Haze is a first person shooter game by PS3 developed by Free Radical Design. Although I dissed PS3 by saying XBOX360 rules hands down, i have to give it to PS3 for games that really piqued my interest. For example, Haze is one perfect game that I would like to get my paws on.
In the game, Mantel soldiers make use of Nectar, a performance-enhancing pharmaceutical drug that grants the user enhanced speed, accuracy and strength. Mantel uses this drug to control the minds of its soldiers. When administered, “Nectar” can control–among other things– what a soldier sees, similar to the effects of a hallucinogenic drug. It makes enemies the only real thing soldiers see, and drowns out the surrounding images of death and destruction. An overdose of Nectar is dangerous, with loss of mental control and death being its possible side-effects.
As revealed in a E³ 2007 trailer, Rebel soldiers may go in to a Play Dead state just before they are killed, allowing them to regenerate health. In addition, they have been given the capability to exploit Mantel’s dependence on nectar by attacking the nectar injector, extracting nectar to use on throwing knives from dead mantel troopers and using the injector to create nectar grenades. They can also steal a Mantel trooper’s gun, and bury grenades in the ground as mines.
Gone are the days when sales are boosted only during holiday seasons. Analyst found that the gaming industry has now matured with March being a month where sales are steadily hiking even without any holiday season in tow in what is called, the “perfect sales storm”.
The NPD Group’s freshly released gaming industry sales figures for the month of March handily trumped analysts’ expectations, as US retailers sold nearly $1 billion in game software, and another $551 million in hardware.
Though the numbers have barely had time to sink in, one analyst has already pulled a few lessons from the data dump. Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divnich (formerly with the simExchange prediction market) called the month a “perfect storm” for new game releases, with something for everyone.
“Super Smash Bros. Brawl fulfilled the needs of the casual, social, and sub-13 year old markets,” Divnich said in a note to reporters. “The hardcore gamers seeking heavy action and strong multiplayer support had Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Even Army of Two played its role by attracting in consumers with its flashy marketing campaign and catchy theme song!”
The success of these games further shows that the gaming business has reached a certain level of maturity, according to Divnich.
“The industry is finally large enough to support numerous AAA titles during an off-season month,” Divnich said, “and going forward, publishers need not fear a PS3/Xbox 360 title hindering their Wii title (or vice versa). March has proven that the PS3/Xbox360 and the Wii can co-exist perfectly together.”
The marriage between Ubisoft and Gameloft has spawned DS’ version of Assassin’s Creed. Frankly, I am not sure about playing the game in such a little screen but I guess it works for those on the go.
Last July, Ubisoft unloaded the entirety of its holdings in mobile-game developer Gameloft in an effort to refocus the reportedly $112 million in funds on other growth opportunities. However, as noted by Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot at the time of the transaction, the two companies would remain in cahoots, though now only at an operational level.
It now appears that one of the offsprings of that relationship will be the Nintendo DS edition of Assassin’s Creed, as revealed by box-art scans obtained by enthusiast blog Go Nintendo. The game–which has yet to be officially announced, though retailer listings and its appearance on Nintendo’s 2008 release lineup have all but confirmed it–will apparently be a prequel to its console counterparts, and go by the subtitle Altair’s Chronicles. In the course of telling the story of the titular medieval murderer, the game will allow players to use the DS stylus to “interrogate informers” and pickpocket strangers.
Altair’s Chronicles will be the second version of Assassin’s Creed developed by Gameloft. The France-based developer also created the mobile edition of the game last year–a demo of which is available on Gameloft’s Web site–as well as the Xbox Live Arcade revamping of the classic platformer Prince of Persia.
It is confirmed that Resistance 2: Rise of Men is coming out.
As is the case with most batches of platform-launch games, critics weren’t especially kind to the titles that debuted alongside the PlayStation 3. According to Metacritic, the most consistently well-reviewed launch title for the platform was Resistance: Fall of Man. Developed by Ratchet & Clank creators Insomniac Games, the title blended science fiction and Harry Turtledove-esque alternate history, portraying an alien invasion of England in the 1950s–after World War II didn’t happen.
According to industry-research group NPD Funworld, Resistance was a solid seller, moving nearly 791,000 copies domestically as of November 2007. Little wonder, then, that as rumored, the acclaimed game is getting sequel treatment. The February edition of Game Informer reveals that yes, Insomniac is hard at work on a sequel, tentatively titled Resistance 2.
According to the magazine, Resistance 2 will support two campaigns, multiplayer battles of up to 60 people, and eight-person online co-op play. Unconfirmed reports say the game will support three character classes–including a heavy weapons, special operations, and the all-important medic. It will also incorporate vehicles, including the alien-built Stalker, which will have cloaking abilities.
Heavenly Sword is like a female version of God of War. Touted to be a very short game, 5-8 hours, it is no less eye candy. I tried my hands on the game in one of the stores downtown and I saw how fluid the protagonist moved with all her stances BUT it gets tiring after awhile because it’s always the same movement. But check out the hot babe in the trailer anyway. It’s still eye candy even though the game is without substance.
This guy is real fast with his hands. I wonder how many hour’s he’s spent in front of that machine and how many 100Yen has he spent as well. Enough for a college degree, i reckon.
Thsi first shooter game has been compared to Call of Duty 4 but I personally prefer Crysis over CoD4. Because it’s somehow easier to play and it’s more exciting although CoD4 has a more realistic feel to the war era that the shooter is immersed in.
Latest game guides to wrap up the year before it’s over. There has been some fantastic games over and over, 2007 is undeniably the best gaming year for me with fantastic games like BioShock, Assassin’s Creed, and many more.
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