action-adventure posts

James Bond is the longest running English-language movie series in history, and the games have been going on for a while now as well. Unfortunately, there have been no truly stellar James Bond games. Activision aims to correct this with another original James Bond adventure, titled Blood Stone. It looks like standard action-adventure fare, with plenty of body punches, explosions, and care chases, and this trailer emphasizes this point quite clearly. Set in Istanbul, it has the voiceover of M as James Bond punches the snot out of almost everyone. Nothing like some classic spy violence! Nothign special, but nothing incredibly terrible either.

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Games that are coming out soon have a lot of unknowns that the average person might not know. Who is this character inspired by? Is all the talk of volumetric fog or cel-shaded graphics really worthwhile? Do the game mechanics really seem solid, or are they lackluster? In All You Need To Know we provide information to help you fully appreciate what these upcoming games have to offer.

Feed your head after the jump.

Games that are coming out soon have a lot of unknowns that the average person might not know. Who is this character inspired by? Is all the talk of volumetric fog or cel-shaded graphics really worthwhile? Do the game mechanics really seem solid, or are they lackluster? In All You Need To Know we provide information to help you fully appreciate what these upcoming games have to offer.

Feed your head after the jump.

Games that are coming out soon have a lot of unknowns that the average person might not know. Who is this character inspired by? Is all the talk of volumetric fog or cel-shaded graphics really worthwhile? Do the game mechanics really seem solid, or are they lackluster? In All You Need To Know we provide information to help you fully appreciate what these upcoming games have to offer.

Feed your head after the jump.

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Welcome to Freeware Friday, a weekly column showcasing excellent games that you can play free of charge!

Before Cave Story, there was a Metroidvania that really caught the eye of the indie community. It was a superbly polished gem of a game, and also incredibly hard. During development it was highly anticipated among a fair bit of gamers. Most fans of indie games, after playing it, realized that they had never played an indie game with that much polish. No game really approached its level until Cave Story a few years later. The game in question is Eternal Daughter, made by Jon Perry and Derek Yu (who is perhaps even more well known for the award-winning game Aquaria).

Every so often there comes an indie game that completely blows away those who play it. The second Freeware Friday ever covered one of those games, the incomparable Cave Story. There's a new game out, though, that has joined the ranks of indie games that must be played by everyone. It's a platformer/shooter/puzzler with an interesting story, excellent mechanics, and tight controls. I'm talking about Iji, a game released only a few weeks ago that has already grabbed the attention of quite a few players.

DICE's first-person action-adventure game Mirror's Edge is one of the wild cards of the 2008 lineup for all platforms (assuming it actually does come out in 2008). So far, we've had to rely on clues from a lone gameplay video and a recent story trailer. Now we have a bit more to work with; an interview and a few new screenshots. It's not much, but it's something, right?

In an interview at the EA3 (no, not E3!) press event, Mirror's Edge Senior Producer Owen O'Brien described the game design philosophy behind DICE's new game. The idea is that everything -- including combat -- is grounded in a free movement mechanic that is easy to learn but difficult to master. In fact, the combat controls consist of two buttons -- attack, and disarm. Exactly how those work depends on how you set up the action with movement beforehand.

Watch the interview for more, and be sure to check out the screenshots as well.

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In much the same way that Metroid is a game about exploring, Space Game: Mujakwi, an entry in the TIGSource Procedural Generation Competition, is about exploring as well. Unlike Metroid, the exploring is done on the insides of a procedurally generated planetoid. And like Metroid, Mujakwi (which means random) is amazing.

Inputting a name for the planet you wish to explore, you set off in your ship to explore and conquer it. Everything inside it, from the environment to the weapons to the enemies, is all procedurally generated based on the name you gave the planet. This gives the game a vast replayability and, along with its refined mechanics, addicting equipment gathering formula, and retro-styled graphics, makes the game an absolute blast to play. You can give it a whirl over on the TIGSource forums.