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Archive for the ‘PlayStation 3’ Category
The God of War series burst into the console scene just when the ageing PS2 was on it’s last legs. Many a jaws were left hanging after seeing what Sony Santa Monica could do with technology of 1980’s vintage. While the original God of War (GOW) showed what the PS2 was still capable of, God of War 2 (GOW2) pushed the bar even further in terms of visuals, presentation and the sheer experience of Kratos with his twin blades of chaos. No surprise that gamers worldwide were dizzy with anticipation ever since the next-generation PS3 hit the shelves. A cliffhanger ending for GOW2 all but confirmed that the next game in the series will show up on the advanced PS3 hardware. Possibilities were endless. Would the wizards at Sony Santa Monica (SSM) weave an even more spectacular spectacle again?
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 did it first and now Just Cause 2 has done the same; rack up over 2 million downloads of its demo. Nowadays it is very rare to have a demo for a game as most of the developers / publishers do not feel the need to expend any energy in making a demo for their games. Maybe they will give this strategy a re-think considering how well received some of the demos have been in recent times, boosting up the interest in the game as well as converting fence-sitters to day-1 buyers.
Besides chocking the bandwidth, Just Cause 2’s 35 square miles of the Panauan playground featured in the demo for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 has given us some interesting figures. Hit the jump to head to the trivia section and find out what gamers have been up to in the Just Cause 2 world since the demo hit the web on 4th March 2010.
Being a massive fan of the AvP universe, and having read all the novels in the series, I know I was waiting for this one. I wanted to play the story. I desperately wanted to see Machiko Noguchi kick ass, especially after seeing the first AvP movie make it so close to that story. I wanted to see Yautja battle with honor and the Xenomorphs tear through flesh and bone.
The AvP game of 1999 (which I consider the scariest game of all time), followed a standard movie based plot, while the follow up by Sierra wasn’t very memorable either. I was REALLY hoping that someone would finally go back to the novels and comics and do something different. However, this doesn’t really happen in AvP 2010. The story pretty much follows the AvP movie, throws in the predictable Weyland-Yutani capitalist-bastard angle and doesn’t leave much to remember.
11 years after AvP, Rebellion has reloaded the franchise with all new DirectX 11 based graphics that promises to scare the bejeesus out of you while your jaw drops in awe of the stunning visuals. So does AvP 2010 live up to the hype? Or is it one of those big-title releases that can’t put its money where its mouth is? Read on and decide for yourself.
You have to hand it to those guys over at Bioware. Whether its intentional or not on their part, the times at which a player is presented a particularly dicey scene right after jumping into one of the developer’s games at the very first chance they get can either be highly arousing or terribly underwhelming until enough hours have sunken. For me, it was pretty amusing right from the get go when I chose to play it safe as a Male Warrior. While walking into a kitchen where my soon-to-be-possessed pup was found stirring up a bit of conflict with the local Nanny, a gang of rats had ambushed us in the pantry. Rats! You can’t imagine how underpowered we were for this battle, even if it was a mere 1/10th of an entire nanosecond. Regardless, we took those grimfaced bastards back to the Maker. One of my party members takes the time to reflect on the situation through a dialogue tree, while looking absolutely smeared in rats blood. Clearly, this was no ordinary encounter. This was goddamn war.
Right, so maybe it wasn’t completely intentional on their parts, but I couldn’t help laugh. For all the grandiose I’ve witnessed through their trailers of epic tease and those previews of journalistic gloat, it was clear that Dragon Age: Origins (a role-playing game that’s been in the making for some time) had some hefty +2 DEX boots to fill in. Returning to their roots, Bioware once again proves that it knows how to work the fantasy realm, and that some fancy-schmancy Dungeons & Dragons ruleset wasn’t going to make or break it for anyone’s who come to love the Baldur’s Gate series. But how does such an experience fair on the mighty world of console gaming?
E-xpress received much kudos from gamers across India when it released the PC version of Grand Theft Auto 4 for a mere Rs.499. Now they have decided to spread the goodwill and cheer among the console gamers as well. E-xpress has just announced that the price of GTA4 for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 has been slashed to Rs.1499.
Furthermore, those who did not get a chance to buy the Xbox 360 exclusive DLC, The Lost And The Damned off Xbox LIVE Marketplace can now buy the boxed version, GTA: Episodes From Liberty City which has The Lost And The Damned as well as The Ballad of Gay Tony, in one single box. You can pick it up for Rs.1999.
There is always something nice about having your favorite game from childhood arrive on your next-gen consoles in an all new avatar, complete with a shiny new paint job, updated graphics and new features. The year of 2009 has been especially good in that regard when it comes to the fighting genre. First it was Street Fighter 4 wowing long time fans with its jump to the HD age. Now was the turn of King of Fighters XII (KOF XII) to appear on our PS3s and Xbox 360s. After having successfully maintained a huge fan following on multitude of consoles and arcade machines over a period of fifteen years, all eyes were on KOF XII to see if it could recreate the same magic that has sustained it over so many years.
Word just came in. It won’t take too long before you get to land on island of Skira and prove your mettle as a skilled warior. Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising will be out in India in the third week of October i.e. anytime between the 11th to 17th of October.
Just a few more days of wait. PC junkies will get to have the game for a mere Rs. 699 while console gamers can have the PS3 or the Xbox 360 version for Rs. 2499.
Keep a lookout for the ANGRY pixel’s review!
Just a day more to go before the doors to Gotham’s city’s Arkham Asylum, a “psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane” are thrown wide open for you. With the Joker at the helm, the inmates at the Arkham Asylum are hell-bent on seeing off Batman once and for all. By the looks of the demo, the game promises to be an enjoyable ride into the dark and sinister world of Arkham Asylum.
The Xbox 360 and the PS3 version of Batman: Arkham Asylum are all set to release in India on the 28th of August, 2009 at a suggested price-point of INR 2499. E-express Interactive will be handling the distribution reins in India. PC enthusiasts will have to wait for their fix a little while longer as the Games For Windows title is set to be released on 18th September, this year.
The holiday season is still a while away but the goodies have started rolling in already. Hot on the heels of Sony finally unveiling the PS3 Slim, Sony India decided to add some more cheer to the festivities by announcing that India will be seeing a price drop on the PS3, from an earlier price point of INR 24,990 to a much more enticing INR 19,990, effective immediately.
Sweetening an already mouth watering deal is the fact that the now cheaper console will come packed with two gaming titles, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and GT5 Prologue. Packed with an 80Gb HDD, a Blu-ray player, wireless controllers and two free games to the boot, it hardly leaves the fence sitters with a choice, unless they want to dig in deep and wait for the PS3 slim to hit India. One advice for them; it is going to be a long wait.
For all those who are already whipping out their credit-cards / wads of money, have a swell time with the black-beauty!
Surely, it wouldn’t be ostentatious for any of us in admitting to be a little curious upon hearing about a new Ghostbusters game in today’s current generation market. Fine, maybe it’s just me. But expecting a good one of out it? Surely, we (as in, I) should not be getting ahead of ourselves! Despite all the 8 and 16 bit titles released and based on the hit movie franchise from the mid-80s, Ghostbusters hasn’t been treated exceptionally well-enough to receive a second-chance for nearly 20 years. Though, frankly speaking, neither has a third full-feature film ever surfaced either. What is an untapped child-hood memory to do!