A few weeks ago I traveled afar (well, went to London) to have a hands-on preview session with Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days. Read on to see what is new in the world of the psychopath criminals and to find out where you can find a demo of the game to see if you agree with my thoughts on the title.
Lara Croft has been struggling for a few years now. Once the darling of the PlayStation 1, the transition to PS2 was a disaster. A new developer soon came in to freshen up the franchise but you were still in familiar territory – a third person platformer packed with shooting. Now we have a genuine new take on the franchise offering a different gameplay style, co-op and a new angle on proceedings. Could this be the shake up that Lara needs?
David Jaffe, creator of the God Of War series and director of the first game, recieved a lot of flack online when he said the the latest in the series looked like a painting that had come to life.
Well some people will be sitting down to big old plates of crow when they see these brand new screenshots. The game looks utterly stunning in these shots, possibly pipping Uncharted 2 to the post as the best looking game on the PlayStation 3. Read More
Release date: 9th March, 2010.
To call Final Fantasy XIII hotly anticipated is something of an understatement. “The reason thousands of people bought a PS3 before discovering it was no longer a Sony-exclusive” might be a more appropriate tag – if the wind is right you can just about hear the sound of a million eager fanfiction authors sharpening their quills in anticipation. It’s going to be massive, it’s going to sell millions. At worst it’s going to be passable, at best it could be genre-defining.
Not many games are really afforded the luxury of selling fantastically well despite how good they actually are. A bad game can be made to sell via a major PR effort, (a la Kane and Lynch) but it’s hard to begrudge Square Enix their inevitable success, because Read More
