First look at Max Payne 3's muliplayer
Rockstar just released the first video of a new video series that introduces Max Payne 3's multiplayer, and it look pretty damn good. It talks about the multiplayer's core features - Gang Wars, Payne Killer, and integrating Max Payne's famous bullet time into multiplayer.
Gang Wars is said to be a battle between the faction in Max Payne 3. It's story driven with objectives changing depending on the outcome of each match. While in Payne Killer, two lucky players get to play as Max Payne himself and his partner Raul Passos in the game as they go against waves of enemy players Max Payne style.
What I found very interesting is that they were able to add bullet time into multiplayer. Bullet Time is Max Payne's signature move that gives him the option to slow down time to better pick off enemies and dodge bullets. For multiplayer, when someone activates Bullet Time, only players in his line of sight will be engaged in Bullet Time. It is said in the video that Bullet Time is one of the burst abilities available to players, meaning there will be other abilities to be revealed that would suit your play style.
It's looking pretty good, it's Rockstar after all. When I heard Red Dead Redemption will have an open world multiplayer, I didn't think it was possible but it actually works and turned out fun. Now they added multiplayer on Max Payne without leaving Bullet Time behind.
This is the first video if the video series that talks all about multiplayer, so look out for the next few videos in the future.
Gamers have interesting game choices this month. Max Payne 3 comes out on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 May 15 and PC on May 29.
Street Fighter IV and Asura's Wrath? [Update]
Can this be? Are we going to get Asura as a DLC character for Super Street Fighter IV? Or is it the other way around?
Ok, I can't read Japanese so I have no idea what any of the stuff displayed said but with this video except for what appeared to be a release date for this "DLC" which said "2012/5/8".
I still don't fully understand what this video means. Is it really for Super Street Fighter IV? Or maybe it's a new game mode for Asura's Wrath? I mean the SF4 characters still look like SF4 characters while Asura still looks like Asura from his own game. Usually when Capcom puts characters in the SF4 realm, they give them a new make over to suit the SF4 art style.
This video has me both very confused and very excited at the same time. Though another thing still bothers me, why SF4 and not Street Fighter x Tekken? Given the nature of SFxT I think Asura's crazy moves would suit that game more.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qodustNrME[/youtube]
[Update]
Apparently I guessed right, it was the other way around. That video above was clipped out of the end of the full DLC trailer for Asura's Wrath. DLC content for Asura's Wrath is going to be released in Japan through the course of two months starting yesterday (3/27/2012) until May (5/15/2012), the Street Fighter bit being the last DLC.
What threw me off was the fact that Asura still looked exactly like he did in his own game and that after Akuma shoryuken'd Asura, he didn't get knocked into the air.
Here's the full DLC trailer for Asura's Wrath in Japan for both PS3 and Xbox 360.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ8oyaGgExQ[/youtube]
[Update]Namco Bandai teases new game
Nanco Bandai released a new teaser site with just an X pulsating over and over. It's for an unannounced title and to what it could be - We have no idea. If I had to guess, it could Tekken X Street Fighter maybe? Or simply a brand new IP.
[UPDATE] - If you check the site again, you can see they added some text with the Playstation's buttons. The text says action adventure and the Playstation logo hints that this will be a Playstation 3 exclusive. So much for my guess.
Other than that, I have no clue what this could be. What do you guys think?
Two recent rumors I'm hoping comes out false
I don't really post much about rumors but these two are pretty big. First up, there is a rumor that Sony is considering to close down Zipper Entertainment(MAG, SOCOM 4). The other, which would be such a waste, is the rumored cancellation of Prey 2.
Let's start with Zipper Entertainment's rumored shutdown thanks to Sony - Reports say that Sony is in the process of laying off staff members and employee's at Zipper. With the number of people being let go, Sony might consider closing down the studio all together. Now Naturally, Sony hasn't given a comment on the rumor.
I loved MAG, Zipper took a bold risk in creating an FPS game that brings 128 players in one area, and it actually turned out to be fun. I saw myself playing the game for a few months with no lag issues. Don't forget that Zipper Entertainment is the team that brought you the SOCOM series which brought a lot of fun memories back in the day. If this does come out true, the studio's last project will be the PS Vita's Unit 13.
Prey 2 E3 demo
The next is Prey 2's possible cancellation. Now this game wowed me with its E3 trailer and E3 gameplay demo. This was on my must-have list in 2012 and to hear that Bethesda is considering on scrapping the game is such a shame. You play as an alien bounty hunter, and just like past Bethesda games, this one will be a non-linear open world game. It's a big change from the first Prey, but going non-linear is never a bad thing really. The rumor is that Bethesda Softworks will announce the game's cancellation next week.
The game has been very quiet since it's presence in last year's E3, but hopefully the silence isn't because of the possible cancellation. To make matters worse, Human Head Studios cancelled three conferences recently.
With both rumors, no one is talking yet. We'll update if new word comes out.
Thanks VG247 and 4PlayerPodcast.
Play Mass Effect 3's multiplayer this weekend and you a 25% XP boost
If you plan on doing some Mass Effect 3 multiplayer, now is the best weekend to do it. This weekend is the N7 Bounty Weekend which provides a 25% XP boost. If you play the horde-like multilayer Between 5 PM PST Friday, March 23 and 5 AM PST Monday, March 26, you'll benefit from the XP boost.
The multiplayer is actually a lot of fun. One night I saw myself doing match after match for as close as four hours. Guess I'll be doing more of that this weekend.
[Source: Gamefront]