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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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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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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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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Engadget’s Joshua Topolsky has kindly provided the internet with some of the first screenshots of the gaming element of the new Windows Phone 7 Series mobile OS. Pulling in elements of Xbox Live such as avatars, game/friend requests and Xbox Live Marketplace updates, the platform looks well-equipped for gaming, even though no titles have officially been announced yet.
Check out some of Engadget’s first photos below:
The tech/gadget world has been flustered today around a sneak peak of a possible upcoming Microsoft phone at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress.
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My relationship with Sonic The Hedgehog has been a turbulent one. Back in the (very) early 90′s, Sonic was my 2D platformer of choice – I loved the speed, the colourful environments and huge levels presented in each game. The games since then have disappointed me greatly – Sonic Unleashed’s nighttime levels were probably the greatest example of how to wreck a great series.
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