Call of Duty: Classic (the first one) available this week at PSN and XBL

The re-release of the first game that started one of the biggest franchises ever will be available this week on PSN and XBL. I started my journey with Call of Duty 2, which is still my favorite, so I'd like to play this one and see what I missed out on.

Graphics have been improved, although I'm sure the difference won't be that big. The re-release also contains a multiplayer mode, but only for 8 players at a time. My only major complaint is the price, at $14.99 or 1200 MS points, it's not an essential purchase.

Rocket Knight Retro Game Sequel

It's great to see some classic retro games getting remakes or sequels with updated graphics and sound on Xbox Live and PSN. Apart from the new sonic game which looks to possibly be a real direct sequel to Sonic & Knuckles on the Genesis, we now have Sparkster from Rocket Knight Adventures to look forward to, 15 years after the original sequel. The game is set 15 years later and you'll enter the Kingdom of Zephyrus once more. The gameplay looks good, but the art style is a little different of the new game, I prefer the retro look. Anyway, check out the trailer and prepare for a 2010 release!

Wolfenstein 3-D on XBL & PSN

I was pretty surprised to see this 17 year old title up on each respective downloadable network. It's being used a promotional tool to drum up hype for the release of the new Wolfenstein game coming out, which should be a good game by the looks of things. That's all well and good, but considering it's just a straight port, why isn't it a free download? I mean, sure, it was good at the time, but it's aged badly and this version has no graphical improvements of any kind. Even the source code is freely available. I doubt it cost a lot to port this game, it's not graphically intensive (haha...yeah) and even the iPhone version recieved a nice graphics update, while the console port gets nada...what gives?

My advice? Get the iPhone version if you have one and don't pay for such a poor port of a 17 year old game! There's no better way to tell the developers you're not happy with what they released.