The Haze demo went up on the European PlayStation Store today and I had a chance to play through it a few times. At first, the game feels a lot like Crysis. You’re in the middle of a very nice looking jungle in an enhanced suit taking out enemies. You go through a series of small of objectives (clear the area, move to point A, clear the area, move to point B, clear the area, move to point C, clear the area…). It gets a bit repetitive, but that’s how shooters are these days.
The graphics are fairly nice and the demo runs at a constant framerate with no noticeable slowdown no matter how many enemies you’re taking out. The one problem I have graphically is interacting with the environment. You’re in a huge lush forest and brushing by leaves and branches does nothing. In games like Crysis and Halo 3, when you’re in a jungle, these things move when you hit them. It’s a bit disappointing to see this type of thing neglected by developers still.
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The awaited and inevitable video game adventure, The Bourne Ultimatum, has a newly released demo on Xbox Live. The demo is 1.2 GB about which makes for a hefty size download. The videos have looked great; lets so how this plays.
It will be available in Europe next week. The demo is being shipped over on a pirate ship as we speak.
[via majornelson]
You know that little Iron Man game we’re raving about? A demo will be available today on the Xbox 360 and “soon” on the PS3 (we’re guessing in next Thursday’s update).
If you want the chance to see how the game plays, go fire up the Xbox Live Marketplace and get downloading.
Me? I’m going to sit here and sing the song while I download Beavis and Butthead style… dah daaah dah dah dah, dah dah dah dah dah dah dah daaaaaaaaah dah dah…
Want to play the demo for Ninja Gaiden 2, but feel betrayed by that cluster-f that happened at GDC? Your chance is coming soon as Team Ninja has announced a playable demo in May on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
There is also supposedly some exclusive content coming April 15th. No doubt this will be some gamer pictures, themes, and possibly videos. Why is it exclusive? Well, because the game is only coming to Xbox 360.
With a June 3rd release date, May is a perfect time for a demo. It’s not like people aren’t going to buy the game anyway.
Major Nelson dropped word that a demo for MLB 2K8 is now available for the Xbox 360. The demo weighs in at 968.95 MB and allows you to play the Red Sox vs. Rockies in a quick 3 inning game.
I’ve been playing this game for a bit now and I’m very disappointed. Expect a full review soon, but the framerate is horrible. Anything in the field (not pitcher/batter) stutters like there’s no tomorrow. What happened to that “at or near 60fps” we heard in the developer conference call?
Download the demo and check it out for yourself. PS3 owners will get the chance tomorrow with the PlayStation Store update.
[via Major Nelson]
February 22, 2008 – 7:00 pm
Anyone who has patiently awaited the demo for NG2 can now download it. Unfortunately, you cannot play it. What? Yeah. Its a video of someone playing the demo. Jesus tapdancing Christ. You are gonna tell me that I can download a demo for one of the most anticipated games of the year, but its someone else playing. Yeah, no thanks.
Just giving you all a heads up and not waste your time downloading this. So beat on MS’s part. Maybe we can get an exclusive look at the GoW2 guys eating lunch?
February 21, 2008 – 11:00 am
According to the GDC banner on the Xbox 360 Dashboard, we can expect a Ninja Gaiden 2 demo soon. Apparantly, trailers and gamer pictures aren’t all that was planned for Microsoft’s Bringing It Home for GDC.
The link in the Dashboard for the demo is pseudo grayed out right now, but we expect it to go live before the end of the week.
I, for one, can’t wait to use those claws to slash up some enemies.
February 15, 2008 – 11:45 am
To much fanfare, the PS3 demo for Lost Planet has returned to the PlayStation Store. If you remember, it flat out didn’t work when it was released last week.
Apparently, the game was downloaded by over 100,000 people fairly quickly, which put a bit of a load on the servers. But the networking gurus at Sony and Capcom got hard to work on fixing the issue, and we’re now all blessed from their efforts.
The demo is pretty fun, so I would suggest grabbing it if you haven’t. I always enjoyed the online component of Lost Planet on the 360.
February 14, 2008 – 9:15 am
In case you haven’t been able to preorder a copy of Patapon at Gamestop, Sony is dropping that demo on the PlayStation Store both on the PS3 and PC later today. It’s the same demo as in-store, so you’ll still get to unlock the demo only weapon.
I can understand hesitation about preordering or a demo. But if you don’t download this, I may come through the computer Freddy Krueger style and jack you up. It’s that good.
Stay tuned for full details on the PlayStation Store updates later today.
[via PlayStation.Blog]
February 13, 2008 – 8:54 am
That’s right folks, it’s time for some new baseball demos. The season is fast approaching and Sony’s title will be ready to satisfy your needs. According to the fine folks over at PlayStation.Blog, demo versions for both the PS3 and PSP will be available tomorrow on the PlayStation Store.
I’m definitely excited for this one. MLB 07 was one of, if not the best baseball game I’ve ever played. And from the hands on timed we had with MLB 08 a few months back, I can’t wait to play on my couch with a cold beer.
Let’s go Mets!
[via PlayStation.Blog]
