Raven Squad from SouthPeak Games turned out to be a hard game for me to review. The game combines real-time strategy elements from up above and shoot you in the face first-person shooter gameplay. I normally don’t go for the real-time strategy games and don’t have any in my collection. I typically lean towards more first-person shooter games. How do you review a game that does both while most other games out there do one or the other? How do you compare it? I will tell you after the jump as I suffer through Raven Squad on the 360 and lived to tell about it. Read on.
EA sent an owl over with a press release to let us know that Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 is indeed coming to the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.
“It’s been too long.” said Chris Corry, Executive Producer at EALA. “Fans have been waiting for a new Red Alert game for seven years, and we’re working hard to ensure its well worth the wait. The team is staying true to the series’ roots while adding new elements like a co-operatively played story-driven campaign, an astounding new faction that will shake-up the Red Alert universe as we know it, and units that will help make Red Alert 3 everything our fans have been waiting for. And by bringing naval combat into the heart of the game design, we’re transporting that fast, fun and fluid C&C gameplay to the high-seas in ways that you’ve never seen before.”
A PC-only Beta period for the game will run later this year. To get into the Beta, pick up a copy of Command & Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath or the Command & Conquer 3 Limited Collection. No Beta will run on consoles.
Everyone knows about Halo Wars, the RTS set in the Halo universe being developed for the Xbox 360. Well rumor has it that the game will be coming to PC as well. That’s not all folks, as the rumors say there will be cross platform play between the PC and Xbox 360.
We haven’t seen many cross-platform games. In fact, UNO and Shadowrun are the only two. It looks like Halo Wars might be the third.
I have to see, I see an insane advantage to the PC here. Even though the game is set to use a simplified control scheme, using a keyboard and mouse for RTS games is a big plus over a controller. If the rumors turn out to be true, there better be either keyboard and mouse support for the Xbox 360 or some way to balance the playing field.
We’ll keep you posted on any concrete news that comes out surrounding the game.
This 10 minute plus video gives you an in depth look at Bungie’s upcoming RTS and new take on the Halo Universe. Notice the detail on the in this game. It’s almost uncanny. I absolutely suck at RTS’s but this demo has some serious possibilities. If you have read any of the Halo books, you will really enjoy all of the weapons and mythology that do not always make it into the mainstream game.
Could it be true? According to Harter Ryan, Ensemble Studio’s executive producer, it is. In an interview with GameSpot at Liepzig, he indicated a demo is ready and would be released in the next couple days.
If you’re unaware what Halo Wars will bring, it will be a real time strategy game based in the Halo universe. You’ll get to command troops of marines and Spartans against the Covenant.
Demos for RTS console games are a must since the controls are what really makes the game. The team at Ensemble indicated at the game’s announcement that they plan to make the controls better than any console RTS to date.
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