Grab a gun and a car, and get ready to play in a city filled with vice. No, this isn't Grand Theft Auto. This is THIS IS VEGAS -- another open world adventure, this time set in the City of Sin itself. The setting easily lends itself to video games: expect fighting, gambling, racing and the occasional shoot-out. You're going to make Vegas the "adult playground" it was always meant to be.
You'll have to make connections and raise your reputation if you want to become a somebody in this world -- and that means partying, racing and seducing women. Players will have to raise their rank with the four factions that control the city: The Hearts, Diamonds, Spades and Clubs. And if players are feeling particularly lucky, they can try to win it all by cheating the casino ... but who knows what the consequences of failure would be?
Check out our screenshots in the gallery below, and then see the trailer after the cut.
Are you looking for a job? Well, Vin Diesel is. He's a Wheelman looking for something to do. Thankfully, that something seems to involve lots, and lots of explosions.
The Wheelman website is now live at www.wheelmangame.com. As usual, it includes more information on the game. Developed by Midway-Newcastle in collaboration with Diesel's Tigon Studios, Wheelman will offer a Hollywood adrenaline-injected amount of car chases through the streets of Barcelona. Expect to see more before the game's Fall release.
Check out our gallery below -- and the trailer, after the cut.
Midway has announced the latest in the Mortal Kombat series. Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe sees your favourite MKcharacters fight against selected DC Comics mainstays such as Superman or Batman. With a storyline written by "the Mortal Kombat creative team and top comic scribes Jimmy Palmiotti (Painkiller Jane, Marvel Nights, Jonah Hex, 21 Down) and Justin Gray (Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight, JLA Classified, Punisher Red X-Mas, The Resistance)" we can expect to see the game hit shelves this Autumn.
There's not much more information about the title, but there is a video, which we've placed after the break. It's worth a look, for sure. Even if MKvDCU isn't an M-rated game. Does that make the game a little less interesting? We expect for hardcore Mortal Kombat fans, that might be the case.
It's not much of a deal, but if you want to pay "last-gen" prices for "next-gen" games, then you might finally bite the bullet and get Unreal Tournament 3 for this slightly discounted price. If you think about all the fun you'll have when it comes to mods, then you're pretty set when it comes to convincing yourself. It's definitely a good game to add to your PS3 library, so we're just tipping you off on what might be the eight bucks off you needed.
It's the "in thing" nowadays, seemingly, for companies to leak their upcoming projects during conference calls to investors. Bioshock 2 and Red Faction3 were both "announced" in this way and now a next-gen Mortal Kombat joins the ever growing list. Midway boss David Zucker spilled the beans during a recent conference call when he talked about "games like This Is Vegas and, of course, you got Mortal Kombat game this year and others that we think have potential to give us higher unit numbers."
There are no other details around the game but MCV is expecting it to hit the PS3 and 360. If it really is due out this year, as Zucker says, then no doubt we'll be hearing a lot more about it in the near future. Until then, rest safe in the knowledge that it definitely exists.
What do basketball players, helicopters, men in suits, and parties have in common? We could make a potentially rude answer (a cookie to the one who guesses where our logic train was headed!), but we won't. The answer, as a matter of fact, is Midway's new title NBA Ballers: The Chosen One. We don't know what the game is truly about from the video, but we imagine it's something that will end up involving big names in the basketball industry. So long as the game doesn't remain as ugly as it currently appears, we'll keep you posted.
Over at amazon.com, the price for Stranglehold Collector's Edition has been lower down to a measly $29.99. That's a savings of ten bucks from the last price drop. Oddly enough, the regular version of Stranglehold is still priced at the loftier $39.99. Doesn't really make much sense, but who cares? It's a deal!
Stranglehold has seen an almost countless number of price drops since its release. Who wants to bet when this baby'll drop down to $20. At that point, you're paying for a movie and getting a game for free.
Even though Wal*Mart just had a snafu with their pricing on a couple of other games, it seems they're still giving the green light to some pretty impressive deals. The PS3 version of Stranglehold -- the Collector's Edition, no less -- is on sale for $39.82. If you haven't played the game, this is a good chance to get it on the cheap as well as the Blu-ray of Hard Boiled. So, take advantage of it while you can. Or don't. It's your choice because we all know the heart of Wal*Mart is the consumer -- you.
We were wondering what had happened to Mark Rein - it's been quite a while since we've last heard word from him around the internets. However, an Unreal Tournament III event without him would just be plain wrong, so it's no surprise to hear another load of quotes from him surfacing from a event held in Birmingham yesterday. Eurogamer were there to ask him a few questions but, more specifically, they wanted to know the likelihood of the game being released this year.
