Heavy Rain got unveiled today at the GDC and man it looks great, graphically the game is like playing a movie. The creepy feel of the game really comes through in the footage and I like the fact that they showed “Actual Gameplay” footage, I am tired of teaser trailers that show nothing. The fight system breaks down to the God of War style mini games but it seems to work very well in-game and the scene with the detective fighting off the knife wielding maniac looks awesome.
I have had my doubts about the new Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe game that is being worked on because I think the two genres are just too far apart, but I have been giving it the benefit of the doubt. I had heard about the in-ability to kill the DC characters and the change that they will not receive fatalities but instead get brutalities, this I can deal with. I have seen clips of the Klose Kombat and Air Kombat and these do look pretty interesting but then we get to the Joker.
After looking at the latest screen shots that Midway released showing the Joker in action I have to say I have mixed emotions. One shot shows the Joker fighting against Scorpion and it seems that he is blowing him up and has his typical evil grin, which makes him seem even more evil and sadistic. Then there is another shot of him getting punched in the face with an uppercut from Sub Zero and he has the same grin on his face, this just seems odd. Does the Joker only have one facial expression, judging from the other screenshots when characters get punched or kick they do not grin happily. It is almost disturbing in a masochistic way to look at the screen shot of him getting punched and smiling. Read More »
Age of Conan is looking pretty sharp, here you get to see all the different options in the character creator mode. There are a ton of options to fully customize the facial features of your character, although a lot of the bearded faces look like Abraham Lincoln? They also show you the intro when you are first thrown into the world, I like how the first 20 levels will build up the story and then you can branch out into the world.
Instead of strapping a Wii-mote to your head, this makes use the PlayStation Eye camera. Pretty damn cool. I wonder how long until we see this adapted into games on the PS3? It’ll see a ton of PlayStation Eye’s, that’s for damn sure.
Let’s hope not for all of our sakes, but according to Softkinetic’s it is. At GDC ‘08 they were showing off their 3D Gesture Recognition Middleware that “Redefines the Way Players Interact with Videogames”, wait a second this seems to look a lot like WiiFit or Warioware?? I think the novelty of Gesture Recognition is a decent idea, but won’t add to a gamer’s experience until developers really embrace it and build it into games. Until then this is as far away from the future of gaming as you can get.
Sony unveiled the top 10 purchased items on the PlayStation Network since it launched a little over a year ago. Here’s your top 10:
flOw
Mortal Kombat II
Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection
PAIN
Warhawk
High Velocity Bowling
Super Stardust HD
Calling All Cars
Aquatopia
Everyday Shooter
flOw is a good game, but I’m honestly surprised it’s number one. The list is full of some damn fun games though. If you haven’t checked most of these out, go download them now. Now I say!
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.
If you’re hoping for the ability to download PSP titles and demos directly from your handheld, you’re prayers will be answered. According to Chris Eden from Sony, here’s what you can expect:
Access native PLAYSTATION Store on PSP via wireless hotspot
Purchase and download content direct to PSP (no USB cable)
Unfortunately, the time frame for release is to be determined. Hopefully this is something coming this year. For Mac users like me, it’s difficult to get titles from the PC PlayStation Store. I have to boot up Parallels to run it under Windows.
There’s still issues with getting mods for the Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3. In an interview with Joystiq at GDC, Mark Rein said absolutely no progress has been made on the Xbox 360 front. In fact, the game still has no release date on the platform.
Mark Rein also acknowledged the fact that getting mods onto the PS3 isn’t the best process and that we’d see improvements soon. Hopefully that includes being able to download them directly from the PS3 easily.
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