Archive for the ‘Upcoming Titles’ category

[E3] Driver: San Francisco

June 16th, 2010

First things first, no, I am not reporting live from E3. Which is a shame, because that would be pretty awesome. But I thought that as this is predominantly a gaming site, and we haven’t had too many updates recently, I’d do a news piece and share a few of my thoughts.

As I was looking through stuff from E3 for Valve’s latest trailer, I found a link to ‘Driver: San Francisco’. Immediately Portal 2, which I already know isn’t coming out until next year, was forgotten. I have long been a fan of Driver, and I’d heard rumours that a new one was in the works, but I’d not come across any definite news.

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[DS] Dragon Quest IX

June 4th, 2010

Dragon Quest IX Boxart

Dragon Quest is a series of RPG games from the developing houses of Japan, Level-5 (developers of Professor Layton), to be precise. With its origins in the good ol’ days of the NES, Dragon Quest has grown to extraordinary levels of popularity in Japan itself, repeatedly breaking sales records, but has fallen short on Western shores. » Read more: [DS] Dragon Quest IX

[Demo] Just Cause 2 (360/PS3/PC)

March 22nd, 2010

So after a lot of nagging from GeneShark/Tom I decided to have a look at the Just Cause 2 demo, I had a look through the Playstation Store and went to download it. It was at this point I realised I had about 70MB free space on my Harddrive, so I went over to my 360 and downloaded it there.

So when I loaded it up it started going through some intro cut-scene thingy, which I was not paying much attention to because I was too busy talking in our IRC channel (which you should totally join). Without noticing I was then in gameplay, I took a few steps forward then a timer appears in the top-right corner. This was the timer for demo play, it was set to 30 minutes, which I suppose is a reasonable amount of time for a demo.

» Read more: [Demo] Just Cause 2 (360/PS3/PC)

[Beta] Blur (360/PS3/PC)

March 21st, 2010

Yay, it’s been a while since I got to beta test a game (back to the days of the littlebig planet beta I think). So I was more then excited when a Friend posted a beta code which he couldn’t use due to lack of a 360.

In addition, more recently I have been emailed an additional 3 codes to give out (for being part of the beta) for which I have given out 2. So the first person to ask for one in the comments either here or on TurtleStomp (where this post will also be featured) can have the last code. [UPDATE- Code has now been claimed]

Ok enough talking about beta codes etc, the actual game is a racing game which looks like your average racing game until you find out about the vehicular combat. Yes that’s right vehicular combat, gaining power ups, attacking other racers and leaving hazards on the track.  All the usual stuff you’d expect in games like Crash Team Racing or even Mario Kart. But this game is much more serious and you still need a reasonable amount of racing skill required to win.

» Read more: [Beta] Blur (360/PS3/PC)

[MCM] Borderlands Preview

October 25th, 2009

[Brett, Tom]

Head Explosions are -always- an advantage. -Always-

Head Explosions are -always- an advantage. -Always-

A demo of Borderlands, a new ‘RPS’ (Role Playing Shooter) from 2K Games, makers of Bioshock, was playable at MCM and lucky for you we were one of the first to do so. This is a cell shaded first person shooter that makes me happy, away from dreary browns and a world of generic space marines. Set in the distant future; colonists have travelled to a distant planet in search of a better life and the prospect of money. After several years the planets orbit changes the seasons and many horrifying creatures emerge.

» Read more: [MCM] Borderlands Preview