Following in the footsteps of Sony and Microsoft, another major player has pinned a date on its E3 2010 press conference. Ubisoft will dish out the goods on its future lineup at the same venue as last year, the Los Angeles Theater.
What is the Sandstorm? Well, it’s the name for the upcoming Patch 1.3 for Global Agenda, which follows in the footsteps of the most recent patches in two ways. The first is that it’s coming fast, with the whole thing tentatively scheduled for April. The second is that it’s going to be quite large, containing several sweeping upgrades to the way the game plays. Even more so than one might expect, in fact — one of the major features of the patch as announced today is a plan for large, open areas for players to move through and perform missions.
Back when this column debuted almost two years ago, I was a budding software developer with ambitions and goals of making a huge splash at my first job. That is when I discovered the flash game that nearly railroaded my professional career: Filler. This addictive little nuisance was so simple that an infant could understand it, while being complex enough to help burn countless hours in my secluded office. Eventually I kicked the habit cold turkey and never looked back. Well, at least that was true until two days ago…
It was recently brought to my attention that there has been a sequel to my time-suck of choice, released by SimianLogic Studios. Following in the footsteps of its popular predecessor, Filler 2 once again hangs its hat on your ability to make balls… BIG, BLUE, BALLS. As always, I will take the high road and avoid the obvious innuendo that could derived from the last statement, instead choosing to mention that you will need to avoid all obstacles, so that they don’t pop your rapidly enlarging testi-, I mean ovals. After all, nobody likes a ball-buster, right?
Really, the question here what did you do to piss off those red pieces? I mean, who doesn’t like blue balls? … Oh, come on! Get your mind out of the gutter. If you think you are up to the task of new features and challenges, give the game a shot. But just like I did two years ago, don’t say I didn’t warn you about its addictive properties.
Game provided courtesy of SimianLogic Studios
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The first Halo was being developed for the personal computer (Mac to be precise) before it jumped ship onto the Xbox. Halo 2 followed a similar suit and was tagged as being one of the first games to be available for Windows Vista. Halo 3 was rumored to fall in the footsteps along with its predecessors and make an appearance onto the platform, however it never did.
This, however, might just be subject to change after you have a look at "Matt Waggle" who served as an object artist for Bungie Studios during the project. His duties included working on Halo 3 which was being developed for the Xbox 360 and PC at that point in time.
The latest handset maker to pick up Google’s Android OS and run with it is Sony Ericsson. The company has unveiled its Xperia X10 smartphone, the first of a planned range of Android handsets from the company.
It’s due out in Q1 next year, and runs Android 1.6 – a puzzling decision, given that the first handset running Android 2.0 – Motorola’s Droid – goes on sale this week.
Even so, Sony Ericsson has followed in Motorola and HTC’s footsteps by creating its own custom user interface that sits on top of Android. This one’s called UX, and includes a couple of Sony Ericsson’s own applications.
Following in the footsteps of other MMOs, Aion’s own in-game Halloween-based holiday, Harvest Revel, was announced by NCsoft at the weekend.
Whereas the Asmodians celebrate the dark days with special dishes and wild hunts, the Elyos team up to defeat risen undead, who are set on destroying towns and villages.
OXCGN takes a full review approach with Uncharted 2 after deciding they would steal it for 360 if they could in another article:
"Stop right there Shia LeBouf! Before Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg crown Mutt Jones the next action adventure hero, Nathan Drake might have something to say.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves follows in the footsteps of Tomb Raider as much as the films Indiana Jones and National Treasure. Moreover, while he is by far a better action hero than Nicholas Cage, he even borders on being as badass as Harrison Ford in his heyday. Even in the midst of innumerable odds and great danger Drake is light hearted and resourceful."
Following in the footsteps of its great-granddaddy Colin McRae Rally, DiRT 2 carries on the proud tradition of being one of the only dedicated rallying video games available. In the interests of accessibility though, Codemasters has watered down the game’s simulation roots so that you can easily pick up DiRT 2 and start having fun without any in-depth genre experience.
DiRT 2’s biggest change is the inclusion of the Flashback feature from GRiD, and the game is all the better for it. Flashback makes the game far more approachable without handicapping the overall difficulty. Most racing games, especially at higher difficulty levels, demand near perfection; 10 perfect laps can all be undone by a single wipeout on the last corner — Flashback does a lot to alleviate this. The feature presses you to drive at, or beyond the limit of your abilities, and if you wipe out, no harm done, just use a flashback and try again. Racing games are at their best when you’re going all out, and the flashback feature allows you to do that more often than not.
Tecmo has just released a new commercial for Ninja Gaiden 2 in Japan. Showing footsteps mysteriously appear throughout New York City, it’s meant to represent Ryu Hayabusa’s awesome ninja techniques. This commercial is strictly running in Japan right now, but if it does make way to the American shores, the ending may cause a slight problem.
FunCom has indicated that it may follow in the footsteps of other successful MMOs and make Age of Conan free to play one day.
While speaking to IncGamers in an interview earlier, Funcom’s director of communications Erling Ellingsen discussed going free to play with AoC, something that works well with Funcom’s other MMO title, Anarchy Online.
