Each genre of games has its very own core element that makes it unique
when compared to other games.
Role-playing games have the numbers and the stories, puzzle games have
the intelligence quotient, strategy games have the tricks and the mental gymnastics,
and shooters have those wonderfully satisfying objects known as guns.
The Gears of War franchise is coming to an end this September 20th, Microsoft and Epic Games have anounced DLC plans for the game. Similar to Rockstar’s L.A Noire Pass and Mortal Kombat Pass,Gears of War 3 will have a Season Pass for all Gears 3 DLC that will cost you 2,400 Microsoft or 30 dollars.
The wait to return to the war-ravaged world of Sera and rev up those chainsaws is nearly over. Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games’ Design Director, announced via his Twitter account that Gears of War 3 has gone gold. Accompanying the post is a picture of a cake that states, “Gone gold! Congratulations from Xbox!” He noted that “At Epic, the cake is not a lie,” a reference from Valve’s Portal, assuring readers that Gears of War 3 is indeed finished.
The Xbox Live Indie Games Summer Uprising begins its second week with today’s game, Take Arms, a 2D side-scrolling shooting title labeled as the “multiplayer evolution of the classic console platformer.” It features three different classes to choose from: the sniper rifle-wielding Striker, the minigun-equipped Destroyer, or the common Grunt with an assault rifle. Players can battle it out over three maps, and three game modes: Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Capture the Flag. Take Arms supports 1-8 player online matches, and system link.
Driver: San Francisco, developed by Ubisoft Reflections, puts you in the role of John Tanner, undercover cop and protagonist from nearly every Driver game in the series. The open world setting is San Francisco, as the title notes, and is complete with the city’s landmarks, such as the Golden Gate Bridge.
Today on the final day of Halo Fest, 343 industries announced The Reclaimer Trilogy, the next three games in the Halo series. Halo 4 is a direct sequel to Halo 3, the final installment in the trilogy that made Master Chief a force to be reckoned.
As the East Coast is brutally pummeled by hurricane Irene, those smug jerks on the West Coast seem to be having all the fun at PAX Prime. This three-day nerdfest is just bristling with gaming news, including a new batch of screenshots for Mass Effect 3 that show Commander Shepard’s new weapons, companions, and some of the new enemy types too.
