One of the few ways draw me towards a game is an impressive game engine. A great looking (and running) console game speaks volume about the game as whole.
4A Games’ Metro 2033 definitely has the tech behind it, but what about the game? It’s a first person shooter with survival horror, stealth and role playing elements. An ambitious array of elements to say the least.
It’s a post apocalyptic game where the people now live underground in the subway systems. It’s also based off a book of the same name. And did I mention it was made by Ukranians?
It’s such an interesting title for me and one that I will be “Power Trading” for tomorrow. Metro 2033 will debut March 16, 2010 for the Xbox 360 and PC.
I had my doubts with Blur when it was revealed last week, but after seeing it in motion in GiantBomb’s Quick Look and studio tour of Bizarre Creations, it looks pretty damn slick.
I believe Jeff Gerstmann described it as “Wipeout Zero” and I think that description is apt.
Screenshots don’t do it justice, but here are some anyways.
There’s an Xbox 360 beta happening soon and I would love to get in on that, but I lack a Gold account. Too bad. I’m sure a demo will be on its way though.
Blur is scheduled for May 25th, 2010 release for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
Update: Calendar bug confirmed. PS3 lives. The ApocalyPS3 is over until next time. Fix it, Sony!
Xbox Live! goes down and so does PSN. But today’s outage was different for Sony’s console.
For one, it seems to be affecting the “fat” and older PlayStation 3 consoles and not the Slims. And then there are the symptoms which include:
Corrupted Dynamic themes
Error code 8001050F which means “Hardware Failure”
Inability to launch games with Trophy support
Inability to utilize purchased downloadable content
This seems to be more than a simple login issue since many of these games can be played if you logged out of PSN normally. So what’s going on here? Clearly, this is unacceptable, but it is an interesting problem.
I’ll update this post as I find out more on this bizarre issue.
February 28, 2010 – 9:50 PM Update: Members of GAF are suspecting that this is a calendar bug which resets pre-Slim PS3 dates back to 12/31/1999. This may be Leap Year related? Funny, if this is the case.
February 28, 2010 – 5:34PM Update: Sony is asking us to sit tight and hopes to “resolve this problem within the next 24 hours.” Are they letting time sort this one out?
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands debuting May 18
Super Mario Galaxy 2 debuting May 23
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor debuting June 7
Metroid: Other M debuting June 27
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies debuting Summer 2010
Media
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Trailer
Nintendo brought the goods today at their Media Summit event. Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Metroid: Other M within a month of each other? That’s insane. The Galaxy 2 trailer had me tingling with anticipation already, but what about Metroid: Other M? We haven’t seen anything about it and they’re already aiming for a June release? I hope it’s as good, if not better, than Metroid Prime 3: Corruption which is one of my favorite Wii games thus far.
This reminds me: I’ve got to do the Luigi run of Super Mario Galaxy before the sequel hits.
I don’t care what you say, the EU Heavy Rain cover is the clear winner and when I get this game, I think I’ll go through the trouble of printing out a copy of this:
Hardware
Hardware Announcement