Today in San Fransisco (going on right now as a matter of fact) Microsoft is holding their annual event showcasing some of the hottest new games and technology. There have already been a large number of some pretty big games, all of it good so far.
Some highlights:
First, some release dates have been cleared up.
On April 13, we will finally get our next installment of the Splinter Cell series, entitled: Splinter Cell: Conviction. As many of you know, the last new Splinter Cell game, Double Agent was released almost 4 years ago. Conviction has been delayed numerous times, and also been completely redesigned. It will be featured on Xbox 360 & PC.
With a full single player campaign & also an entire co-op campaign with added multiplayer, I don't think this will be one to miss. The Splinter Cell series have always delivered in terms of strong gameplay and single player experience. I doubt this one will be any exception.
Next up on May 18, we will have 2 very big titles. Lost Planet 2 & Alan Wake. Both of these games are very anticipated, Alan Wake especially so.
The original Lost Planet released 3 years ago was a very solid title for Xbox 360 and later for Playstation 3. Lost Planet 2 is being developed & produced by most of the same team members that did the original game. The very able Jun Takeuchi is taking lead as Producer for this game, and promises it will deliver everything we loved about the first game and more. There looks to be much more variety this time around, which is good, considering most of the first game was only in the snow and indoor environments.
There is a very large focus on multiplayer in Lost Planet 2. You can play by yourself, or with have up to three player controlled or bots. Personally, I cannot wait to jump into this game with 2 or 3 friends and tear some huge monsters apart. If the game is as good as the demo was, we are in for a big treat. As long as there isn't a lame final boss like in the original. There will also be a multiplayer mode available with up to 16 players in various versus matches.
The second game to come out on May 18th is another huge game, Alan Wake. This game has been in development seemingly forever. Remedy Entertainment, the developer of the game has not released anything since the 2003 game Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne. We've seen tidbits of this game here and there, but least year it was finally unveiled in a playable format. Again, this will be on Xbox 360 and PC exclusively.
It is receiving a lot of good hype, and will hopefully live up to all of its expectations. The developers have a lot riding on this game. Not too much else is known about this game. The developers are keeping it under pretty tight wraps. I think they need to in order to build the game up some more. This will be another game that should not disappoint. Below is the developer explaining some of the game mechanics.
Last but certainly not least we have another Capcom game, Dead Rising 2. This is another highly anticipated sequel. The original game came out near 4 years ago. There have been many rumbling of a sequel, and last year there was a viral video that "leaked" and confirmed the game. The only thing that has me worried about this game is that it is being developed by a 3rd party publisher. Capcom is said to be working very closely with with Blue Castle Games (developer of the sequel) but it still may cause a little concern amongst gamers.
From all the videos we have seen however, this game looks to be just as over the top as the original game was. Double sided chainsaws, motorcycle riding, hundreds of zombies on screen, with some other craziness yet to be unveiled. There is confirmed multiplayer, but we don't yet know what it will entail of.
The last fairly large piece of news that we have is Fable 3 will be released sometime this fall/holiday season. We will see what kind of changes this game will bring around, but I'm pretty excited for all of the news in this article.
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