Friday, June 27, 2008

Weekend NeoVids: Crysis Warhead, Saint's Row 2, C&C 3 Kane's Wrath

Weekend NeoVids: Crysis Warhead, Saint's Row 2, C&C 3 Kane's Wrath

There seems to be a bunch of sweet games on the horizion. Here is a few trailers released today concerning some of these upcoming titles.

First up we have Crysis Warhead. Zero-g alien mothership levels seemed to be one thing they left out of Crysis this time around, so with the added optimizations to the engine (that will actually allow the game to run on mid-range machine, unlike Crysis) this game might not be that bad.

The Warhead story takes place from the Pyscho character's perspective. (He was the silly cliche-Aussie guy in Crysis.)

 

Next up, we have Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. In this expansion to the popular RTS series, Kane has turned into some sort of cyborg warlord jerk, with an unsatiable appetite for destruction, laser beams, and space-crystals.

The game also has added support for in-game webcam streaming -- which is kind of cool; but so much for playing games in your pink boxer shorts now.

That brings us to Saint's Row 2. This is the 'Story Trailer' released today. I haven't played Saints Row 1, but I might jump into this sequel. It is an open sandbox world, sort of similar to GTA games, where you get into gangs, beat people up, and induldge in other fantastic and humorous criminal activites. This game is coming for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.

The video below is not a game trailer. It is a promo video that AMD released a few days ago in conjunction with the 4800 series launch. In it, two people talk about their hopes for graphics in gaming. One person is a teen pro-gamer dude. I'm not sure of his win/lose record, but his shifty eyes seem well-suited for picking out targets. The second person is dudette from the FragDolls. She looks a lot like this waitress I used to know and she talks about appreciating power efficiency in video cards -- while in the background, a four card CrossFireX system setup mocks her. 




Command & Conquer 3 Kane’s Wrath Ships to Retail
Crysis Warhead?
Crysis Warhead coming