So Rage is a first-person shooter that takes place on Earth after most of the life on Earth was wiped out in a cataclysmic event with some of the survivors taking shelter underground in order to keep humanity going. Sounds familiar, no?
Fortunately, even though the setting will remind players of Fallout 3 and Borderlands, Rage is it’s own game. Rage is the first brand new IP in around ten years for id Software, the famous developers who created the infamous title Doom.
Lost in the 3D and motion controller ocean that was this year’s E3, is the trailer for Battlestar Galactica Online. Developed using the single most important gaming technology since the CD-ROM, the Unity Engine. Basically, Unity is a 3D game engine that is both lightweight and powerful, in which the finished game can be published to run in a web browser. Expect to see many well developed titles using this engine in the near future. BGO is being developed by Big Point Games, who have a ton of other web based games on their site. Check them out sometime, not half bad, and completely free.
Below are my quick notes for the Sony presser:
– We start off Sony’s presser with a nice video package.
– And here comes Mr. Tretton!
– Killzone 3 looks great. Even not in 3D. Jet-packs seem very cool. Will be Move functional. Coming out Feb. 2011
– Gran Turismo 5, Crysis 2, Mortal Kombat, Gran Turismo 5, Shaun White Skateboarding, Tron, NBA 2K11, among others announced as being 3D compatible.
After years and years and years and years of people waiting, you’ve finally got a release date for Gran Turismo 5. November 2nd, 2010.
Let’s be honest, if they do delay the game again, the world may explode with rage. Apart from that, and the announcement that it would support full 3D, there really wasn’t anything involving Gran Turismo 5 shown at the press conference. Surprising.
Sony, you’ve got to release it this time; you really have no choice.
At the Sony presser, they announced an exclusive beta for the very highly anticipated (especially after last nights great demo at Ubisoft) title, Assassins Creed: Brotherhood.
They didn’t just get the exclusive beta, they’re also getting some side missions for the game as well. From everything I’ve seen of this game (including the trailer they shown at the Sony press conference), it looks very promising. I wasn’t expecting much as I’m not a big multiplayer gamer, but I’m still excited to hope back into Assassins Creed.
God of War: Chains of Olympus was a hit; reviewing very well. So, like expected, a sequel was announced. God of War: Ghost of Sparta.
An interesting name. All we really got from the speaker was that it will delve deeper into Kratos’ rise to becoming a God. Of course it’s God of War so it’ll review well, some people will love it. And some people will complain loudly saying it’s the same thing as before. I for one am just not going to give it a look.
Are you? Expect Ghost of Sparta to be released later this year.
It was rather surprising how many exclusive packages that Sony is acquiring. They’re pulling a Microsoft on us. The latest in Sony’s acquisitions is it getting a Medal of Honor Special Edition. Included is not just the game itself, but also a fully HD version of the 2002 hit Medal of Honor: Frontline, which I know makes a lot of people happy. Of course, skipping Frontline and playing the new, full (and what looks to be a damn fine game) Medal of Honor is an option too. The beta starts June 21.
If you purchase the Dead Space 2 Special Edition, which is exclusive to the PS3, you will receive Dead Space Extraction as well. Extraction is fully compatible with Move. Sound like a good deal? I thought so. No price was announced for it, but I’d assume 70 bucks, 80 bucks tops. I was already sold on Dead Space 2, but adding this in made me buy it for PS3. Good job, Sony.
