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Xbox 360, PC in for Bloody Good Time
Posted by Jegar on 09-02-2010 7:26 PM
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Ubisoft readying downloadable multiplayer shooter from developer of The Ship; game built on Valve's Source engine set for release this fall.
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Upon its maiden voyage, Outerlight's 2007 debut The Ship received critical praise for its unique take on multiplayer shooters, where each person on a cruise ship has to hunt a specific passenger while avoiding his or her own stalker. The developer's long-awaited follow-up will soon see the light of day, as Ubisoft today announced that it will release Outerlight's Bloody Good Time for Xbox Live Arcade and Steam this fall.
Billed as a new intellectual property, Bloody Good Time takes place on a variety of movie sets, with environments like a beach house or a Las Vegas hotel. The game will see up to eight players slaughtering each other in those locales with traditional weapons (guns) and more unique fare (an exploding remote-controlled rodent). The players themselves will also stand out, with Ubisoft describing them as B-movie archetypes like "the bikini beach babe, the creepy clown, and the super jock."
Like The Ship, Bloody Good Time will run on Valve's Source engine. Source has powered a number of successful interpretations of the first-person shooter genre, including Portal, Team Fortress 2, and Counter-Strike: Source.
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot[/i]
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GoldenEye 007 gets retailer-exclusive game modes, T-shirt
Posted by Jegar on 09-02-2010 7:24 PM
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GameStop and Best Buy customers will be the only players to get invisibility and tag modes this year; Wal-Mart preorders receive Oddjob-themed "Cheater" apparel.
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Last month, Activision announced a Goldeneye 007 bundle with a gilded Classic Controller to promote its upcoming remake of the seminal Nintendo 64 first-person shooter. The publisher's picked up its promotional activities today, revealing a trio of retailer-exclusive enticements for players to pick the game up when it arrives November 16.
Gamers who pick up the title at GameStop or Best Buy can receive exclusive codes to unlock the game's invisibility and tag splitscreen multiplayer modes, respectively. The invisibility mode (available with preorder) gives players the ability to become invisible for a limited amount of time to sneak up on opponents, while the tag mode makes whoever is "it" unable to score any kills until they touch another player.
The modes are said to be exclusive until December 31, 2010, suggesting they will become available to other players after that date. Both the GameStop and Best Buy codes will need to be authenticated online through the Wii before the modes are unlocked, an Activision representative told GameSpot.
The third retailer-specific incentive is a T-shirt offer available to those who reserve the game from Wal-Mart's Web site or purchase it from one of the chain's brick-and-mortar locations at launch. The shirt features the distinctive silhouette of strongman Oddjob's lethal bowler hat, along with the caption "Cheater." Playing as Oddjob in the N64 GoldenEye was frequently frowned upon by players, as his shorter stature made for a harder target and gave him a distinct advantage in matches.
For more on GoldenEye, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.
By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpot[/i]
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Gran Turismo 5, Killzone 3 on Sony's TGS slate
Posted by Jegar on 09-02-2010 7:22 PM
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3D-enabled hyperrealistic racer, sci-fi shooter join God of War: Ghost of Sparta, Little Big Planet 2, and a PlayStation Move smorgasbord at Japan's biggest gaming expo.
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With the 2010 Tokyo Game Show just two weeks away, the major game publishers are starting to tout which titles they will be showing off at the massive expo. More than 180,000 people are expected to turn up at the Makahuri Messe just outside Japan's largest city, and one company--Sony--is intent on displaying its latest and (it hopes) greatest game releases to the throngs of attendees.
Front and center will be the PlayStation Move, Sony's camera and LED-controller-based motion control system. There will be nearly 20 playable Move-compatible games on the show floor, including Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition, and Little Big Planet 2.
Two Move titles, Killzone 3 and Power Smash 4, will also be playable with 3D graphics. As shown at Sony's press briefing at the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Sony is aggressively pushing its 3D titles, including the Sly Cooper Collection, MotorStorm 3, and the long, long, long-awaited Gran Turismo 5--due out worldwide November 2.
Last but not least, Sony will be displaying its latest wares for the PSP, which has seen its sales fall to quintuple digits in the US. Leading the charge will be Sony's God of War: Ghost of Sparta, along with Konami's Winning Eleven Soccer 2011 and Sega's PSP Yakuza game, tentatively titled Yakuza Panther Shin Akira.
A full list of games appearing on Sony's platforms at the Tokyo Game Show is below, and GameSpot will be on hand at the event, which runs from September 16 to 19.
PLAYSTATION MOVE TITLES
Capcom
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition
Electronic Arts
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11
Namco Bandai Games
Big 3 Gun Shooting
Sega
Power Smash 4
Sony Computer Entertainment
Little Big Planet 2
Killzone 3
Heavy Rain
Hasurakingu
Beat Sketch!
City rupture
EyePets
Champion Sports
Flee! Flee! Bowling
Echochrome 2
Move in Party
I'll Work! Ape Escape
Superstar TV
Studio Shooting
BLOQ Tsumiki
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs 4
Heroes on the Move (tentative)
3D TITLES
Sony Computer Entertainment
Gran Turismo 5
MotorStorm 3 (tentative)
Killzone 3
Sly Cooper Collection
Hasurakingu
By Tor Thorsen, GameSpot[/i]
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