By John Walker on September 2nd, 2009.
IO’s surprisingly cute third-person action game, Mini Ninjas, appears on the 8th for US types, and the 11th for those in Europe. Not perhaps the inevitable follow-up to Hitman and Kane & Lynch, the ker-choppy silliness seems like it could be pretty fun. You can play the demo for yourself to test your prelikings. Meanwhile, somewhat prematurely, there’s a ‘launch trailer’ that’s just appeared.
By Alec Meer on September 2nd, 2009.
Scanning the hardy Blues News, I initially mistook the headline ‘Peregrine Glove’ to be a most peculiarly-named videogame. Instead, it’s one of those totally, gloriously, ridiculous batshit controllers that occasionally make an inevitably doomed play to replace or augment the venerable keyboard. This experimental hand-wrapping has the autocue-based blessing of one of the world’s top DoTA players, so perhaps this time PC gaming controls really will be revolutionised…
(Er. I didn’t Photoshop that slogan onto the image, lest you’re worrying.)
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By Kieron Gillen on September 2nd, 2009.
A while back, I got together with Jerome Gastaldi – Monte Cristo CEO and lead on Cities XL – to talk about Cities XL. By “a while back” I mean, January. RPS has been busy with not doing anything. Since the demo has just been released, I thought it time to go back to the recording of Mr Gastaldi’s splendid Gallic accent and forthrightness – I’ve avoided about half the swearing – to talk about Cities XL, the construction genre, and the future of the PC. It’s worth noting that the interview is six months old – I’ve concentrated on discussion of concepts to avoid any details being out of date. And here we go!
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By Jim Rossignol on September 2nd, 2009.
More online manshoot movie has emerged from the fertile innards of Infinity Ward, this time showing off some flag grabbing in Modern Warfare 2. I don’t know if it’s just me, but I find the idea of dudes running around with riot shields when there are rocket launchers and assault rifles on the field rather amusing. “My shield of reinforced plastic will save me!”
Modern Warfare 2 is scheduled for worldwide release on November 10th, and apparently has the most pre-orders of any game in Activision’s history.
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By Kieron Gillen on September 2nd, 2009.
Christ, 2Boy have knocked this out quickly, you may think. But no, it’s nothing to do with World of Goo. It just rhymes with it. THQ have a forthcoming World of Zoo game, and to introduce us to its land of animal fun, have released this animal creator demo where you get to create and distribute your own cuddly, furry friends. By which I mean, animals, not John Walker. You can get it from here. Alternatively, here’s some I made earlier…
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By Jim Rossignol on September 2nd, 2009.
In this, the third part of my retrospective on five years of an Eve Online corporation, I discuss our guerrilla war, a heroic evacuation mission, and the few weeks of play that will, I fear, diminish all game experiences to follow. For the story so far: Part 1, Part 2.
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By John Walker on September 2nd, 2009.
The latest Blurst game has been released, which is always a pleasure to say. Time Donkey, the Cursor*10-meets-platformer thing of extraordinariness is now available to play on their site, along with classics like Off-road Velociraptor Safari and Jetpack Brontosaurus, completely free. And in a new move, developers Flashbang have also created pay-for versions of Time Donkey and their previous game, Crane Wars, which can be downloaded, played fullscreen, and have extra modes, for $12 each.
By Alec Meer on September 1st, 2009.
From one-button action games to one-button mind games. Ergon/Logos is a surrealist text adventure in which you dictate your character’s fate by clicking on sentence fragments as the on-screen words shuffle rapidly across the screen. Each click leads you down a different path, one you’ll rarely be able to predict because it all happens so quickly. Read faster! Click faster! Otherwise you’ll find yourself lost to despair….
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By Alec Meer on September 1st, 2009.
We already knew that uber-indie adventure series Ben & Dan/Time Gentlemen, Please was due for an episodic sequel, but we didn’t have a title. And without a title then, why, we are all as dumb as chickens. Now we have a title, which means we are as smart as astrophysicists. More important, there are details on how Zombie-Cow’s marvellously funny but, let’s be honest, a little traditional, games are evolving a little.
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By John Walker on September 1st, 2009.
Something that makes me a bit sad is the knowledge that I’ll never be someone who sits in a spaceship, strapped to a seat, and then gets deployed onto a planet’s surface from the upper atmosphere. I know, I should keep my hopes up and never say never, but I remain fairly convinced this is unlikely to happen. Clearly I’ve no desire to then be involved in the ensuing war. As soon as I landed I’d scarper off and hide until it was all over. But that exciting deployment moment looks awesome. Oh, and the getting to go into space part. I raise this vital discussion in light of the trailer to celebrate the launch of Section 8, which features such a moment.
By Jim Rossignol on September 1st, 2009.
The Battlefield series is a bit patchy (HA! DO YOU SEE!) Heroes is a little too “lite” for my tastes, and the rather more realistic-looking 1943 has been delayed into after Christmas. We’re due Bad Company too, but I wonder if the focus on environmental destruction will dilute the multiplayer manshoot. Personally Battlefield 2 was always my favourite, but I must admit I’ve not picked it up in a while. Nevertheless I suppose there must still be some kind of community playing, because DICE have just released a patch for it. A patch first promised in June last year. The words from Battlefield blog:
As part of Update 1.50 we are glad to announce that not only is Highway Tampa now a required install included in the update but Euro Forces (Great Wall, Taraba Quarry and Operation Smoke Screen) and Armored Fury (Midnight Sun, Operation Harvest and Operation Road Rage) is now FREE for all Battlefield 2 players. Including the brand new map, Operation Blue Pearl this brings EIGHT new maps that everyone can play and will be added to ranked Battlefield 2 servers world wide. The Booster Pack content is included in the update and has made the file just over 2Gb in size.
2Gb. Oof. Here’s a list of mirrors.
