The original Deus Ex was a critically acclaimed, bestselling RPG/Shooter (and still is my favourite game).
Deus Ex: Human Revolution is a prequel to that game and is being developed by a new team at Eidos Montreal.
This new trailer for the third game, gives you a first look at the gameplay in action. Check it out!
Fans of Gears of War will know that the Carmine family hasn’t exactly had the best of luck on the battlefield, with Anthony Carmine killed by a sniper in the first game and his brother Benjamin burned to death by acid in the second. In the upcoming Gears of War 3, fans will get to decide what fate will befall the third brother Clayton Carmine, by purchasing one of two Xbox Live Avatar t-shirts. One reads “Save Carmine” and the other “Carmine Must Die”. All of the proceedings from the shirt sales are going to the Child’s Play Charity.
Child’s Play is a community-based games industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children around the world. Through their network of more than 60 hospitals and through the generosity of their community of donors, Child’s Play raises millions of dollars each year to donate games, consoles, and toys to sick children.
Gears of War 3 is due out on April 5, 2011.
Starting next month, Red Dead Redemption will be getting at least 4 new DLC packs. They will cost 800 Microsoft Points each, apart from the “Free Roam Pack”, which has yet to be priced (It’s likely to be free).
Here are the details of what’s to come:
Legends and Killers Pack
During Halo Reach’s E3 trailer, a very brief glimpse of the new space combat was shown. Now, courtesy of Gametrailers, this solid minute of footage gives a much clearer look.
This year has been the best year so far for Xbox 360 owners, thanks to the unbelievable amount of great games; Mass effect 2, Super Street Fighter IV, Splinter Cell: Conviction, Red Dead Redemption, Bioshock 2, Alan Wake, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the list goes on and on.
So now that all those great titles have passed, you might think that we can breathe a sigh of relief and finally start to save up some money. Well.. actually, you’d better keep your wallet out, because the second half of the year is packed with just as many top games. Lets take a look at the best of what’s to come.
Vanquish
As soon as you see a new game directed by Shinji Mikami is coming, you’d better start getting excited. Shinji Mikami is most recognised as as the creator of God Hand and the first Resident Evil. He’s also the man who put the Resident Evil series through substantial changes after he was hired to replace Resident Evil 4′s original director, Hiroshi Shibata. Now he has 2 new titles on the way. The first is a new, untitled horror game, but no more details on that have been released yet. The second is Vanquish.
Vanquish is a third-person shooter that bears several similarities to Gears Of War, except it looks faster, crazier and more fun. Set in the near future, where the US and Russia are at war with each other for their claim to the last of the worlds energy resources. You play Sam, a government agent kitted out with a futuristic battlesuit.
Medal Of Honor
In hopes of equalling Call Of Duty’s success EA are rebooting the Medal of Honor franchise with the new game, due out this October. Unusually the game’s single player and multiplayer components are being developed individually, by two seperate studios. With EA Los Angeles, creators of the previous medal of honor games working on the single player and DICE, creators of the Battlefield games, designing the multiplayer.
Mafia 2
Heavily influenced by classic gangster movies like The Godfather and Once Upon A Time In America, Mafia 2 looks like it could be the game which finally topples Grand Theft Auto’s crown.
Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow
Lords of Shadow is a reboot of the Castlevania series, which is being developed by MercurySteam, with a little help from Metal Gear Solid director, Hideo Kojima.
Also due out this year:
Crackdown 2, Dead Rising 2, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Fable 3, Crysis 2, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Fallout: New Vegas, True Crime, Call Of Duty Black Ops, Halo: Reach, Splatterhouse and Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit.
Limbo is an upcoming Xbox Live Arcade game which, from what i’ve seen so far, is looking very impressive.
The game is being developed by Danish Playdead Studios and revolves around a young boy (you) searching for his sister in a nightmarish black and white world, littered with clever puzzles and danger every step of the way.
