South Park: The Stick of Truth was a surprisingly fun game. It took the flavor of all your favorite South Park shows and translated it into a video game. When I finished the game my first thought was that they totally need to make another game with their superhero personas. And now that game has a December release date!
Read MoreWhat happens when you are the new kid in town? What is the the first thing you want to do? You want to become cool. This is your ultimate goal in "South Park: The Stick of Truth". The kids of South Park are invovled in a massive LARP that encompasses the whole town. You enter as the Dragonborn, a hero that is to become known by all through his magical abilities. And when I say magical I really mean the ability to fart in a cup and then direct the flammable/explosive fumes to where you want them. As the Dragonborn you also have a shout (a massive fart that can destroy some barriers) frost breath (fire extinguisher) and lightning (bucket of water and a car battery).
The demo we watched felt like what you may see in an authentic episode of South Park. You can feel the influence that Matt and Trey Parker have on the games creation. Expect it out "this holiday season, or some holiday season. You know how games are".
As many of you know THQ is having financial issues and filed Chapter 11. This means they are reorganizing and trying to find ways to pay off their debts. Once way of doing this is selling off different parts of the company. And today this was done when Ubisoft acquired THQ Montreal. They will be joining the already existing 26 studios in 19 countries and more then 6,250 employees that Ubisoft has that are dedicated to creating video games. Ubisoft was already has the second-largest in-house development staff, so this is a nice addition for them.
Now the studio was not the only thing they purchased. Ubisoft also gets publishing rights for a very anticipated and funny game, South Park: The Stick of Truth. South Park: The Stick of Truth is being created by external developer Obsidian and is planned for release sometime this year. Obsidian was also the studio behind Fallout: New Vegas. Fingers crossed that it will be awesome.
