IGN has posted some video of a supposed hands-on version of the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA video game, and put together a three minute video, also revealing some character specifics. The specific playable characters shown in the video are as follows:
You can hit the site here, or I’ve also embedded the video below.
Kotaku.com has posted a short article about the extra content included within the upcoming G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA video game, including some great screen shots, including a very nice picture of Joe Battle Files, with a sneak peek at several characters we may not have seen before. Check out the images below.
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Love checking out that art…seeing that art makes me wonder if many of those are seeing retail release since they seem to be using package art? I’ll try not to get my hopes up too high upon seeing that Resolute Stalker in there… :shifty:
Thanks to Shin Densetsu of HissTank.com for the info.
WorthPlaying.com has posted a new installment in the developers diary from Double Helix, this time talking about the production of the Nintendo DS version of G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA. Click here to see what Associate Producer Nick Pavlich had to say about this version of the upcoming game, or you can simply click the “Full Story” link below.
Shin Densetsu over on HissTank.com breaks the news that there are some apparently new Target Exclusives on the horizon featuring some great vintage vehicles making their first re-appearence in a long while! These exclusives are:
The Serpent Armor appears to be a black repaint of the SNAKE Armor from the 80’s, and done up in a paint scheme similar to how they make their appearences in the upcoming video game. It’s tough to tell how the Viper Commando is changed, but he must be painted a bit differently. Wet Suit is in an apparent gray and black uniform, that almost looks like it might be the rumored “Wet Down” that was seen on eBay a little while ago. Storm Shadow in the red trim is the repaint we’ve seen here and there, and we’re getting yet another Air-Viper/Strato-Viper repaint, but with a very odd choice. The COBRA Jet Pack that hasn’t made an appearence since 1987. This seems like a bit of an odd choice, it’s never been a fan favorite, but it’s still cool to see. Just goes to show that nothing is off the table.
I’m astounding by the sheer volume of product that appears to be coming out this year…and we are just barely approaching ComicCon. I only hope that if there’s not much new revealed in San Diego that the fandom doesn’t get in an uproar with Hasbro…after all, there’s a TON of stuff they would have debuted there had images not leaked before hand. Let’s all keep things in perspective. 😉
Another little tidbit I got in my box of goodies was a comic book that looks to be the one that comes with the G.I. Joe: The Rise of COBRA video game. There are only seven pages of new story in it, and these pages were also featured in Issue #1 of the Rise of COBRA movie adaptation, but I haven’t seen much chatter about it, so I figured I’d bring some attention to it. Maybe it’s just because I love the Marvel Comics character “Taskmaster” so much, but Helix is really resonating with me. I love the character, I love her look, and I really like the concept a lot. She’s apparently going to be a fairly core component of the upcoming video game (which really excites me), but I hope she kind of indoctrinates into the regular IDW universe as well. Perhaps the Helix special being released in August will touch on that a bit.
The story basically involves General Hawk giving Duke a rundown of her abilities as we watch some video of her in action…then he finishes the story by saying that they believe COBRA has her, which I would imagine leads directly into the video game itself.
Here are some of the panels below…a pretty good read, even for only a few pages.
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GameSpy.com has posted four new screenshots from the upcoming Rise of COBRA video game for Playstation3. You can check out the full article here, and also view the mirrored images below.
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Personally I think these screenshots look a LOT more refined and polished than some of the previous ones. We’ll see how it looks in hand, but I for one will be pre-ordering this one and picking it up on launch day. My expectations aren’t real high, but any opportunity to dive into this new universe is one that I will definitely take!