Human Element has been revealed as Robert Bowling's new game. The former creative strategist at Infinity Ward spoke to Game Informer about his game company's Robotoki's first title, saying that it takes place during the zombie apocalypse and focuses on survival.

"Their greatest strength is the fear that [zombies] instill in us, the survivors, that unreasonable fear. Unreasonable fear that leads us to do unreasonable things to survive," he said.

Bowling also mentioned that there will be different character classes in Human Element: Action, Intelligence, and Stealth, and you'll be able to choose one of three identities: Survive Alone, Survive with a Partner, or Survive with a Young Child. These decisions will determine how you'll engage in scenarios and how those decisions will impact you based on a physical and morality level.

Currently the game is slated for a 2015 release for next-generation consoles, PC, mobile, and tablets. As we hear more details on the game we'll be sure to get them to you. In the meantime, what do you think of another zombie survival game, but this time coming from one of the guys who made the multiplayer in Call of Duty so successful?

It wasn’t Occupy Wall Street. It was more like Occupy Nerd Street. The New York Comic Con was a strange but effective conglomeration of diverse businesses, all parading under the banner of “We are EveryNerd.”
 
So you had to be smart and aware while traversing the floor. Some true nerds were overly aggressive, pushing and elbowing, much more so than, say, at Pax East. And there were fake nerds, much worse than true nerds. At one booth, a dozen HD monitors shone, massive speakers boomed, and some sci-fi bed of ball bearings vibrated when you sat on them as the visage of Terry O’Quinn cautioned you, “What happens when the senses are not cared for?” Just when I thought, "Yay, Lost’s John Locke is starring in a game I haven’t heard of," I discovered it was all a promotion for orange-flavored gum. Fail!
 
Games were displayed in more abundance than in any other year. While there was game news, it wasn’t the wealth of news as in, say, the San Diego comic convention. Yet it’s getting there. Rockstar Games showed off the dark story and fluid game design of Max Payne 3 (check out our NYCC preview for more info) as well as a fascinating, well-thought out reboot of Grand Theft Auto III for its 10th Anniversary (first look impressions right here).

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 New York Comic-Con 2011 has come and gone, but we’ll never forget the good times we had, the games we saw, the outfits that still haunt our dreams, and of course the collectibles we drooled over. G4 correspondent Harold Goldberg was on site and did a little collectible recon on some of the standout offerings from this year’s Con.

What: Batman: Arkham City characters
Manufacturer: DC Direct
Price: Not yet priced
Release Date: November, 2012

All of these characters will probably set you back a hundred bucks or more. But to re-imagine the play from the game, money is no object. Right?

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Capcom announced at New York Comic Con over the weekend that Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 buyers will be treated to some free downloadable content after the game launches on November 15. The Heroes Vs. Heralds pack adds a couple of new features to the game, one of which involves playing as Galactus, Devourer of Worlds.

Also coming in the pack is a card-collecting mode that will see players picking up trading cards that can be used to change the rules in a given match-up. Game balance means nothing here, with properties like projectile invincibility, super armor and straight-up invisibility all among the available unlocks.

Source: YouTube, Joystiq

Has it really been that long? Next week marks the 10th anniversary of Grand Theft Auto III, one of the landmark games that literally changed everything for gamers. At the New York Comic Con, Rockstar tried hard to ensure that you’ll want to indulge in the open world mayhem of GTA 3 all over again – on iOS devices like the iPad2 and the iPhone 4S.
 
With all the stunning new games being offered every week, why would gamers want to revisit the old game? Aren’t those graphics ancient now, so much so that the game should be nothing more than a wonderful, salient memory of a time gone by? That kind of thinking makes sense. But if you saw what I saw, you’ll probably be psyched to play those classic courier missions all over again.

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Now that Summer is giving way to Fall, our thoughts naturally turn to the East Coast, where Comic-Con, New York style, is about to get underway. Comic-Con New York takes place between October 13th-16th at the Jacob Javits Center, and G4 will be there with Blairs-a-blazin' to celebrate! Blair Butler and Blair Herter will be signing at the G4 Booth (#1746), we'll be selling some AOTS gear, including t-shirts and hoodies, and giving things away with a daily Epic Raffle.

We'll have more information on New York Comic-Con coming soon, but, in the meantime, here's a look at the G4 host signing schedule:

• Blair Butler - Friday, October 14th - 1PM
  
• Blair Herter - Saturday, October 15th - 3PM
  
• Blair B. & Blair H. - Sunday, October 16th - 11AM

Have you ever played a Mario game and thought, "This is just too complicated!" Me neither. But still, if you need a little extra help with Mario, Super Mario Galaxy 2 has you covered. The release of the box art for the European version of the game reveals that it comes with an instructional DVD to help noobs, newbs and n00bs play the game, as well as get a little insight into how his new suits work.

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GameArts, the creators of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, pit Raphael against Leonardo in the first trailer for the Wii four-player fighting game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up. Slated for release next fall on the Wii, the Ubisoft-published game is presumably part of the 25th Anniversary of the heroes in a half shell.

