Activision announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops
will receive a fourth installment downloadable content pack called
“Rezurrection” which is slated for release this year. “Rezurrection” is
reported to come out August 23rd for the Xbox 360. No release date yet
for the PlayStation 3 and PC versions of the DLC but expect the DLC to
release one month after.
Director Motomu Toriyama has responded to many of the Square Enix faithfuls regarding their complaints from the original Final Fantasy XIII. In just the second true sequel of the perpetual Final Fantasy series, Toriyama claims that the development team for Final Fantasy XIII-2 has given tons of thought to both fan and media criticism from the first game.
Those
who are familiar with the first game would be able to replace the
definition of “linear” in the dictionary with the words “Final Fantasy
XIII.” Toriyama made it clear during an exclusive interview with IGN
UK that the brief glimpse of open-world exploration at the very end of Final Fantasy XIII will be more prevalent in the sequel. Toriyama stated that while FFXIII-2 will not be entirely open-world like in Elder Scrolls or Mass Effect, it will certainly allow the player to “enjoy the freedom of searching and exploring the world.”
With the release of the quirky, Biblical El Shaddai: Ascent of the Metatron on the horizon, here at Player Affinity we felt the time was right to point out a few other video games based on biblical characters and themes. Regardless of your religious persuasion, it’s hard to deny that the Bible has some very powerful stories- the Beast of Revelations, Adam and Eve, Sodom and Gomorrah and the eternal struggle between Heaven and Hell, to name just a few.
Some of the best games of the last console generation are getting HD remakes, like the original Halo and Resident Evil 4. Of course I would also be perfectly happy to throw the non-HD version ofResident Evil 4 in my Gamecube and take it for a spin without any need for updates. These games will probably be even better with the HD updates, but they were great the way they were too. But there are some games released around the same time that failed miserably because they arrived a generation too early. Instead of focusing on revamping just the old hits, the game industry should consider some of the well-intended flops from the last generation. One such game that springs to mind is Resident Evil Outbreak.
As if there wasn’t enough buzz around the
upcoming release of Deus Ex: Human
Revolution, Eidos Montreal have released another trailer which firmly
emphasises the multi-layered approach to the game that players will be
encouraged to take.
The trailer (which can be seen below,
courtesy of Youtube) emphasises that there are four pillars of gameplay;
combat, stealth, hacking and social.
Most situations in the game can be resolved using one of those pillars,
and you’re not restricted in your choice; you can sneak past a big mechanical
enemy, you can run in all guns blazing, or you can get to a nearby control
console and hack into that, turning the robot against the other enemies.
Yesterday saw a new teaser trailer from EA
Games’ upcoming NHL ‘12 skating out
onto the ice. The NHL series has so far
claimed twenty-two awards for ‘Best Sports Game of the Year’, so it’s fair to
say that NHL ’12 has a pretty big
legacy to live up to.
Some new details regarding the sequel to everyone’s favorite lootfest have been revealed. The folks at Gearbox Software and 2K Games are teaming up once again to expand upon 2009’s unique take on the action RPG formula.
