The Highlight Reel: July 30, 2008

Today The Game Trust tackles Soulcalibur IV, the importance of cooperative play, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and the latest releases on the Wii Shop Channel.

First up is Gus Mastrapa’s feature Bring a Friend, which talks about what upcoming games are offering cooperative play, why it is important and which game developers have made the mistake of omitting this popular style of play. Feature - Bring a Friend

Next is Harold Goldberg’s review of Soulcalibur IV. Despite some grumblings about Star Wars sullying the game’s cast, Harold gives the game a ringing endorsement.  Reviews - Soulcalibur IV (Xbox 360),  Soulcalibur IV (PS3)

Kyle Orland puts Enemy Territory: Quake Wars through 60 minutes of scrutiny in the latest Games For Lunch. Column - Games for Lunch: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Finally, the latest edition of Virtual Player takes a closer look at Fatal Fury 2, Donkey Kong 3, Ninja Commando and more on the Wii Shop Channel.  Column - Virtual Player

The Highlight Reel: July 29, 2008

Oh wonder of wonders, what headlines our content on Crispy Gamer today? Well judging by the pretty picture to the left it is a review of something involving an oversized chicken. Today we review Final Fantasy Tales: Chocobo’s Dungeon and NCAA Football 09, with only one of these titles getting our stamp of approval.

Also on tap today is a brand new Games For Lunch featuring Don King Presents: Prizefighter (I played 20 minutes with the Xbox 360 demo and wanted to punch myself in the face - I hope Kyle can endure an entire 60 minutes), and a new edition of LiveWare (Soulcalibur, Schizoid, Ticket to Ride and more covered):

» Review - Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon (Wii): Square Enix’s cute, treasure-hunting duo make their way to the Wii in this action-RPG. Will Harold Goldberg be charmed by Cid and his giant, dungeon-crawling chicken? Or will he serve them up fried? Read on to find out.

» Review - NCAA Football 09 (Xbox 360): Will the ‘09 edition score a touchdown for EA Sports’ college pigskin franchise? Read on for William Abner’s play-by-play.

» Column - Games for Lunch: Don King Presents Prizefighter: Kyle Orland gives Don King the KO treatment for his latest column. Glove up and get in the ring for an hour of play.

» Column - Live Ware: Soulcalibur, Schizoid, Ticket to Ride and more: Does the original Soulcalibur hold its own nearly a decade later? Phil Theobald has the word on this and other recent offerings on Xbox Live Arcade.