The last few Sonic games have veered completely off course - they pack in too many characters to play, none of which are a great deal of fun. This new title trims back the exploration and large cast for a simple, fast-paced race through intricately detailed environments.
Well, unless you're playing as Silver the Hedgehog. The E3 demo offered a burning-city level showcasing this new, telekinetic powerhouse. Silver lacks Sonic's super speed, but by pressing R1, he emits a mindwave that picks up
The still-in-progress WWE SmackDown! vs RAW 2007 was on display behind closed doors at E3, and GamesRadar got a firsthand look at the shiny new Xbox 360 version on Friday. What's more, we had a chance to step into Kurt Angle's boots and trade a few backhand slaps with (another journalist playing as) John Cena, and the game looks to be filling out nicely so far.
Admittedly, the 360's visuals didn't seem a huge improvement over the already-impressive PS2 SmackDown! vs RAW 2006, at least not at
Tuesday 16 May 2006
After confirming the existence of Haze, Free Radical's next-gen and PC shooter, Ubisoft was keen to show us just how the game will turn out. So we've been bombarded with the first in-game action, and now we're going to tell you all about it.
As we've already reported, Haze is set in a future world where wars are fought by corporate armies and biotechnology has reached an incredibly advanced level. As the leader in the field of both biotech and mercenary combat, the Mantel
Details on PS3's launch library are still scant following the flurry of launch plan announcements on 15 March but there have been a few solid confirmations. One of these is Untold Legends Dark Kingdom, which will bring the hack 'n' slash series from Sony's handheld to its next-gen console in November.
While we haven't yet seen much of the game (aside from some early footage that showed a hulking barbarian running around and punching monsters in the head), Dark Kingdom looks like a next-gen
Details on the PS3's launch library are still scant following the flurry of announcements on March 15, but there have been a few solid confirmations. One of these is Untold Legends Dark Kingdom, which will bring the hack-and-slash series from Sony's handheld to its next-gen console in November.
While we haven't yet seen much of the game (aside from some early footage that showed a hulking barbarian running around and punching monsters in the head), Dark Kingdom looks like a next-gen version of
“I've been trying to develop a sequel to Hard Boiled, but didn't know how,” said action movie helmer John Woo in a video interview shown at Midway's Pulse media event in late February. Looks like he found one: John Woo Presents Stranglehold, is an upcoming action/adventure game that reunites Woo with his frequent star Chow Yun-Fat in a return to the world of Inspector Tequila.
Better to call it a “spiritual sequel,” though; the game won't pick up where the film left
The most intensely analyzed entry in the PS3's game roster is what is currently known as Vision Gran Turismo, the fifth outing for Sony's ultra-detailed racer. So far seen only in short demo movies at E3 2005 and the Tokyo Game Show, the hard data is almost as thin as anticipation is
Besides offering a first peep at a new-look, old-timer Snake in the middle of a war zone taking cover from patrolling soldiers and mech vehicles, this Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots trailer also provides another tantalising demonstration of the potential power of Sony's next-gen machine.
The game's creator, Hideo Kojima, put in an appearance at the Tokyo Game Show to personally show off the trailer and to confirm that it was indeed running in real-time on PS3 development tools by
If Unreal Tournament 2007's stoopid graphics, oh-my-God physics, and announced PS3 title status doesn't peg the needle on your Hype-O-Meter, nothing will. Our first peek at this next-gen first-person shooter verged on a religious experience.
Developer Epic is taking its light-on-story-but-heavy-on-the-trigger shooter and layering on new vehicles, weapons and game modes, then wrapping the whole thing in savage graphics. At its core, UT2007 will remain a tournament-style blaster that sends you
Given the reaction from fans, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots might as well have been subtitled OMG Snake is Totally Old. Although we've only seen the trailer so far, Solid Snake's grizzled appearance is already drawing murmurs from the peanut gallery.
But while he's become the butt of innumerable Viagra jokes, Snake won't be softening with age. Set some years after Metal Gear Solid 2, his next adventure will take him out of the jungles and corridors he's used to, dropping him into
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