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As if the game play videos of Mirror’s Edge were not enough to get us salivating all over our keyboards, developers DICE have confirmed to 1Up in an interview that the game would indeed be shipping with a time-trial mode as well which will unlock once you beat the game.
Producer Tom Ferrer explains that the time-trial mode won’t feature entire levels. Instead, the existing levels will be broken down to smaller chunks that you can have a go at until you master them. Online leaderboards will help you keep track of your as well as other gamer’s best time in that particular time-trial level.
In another cool touch, you can download ghost data from others playthroughs. This ghost data will show up in-game as a red silhouette as you watch them go through the level in their own unique way. Hopefully this will help us pick some nice tricks from the best in the business.
In the age where most of the games will find it hard to justify their INR 2000 price tags, Mirror’s Edge is fast turning out to be one game that we gamers would happily part with our lunch money for.
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With FarCry 2, the upcoming shooter from Ubisoft Montreal still a good one month away, you would believe that the developers will be busy ironing out all the bugs in the game play. But that does not seems to be the case, what with Ubisoft Montreal narrative designer Patrick Redding letting loose on the fact that the FarCry 3 is already in the works and has entered the “preliminary stages”. This revelation came at the LGC 2008.
According to Redding, the sequel will most probably be based in Africa as it still holds a lot more potential for them. However, don’t be surprised to see expanses of ice instead of arid desert in the final game as Redding did emphasize on the fact that a return to Africa has not been confirmed and we just might end up in Antartica, of all places! One thing that is decided though is that we won’t get to see a FarCry game based in tropical forests like the original FarCry, any time soon.
For now, mark 21st October, 2008 on your calender when the much anticipated FarCry 2 arrives on all the major platforms.
Powered by Gregarious (42) Well, it looks like poor Mary Smith was too tall for the job after all. For all those who doubted Quantic Dream could provide yet another masterpiece after Fahrenheit, new images and videos coming out for Heavy Rain prove that it could very well put MGS4’s waterworks to shame when it comes to realistic liquids dripping off virtual characters.
A couple of recently released screenshots, part of Quantic Dream’s Raw Full Facial MoCap for the face and eyes, show how realistic the short-cropped girl’s eyes are, proving that the developers are well on their way to pulling off the emotional rollercoaster they claim Heavy Rain will be. After Fahrenheit, we are willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, as long as they don’t involve color-coded AI entities. Keep a lookout for more Heavy Rain stuff coming your way from Leipzig over the next couple of days and hit the jump to check out the image gallery and the video.
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With just a day more to go before the Leipzig Games Convention (LGC) 2008 throws opens it doors to gamers all over the world, Electronics Arts Inc. today announced it’s product line-up for the European consumers available this holiday season and through 2009. The line-up includes highly anticipated titles like Mirror’s Edge, Left 4 Dead and SPORE for the hardcore gamers as well as family friendly titles like Harry Potter’s next installment and games like Boogie SuperStar, Zuba and MONOPOLY to keep the casual gamers in us interested. Hit the jump to get to the full list of the games that will be on display at LGC 2008.
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Sam being the ever-subtle, ever-sneaky rogue assassin he is, was able to break into the premises of EA’s Mobile Division in Hyderabad by, get this, posing as an astute journalist for a newly introduced Indian gaming blog (or was it supposed to be Rediff, I forget). Some real interesting info that you might want to check out, and we’re not talking about just mobile gaming. But in case you’re wondering, no there isn’t anything related to Mirror’s Edge. Fiddlesticks.
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This week saw a lot of interesting announcements, and we’re not just talking about the newly-appointed Microsoft India E&D Country Manager (but I’ll point it out anyway). Nope, Sony’s also been making the rounds this week. Aside from some game development and industry chatter, we got PS3 titles going for cheap and silly viral marketing videos to gloat about. Read on, scallywags!
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After the previous country manager Mohit Anand packed his bags and left for Channel [V] in March, the Entertainment & Devices Division for Microsoft India had been left leaderless, even as rumors began circulating that the Redmond giant’s Indian arm was shutting down operations across “several Tier 2 cities”. Finally, to end all speculation about who would be heading the E&D division, Microsoft has announced that Mr. Jaspreet Bindra, currently leading the Online Services Group (OSG) will be heading the E&D division come September this year.
According to the press release, Mr. Bindra will now be responsible for the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows businesses in addition to overseeing operations across the Entertainment (music, TV and video), the Consumer Productivity Experiences (keyboards and mice) and the Mobile and Embedded Business lines. Frankly, we’re happy we now have a new brand person to hound at the Microsoft offices and hopefully, he won’t hog the Mongoose as much as Mohit did in Halo 3. Or maybe he’s more of a Gearhead. Uno, perhaps! Either which way, I hope he’ll finally manage to bring some debug units into the country. It’s been way too harsh without ‘em!
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