Speaking of...I picked these up just the other day... me = happy camper.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up heads to the Wii this Fall.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up Raph vs. Leo Trailer

Trekkies/Trekkers (the debate still rages on) unite! Atari and Cryptic Studios finally allows you to go where no race has gone before in the PC MMO Star Trek Online. You can either play as one of your favorite races from the series or create an all-new addition to the universe with a robust character creation tool.

Hmm... why do I get the feeling those Spore creations populating the universe? What will you create?

Star Trek Online has yet to announce a release date, but you can find more specs here.

Star Trek Online Races Trailer

In the latest on Activision's Prototype, legendary comic icon Jim Lee and his publishing house Wildstorm, discuss the ease of adapting the Radical Entertainment-developed action game into comic book form. Already equipped with a mysterious backstory, powerful anti-hero and an abundance of visceral action, the game will make a great media transition.

What are your thoughts on comics from games? Do they serve to enhance your gaming experience or just act as extra  trimmings that just get in the way?

Prototype heads to the PS3, PC and Xbox 360 this summer.

Prototype Creating the Comic Book Trailer

Choose your side as Marvel superheroes clash over the Civil War storyline with Activisions' Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2. It's available on PS3, PSP, PS2, Xbox 360, Wii and DS. Heroes are divided over the Super Hero Registration Act battling it out in marvel comic glory.

Hrm, now only if the elections were just as cool. Didn't agree with that peace-neck Green Party member? Have him chew on Thor's Hammer. Republican whack job putting you in a rut? Two words... Hulk Smash. A Spend-o-crat liberal raising taxes? Give him a bath in Iron Man repulsar rays... yep. This is... probably why I'm not in government.

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 seeks justice for all this Fall.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Trailer

Want some more cartoon mayhem in your life? Overlord II is coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC to give gamers their fix. Codemasters is also flanking Overlord II with a pair of additional titles, Overlord: Dark Legend for the Wii and Overlord: Minions for the DS. Each of the games, however, feature unique gameplay elements and take place in different areas of the Overlord timeline. I played an early build of Overlord II on Xbox 360 with Dan Robinson, brand manager at Codemasters, at New York Comic Con. As someone who never played the original Overlord title, I have to say that I was impressed with what I saw.

Overlord II picks up where the downloadable expansion Overlord: Raising Hell left off. The original Overlord got trapped in the Abyss, but he left behind a lass impregnated with his evil little seed. Gamers take the reins of this mini-Overlord as he grows into a young man among the people of Nordberg. (While one of the main design directives behind Overlord is to have tongue firmly planted in cheek, let the record show that Robinson had no idea that the devs gave their fictional land the same name as OJ Simpson’s character in The Naked Gun.)

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In case you missed our weekend coverage of the NY Comic Con, allow Chewie to provide you a friendly reminder to check out our coverage on the latest in gaming at the convention, including: 

• MadWorld
  
• Infamous
  
• Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned
  
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine and more.

We're you're done check out Chewbacca's stroll around the convention floor here.

Remember that old labyrinth game that let you steer a marble through a maze punched with holes while using knobs to manipulate the X and Y-axes? Well, it sucked. You don’t need to look any further than Hudson’s new title Marble Saga: Kororinpa for proof. 

Kororinpa, which is onomatopoeia for the sound of a ball rolling, is the sequel to the limited release port of Kororinpa: Marble Mania, which you can only find on eBay these days for around $70. The updated feature that are set in Marble Saga more than triples the number of levels over its predecessor (Marble Mania had 40 levels) to 150 levels that you can play at three different difficulty settings.

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There’s a new gunslinger in town for the Wii. The Conduit, a new FPS developed by High Voltage, is set on filling the gaping void in Nintendo’s catalog that’s begging for the Xbox equivalent of Halo. The only problem I see is that it's not going to have the same kind of affect on sales as its more famous run-and-gun predecessors.

It’s not because the game isn’t good. The Conduit simply struck me as a decent title that is going to come out against a lot of strong competition --especially now that third-party developers seem to be hitting their stride for Wii exclusives. The Conduit arrives on shelves this summer as part of a trio of upcoming Nintendo titles published by Sega that includes MadWorld and House of the Dead: Overkill. As far as I could tell from the build on the floor at Comic Con, The Conduit is going to need some work to stand up to the other Wii puppies in Sega’s litter. 

The Conduit Exclusive Preview

High Voltage Software’s chief creative officer Eric Nofsinger took the time to take me through a demo. The Conduit puts you in control of Michael Ford, a former Secret Service agent working to fight off and alien race invading the earth called the Drudge. You’re working for what seems like a semi-shady group of characters known as the Trust who Nofsinger qualified as, “a kind of Illuminati-style group.” An NPC known as Prometheus (voiced by Kevin Sorbo) provides some in-game chatter, as well as information about the unfolding conflict. Of course, not all is at it seems. As usual gamers, you are just a man trying to make a living with alien bugs on one side and megalomaniacal groups with hidden agendas and murky ideologies.

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