February 12, 2010
X10 News
X10 News
I’m going to try as hard as I can to link to all the best and most interesting news from X10 this year. If I’ve missed anything let me know. (This post will be edited as the convention continues.)
First thing first, a very cheeky billboardfrom Apple – Everyone knows Apple is secretly trying to get on the gaming scene and advertising their game device at Microsoft’s game convention is a little cheeky.
Video of Alan Wake in action! – See if you can spot the Zork reference… if you can’t, go play Zork. It won’t be long before you find it! This is the first time I’ve seen AW actually being played. Honestly, I can’t say it looks to be anything more than a polished Alone in the Dark (chapter select included), but let’s pretend I have higher hopes than this.
New Left 4 Dead content in the form of The Passing. – We all love VALVe, but seriously, these guys can do zombies like nobody else. (Not even me)
If you want to see this year’s promises from Peter Moleneux that he’s going to disappoint us with in Fable III look here. – Child of the last player? So it’s a lot sooner than last time, which throws away the excuse I always used for how similar F2 was to F1… Throwing us in as king straight away is a nice touch, but far from groundbreaking. Don’t get your hopes up until we see it in action. (We now have video, but don’t think for a second I’m convinced yet.)
New details on Crackdown 2 – The first game was and still is great (for those of you who havn’t bought it yet.) Again, we just have to hope they havn’t just “gone bigger” without considering what the franchise needs. More coming soon.
And here is your collection of new Halo Reach screenshots. – I love the Halo universe. Their detials are actually quite good and they really put some thought into the history. The brand is just way too saturated to be interested now. Halo releases arent groundbreaking anymore. Here’s a quick breakdown: Halo -2001, Halo 2 – 2004, Halo 3 -2007, Halo Wars – 2009, Halo ODST – 2009, Halo Reach – 2010. Bungie need to move on for a while. How about a new Marathon game? (And a Halo Reach video. A more “human” story? About aliens called Spartans? Fiiiiine.)
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