Limbo will offer around four hours of play and is due out this summer.
Microsoft’s conference at this year’s E3 was a pretty disappointing showcase, with no big surprises and the majority of the show dedicated to demoing Project Natal, or “Kinect”, it’s new official name
Kinect
It kicked off with new trailers from a few familiar titles with Call of Duty Black Ops, Gears of War 3, Fable 3 and Halo: Reach as well as a couple of newer titles with Metal Gear Solid: Rising (the most impressive) and Crytek’s teaser of Codename: Kingdoms.
Next up was a long demo of Kinect in action which was a little underwhelming for a few reasons; firstly it dragged on too long, taking up the biggest chunk of the show, secondly the price of Kinect was kept firmly under wraps (as far as pricing is concerned, no news usually means bad news) and while being able to navigate the dashboard by moving your hands looked cool, it still seems like it would be quicker and easier to use a pad. Also shortly after the show info was leaked stating that Kinect’s camera can only properly detect you while you are standing, though Microsoft insists that this will be fixed before it’s release.
Kinect in action:
Kinect will be in stores this November.
Finally the new slimmer Xbox 360 was revealed:
Xbox 360 "Slim"
It has a 250gb hard drive, a built-in wi-fi adapter, runs quieter and is said to be more reliable. It will be available in stores from the 16th of July.
That rounds up this years E3 presentation. What did you think of Kinect and Microsoft’s conference? What out of E3 are you most looking forward to? Leave us a comment below!
Onlive is a relatively new concept based on video streaming and cloud computing. At a minimum, it will require fast broadband if it is to be effective. The idea is simple, you play games which are run on remotely hosted servers and the graphics are rendered for you on super fast computers and streamed to you over the internet. This means you only need the ability to view video to have amazing graphics and sounds without having to pay for the expensive hardware used in conventional consoles such as the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. You can use any pc or mac, or even just your TV with the help of a cheap device provided by Onlive.
Sound too good to be true? Well the sceptics, me included, believe that this just is not doable with today’s technology. I’m not so concerned about bandwidth, but rather latency – the fraction of a second delay between button press, the data being sent via your system to a cloud network and back again as video. Online games have often suffered with lag issues and I believe Onlive is likely to be hit more than most.
The Onlive system
Additionally, depending on the speed of your broadband the video may need various amounts of compression reducing both image and sound quality. With broadband speeds getting faster and faster this is becoming less of a problem, however internet costs may rise for those with capped usage allowances. A heavy games player will certainly need large limits if not unlimited broadband.
Saying all of that – I love the very idea. It sounds like something out of Star Trek and part of me wants it to succeed, I am just sceptical that it will.
Check out more on the Onlive website.
As always, I would appreciate your thoughts and comments.
With no new games jumping out at me I decided to check out a couple of classics I missed first time round. Firstly I decided to get the critically acclaimed flop, Mirrors Edge. Based on the concept of wall-running or Parkour, the game has a great feel to it: a simplicity that is often missing from current-gen games. Secondly I ordered Overlord , one of those games that you will either love or hate. Personally I think its fabulous – your role is to control a handful minions and create havoc and destructions. Awesome fun!
I managed to get both games second-hand with free shipping from the Gamestation website for less than £9 GBP, but you should be able to get them for comparable prices in any decent high-street store.
Check out the videos below:
Just ordered myself a Mad Catz Street Fighter IV Round 2. I actually ordered the Zangief one, as for some reason he was a lot cheaper! He is also one of my favourites characters, along with Dhalsim, E Honda and Dan who has to be the most underrated character in the game. I can’t wait to try it out as frankly, using the standard analogue stick for Street Fighter just doesn’t cut it for me any more. All of my online friends seem to be using one of the £100 arcade sticks which seems a little excessive to me, so this is a happy compromise at a mere £20
Mad Catz Street Fighter IV Round 2 FightPad - Zangief
