Today is a big day for game releases

Mike Bantick
Thursday, 24 February 2011 11:11

Your IT - Entertainment

In Australia, Thursdays are the favoured day of release for video games.  Thursday February 24th is proving to be a bumper drought-breaking day for new games.  Bulletstorm, KillZone 3, Kirby's Epic Yarn, de Blob 2 and more all hit store shelves.

It is a quite a big day for game releases in Australia.  Store packers will be making room on the shelves of video game retailers for the following titles.

For the nostalgic amongst us, SEGA has released the Dreamcast Collection for Xbox 360 (and PC later) featuring four of Sega's classic hits originally on the little white console.  These are Sonic Adventure, Crazy Taxi, Sega Bass Fishing and Space Channel 5:  Part 2.

For the kids, young at heart and parents, Nintendo has finally graced Australia with Kirby's Epic Yarn for the Wii.  Delightful platforming fun for anybody with the taste for whimsy.

Epic Games has unleashed Bulletstorm today on PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.  Bulletstorm is a tongue firmly in cheek ultra-violent (funnily enough) shooter.  Or as the Press Release states: From the pulp sci-fi single-player campaign to the relentless multiplayer modes, Bulletstorm injects the fun back into first-person shooters.

'Bulletstorm plays like a high-octane summer blockbuster movie. It's loaded with intense action and cinematic moments, all wrapped up in a fun story,' said Dr. Michael Capps, president of Epic Games. 'People Can Fly has really tapped into the power of Unreal Engine 3, and the result is a stunningly beautiful playground for mayhem. The skillshot system delivers a new shooter experience that's stylish, creative and a heck of a lot of fun.  We can't wait to see what our players do once they get Bulletstorm in their hands.'

Set in the 26th century on Stygia, a planet where paradise was lost and has since been overrun with rampaging freaks, flesh-eating plants and creatures the size of skyscrapers, Bulletstorm tells the story of Grayson Hunt and Ishi Sato. As ex-members of an elite military force called Dead Echo, Grayson Hunt and Ishi Sato are mercenaries on the run across the galaxy, until they are stranded on Stygia where their main objective is to survive long enough in order to exact revenge on the one person responsible for their plight. In Anarchy multiplayer mode, teams of up to four players fight together to survive waves of blood-thirsty mutants while scoring Skillpoints in order to advance. In Echo mode, Bulletstorm tracks and compares players' scores through locations found in the campaign. Through the Skillshot system, Bulletstorm provides stylish, imaginative ways to perform spectacular kills with some of the most unique weapons ever seen, including the Boneduster, a four-barreled shotgun that packs an incredible punch, to the Headhunter, a sniper rifle that allows player to guide the bullet as it reaches its target.  

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