Video Games

Driver: San Francisco – It’s All A Dream

The next game in the Driver franchise is Driver: San Francisco, which directly following the previous Driv3r, but this time there’s a catch: It will be only a dream! That’s right, as Tanner, the recurring undercover cop protagonist who drives around with his doors locked (usually), the player enters into the game just as he suffers a head-on collision in San Francisco while in pursuit of Jericho (the antagonist from the previous game). Bedridden in a hospital, Tanner’s life of driving invades his dreams as well, allowing for several new mechanics and features not seen in previous installments.

Brink – SMART System

Brink, a new first person shooter developed by Splash Damage, creators of the cult-popular Enemy Territory games, and the more recent Quake Wars, is a new take on a tried-and-true set of gameplay mechanics. Adding parkour and intelligent objective assignment to its long list of features makes for an interesting team-based shooter in and of itself, but when combined with the jump-in, jump-out blending of single player, multiplayer, and cooperative play, makes an oddly enticing combination that is hard to ignore.

Dwarfs!? Review

Mining seems to be a bit of a thing amongst indie games at the moment, with Minecraft literally taking over the world and finding its way into the hands of millions of gamers.  We don’t know what it is about plunging deep into the depths of the earth in search of precious minerals that is so compelling and addicting but indie developer Power of Two’s debut game Dwarfs!? aims to capture this valuable element.  While Dwarfs!? and Minecraft both feature mining and might seem similar, Dwarfs!? could not be more different.It is actually more of a mix betweenDwarf Fortress and Lemmings.

Assassin’s Creed Revelations Announced

Set for a November 2011 release on PS3, Xbox 360, and PC. Assassin’s Creed Revelations has been referred to by Ubisoft as “the final chapter in the Ezio trilogy”. In the official press release
that accompanied the games initial announcement some hints of the new features
we can expect were given by Ubisoft:  “Assassin’s Creed Revelations presents the
most immersive experience available in the series to date and the culmination
of Ezio’s adventure”

The Darkness 2 Teaser Trailer

So Nolan
North is apparently voicing Jackie in the sequel – that’s about all you can take
from this short trailer. Going by the voiceover, it seems Jackie has kept The
Darkness away since the first game and The Darkness isn’t too happy about it.
Hopefully
this means that the game will cover Jackie battling to control The
Darkness and the obvious problems that it’s going to cause, but we’ll have
to wait and see for any story details.

Weekend Sales Friday May 6th

Yesterday got us off to a great start for weekend game sales, and today a bunch of new digital distributors have put even more games on sale!  Good Old Games has the Total Annihilation series and the first three Masters of Orion strategy games marked down by half off, if you buy them as a lot of five, or you can get them for 30% off which makes them $4.19 each, and $19.56 for all five.

Outland (Xbox 360) Review

When first playing Outland, you can quickly tell there is
something missing in its unique visuals. The palate is limited to just a few
colors within the world and its inhabitants, including the main character
who is mostly in silhouette. After playing Outland, it’s safe to say that the “something
missing” also extends over to the gameplay.

The lacking visuals are interesting, though. Limiting the palate
to just a few colors makes what hues remain quite bold, and a quick glance is
enough to pull you in and have you test out the waters. Its lone, low-key
booth at PAX 2010 was fairly well occupied considering the title’s obscurity
because once you see the art style you think, “Hey, what’s this about?”