? I believe so since there has not been much word about it’s status and Microsoft keeping mum on many of it’s projects. What can be said though is with the PS3 gearing up for it’s own onslaught of MMO’s Mabinogi Heroes could be exactly what the doctor ordered, and with a built in fanbase waiting on PC an in Asia this could be a sleeper hit on console as well.