In early October Midway revised their annual estimates with the expectation that Unreal Tournament III would ship in 2008, instead of late 2007. Mark Rein then went on record to say that Epic was still intending to get the game out before the end of the year and it seems like that will be the reality - for America. Rein told Eurogamer yesterday that Epic are "very close to a release candidate" and they "should have it finished by the end of this week." After that, it heads off to manufacture and distribution.
As for Europe, he suspects the release may slip into 2008. But it's not Epic's fault! It's all those pesky languages us Europeans speak. "Europe's a problem because the certification process in Europe takes longer." Rein says, "They're testing all these different languages in all these different countries, so I doubt it'll be released this year in Europe. But I don't know. We'll have to cross our fingers and wait and see." So there's a chance - but we won't hold our breath.
Posted Nov 1st 2007 8:00PM by Nick Doerr Filed under: News
Midway is a company that has learned its lesson. After dealing with the delay mess that was Stranglehold, not to mention the awkwardly delayed Unreal Tournament 3, CEO David Zucker came out to say that stuff is behind the company and all should go smoothly from now on. He said, "For our first wave of next-gen games... lead development has been on the Xbox 360, due to its earlier introduction and larger installed base. We ran into some technical issues developing for the PlayStation 3 that have taken more time to finalize than we expected ... We do believe that these technical issues are now complete at a core level in our engine." Meaning games will ship the same day as the 360 versions. Hopefully.
The relationship between Sony and Epic Games remains unchanged and Midway is offering its support in keeping those exclusives rolling at a constant rate. "Our expected product plan is to release a PC version of Unreal Tournament 3 this November, and a PS3 version as soon as it's ready. At this point, we have not announced any timing for an Xbox 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3." Another piece of info was gleaned regarding an "open-world" project for the PS3 that has yet to be announced. What that is, nobody knows. Because it hasn't been announced.
BlackSite: Area 51, Midway's upcoming Unreal Engine-powered shooter, is going to have a fairly robust online mode. According to IGN: "With the Xbox 360 version of the game, players will be able to play ranked and unranked matches, and voice support will have constant chatter for teammates while everyone will be able to hear each other if they're close enough, regardless of which team they're on."
Wait, but that's not the case for PS3! Most of these features are being cut for Sony's version. According to a Midway representative: "Basically, the PS3 supports the ability to host, search, and join - that's it. All of the other functionality did not make it to PS3: ranked / leader boards, match making, voice chat, private slots, etc." Essentially, expect a fairly bare-bones online mode for the PS3 version of BlackSite. This seems like a strange omission from Midway, especially considering the robust online features their upcoming Unreal Tournament will have.
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This weekend, we're focusing on Midway's upcoming PS3 title Stranglehold.
Underneath the depths of a crater-sized hole left from their earlier Unreal Tournament 3PS3 delay, Midway CEO David Zucker also made a rather bold statement about Midway's future Unreal Engine-based PS3 releases. Citing "technical issues of the Unreal Engine 3.0" as the main culprit for the PS3 delays of Stranglehold, Area 51: Blacksite and of course, Unreal Tournament 3, the conference call also included the assurances these technical issues have since been worked out, barring PS3 delays for future multiplatform releases in 2008 and beyond.
Hmmm ... color PS3 fans bemused and slightly suspicious. After all, we're still left with a lingering sting from the triple whammy PS3 backhand they've dished out. If anything is certain, it's that death, taxes and occasional game delays are all but inevitable but we just hope Midway can stick to their guns to make one of those things, a thing of the past. Imagine ... no taxes! [Insert lolz here.]
We recently checked out the official site for Unreal Tournament 3, because we love all our PS3 exclusive games equally, and noticed there have been a series of updates that loyal fans may be interested in checking out. Previously only found in a plethora of different places, all the high-res screenshots and videos of the game are listed in one convenient location, saving you the trouble of searching different places for different videos.
Their latest updates deal with interviews as well as the videos shown at Leipzig, which are impressive in their own right. There's not really much else for us to say except to check it out if you haven't before, because if you're looking for an all-things-UT3 site, this would be the place. Come November, we'll gladly accept any challengers willing to test their mettle against the PS3Fanboy staff! And we'll gladly get our bums kicked, too.
Sony set a dangerous precedent with last week's PSN update (and also, a tragic mistake). We'll be expecting similar amounts of content for the US PSN and a much greater amount for the EU PSN (alright, alright -- enough moaning about the EU PSN, but honestly: we're bitter). So far this week is shaping up quite nicely now that we have confirmation of Motorstorm's Coyote Revenge update and, now, a Stranglehold demo. That's right. A demo for a game that doesn't involve balls or wheels. We're excited!
The announcement was made on the official Midway forums by the moderator "Echo77." Where do we recognise that name from? Oh yeah, he's the same fellow that started the Strangleholdregion freenonsense a couple of months ago. Regardless, we're going to remain cautiously optimistic and hope for the best come Thursday.
