Posts Tagged ‘demo’
Ghost of Sparta, Warhawk demos for PS Plus subscribers
That per year PlayStation Plus subscription is about to start paying off; an early access demo of Kratos’ latest killing spree, the Ready at Dawn-developed God of War: Ghost of Sparta, will next week be made available to Plus subscribers and Plus subscribers alone.
No word on what to specifically expect but blood and guts all over the floor is our bet.
Next week will also see the release of a full game trial for Warhawk, just in case there’s someone out there is interested in acquiring a 3-year-old multiplayer-only shooter. You never know.
NBA Elite 11 Finally Emerges
With the major changes that have taken place that make up NBA Elite 11, it has been noteworthy that no actual gameplay video has appeared. Understandably that has made those following the game nervous as EA Sports’ MO the last few years has been anything but to shield their games from being seen.
Over at Operation Sports a thread has been ongoing discussing NBA Elite 11 which is actually out on display at “Elite 24″ a high profile high school basketball event. Those who have been able to attend have had the opportunity to get hands on with NBA Elite 11 as well as NBA Jam. So the first impressions of the game along with the very first in gameplay videos is now here.
Needless to say that early thoughts on the game have been less than impressive. Some general reaction has been that it is difficult to pick up and play, the action is chaotic and out of hand, that it is a dunk-fest, that the real-time physics have been pretty much non-existent, many animations are awkward, and that shooting is either tough to get or can become automatic. There are variables to consider though and ultimately the demo and directly captured footage will provide more insight. However this is what we have to work off for now. Seeing Carlos Boozer dunk from the free throw line (:44 of vid #3) doesn’t require much of a breakdown.
Check out the thread over at OS and follow beginning here which is where the impressions really start to roll in. Below is the first footage of the game in action. The videos are rough but that comes with the territory of filming in an environment such as this one. As always feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments!
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Vanquish’s pre-order DLC in action
A fresh trailer for PlatinumGames’ Vanquish has slid its way in, detailing the contents of the GameStop-only pre-order Tri-Weapon DLC pack; the laser cannon, anti-armor pistol, and boost machine gun are all shows in use.
A demo for the shooter was just yesterday confirmed as well. It’ll arrive on both Xbox Live and PlayStation Network next week. See here for the details.
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LucasArts to bless fans with The Force Unleashed II demo
Star Wars fans won’t have to wait until The Force Unleashed II‘s October 26 release to get a taste of the sequel. That’s because LucasArts will be releasing a pre-launch demo that will give a similar hands-on preview to the one attendees of Gamescom in Germany got.
The demo will let players control Starkiller and his multitude of force powers as he escapes clone headquarters on Kamino via a TIE Fighter hijacking. If you’ve seen Attack of the Clones, you know that an escape from Kamino would likely give Starkiller quite a few Jango Fett clones to battle. Let’s hope they’re not fully trained by the time the demo is released in the near future.
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Vanquish demo debut set for early Sept
Vanquish, the first Shinji Mikami title under the PlatinumGames brand, will make its PSN and XBLA demo debut in Japan on Sept. 2. Producer Atsushi Inaba revealed a set of demo features to Gamespot Japan and Andriasang provided a helpful translation.
“Vanquish Official Demo – Velocity Attack” will allow players to test-run a prologue sequence, casual and normal difficulty settings, an auto-aim feature and a boss battle against Argos.
And if you’re among the lucky Tokyo Game Show attendees on Sept. 16, you’ll get to check out a different demo that includes additional playable areas and a stage where a surprising mystery character appears.
While the release date for the English language version of the demo is still TBD, the full figured version of Vanquish will debut in North America on Oct. 19, Japan on Oct. 21 and in Europe on Oct. 22.
