Remember End of Nations? It was that awesome looking free-to-play real time strategy game from Trion and it was something I was really looking forward to. The huge sense of scale and battles looked actually exciting.
The game sort of went into hiding in recent months, but has now resurfaced as a MOBA.
Goddammit.
"End of Nations is a tactical MOBA where your success on the battlefield depends on the heroes and units you command and quick decision making in the heat of combat," The newly updated End of Nations website reads. "Dominate during team based matches and catapult your commander to the top of the ranks."
So yeah, that's happening now. The website also shows off the hero characters you'll be controlling, consisting of vehicles such as land, air and mech units.
I don't have any kids of my own, so I can't claim to know what they would or would not like. That said, I wouldn't imagine that being relegated to existence as an army of heads with stubby feet only to be squished by a plump Italian would be high on the list. I would be wrong.
In a showing of love that only a parent could know, one industrious man took to the textures of Super Mario 64, and replaced the goombas with a photo of his seven-year-old son's face. It may creep me out, but apparently the kid got a kick out of it, stomping on his own face and laughing maniacally for ten minutes. There is a brief explanation for how to do this over on Reddit, in case you too want to terrorize your offspring.
How long has it been since the last time we've been able to control inch-high spacefarer Captain Olimar and his army of sentient plants? Almost ten years? It's almost surreal that the third game in the Pikmin series is finally almost upon us. If you simply cannot wait any iota of time longer than necessary, you may want to get to a GameStop (or EB Games in Canada) on July 20th or 21st, where demos for Pikmin 3 will be made available to the public.
Then, if you truly cannot contain your anticipation, you can pre-order the digital version from GameStop and start playing it on August 3rd, while your friends and neighbors will have to wait a full day before the official release on August 4th. How much do you love Pikmin? How much do you want Pikmin? How much do you crave Pikmin?
Of course, the answers to those questions are irrelevant if you don't live in the United States or Canada. Sorry Europe! As consolation, you get the game before us anyway.
