Prince of Persia fans will be happy to hear that Ubisoft has just released the above trailer for Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. Said trailer features some of the developers talking about the game but that’s not the fun part. The fun part are the various clips that give us the first glimpse of gameplay from the game.
I don’t know about you guys but the game is shaping up to be pretty damn good. However, we won’t know for sure until May 18th when it hits store shelves for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Wii.
If the Halo 3 multiplayer beta had not been bundled with the original Crackdown, I have doubts that it would have sold anywhere near as much as it did. The developers probably know this which is why theywill be looking to make Crackdown 2 a much better game.
The latest development we have out of the studio is the ability to save and share videos taken from the game. Unfortunately, Executive Producer Peter Connolly has said that the feature won’t be included in the game’s release but it will be added via DLC at some point.
The above information came from OXM who’s latest issue hits shelves on March 11th and will include a whole feature on Crackdown 2.
We just got word from Visceral Games that they are planning to hold a Dead Space 2 contest called “Get Dismembered in Dead Space 2“. To enter, all you have to do is head here and tell Visceral Games what you think will be the most badass way for “Isaac to rip apart a necromorph”. Once the contest is over, people will vote who they think has the best idea and then the winner will have their idea immortalized into the game. Better yet, they will get their face mapped to a character in the game who will get ripped apart by a necromorph. And if you don’t win, but are one of the 9 runner-ups, your name will be included somewhere in the game.
Here’s a tragic story that could have been prevented — It seems that a 3-year old girl from Tennessee managed to shoot and kill herself with a loaded .380 caliber pistol that she reportedly thought was a Wiimote. The mother says that the gun was left on a table by the girl’s stepfather who had it to deal with intruders. After placing it on the table he carried about his daily routine and forgot about it.
The 3-year old then picked up the gun and shot herself in the stomach fatally.
Now tell me, 3-year old or not, how do you manage to mistake a gun for a Wiimote and then aim it at yourself and pull the trigger? Sounds fishy to me.
It seems that Portal 2 isn’t the only Valve game coming to the Mac platform — If you remember, we told you not too long that rumors had begun making their rounds about a version of Steam for Mac’s OS X. Now, Valve has officially confirmed that not only will a Mac version of Steam will be hitting but also a Mac version of the Source engine. If you don’t know, the Source engine is Valve’s engine behind popular games such as Left 4 Dead 2, Half-Life 2 and more.
This means that Mac gamers will finally be able to play the above mentioned games in addition to Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike. Even better, Valve has made it so that when developers make a game for the PC, code will be automatically generated that will allow the same game to work for OS X.
Looks like the Mac will not be a gamers nightmare any more.
It seems that EA wasn’t kidding when they said the response to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was massive — It was recently made known that Bad Company 2 has topped the charts over in the UK. Chart-Track has broken down the sales to 3% on the box 360, 31% on the PS3 and 16% on the PC. They also said that the game’s launch was the ‘best ever for any game released this early in the year’. Seems like the recent server troubles didn’t affect people’s decision to buy the game very much.
So which is your favorite modern-age FPS; Modern Warfare 2 or Battlefield: Bad Company 2? Let us know in the comments.
Playboy might not be doing too good as a company but that hasn’t stopped 2K Games from announcing that the iconic magazine will be appearing in Mafia II. In fact, 50 of Playboy’s earliest issues including centerfolds for gamers to collect will make an appearance in the game, if the game ever gets released, that is.
Playboy’s editorial director Jimmy Jellinek comments:
“Mafia II is set when Playboy first came into vogue and features characters whose style and attitudes mirror content from our early issues. We’re excited to bring an element of authenticity to the game that is unmatched in the men’s publishing category.”
If you’ve been trying to play Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for the Xbox 360 online you probably noticed that there have been some connection issues. This was caused by the massive response to the game; EA was apparently under-prepared.
Anyways, EA has recently let us know via their Twitter the following:
EA server maintenance which is affecting the Xbox 360 BFBC2 is taking longer than expected. We’ll have the servers back as soon as possible.
And then:
BFBC2 are coming back online. Things will be back up to full speed within 90 minutes.
So folks, it looks like you won’t have to wait much longer until you can get your Bad Company 2 fix. I just wonder, are they going to reset the leaderboards?
Now I know we already showed you the Halo: Reach multiplayer trailer some time back but there was quite a bit of information packed into it that you may have overlooked. Thankfully, the guys over at Tied The Leader have taken the time to pick apart each and every aspect of the trailer and give us a full analysis.
It’s a 10 minute long video, but if you’re anxiously awaiting the Reach beta’s May 3rd release, you won’t want to miss this.
Just a few days ago, Valve opened the curtains and let us know that Portal 2 was officially on its way. Today, thanks to GameInformer, we now have some more details regarding the title. First and foremost, Valve has said that Portal 2 is to take place hundreds of years after the original and was developed by a team 3 times bigger than the first. This was added to the fact that Portal 2 will be seeing a Mac release which will come as a relief to many OS X gamers.
Next, they have said that a co-op mode will in fact be included, as we heard before, that will have players using two different robots. The iconic portal gun will reman the same but physics will be heavily implemented into the new title. This includes things such as suction vents and what valve is calling ‘paint’ that will allow players to create bouncy surfaces.
Valve’s senior project manager, Erik Johnson, gives us his insight into the game:
“It’s worth clarifying our approach to Portal. It’s less about putting a portal on the wall and walking through it and more about making people think differently while they are playing the game. And making people feel smart while they are playing the game. And really surprising people with this kind of a video game. We’re not aiming to make this an action or twitch game — that seems way off track. There are many more elements that we are adding to Portal 2 — it’s a bigger game and stands on its own — but it isn’t about making a really hard game. It’s more interesting to simply reward your thinking.”
That’s about it for now, we’ll keep you posted on an official release date.
