Jun 23rd2010-06-23T17:19:39ZM jS
The E3: 2010 expo, so the dust is finally settling and after some rather awesome moments, Portal 2 on PS3, and some not awesome moments, Kinect is Xbox 360 mums, fitness and furry animals. One of my favorite PS1 games got revealed in the run up to E3 and with it came great anticipation. Driver: San Francisco! The name says it all.
Blasting up and down rubbish filled back alleys and smashing through fences in the first game was epic, jumping up and down the hilly terrain, cops chasing you vehemently! Please let it be like this, and yes it is! Steve McQueen moments aplenty.
The only thing that concerns me is this “Shift” function? Being able to to jump from car to car..! But hell, it could work seamlessly.
Driver: San Francisco official site.
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Jun 16th2010-06-16T17:30:07ZM jS
Sony’s E3 press conference was on the whole very good upto the part when Valve’s Gabe Newell took to the stage and announced Portal 2 is coming to the PS3. The cheer from the astounded audience was reconciliation at its finest. The roof was raised and imaginations went into overdrive, especially mine. Portal 2 and Steamworks on PS3, bloody awesome; “The PS3 is the most open console.” Gabe Newell reiterated.
What does this mean for the PS3 gamer? Steamworks, how much of Steamworks will be developed for PS3 is unknown, but for game developers this is a perfect way of delivering content which can be easily updated, so the end product, the consumers experience is what it should be, first-rate! At the moment we don’t specific details but, surely this opens the door for smaller developers to bring content to the PS3.
My biggest wish would be Counter Strike: Source 2.
Jun 15th2010-06-15T18:39:12ZM jS
Bulletstorm is a brand new IP from People Can Fly, the Polish developers behind Painkiller and the PC version of Gears of War. In Bulletstorm the ultimate words to describe it would be over the top carnage, it’s simply kill your enemies with skill and be rewarded, anything goes, especially a good size 10 steel toe capped boot to the gonads!
The game is being published by EA Games and is due out 22/2/2011.
The question is? Have People Can Fly and Epic Games created something so manic, beautiful and damn right entertaining that it may not only rival the Gears of War franchise, but may quite simply better it all over!
***Thanks to IGN for the video***
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Jun 14th2010-06-14T15:33:15ZM jS
So after almost a year of speculating and more speculating Microsoft’s Project Natal is officially named Kinect (Connect) which we actually like and in less than 2 hours (6PM GMT) we get the full juicy details. Microsoft’s E3 Press Conference, can Kinetic be the start of something magnificent or will this be Microsoft’s ticket to the shovelware shelf?
Hopefully Kinetic can inspire big name developers to actually bring something fresh and re-invigorating to the Xbox 360 as FPS (First Person Shooters’s) are ten a penny, and this year is no exception. Crysis 2, Medal of Honor: 2010, Call of Duty: Black Op’s and Halo: Reach set to arrive in the coming months. Same engine, different skin?
The only good thing listed above is that Crysis 2 will be powered by Crytek’s CryEngine 3, and if it plays as good as it looks, and big “if”, if CryEngine 3 does the business that so called top dog, UnReal Engine 3 and it’s ageing technical-grade will actually have something to think about. Like bringing out UnReal Engine 4, before the next decade starts. CryEngine 3 powered games and Kinetic could be awesome sauce times ten.
Could games like Enslaved: Journey To The West, Trials HD More >
Jun 10th2010-06-10T07:44:03ZM jS
Shovelware! Large amounts of software of little value or use, I put that word into WordWeb just to see what it would come up with? Shocking to think this type of software makes / keeps Nintendo’s none HD console alive. But as E3 gets almighty closer, the serious console gamer, the Xbox and PlayStation fan must be praying that this infernal curse will not strike their beloved machines.
Project Natal, PlayStation Move, okay we don’t know much about Natal, and Move, well it’s simply taking Nintendo’s technology and slapping it into a machine that only does everything. There is massive potential, but the sceptic in me says the word “Party” will be added to most things PlayStation3 and Xbox 360.
God I hope not. I can imagine playing games like Trials HD with Natal and implementing Move into some cracking First Person Shooter (Medal of Honor: 2010) or the ultimate Star Wars game, not “Party arcade plus!” year in year out.
Sony and Microsoft have a real opportunity to take motion control to a whole new level, lets hope they don’t disappoint!
