Split/Second is one of those games I have been itching to play since the first gameplay shots were revealed back in March last year. Explosive Burnout-esque gameplay with boobytraps! To be honest, I’m surprised it’s a game from Disney Interactive Studios.
It kinda feels like a gritty Wacky Races, with an aim to send your enemies barrelling towards oil tankards, collapsing buildings and burning cars to knock them back in their race times. You destroy not only the other cars, but the world around you. Video after the jump.
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So what’s new at the Big N’s online European store today? Plenty if you have a DSi, it seems. Highlights include a re-release of Chronos Twins, after losing its publisher back when it was initially released in physical DS-cartridge form a few years’ back.
Also of interest is Wii game Bit. Trip Runner – a retro-styled game which follows as the fourth in a series by developer Gaijin Games.
AND…WE’RE BACK!
At ButtonMash we’re hungry for brand-spanking new games and May is set to be an exciting month with the release of a clutch of high profile and intriguing games which are set to leave us with a month of sore thumbs.
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After a seemingly endless range of prototype names, Sony has announced PlayStation Move as the official name for its upcoming Wii-esque PS3 motion controller.
The new peripheral was unveiled during GDC in San Francisco, and Sony has now confirmed it will be available in the autumn. It doesn’t look too pricey, setting gamers back $100 (£66) in the US and come in a variety of bundles, including a package deal comprising the PlayStation Eye camera and a game.
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This game has had the most mixed reviews we have seen for a long time (if you exclude Bayonetta’s post-release ethical rinsing). Some are heralding the game’s epic story-driven narrative, where others are slating the game’s linearity and “15-hour tutorial.”
Either way, it looks like Square-Enix has performed a good deal of reinvention to the franchise with Final Fantasy XIII’s new streamlined approach. We have stripped out the scores from the reviews below, as many did not seem to match up to the written review that accompanied them.
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As marketing for the thirteenth instalment in the Final Fantasy series reaches its climax, we’ve been treated to a bucket-load of commercials for the game – most of which feature Leona Lewis (love her or, in our case, loathe her).
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Jetpacks?!
What?!
Just Cause 2?
No! It’s Halo Reach.
According to a Halo Reach beta trailer posted on Taiwanese site GNN, jet packs look like an all-too-real feature of the final instalment in the Xbox franchise. But it’s not just about jet packs, there are also new modes including ASSASSINATIONS.
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MyVoucherCodes caused a stir last week around their claim that the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII will outsell the PS3 one by 2:1 – and it now looks like that stat is becoming a reality.
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In the same absurd way Sony felt as though the general public would be happy shelling out north of £450 on a console at the launch of the PS3, the company now has a ‘feeling’ that it will have more motion controlled games than Microsoft’s Xbox 360 when both consoles go head-to-head in the Wii’s arena later this year.
SCEA’s Senior VP of Publisher Relations, Rob Dyer told IndustryGamers today that “My feeling is that we’re going to have a lot more games, a lot more innovation.” So what does Dyer base these predictions on?
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Joining the crazy three-dimensional hype bonanza, Konami has created a 3D online installment of the Metal Gear series exclusive to Japanese arcades.
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