NFS Hot Pursuit Will Not Have A Story
Criterion had an epiphany and realized that racing games do not need a storyline, since you know, it's about cars and stuff, so instead of trying to make something up they simply didn't. The game's title tells us all we need to know: there will be racers and there will be cops. As racers we'll have to outrun the cops, and as cops we'll have to bust the racers. No drama, no nothing. Here are some of Mark Webster's words(senior producer at Criterion):
"We didn't really think it was necessary to include a story. If you're a cop, the aim is to go up the ranks, while a racer's aim is to get to the highest rank they can.
There is a full Career of events. As a racer, you have Time Trials, Races and Hot Pursuits, whereas as a cop you have Rapid Responses, Hot Pursuits and Interceptors. So yeah, there is a chunk of gameplay for the solo player."
EA revolutionizes games with “Create”
Nah, just kidding. Can you imagine that? EA doing something really awesome and original without having to buy the creativity from others?
Thought so.
Leaving my hate aside, EA is working hard on a new title called Create, which, surprisingly, lets you create your own content and personalize it. Just like LittleBigPlanet one might say, or the other tens of games who are trying to borrow this concept lately. The project is family-oriented, letting everyone come up with ideas and creations, and nobody can lose. There is no way that you can fail, or so they say.
Dead Space 2 Box Art Unveiled
EA unveiled the Dead Space 2 box art today, for all three versions: PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. So there you have it, the confirmation that it's coming to PC too.
EA and Ubisoft Break Up
You may not now about this, but EA bought quite a bit of Ubisoft and became the second largest voting group, meaning they had a big say in Ubisoft's actions. Now, for the first time in the history of the industry, EA is actually selling it's shares (all 14 million of them to be precise) instead of buying the whole company like they used to.
Supposedly this is merely a financial decision and there were no actual reasons for them to break up. Ubisoft declared that even though EA has been supportive of their strategies, they felt like the sale was "in their best interest". Rumors have it that Activision Blizzard put its eyes on those shares, but it's nothing official yet.
Bioware Ain't No Kinect Whore
I dare you to make me dance
While companies like EA are already having wet dreams about the pile of money Kinect and Playstation Move will bring them, Bioware is not impressed. It takes more than a colorful stick to make them change the way they make games, and that's a dim light of hope for the industry. Of course, they will try to use the technologies, but not by making casual crappy games. Instead, they're thinking about "creating a greater sense of immersion by using gestures in dialogs", as Greg Zeschuk said in an interview.
He also says "We’re not going to do a party game, we’re not going to do Dance Dance Krogan for Mass Effect.†and “The reality is it’s going to have a really positive impact. There’s that impediment of a controller but hardcore gamers are never going to give that up. It might be nice to see a hybrid of a controller used with additional gesture on the side for immersive elements."
I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to stand up and give this man a round of applause. It takes a lot of balls to resist the casual wave, but this guy right here has them, and they're rock solid.
Medal of Honor Limited Edition Goodies
War can be really bright
What's a game without it's own Collectors/Limited/Legendary Edition nowadays? Rubbish apparently, since every AAA title must come in an expensive and pretty lame special package too. Medal of Honor has another idea: limited editions at no extra costs! Of course, there's nothing "physical" about it, just some in-game goodies.
The first bonus will be MP7, a small sub-machine gun that handles much like a pistol, but has a neat armor penetrating ability. This weapon will be exclusive to this Limited Edition apparently. The second bonus will be an early access to the TOZ-194 and 870MC2 shotguns. Basically what this means is that we'll need less experience to unlock them than the players who purchased the standard edition. All you have to do to get this Limited Edition is preordering it, again, at no additional cost. EA also made a trailer for it:
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