| A new Golden Age of gaming. Part Three |
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| by Mike Bantick | |
| Wednesday, 29 August 2007 | |
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Without further ado let’s look at some more publisher wares starting with Vivendi Universal. VU are pushing some sure-fire barrows, wheeling out the F.E.A.R franchise in a couple of different forms. First up as a stand-alone expansion pack for F.E.A.R on the PC. Perseus Mandate arrives in November with a new story, new instant action multiplayer mode and bunch of new weapons – Chain Lightning Gun, Grenade Launcher and something called an Advanced Rifle. The new weapons will come in handy against the new enemy; Nightcrawlers. At the same time F.E.A.R Files makes its way onto Xbox 360. Once again a standalone expansion pack combining Perseus Mandate as well as the Extraction Point campaign. Coming to the Xbox 360, PC and PS3, VU are also banking on new intellectual property TimeShift: This is an off again - on again project finally seeing the light of day with Saber Interactive snaffling the development of this unique first person shooter. VU say “Timeshift takes the first-person shooter to an entirely different dimension marked by erratic time and unrelenting action, offering players the ability to slow, stop, and reverse the flow of time.” * Master the control of time. Use time as a weapon. Slow, stop, and reverse the flow of time to destroy your enemies and their surroundings * Fully textured environments featuring incredible rain effects creating the backdrop to an intense dark and gritty world of chaos * 16 person multiplayer features 14 maps to create time stopping chaos and massive destruction to an already devastated world * Multiplayer includes 6 unique heart stopping, time crunching modes - Stop the Machine, King of Time, 1-on-1, and the classic death match/ team death match * Unleash an arsenal of 9 powerful weapons, each with 2 functions, and vehicles across more than 30 combat missions, spanning outdoor, urban, aerial and indoor environments Over at 2K Games, there will be some laurel sitting for the moment, as the tidal wave of success that is BioShock floods the market. BioShock has the right level of hype, controversy (harming “little sister” morale questions, Widescreen dilemmas, tight rules on the number of installs and the possibility of Rootkit heartache) and masterful coding to make a memorable mark in the industry. Before the end of the year however 2K Games will also give us a “Game of the Year” edition of Oblivion:The Elder Scrolls IV. Onto page two and RockStar games along with THQ and Atari. |
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