After much tooing and frowing and back and forth’ness my review of Dawn of War: Soulstorm has finally been published on GAME.com
Due to some issues of not being a GAME employee it has been published as a ‘Featured Customer Review.’ But don’t worry it is mine! I say things such as:
The latest ‘expandalone’ from Relic and Iron Lore in the Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War series, Soulstorm is the third expansion for Dawn of War and is potentially the biggest one yet. Introducing two new armies and a massive new single-player campaign this is an immense proposition.
Soulstorm builds on the same basic principles of all the games in the Dawn of War franchise, build your base, attack using cover, capture control points and crush the enemy. Subtle differences in gameplay arrive with the introduction of the two new races and the addition of flying units.
Ubidays 2008 has been and gone and there has been some great new stuff that has emerged from it. I guess the biggest news for many is the following trailer which by all accounts is showing off Beyond Good and Evil 2. Watch it, now!
When I was talking to one of the developers when I first heard about Trials 2 I enquired about a Steam release, at the time he said he couldn’t reveal anything. Looks like this is why!
The list of changes between the normal and the new Steam version follow.
My Race Driver GRID preview has gone live over on 411 Mania and features my thoughts on the demo and some other ramblings.
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If you just want to see some wrecks, then drive into anything and everything, smoke, wheels, bodywork and glass will appear and fill the screen. The cars all take realistic damage in real time and they look like they have taken a beating. Even if you crash by accident then you can use the nifty Instant Replay feature which allows you to rewind time, Prince of Persia style to before the incident allowing you to avoid that spectacular crash.
Ahh Trials 2 how I loved you. Alas I have left you these past few months, left you by the wayside and ignored you, ignored you until I went back to your website today and lo! I read that you have been patched again.
It has been a while since I last talked about Trials 2, in that time the game has been taken on by GamersGate and has an 84 on Metacritic.
What does this new version bring us then? Apart from the usual bug fixes and other small tweaks there has been a massively overhauled tutorial mode. There are now seven purpose built tutorial tracks designed to teach new riders the basics of the game. Alongside these new tutorial tracks are two new downloadable tracks available. Trials 2 now boasts 51 tracks!
The full list of changes can be found here and the demo can be grabbed from the website.
Ubidays is due to kick off tomorow, this Ubisoft event is due to be streamed live here and to celebrate the imminent deluge of FarCry 2 and assorted information there is a new trailer up for the game.
In the trailer a ‘Reuben Oluwagembi’ talks to us about the nature of the game world we will be entering in FarCry 2. This Reuben chap has a blog here which throws some interesting insights into the FarCry 2 world.
The almighty GameTrailers are having a week of exclusive Race Driver GRID videos and the first two off the blocks are mighty fine. Showing off the US Street Tracks you can see a Chevy Camaro and a Dodge Viper racing around. Not enough crashes though.
If there is one thing that makes me glad I am upgrading my PC, it is this new trailer that shows off the new Day/Night transitions in STALKER Clear Sky. Clear Sky is the expanda-prequel to last years STALKER and this video is just an example of the leap in technology that has been made between games.
Who would have thought that an event known as “Friday Night Fights” from the Tabula Rasa beta would become such an ingrained part of the game that the team would include a Boxing Ring in the upcoming patch ‘Deployment 8.’
Well that is just what has happened with the ring being known as CELLAR (Coalition of Enlistees Likely Looking for Aggressive Retaliation) with the new home of Friday Night Fights also allowing players to purchase boxing gloves, helmets and even shorts! You may even see General British himself step into the ring!
More pictures of the ring can be seen below or over here.
