By John Walker on April 30th, 2009.
Eidos’ Battlestations Pacific is due some time next month, but the demo is out already. In it you get to play shooty-bangs with both boats and planes in a short mission, as well as a couple of skirmish games that I couldn’t make head nor tail of. 1.23GB of it, and very pretty it is too.
By Alec Meer on April 30th, 2009.
We got our first look at the internet-dividing redesign of Gearbox’s open-world shooty/drivey game a couple of weeks back, and now the venting’s mostly out of the way (because it is out of the way isn’t it, shouty men?), we can all enjoy a whole host of screens. Personally, I think it’s looking pretty bloody spectacular, and a blessed relief from what’s threatening to become a homogenous look for shooters. Also: LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT THING. Er, that thing beneath the cut, I mean.
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By Jim Rossignol on April 30th, 2009.
This week I had a chance to play through the first few levels of an unfinished build of Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood. My impressions of the forthcoming cowboy gunslinger meander hazily in the sunset below. (Cut to: distant jangle of campfire guitar on the prairie…)
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By Alec Meer on April 30th, 2009.
Ethereal indie platforming/puzzling/adventuring ahoy, in this strangely, sedately beautiful thing. It’s a game of exploration, occasionally stating necessary controls but never your objectives – those you work out for yourself. Every once in a while, it’ll throw in an elegant curveball, totally altering your abilities, your obstacles, your environments and whether or not you’re riding on the back of a giant grasshopper.
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By Kieron Gillen on April 30th, 2009.
Aw, bless. Jarrad Woods of 2K Australia (i.e. Irrational AU) is now Jarrad Woods Ex-2K Australia (i.e. Ex-Irrational AU). And to actually inform his employers of this change of status, he did a somewhat novel resignation letter in the form of a videogame. You have to applaud. I mean, really, you have to. We just passed a law. He’s going to make the move to full time indie development – which we look forward to the fruits of, not just because of the stylish farewell – but because he’s also the creator of previous RPS-fave ROM CHECK FAIL. Good luck, sir.
By Jim Rossignol on April 30th, 2009.
Creepy, clunky Cryostasis now has a proper demo, and it’s available here for a modest 1.1 of your gigabytes. The demo seems to be somehow connected to Nvidia drivers or somesuch technical promotion. I believe it contains the initial chapter of the survival-horror FPS, which is okay, but not great, as I outlined in this Eurogamer review.
By Kieron Gillen on April 30th, 2009.
Yes, playing the demo of Brain Exercise with Dr. Kawashima first thing in the morning was probably a bad idea. You’ll be aware of DS-sensation Brain Training. Well, this is the neuroscientist behind it presenting another series of exercises which give you super-brains (apparently). It’s a tiny demo, both in terms of content (it’s a quick “how old is your brain” test which is clearly designed to make you think “fuck – my brain’s failing! Better buy the game for a work-out”) and size (a mere 2.2Mb. So small that WorthPlaying presumed it was a typo and listed it as 22Mb). That 56 was my first go. I tried again and did even worse. This is probably a sign for more caffeine, I suspect.
By Alec Meer on April 30th, 2009.
Well, this is terribly gracious. The complete score for Relic’s divisive RTS sequel can now be had for no pennies. I can’t say it struck me as either wonderful or terrible whilst I played the game, but the track names are certainly spectacular – f’rinstance “There Is Only War“, “They Come In Waves And We Push Them Back” and – oh yes – “Show Me What Passes For Music Among Your Misbegotten Kind“. The world would be a better place if all songs were called that, frankly.
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By Kieron Gillen on April 29th, 2009.
So. Stalin Versus Martians has been released. I thought I’d have a quick crack at the full code and bring back some initial thoughts on the Eastern front. Initial and probably final, as I strongly suspected I’d never go back there. Because… well, it was clear it was going to be absolutely terrible.
Or was it?
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By Alec Meer on April 29th, 2009.
We try to steer clear of rote “game x now available on Steam/Impulse/etc” posts, but we make an exception for special occasions like this. RPG-strategy wonder King’s Bounty: The Legend has been one of RPS’ cause celebres for some time now, and also something of a cult favourite for those who adore this old platform we call the PeeCee. That it wasn’t available on what’s arguably the world’s leading digital distribution service was proper weird – perhaps even tragic. In five days, it finally will be.
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By Alec Meer on April 29th, 2009.
The months since the latest iteration of the evergreen fighting series appeared on filthy console grow longer, and still there’s no sign of a release date for the much-anticipaterooed PC version. Let’s hope it’s a sign Capcom are really committed to getting it right. What we do now have, however, is word on some PC-exclusive new features…
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