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NewsSpots: Dead Head Fred, Treasure Island Z, Digimon, 'Nam on DS

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted May 16, 2007 5:00 pm PT

D3's PSP star gets a voice, Capcom renames Wii puzzle adventure game, Namco Bandai returns to digital monster battling, and Majesco brings the DS "in country."

"Now there's a straight shooter with upper management written all over him."

John C. McGinley voices Dead Head Fred
Veteran actor John C. McGinley has played a soulless corporate drone in Office Space, a heartless surgeon in Scrubs, and a spineless sergeant in Platoon. Now he's going to get a chance to play a headless private detective out for revenge, because D3Publisher of America has enlisted McGinley to provide a voice for the main character of its upcoming PlayStation Portable game, Dead Head Fred. The darkly comic third-person action game is set to ship to North American stores on August 21.

Treasure Island Z renamed
Capcom has settled on a name for its upcoming Wii puzzle adventure game, previously known under the working title Treasure Island Z. Henceforth, the game will be called Zach & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure. In the appropriately titled game, players take control of would-be pirate Zach and his flying monkey sidekick, Wiki, as they search for the treasure of legendary pirate Barbaros.

Digimon multiplying
Namco Bandai Games today announced a trio of new Digimon games for US audiences set for release this fall. First up is Digimon World Data Squad for the PlayStation 2. The role-playing game challenges players to collect and evolve more than 140 different monsters and features a storyline tied to the upcoming cartoon Digimon Data Squad. That show will also serve as the basis for Digimon World Dawn and Digimon World Dusk for the DS. The two games tell the same story from different perspectives and include more than 400 Digimon between them.

Majesco takes DS on Operation: Vietnam
Majesco is taking Nintendo's current handheld on a tour of duty. The company today announced Operation: Vietnam for the DS. Developed by Coyote Console and set for release this fall, Operation: Vietnam is a squad-based action game that Majesco says relies on run-and-gun, arcade-style action. When a helicopter sent to extricate troops from a Vietnamese jungle crashes, players must take command of a squad of soldiers surrounded by Viet Cong and "fend off repeated assaults while liberating oppressed villagers."

44 Comments

  • lahoor

    Posted Jun 11, 2007 1:12 am PT

    i like this game ^.^

  • KrazyC18

    Posted Jun 6, 2007 7:10 pm PT

    yay Digimon

  • lahoor

    Posted May 27, 2007 10:23 pm PT

    wow i love this game digimon

  • Dragonshado

    Posted May 27, 2007 1:16 pm PT

    I loved the first 2 serie's of the Digimon TV show, but then it got old...I think these games are not a good idea and they'll probably be a flop, since they are quite obviously a rip of Pokemon...I might get one of the DS games and see how it goes though =)

  • MasterBlade7123

    Posted May 23, 2007 11:26 am PT

    Does anyone not c that Digimon is just trying to be pokemon. Dusk and Dawn. Diamond and Pearl. Catch all the digimon. Catch all the pokemon. They steal pokemon stuff because they franchise is circling the drain. I like Digimon but copying pokemon is not the way 2 go. What next Im going 2 catch all the Digimon with my Digiball and add them to my Digidex. COME ON MAN!

  • ryanthegreat232

    Posted May 20, 2007 10:34 pm PT

    Hmmm, 2 version of the same game for the DS... I think i heard this one before.

  • wolf360rev

    Posted May 18, 2007 4:23 am PT

    I may try these two digimon games I digimon world and maybe continue from there and get rumble arena 2 and digimon world 2 and beyond.

  • godoftheds

    Posted May 17, 2007 3:57 pm PT

    why are they still makeing digimon games when none of their other things are still active? atleast i'm pretty sure the card game is dead and the tv show is done

  • GizmoVirus

    Posted May 17, 2007 3:35 pm PT

    Dead Head Fred is now the must have game of 2007!

  • blueflamedino

    Posted May 17, 2007 3:30 pm PT

    Digimon still lives?

  • _AbBaNdOn

    Posted May 17, 2007 1:48 pm PT

    #%&*ing awesome!!! Since Digimon World DS has a stuid stat rollback glitch in it this is some really great news. God I hope Data Sqaud plays like digimon 2. That was the best digimon game to date. I hope Dusk/Dawn are as good as Digimon World DS and maybe better. You dont get to see any animations or even your digimon during battles in DWS. But 3 of them follow you around as you walk and the upper screens shows digimon back at your farm interacting with stuff its so awesome. Pokemon Pearl/Diamond was pretty boring and a let down so Im really craving a GOOD monster raising game like Digimon can deliver. Not to mention the one for the ps2!!! Wooo Hooo!!

  • gohantech00

    Posted May 17, 2007 1:28 pm PT

    Hmmmm, hopefully Operation: Vietnam turns out good. The gaming world needs at least another great Vietnam game besides Battlefield: Vietnam.

  • Serbine

    Posted May 17, 2007 1:15 pm PT

    Bring on the digivolution

  • DoctorFu

    Posted May 17, 2007 11:29 am PT

    This is reheheheealy good news. I loved him in Office Space and Scrubs is one of the best shows on television. August 21st sounds like a close deadline but I hope they make it!

  • Pineapple_Head

    Posted May 17, 2007 11:08 am PT

    I've heard the Japanese version of the PS2 Digimon game was pretty good. This Digimon Data Squad show may bring back fans.

    About the two DS Digimon games, I'd better get a DS soon. Now there's a reason to get it.

  • liquid789

    Posted May 17, 2007 9:16 am PT

    sadly, Im excited about the digimon. Though I would rather them focus on portable systems for now, and not the PS2.

  • KickinIt_ftw

    Posted May 17, 2007 8:39 am PT

    @raze-boi:
    "Vietnam war is caused by our fault! We invaded them! And WE LOST!!! Why do have to make those games?!"

    Because shooting at people is fun. Next.

  • raze-boi

    Posted May 17, 2007 6:40 am PT

    Vietnam war is caused by our fault! We invaded them! And WE LOST!!! Why do have to make those games?!

  • especensor

    Posted May 17, 2007 5:03 am PT

    lol! i agree with "MSG-Deathscythe"

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