Sony better be holding back something interesting for their E3 presentation, because they seem to be dumping everything we know they have in the days before the event. Here they show off the multiplayer for the 3rd entry in the Resistance series for the Playstation 3.
It doesn’t look half bad for a console FPS, visually at least, though those skinny aliens just look ridiculous walking around the map like models prancing around in high heels.
The latest E3 rumor circling the internet drain is that retailers have begun listing God of War 4 on their pre-order release lists, if true it would most assuredly mean an E3 appearance of some sort for the tired character. Can Sony fans endure another entry in this exploited, milked beyond dry series? Can they top the extreme gore of God of War 3 while still managing to have an incredibly dumb storyline, and keep the lead character emo enough to retain that appeal with the 14 year old boys that Sony relies on to keep it’s game division from being shut down completely?
Yes, I believe they can.
During the disappointingly stale pre-recorder Konami pre-E3 press conference video, they slipped in this little announcement for the upcoming, formerly NGP now Vita, Sony portable, Silent Hill: Book of Memories is an apparent exclusive for the new system, though they didn’t show anymore than this logo shot, which Sony has a poor track record with, paying out for logos of promised game announcements from third parties that then never materialize, such as that Resident Evil PSP game, Devil May Cry PSP, Agent, etc.
Though it’s reasonable to presume that the previous PSP Silent Hill titles did no worse than the other entries in this consistently, and dramatically declining series.
Rumor has quickly turned to evidence today that Game Republic is no more, amidst much speculation, and a warning that there would only be a limited number of days left before Game Republic’s digital download version of the PSP game Brave Story would be available on PSN, due to “expiring contracts”, more solid confirmations appeared on Kotaku that the head of Game Republic, in the face of mounting debts, had to flee the country or at the very least go into some form of hiding to avoid typical, as well as more nefarious, creditors. Today it seems that Game Republic’s phone line has literally been disconnected, and that they are no more.
For those not in the know Game Republic has created quite a few interesting niche, but lackluster selling games, such as Folklore for the PS3, and the recent multi-platform title Majin and the Forsaken Kingdom.
Game Republic was by no means a perfect developer, all of their most interesting titles were flawed in some way or another, but they were interesting titles, something this generation seems unwilling to support for the most part.
Bethesda has put out a new extended gameplay trailer for Rage, and it’s not looking any more impressive, it still looks like nothing more than an action version of Fallout 3, and while that may be more than enough for some people, others are quite tired of the robotic humans, and dank environments, there is more than one way to design a post-apocalyptic world.
It is nice of the mutant freaks to all do a cute little roll on the ground in front of you before they attack. Check out the trailer here.
Square put out a teaser trailer, presumably for a real trailer to come during E3 sometime. The game looks nice visually of course, and the areas seem at least a bit more open in this teaser than FFXIII.
Konami released the E3 trailer for their latest attempt to resurrect their beloved, but poor selling, horror franchise, and it looks pretty damn good. It looks much better than the last HD game, and while it might not be quite as experimental as the Wii Silent Hill it definitely isn’t coming off as another bland rehash so far.
Murder is a mortal sin you go to hell for murder:
Follow up to the 2009 & 2010 game of the year Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls looks to continue to stand up to the erosion of true gaming brought on by the likes of Halo, Uncharted, and Heavy Rain. This trailer from Spike’s pre E3 show shows off a hint of the feel of the Dark Souls world that all true gamers will be spending countless hours exploring, and conquering.
He must have liked the games, or Telltale scrounged up enough money to finally win him over because he will be starring as what I assume is one of his own relatives in another time.
Metro 2033 is one of the bigger hits to come out of the Eastern block developers recently, leading to the upcoming sequel Metro Last Light. Here we have the pre E3 trailer for that game, though it really is more of a teaser, they’re hopefully holding something better back for when the real E3 gets rolling in a couple days.