The E3 2005 trailer for Killzone 2 quickly became well-known (infamous,
even) for its supposedly unatainable levels of in-game graphical
prowess. But the initial trailer for the game that would become the
original Killzone has been much less well known ... until this past week at GDC Europe.
Guerilla
Games Managing Director Hermen Hulst showed off the circa-1999 concept
video in a keynote speech in Cologne earlier this week, calling it a
"showcase of technical competence" prepared for their first meeting with
Sony. Even though Hulst admits there's "nothing really 'Killzone'
about it" at this early stage (for instance, the Helghast and their
glowing eyes don't even make a cameo appearance) we though... Read more »
Here's some good news for all of you out there who hated the fact that you couldn't just hop into a game of Halo 3's campaign through a matchmaking system. Halo: Reach
will indeed have matchmaking for its single-player. This means that
instead of only being able to charge through the campaign with your
friends you can charge through it with anyone.
My plan? Find someone ridiculously better than me at the game by
doing matchmaking on Legendary as much as possible then ride his
coattails to victory and glorious Achievements I don't actually deserve.
Then I can roll up to places like I'm some sort of Halo OG and get mad props from my peeps.
My street cred aside, is there anyone who doesn't see this as a very welcome feature?
As of now, I’m sure most Halo Reach fans already know of the
unfortunate Halo Reach game leak. Well, unfortunate for Bungie. For us
fans, it just means that we get to see the game about a month early. The
modders that received Halo Reach have been posting gameplay footage of
the game on YouTube. They just recently released another video showing
off new footage of Forge 2.0, Firefight 2.0 and the Halo Reach main
menu.
You can check out this spoiler video right here. If you are not
interested in seeing a spoiler, watching this video is not advised. You
have been warned.
I’ve spent well over 160 hours into the Mass Effect series on the
360. I’m eagerly chewing my way through the books and there’s more than a
tingle of excitement in my spine about the series coming to PS3.
Actually, it’s more than a little tingle. This is a little more personal
but back in March, I was burgled and my 360 HDD was taken. It meant I’m
going to have to complete Mass Effect 1 and 2 all over again. I wish
for the day when cloud gaming comes to console, Steam coming to PS3 via
Portal 2 seems exciting. At the prospect of having Mass Effect 2 on the
PS3, I concluded that there’s a chance that I won’t have to delve deep
into the first title for the eighth time in a row. Don’t get me wrong,
it’s a solid title and I prefer it (plot-wise) to the sequel. But the
sequel is a character driven epic that outshines its predecessor in
everything but the plot department. To m... Read more »
