Preorders for three of EA’s biggest games of the year – FIFA 11, Medal of Honor, and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit – have already begun, and those who preorder also get a free T-shirt. But it doesn’t end there. If you preorder one of these three games, you will also gain entry into a lucky draw. The winners of this lucky draw get a year’s supply of EA games i.e. 12 EA games of your choice for your platform of choice. This preorder offer is already underway at Game4U and should begin at other participating retailers pretty soon. Simply preorder one of these three games to throw your name into the hat.
Retailers have been taking preorders for almost a week now, but Microsoft today officially announced the arrival of the newer, slimmer Xbox 360 console, which is making its way to stores across India now. This console will come with a 250 GB hard drive, in-built Wi-Fi, and a new all-black design, and will carry an MRP of Rs 21,990. We also expect the cheaper variant with 4 GB of storage to make its way to India soon, but we don’t yet have a concrete date or price on that from Microsoft.
Time to pick up some old games cheap! Milestone Interactive is bundling two and three game packages at discounted prices across multiple platforms and publishers. While single copies of these games may not find too many buyers paying the full retail price, some of these combos are definitely worth picking up at the offered price points. Here’s a quick breakdown of the interesting bundles across various platforms.
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days starts off with a rather disturbing opening scene, which quickly sets the tone for this relentlessly violent trip through the Shanghai underworld. And while it’s a hell of a ride, it’s also extremely short even by today’s shooter standards. Clocking in at just about four hours and with a fairly enjoyable but short-lived multiplayer mode, it’s a very tough game to recommend. There are a few things it does better than the first game and some it doesn’t, but it’s largely the same affair as its predecessor.
A while back, we sent EA a few questions we’d been wanting to ask the Danger Close team at EA Los Angeles about their upcoming franchise reboot of Medal of Honor. The game’s executive producer Greg Goodrich was nice enough to answer the questions for us, shedding some light on various topics, ranging from multiplayer beta feedback and single-player campaign details to the differences between the console and PC versions and whether or not the game will ship with a co-op mode.
With the launch of the iPad, Apple has given game developers a new platform on which to stretch their prowess for mobile gaming. The iPad offers several key improvements over the iPhone that make it a different and certainly better gaming platform. The combination of the large multitouch screen, fast processor, the finely tuned OS, and the ubiquitous App Store offer a fantastic platform for both established and indie game developers to create a name for themselves. Today, we review an indie effort called Samurai: Way of the Warrior HD by MadFinger Games.
We’ve just received confirmation that Mafia II, one of the most anticipated games of the year, will retail in India for just Rs 499 on PC. We’ve also been informed by E-Xpress Interactive, the game’s official distributor in India, that the Xbox 360 and PS3 Collector’s Editions will also be available for Rs 3,499. The PC Collector’s Edition, however, will not be available here. For those who’d rather get just the game, the Xbox 360 and PS3 standard edition will also be available for Rs 2,499.
I won’t waste a lot of space describing why StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is such an important release. Even if you don’t know much about the legacy of the series, chances are that you already know enough thanks to your favourite gaming websites and blogs buzzing about the title constantly over the last few weeks. Let me just say that the original StarCraft (released back in 1998) and its expansion pack Brood War are some of the best real-time strategy games ever made. These games have stood the test of time thanks to their well-balanced and addictive gameplay, an epic story backed by detailed lore, and a wildly popular multiplayer mode.
Racing games don’t age well. You can remake classic puzzle games, platformers and side-scrolling shooters, and they’ll retain their old school charm, but that doesn’t usually work with racing games, especially arcade racers. It’s why they tend to gather dust once the new ones come along. So it’s natural to approach the HD remake of Hydro Thunder, an old Midway coin-op arcade racing game, with a hint of scepticism. Then again, this is one of the showcase titles from this year’s Xbox LIVE Summer of Arcade promotion, so it may just have a couple of tricks up its sleeve.
As a game reviewer, a casual game that is also a movie tie-in isn’t something that would have me marking my calendar in anticipation. So when Toy Story 3 arrived in the mail, I wasn’t exactly thrilled. But since this is a bit of a lean period in terms of game releases, I thought I’d take a crack at it. First off, despite its target audience, this is not a casual game. Secondly, and more importantly, it’s not bad at all. In fact, it’s pretty damn good.
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