So, once more Spike TV hosted their famous
VGA Awards.
The Spike Video Game Awards 2011 to be precise. (but people tend to repeat Awards after VGA for some reason...)
Besides the
random events due to their annoucements, silly announcers, star power hosting the show and whatnot, they also had a bunch of new trailers for many of the upcoming games.
(I mean...That's why I only check the latest game trailers instead of the whole event-thingie.)
Amongst those of interest to me, there was some news regarding my most expected titles of 2012. Like Mass Effect, Bioshock and many others!
Let's check 'em out, okay? :)
First up, right when nobody was expecting it, there's more
Duke Nukem Forever coming!
(I hear you booo-ying already...)
('reminds me I should put up DNF's review up one of these days....)
It's set in Area 51 and will actually be some more offline campaign.
Once you’ve done that, you may not be interested in playing more, but, well, the option is available, as 2K Games today announced The Doctor Who Cloned Me, a single-player add-on set in Area 51.
The Doctor Who Cloned me costs $9.99, launches everywhere on December 13, and includes new enemies, bosses, weapons, achievements and additional places to interact with for an ego boost. There are also four multiplayer maps--Sky-High, Command, Drop Zone, Biohazard--to run around in.
And here's the unique pic so far:
Give me much better designed maps (my main problem with the original game...so linear, boring, lazy levels design and graphics...) and SECRETS! Loads of 'em! And perhaps I'll be able to start to forgive this mess of a game..
Next up, Agent 47 is in back in the long-awaited next chapter of the Hitman franchise,
Hitman: Absolution!
I gotta tell ya guys and gals, this is looking great so far! I can't wait enough to try this one.
The mix of CGi (from the game's intro?) and actual in-game graphics didn't even bother me, it just showcases how nicely this is shaping up.
I missed Agent 47!
The Hitman games were so much fun, you could play them stealth killer-style or go nuts guns ablazin'!
I hope Square Enix didn't get too much of an executive control, the game would suffer from it. Let the developers have fun with this one!
To stay on the subject (kinda), here's finally the reveal trailer of
Alan Wake: American Nightmare.
Which seems to be a "What if..?" kinda episode which will be available for DLC only (no original game need..so, huh, it's an Arcade title on digital story if you want).
Alan Wake's American Nightmare finds our literary hero pitted against his doppelganger Mr. Scratch to keep the world from going to hell.
Enjoy the ride:
It looks a bit more action oriented than last time.
Looking nice indeed!
Let's see something completely different on the other hand:
It's
The Amazing Spider-Man, the video game adaptation of the (rebooted) movie of the same name.
Activision and Beenox are promising an open world environment this time. So I'm sure it will sell well, and people will love it...but I'm already missing the more structured level-based titles.. (
Shattered Dimensions still is my current favorite Spidey game)
The recently announced new
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron also gets a brand new trailer:
Wow! Lookin quite badass for silly toy robots in CGi! (Ha!)
This one is an original title rather than a movie adaptation, it is the follow-up to
War of Cybertron. A 3rd person shooter.
Speaking of, the long awaited final episode of the famous scifi RPG trilogy
Mass Effect 3 gets a brand new kickass trailer!
This one is mostly composed of actual gameplay footage, which looks amazing if you ask me!
Woah!
This is looking great!
Though it's funny how the series transitioned from the RPG genre to the 3rd Person Shooter genre through the 3 installments. Doesn't bother me since I'm not a big RPG fan to begin with. (I hate grinding system mechanics forcing you to gather points of experience TO BE ABLE to shoot an enemy rather than being able to correctly aim at an enemy directly and be rewarded for your own gameplay rather than stats...)
Anyway, cannot wait for this one! :D
On the opposite spectrum, here's something unexpected!
Remember the Tony Hawk skating games? Yeah...those used to be good or at least fun enough to have a good time once in a while. The series had so many entries and spinoff since then, I doubt anyone was able to follow all that!
Anyway, they just announced a brand new title...and it's an old title to be exact.
A compilation!
Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD will be a collection of the first two games!
The teased Tony Hawk game was revealed in a red carpet segment during the Spike VGA preshow. It is called Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD, and it takes from the first two THPS titles to make a soft of best-of game. Of course, they'll also get a HD upgrade. Hawk says that this will be a digital release, and it will be priced under $20.
More details will be released later in the show.
Ha!
What? I find that hilarious!
Let's have a look at yet another fighting game now.
One of my most awaited releases of 2012!
Live!
Pretty nice B)
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is expected for an holiday 2012 release.
And here's some gameplay fro the VGA:
Looking great! :D
Always had a preference for
Tekken Tag over the "normal"
Tekken entries. It's just a much more random and fun variant of the series (unlike
Tekken 4, which was a less fun and more bland entry of the series...in actual 3D - gameplay-wise)
Finally, let's finish this post on a great note.
Here's the prettiest, most awaited title (at least, on my part) and original looking game of the whole show!
BioShock Infinite!!
"Step back into the flying city of Columbia and get a glimpse at all-new enemies in this trailer from the Spike TV Video Game Awards of 2011!"
This game is looking amazing!
Outstanding!
And I love the art style and colors here.
It annoys me how people complain it's not "gritty" or "realistic" enough. It's not cartoony! (and being "cartoony" shouldn't be a problem ya bunch of crybabies!!)
It has a very distinct and unique looking art direction, and I love it, the more reasons for it.
For once a games steps back from the usual Unreal-engined powered generic look.
And dares standing out!
This flying steampunk world is looking gorgeous!
Give me some of dat! >__<
