Saved replays are possibly the most awesome feature ever to hit console FPS games. First there was those Halo 3 plasma grenade throws, now we have this rather elaborate death by falling Warthog.
Midway and Epic today announced that the king of twitch shooters, Unreal Tournament 3 will be shipping this Summer. The Xbox 360 version features two new characters, five new maps and split-screen multiplayer.
Namco Bandai today announced their plans to bring the original Soul Calibur to Xbox Live Arcade. While the only upgrade of note is reworked, high-definition graphics, I’m picturing a shitload of ex-Dreamcast owners chomping at the bit for this game by the planned release in Summer 2008. The Dreamcast version earned a Metacritic rating of 98, making it one of the best console fighters ever.
To answer the inevitable question: there will be no online multiplayer mode added to the game which, to be honest, is perfectly fine by me. While I played Soul Calibur on the Dreamcast until sunrise countless times with my housemate at the time, I have no interest in playing it online (I’m firmly in the “latency makes it a complete waste of [developers|my] time” group).
OXM is the first to get their print review of Grand Theft Auto IV out - and unsurprisingly, it’s a 10. Apparently, when reduced to dot points, GTA IV offers:
• Amazingly realistic world
• Stunning action set pieces
• Genuinely engrossing storyline
• Hugely entertaining multiplayer
• Vast in every aspect
Before you mouth off about perfect scores and what not, I suggest you read over OXM’s review score guide:
10: Classic
One of those rare and very best of games. Every Xbox gamer simply must buy it and play it, whether or not they’re a fan of the genre.
…which leads me to a question. Would anyone care if GTA IV got a dud review?
Treasure’s cult hit Ikaruga is ready for release on Xbox Live this Wednesday. The Xbox Live incarnation features cooperative play over Xbox Live and will cost 800 Microsoft points.
For the uninitiated, Ikaruga adds a simple, yet effective twist to the scrolling shooter - enemies, their projectiles, and your ship are all one of two colors. Your ship absorbs projectiles of the same color, and you can switch colors with a button press.
Check after the jump for a video of a ridiculously coordinated chap controlling both ships in a 2 player game.
Has your quest for a massive Gamerscore lead you to save game tampering and other clearly dodgy means? You had better watch out - Major Nelson has announced a crack down on Gamerwhores, starting today with the most serious offenders.
Mike Masnick over at Techdirt posted an interesting article on the emotions that first person shooters evoke in players. The part worthy of mentioning is the possibility that players actually enjoy getting killed. Apparently, hunting other players increases players’ stress and dying acts as a sort of relief mechanism.
Check out the original post for the rest of the story.
You know you love them, we know you love them. Works out kinda well for both of us, hey? Today we get the full list of achievements in Rockstar’s Xbox 360 port of Bully, dubbed Bully: Scholarship Edition.
Full list after the jump.
Spotted at various JB Hi-Fi stores in Melbourne in the last four days:
Gears of War for $44
Project Silpheed for $44
Sega Rally for $39
Virtua Fighter 5 for $59
Sid Meier’s Pirates, Black and Ninja Gaiden Black will arrive on the Xbox Originals service on February 11 in North America, for the standard cost of 1200 Microsoft points. No word on European or Australian release dates.
via MCV
