What an exciting week this has been! Electronic Arts and Crytek showed the first footage of the upcoming Crysis 2 game, which for the first time will also come for consoles. Following that, Warner Bros. Interactive formally announced that F.E.A.R. 3 but to everyone's surprise, it's not Monolith, who developed first two games who would be working on it. Here's very brief representation of some of the noteworthy events in gaming scene last week.
F.E.A.R. 3 to Hit Stores this Fall
Warner Bros. Interactive has announced third installment of the F.E.A.R. franchise and called it F.3.A.R. in which 3 stands for the third part. Point Man and his ghostly brother Paxton Fettel will return for single player as well as co-op player experience. With brother Fettel back from dead and pregnant mother Alma Wade with more powerful paranormal, Point Man with has squad needs to stop Alma. To everybody's surprise, this F.E.A.R. 3 is being developed by Day One Studios and will be available for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. This game is expected to be released in the fall (between September and December) this year.
Richard Morgan to Write Crysis 2 Story
Electronic Arts and Crytek announced that Sci-Fi award winning author Richard Morgan will write the story of the upcoming game - Crysis 2. Last week, first look trailor of the game was shown at the New York Times Square and over the weekend, a full video along with more screenshots were revealed. Richard Morgan is known for projects like Altered Carbon and Broken Angels, is already excited about the Nanosuit 2 which can be checked out athttp://www.crynetsystems.com/. Crysis 2 takes the player to an urban setting of New York where aliens strike. Again, this game will be the first Crytek developed game to hit gaming consoles. Developed using CryENGINE 3, this game will be released for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Exclusive chat with Shan Kadavil, Zynga India Head
If Zynga doesn't ring a bell, I am sure it will when I refer to them as the creators of FarmVille and Mafia Wars. Yes, thedevelopers of several Facebook blockbusters are about to set shop in India. They are looking to setup their first and largest base outside the US in Bengaluru (Bangalore).
AD: That's good to hear. Talking of your company, what was the thought behind taking social gaming route rather than the traditional 3D or as we like to call it 'Serious' gaming, which in itself, is a massive global industry.
SK: Serious gaming is limited to a select audience. We wanted to go beyond. Our company's mission is to connect the world through games; games that are not intimidating and easy for all. Also, the development cost and rollout time are lot lesser as compared to 3D games. So it made perfect business sense and it paid off.
Hit the link to read the complete interview.
Sony Cancels PSP Room Plans
Sony has cancelled its plans to launch social networking service dubbed Room for PlayStation Portable gaming console. Till date, Room was a closed beta and surprisingly, Sony dropped it off the shelf without giving any reasons. This social networking service allowed users to create avatars, personal spaces or blogs and share with other users. Last year, Sony had unveiled Room closed beta at the Tokya Game Show in 2009. This close beta service was available only to PSP owners in Japan since fall 2009. PSP Room was based on similar concept to that of PS3 based Home service. Sony, in a statement, mentioned that the user feedback was taken for the future network service on PSP and PS3.
That's all folks for this week. Hope you get enough time to finish off the games you've been playing and buy new ones. Have fun gaming weekend!
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