From Dust - Dev Diary 2: The Art Direction

From Dust is a sandbox simulation game currently in development. It puts the player in a god-like perspective, with the main goal of the game keeping the inhabitants of your land safe from the harm that nature can cause. Using the tools provided, you need to use sand, laval, water, and vegetation to help your inhabitants survive.

Mass Effect 3 Delayed

The announcement came from Biowares Facebook page.

"Mass Effect 3 will be released in the first three months of 2012. The development team is laser focused on making sure Mass Effect 3 is the biggest, boldest and best game in the series, ensuring that it exceeds everyone’s expectations." - Casey Hudson, Executive Producer Mass Effect series

Brink. 5/10/11

Brink has been a game I have been excited about for a while now. This game isn't getting the attention that it deserves. I love games that enforce teamwork. Ones that make you to work together to get things done. I personally enjoy an objective based game type over a team deathmatch. At that is what Brink is trying to do. There isn't even a deathmatch option in this game. There are only team based objective matches.

Brink features a S.M.A.R.T. movement system. Smooth Movement Across Random Terrain. Which means the whole environment is at you disposal to move around. So you pick your path and the movement system evaluates where you are trying to get to and makes it happen. Whether that is by vaulting, mantling, climbing, or sliding. So it imagine a mixture between Mirrors Edge, with some Assassins Creed free running mixed in, designed around a heavier old-school FPS foundation with modern graphics and engine. Brink is designed to be more of an arcade-y shooter as an alternative to the spate of realistic shooters dominating the recent FPS landscape. The exaggerated art style, extensive HUD elements, emphasis on hipfire, integrated drop-in/drop-out play, etc.

 

The countdown for DiRT3 starts.

If you're like me then you are waiting on DiRT3 to come out also. I didn't play the first DiRT, but I did happen to pick up DiRT2 after playing a few other Codemaster's racing games, like Grid. I've been a fan of racing games for a long time. I recently picked up three 22" LED LCD's and setup an NVidia 2D Surround on my PC. I immediately wanted to try out a racing game. I knew at that point it was DiRT2, because I knew it supported 3 screens natively. I was totally impressed. The immersion that the screens give you takes the game to the next level.

Changed my Mind.

I changed my mind. I wanted a general gaming news blog. I was going to do just a Battlefield 3 blog, but I found out pretty quick, that it was too specific for me to stay interested. So now look forward to posts about games I'm interested in. Thanks for the understanding.

Twitter Scams are rampant.

There are tons of people out there trying to scam people on twitter with the lure of getting into the Battlefield 3 Beta. So if you think your getting into the beta without having the Medal of Honor entry, I would think again. Don't be a fool and fall for this.

High Resolution Shots from the Battlefield 3 Trailer

Listen, if you aren't excited for this game then there is something wrong with you. This is no doubt going to be the biggest game of the year. These screen shots only make me more excited. The view from the jet cockpit looks insane! In the view from the tank, the environment looks amazing. The Frostbite 2 engine looks very polished. What do you think?