Games Revue

Part one of the new live action TV series set in the HALO universe, before the covenant war has just been released. It looks pretty good!

The long awaited fan mod that brings the classic Half Life 1 up to date in the source engine has just been released

While the consensus is that they have largely succeeded in a faithful remake that updates the classic Half Life to more modern visual standards, the game is still a tad buggy in this first release, with frequent lag and stuttering problems. All will probably be smoothed out in subsequent releases.

It appears firaxis games have made a faithful X-com remake which will be released soon. Looking forward to seeing it!

IsisMasshiro’s created another great L4D fancomic for your enjoyment, see more of IsisMasshiro’s work here

OUYA is an open source platform project for console gaming with the following specs

Tegra3 quad-core processor
1GB RAM
8GB of internal flash storage
HDMI connection to the TV, with support for up to 1080p HD
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth LE 4.0
USB 2.0 (one)
Wireless controller with standard controls (two analog sticks, d-pad, eight action buttons, a system button), a touchpad
Android 4.0

See the video for more info and check out the kickstarter project

Another very impressive demonstration of interactive gameplay from naughty dog’s upcoming post apocalyptic game, The last of us. It seems highly realistic in game animation interactions are the in thing this year.

Gameplay wise, the world and graphics are beautiful, but one has to wonder if this is the level of combat that will be sustained throughout the game. From a narrative standpoint, it hurts the realism how our hero seems to shrug off a couple of bullet wounds, possibly less enemies, making damage count more would make it seem more realistic. We shall have to see!

Very nice gameplay and graphics, nothing in itself is particularly new but all is put together nicely, and the range of contextual animations and the smoothness with which they integrate with each other is the best I’ve seen so far. Chances are actual gameplay isn’t quite so smooth, but damned if it’s not approaching the level of a true interactive movie.

Official Halo 4 E3 2012 Announcement HD – YouTube.

Looks neat

Some impressive real time environment and object destruction going on here.

A new game teaser, among the sleep is a fps game where you play a 2 year old toddler in a spooky house. Visit the project page here