April 05, 2006
24 The Game
For all the 24 heads out there. Jack Bauer is wreaking havoc, defusing nuclear warheads, and bashing heads apart in this PS2 game.
Posted by richard ting at April 05, 2006, 06:44 PM
October 05, 2005
Warriors by Rockstar Games
[from IGN]
A battle of gigantic proportions is looming in the neon underground of New York City. The army of the night numbers 100,000 strong, and tonight they’re all after the "Warriors" -- a street gang wrongly accused of killing a rival gang leader. The Warriors must make their way from one end of New York to their turf on the other side of the city. All that stands between The Warriors and their survival are 20 miles and thousands of street gang members. The army of gangs owns the streets and there’s no turning back, The Warriors must fight for their lives and learn the meaning of loyalty as danger and uncertainty emerges from the city night.
Posted by richard ting at October 05, 2005, 04:34 PM
August 26, 2005
Xbox 360 User Experience Video
Here's an Xbox 360 video demonstrating the user experience on Microsoft's new console. The demo is given by Scott Henson from the Advanced Technology group.
Posted by richard ting at August 26, 2005, 05:22 PM
May 20, 2005
Snow
[from joystiq.com]
Bill Spieth, Creative Director for Frog City Software (a subsidiary of Take-Two Interactive), gave us a little taste of Snow, a game in which players move up from small-time pot smuggling to major cocaine overlord. Spieth’s bosses told him that they wanted “edgy” so Snow was born. In it, players become Johnny Morrell, a washed-up actor who’s decided to make his money the old fashioned way: illegally. Players start by smuggling in small quantities of loco weed from Mexico and selling it in Los Angeles.
Your goal is to grow your operations and take over the major drug running corridors that lead to the big markets of Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. You do this by hiring a variety of smugglers, crooked accountants (to launder your money) and arms dealers (to fortify your territories).
Replace cocaine with corn and Snow would still work as a game because it’s basically a business simulation and strategy game at heart. But the illicit nature of the product is buttressed by stylishly rendered, cell-shaded cut-scenes with racy dialog and lots of sexual tension. Think Traffic with a happy ending.
The game is only 30% complete right now, so we didn’t get a chance to experience all of the different game play elements, but it’s certainly got us interested in seeing more of it. One big disappointment right now: no multiplayer mode. Spieth told us that they could focus on building a great story or on building a solid multiplayer game. They’ve had to focus their efforts on the story.
The game is expected some time next year for the PC and Xbox platforms.
Posted by richard ting at May 20, 2005, 05:32 PM
June 18, 2004
Doom 3 on Xbox delayed?
Doom 3 on Xbox delayed?
By Ben Zackheim
How much longer can fans wait for Doom3? Well, Xbox owners will have to wait until the Fall, from the looks of it. While the PC version is still slated for this quarter, the Xbox’s Doom 3 is suffering a “strategic” delay. Some think that the reason for the shift might be the fact that Halo 2 is coming out for Xbox soon and id software has no interest in competing for dollars against the Bungie powerhouse.