Halo Reach Multiplayer Trailer March 4, 2010
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Bungie has released the first official trailer for Halo Reach showcasing the game’s multiplayer. While Halo has always had great single player storylines, their multiplayer has been what has given their games incredible longitivity. New features present in the trailer which have never been seen before in a Halo game include a playable jetpack! There also appears to be multiplayer gametypes similar to Halo 3 ODST’s incredible Firefight mode.
gameXcess is going to have access to the Halo Reach MP Beta Test starting May 3rd at the latest, and we will be more than happy to provide all the coverage we can! Until then enjoy this trailer.
Steam Mac Versions Likely, Portal ARG Still Alive March 4, 2010
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Valve is currently beta testing a new GUI for Steam with several of its users. Many have been suprised when looking into the beta’s code that the Internet Explorer framework which has been present in almost all versions of Steam has been removed in favor of its own web browser. But more than that it would free the Steam GUI from being Windows exclusive and allow the possiblity of a Mac version. Valve has since released very iconic promotional images to various websites including Kotaku and Macworld with references to previously released Valve games including Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Portal and Left 4 Dead 2 in very apple-esque images such as the TF2 Demoman using an iPod and Alyx, the female lead of Half-Life 2, replacing the main character in the iconic 1984 Mac announcement commercial.
Yesterday, in a very interesting turn of events, Valve released the second patch to Portal 2 in two years. The previous patch, done three days ago, added a very obscurely referenced achievement, which lead to a puzzle people have been closely following for days. Many working on the puzzle are convinced this ARG (Alternate-Reality Game) is to promote a sequel to Portal. The recent Portal update actually changed the ending to Portal, showing that instead of being freed from the Company, several automated robots offscreen pulled the Protagonist away against her will. Valve called it in the patch notes “Valuable Asset Retrieval”.
Portal 2 has not yet been announced nor has a Mac Version of Steam, although both are more likely to be announced within the next coming days. If they are announced you can be sure to get the full announcement here.
Possible Halo Reach News Snuck into Halo Encylopedia! March 4, 2010
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I’ve got a copy of the Halo Encyclopedia for Christmas and I’ve been thumbing through it for the past few days (it’s a beautiful coffee table book of Halo Goodness(TM)!) and found something I think they wanted to keep buried.
After watching the full Halo Reach trailer, everyone seems to be pointing to Noble Six, called the Lone Wolf, as the probable playable protagonist of Reach, sounds pretty interesting, but here’s what I caught in the Encyclopedia.
There is one section on SPARTAN-IIs in the encyclopedia, with a listing of SPARTAN-IIs that have previously found their way into canonical backstory, like the Halo novels. I found one buried entry in there that caught my eye. There is one known SPARTAN with the nickname “Lone Wolf”, it’s SPARTAN-058, Linda.
Now since that discovery Bungie has come forward with much more Halo Reach information, such as character bios of the members of Noble Team. They appear to be a diverse group of men and women comprised mostly of SPARTAN-IIIs and one SPARTAN-II (Spartan-052 seen clearly in the trailer). However, Noble Six’s character bio still been intentionally left blank. There’s no telling if Nobel Six is a man or a woman.
However, according to several of the Halo books, Linda never was on the surface of Reach during the battle, making it unlikely that she is Noble Six, but the possibility is still there that for the first time in a Halo game, you might play as a female. Would be very interesting if it were true.
This is only my opinion/conjecture and this article has the EDITORIAL tag, this is NOT confirmed news. What would you think if the next Halo protagonist was a woman?
Mirrors Edge iPhone coming in April March 4, 2010
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2008 was a huge year in video games, espessially sequels, but there were a lot of original games that were also released that year that might’ve gotten overlooked by the mainstream media. One of those games was Mirror’s Edge for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. I was able to play through the game on PS3 several months ago and I thought it was a great game indeed.
So of course my interest was peaked when at the beginning of December 2009, EA Mobile announced Mirror’s Edge for the iPhone and released an announcement trailer that came followed with a too good to be true January 2010 release date. It was. In early January EA quietly announced (and only IGN.com’s wireless site picked it up) that the game had been delayed and would not see a release that month so further content could be added to the game. I of course didn’t find this until shortly towards the end of January when I started losing hope the game would see a release that month.
After the delay announcement for two more months EA Mobile would be silent about the game’s progress until yesterday when press releases started coming out again. Currently only the press has seen the latest version of the game, and they are currently bound to silence, but they did announce a new release date. April.
Mirror’s Edge was a great overlooked gem of a game. iPhone owners, I’ll keep you informed of news on this one.
Here’s a trailer that was released with the game’s announcment back in December. This was released when the game was on track for January release so the trailer’s content might not be a tell of what the final game looks like, but it’s interesting never the less. The iPhone really impresses graphicswise.
Alan Wake to feature Poets of the Fall’s Music March 4, 2010
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In a major announcment that almost nobody in the gaming world covered, Remedy and Poets of the Fall announced on their respective twitter pages that Poets of the Fall’s music will be featured in Remedy’s highly anticipated game Alan Wake.
The band that brought you the smash hit songs “The Late Goodbye” and “Carnival of Rust” will feature at least one song from their upcoming album Twilight Theater. Remedy of course had previously used Poets of the Fall’s first single “The Late Goodbye” in their 2003 smash hit Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne which won the band several awards.
Alan Wake will be released May 18th, 2010 exclusive to the Xbox 360.
What I did when the PS3s Were Busted March 4, 2010
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On the first of March, no original style (non-slim) PS3 worked well. This espessially hit hard the people playing Heavy Rain who either were trying to finish the game, or replaying it for further trophies. So what is a guy to do on a day he can’t play any video games?
Well, God of War 3 is coming out in two weeks, and I happened to get one of those Prepaid Rebate Cards yesterday. Rebate companies have not really heard of checks anymore, so we’re basically forced to use these things, which can only be used if you’ve got less than or equal to the total amount. In short, all they’re good for is putting money down for preorders since you can put down exact amounts and not worry about tax, but then you have to destroy them.
My grandmother got my dad this shredder for Christmas this year, and I’ve been waiting to test its credit card shredding capabilities. Watch and enjoy.
Hello world! March 4, 2010
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Welcome to gameXcess! This site will be covering the latest in gaming news across the world. My name is Maniac, and I am the site’s lead writer and webmaster. Very soon I’ll be uploading tons of great new content including editorials, videos, and perhaps more! So kick back and enjoy as the site takes shape!
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