Q3 Werewolves and Ghosts
In a world full of first person shooters, developers often need to shake things up a bit to make their game stand out among the crowd. We saw this successfully done with Bioshock last year, as well as Team Fortress 2, both of which scored high in the gaming community due to their uniqueness and originality. So, where does one go from here? How about a modern day shooter with werewolves and giant flying gryphons -- and maybe throw in a few ghosts and demons for good measure? It's the kind of thing you'd expect to see after the opening of Pandora's Box, which is what the game's story line is based upon.
Originally titled Legendary: The Box, the game centers around the actions of art thief Charles Deckerd who believes that he is taking on a routine smash-and-grab job when he obtains the infamous Pandora's Box. While further details of the game's story are being kept under wraps, we do know that he opens it at some point and thus somehow becomes the only person that can close it. Legendary is being developed by Spark Unlimited who brought us the award winning Call of Duty: Finest Hour. While this is a nice accolade, Spark is also responsible for polluting the FPS genre with its lackluster 2008 title, Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. One can only hope that the developers have learned from their mistakes, and judging by how the game looks in action, they may just be on the road to recovery. As an FPS buff, I'll definitely be keeping a watchful eye when Legendary opens the box later this year. Expect a full review.
It's been twenty-four years since Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson teamed up to rid New York City of its pesky paranormal pests in the popular film, Ghostbusters. [Ed: And 19 years since the bastard stepchild Ghostbusters II.] Late this year, we will once more be able to ask the question: "Who ya gonna call?" No word yet on whether or not we'll get a "catchy" new jingle, but the original cast of the film is reuniting to lend their voices and likenesses to Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
In a story written by stars of the film Aykroyd and Ramis, you play as a new recruit who joins Ghostbusters International, a franchise of the original Ghostbusters establishment. No sooner do you get your foot in the door than the city becomes infested with ghostly activity. Prepare to get slimed! While the extent of the actors' involvement in the game is not yet known, already released media assures us that a boss battle with the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is confirmed. Even after two decades, there are fans of the original movies, and technology may finally be at the level where we can truly get a great ghost-busting game. We'll see if there's any substance to this game or if it's just a bunch of fluff from Mr. Stay Puft -- presumably just in time for Halloween.
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The Arete - Thursday, May 8, 2008 - link
Exactly! Missing some key relatively substantial franchisesBattlefield: Bad company, Fable 2, SW: Force Unleashed, Brothers in Arms: Hell's highway, Prototype, Silent hill, Soul calibur, Resident Evil, End War. I'd say those are established enough that they should at least get worthy mention even if they do get pushed back into 2009.
LemonJoose - Friday, May 9, 2008 - link
Prototype has been delayed until 2009, however, you're right there are a lot of other major titles coming in 2008 that weren't on the list.Polynikes - Thursday, May 8, 2008 - link
For shame!JarredWalton - Thursday, May 8, 2008 - link
Titles scheduled for 2008. Last I heard, both Clear Sky and HL2 EP3 are 2009 titles (or "When it's done"). There are a lot of interesting games coming out, but many of them are still unknown ETA.Here are some games I mentioned, but many don't have a set release date and others simply didn't make the list for one reason or another:
STALKER: Clear Sky , Project Origin (Monolith's follow-up to FEAR), FEAR 2, Left 4 Dead, Battlefield Heroes, Darkest of Days, Duke Nukem Forever, HL2 Episode 3, Alan Wake, Project Offset, Age of Conan, Space Siege, Sacred 2, Demigod, Penny Arcade Adventures, and Rise of the Argonauts.
And that's just the "short" list. If reader reaction to this sort of article is positive, we will likely do more in this vein.
Polynikes - Monday, May 12, 2008 - link
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/38476/S-T-A-L-K-...">http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/38476...K-E-R-Cl...Looks like this year to me, barring any unforeseen delays.
Marduk - Thursday, May 8, 2008 - link
Actually Stalker: Clear Sky will be released on August 29 (2008) if it's not delayed, of course. Still, it's a nice article. Encore.Harkonnen - Thursday, May 8, 2008 - link
Ah ok, Makes sense that your not including games without a release date.I do like the article too. You definitely should do one every of these every once in a while.
tuteja1986 - Thursday, May 8, 2008 - link
ERR... you forgotNinja Gaiden II
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Resident Evil 5 ( according to campcom its coming this year)
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena