Here’s OPM’s Joel and CVG’s James to talk you through a video preview of the new crime game Sleeping Dogs. There are triads who apparently “do bad crime stuff” as well as some violent Arkham City style fighting, smooth traversal mechanics and loads of very satisfying looking slow-mo head shots. There’s plenty of new in game footage in there so fill your boots. We’ve also got a load of Sleeping Dogs screens and another Sleeping Dogs preview.
If my flight to Hong Kong to see Sleeping Dogs was anything like as turbulent as the game’s development, I’d have come back with such a fear of anything airborne that even a stray Frisbee would result in tear-soaked hyperventilation. Because while many big games may suffer staff reshuffles or release date delays, this is a game that was dead. Done. Kaput. Sleeping with the poisson. (Click here for Sleeping Dogs PS3 screens.)
The PS Vita rooms are your chance to get hands on with the Vita and the games ahead of its February 22nd release date. There are a series of events running from the 17th to the 22nd which include performances from Wiley, Tinchy Stryder and a FIFA Interactive competitions. Click on for the full details.
Check out this video of the recent PS Vita Rooms: Glasgow and you can also check out our PS Vita review round up, our PS Vita launch line up and the best PS Vita pre-order deals.
The word ‘simple’ is rarely a compliment – just ask any browbeaten teacher who’s mistakenly used the word at a parents’ evening. But Bugbear is embracing the term for its arcade take on Ridge Racer, and in a world of ‘emergent gameplay scenarios’ and ‘delineated dynamic narrative oxidation’ it’s actually pretty refreshing.
Here’s CVG’s James and Matt to talk about Street Fighter X Tekken. They’ve spent some time with the game and have plenty to say about the balancing, if the crossover feels gimmicky and whether it stands up to the Street Fighter legacy. There’s also tons of new punchy footage.
Now I wasn’t expecting that. I’m not talking about the city-levelling gunfight I’ve just had with a battalion of rogue American soldiers – 90-minutes with Spec Ops: The Line and stamina sapping shootouts are pretty much par for the course.
Neither am I talking about the street that’s now choked with the wailing soon-to-be-corpses of my enemies, their life seeping into the surrounding sand, staining it a morbid shade of crimson. What really surprised me was how I felt. Because I felt like a total a-hole. A soulless, murdering bastard.
Here’s Andy Kelly to talk you through his thoughts on the opening hours of Syndicate, the techy shooter from EA and Starbreeze. Pros: great future noir world, storytelling and characters. Cons: lack of depth, old fashioned game design and rubs boss fights. Overall, it’s looking strong though so watch the video which has loads of new footage and see what you think.
Want to see Dirt Showdown gameplay in action? Of course you do. Here’s me and OPM’s Phil Iwaniuk discussing the finer points of Codies’ new racer: why Dirt Showdown isn’t Dirt 4, what’s new in terms of events and action, and, most importantly, does it look like it’s any good.
Why should you care about another modern shooter? It’s a tough question, and one I’m not sure Ghost Recon: Future Soldier can answer convincingly, even if Jeremy Paxman were giving it a grilling. Some of its environments look ominously COD-like, and those are big toes to step on. But under the generic visuals lies the ace up Future Soldier’s sleeve: deadly gadgets and gizmos galore. Basically, this is Sam Fisher doing Modern Warfare.
The boxart should be enough to let you know – happy kids with big eyes and bigger hair – but this should probably come with a ‘Severe RPG Warning’ regardless. Because if you’ve ever been bored senseless by reams of text dialogue or turn-based battles, run from this like a swine flu-infected flasher. But for those of us happy in that world, this is a glorious slice of genre nostalgia that hits the sweet spot between simplicity and complexity in terms of both tone and mechanics.
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