What Say You? Damnation

Here is a look at the upcoming sci-fi shooter, Damnation:

Brought to you by Blue Mega Entertainment and Codemasters, Damnation is currently scheduled for a release in November 2008 on the 360, PC and PS3. The game has turned a few heads at this year’s Leipzig Game Convention and looks like it may be worth a look so long as… well, you know what I’m gong to say.

Enjoy the clip and feel free to let us know your thoughts on this one. I think it shows decent potential but is going to have a hard time standing out against some of the highly anticipated shooters on the way as the year winds down.

Dark Void

Capcom will be keeping us all busy in due course, with Resident Evil 5 on the way along with Dark Void, which is being developed by Airtight Studios.

If you like killing aliens, then you’re in luck. And you’ll be taking them out in mid air as well, thanks to the use of hover and jetpacks. Throw this in with what they’re toting as a “vertical cover system” where you can take cover while scaling walls, and you’ve got yourself a weird hybrid between Gears of War and Shadows of the Empire. Read the rest…

I Am Not Impressed

Not long ago, I wrote a guest review of Battlefield: Bad Company for AbleGamers.com. This article received an interesting comment from someone who stumbled on their site, and I thought that I would share it with all of you. We’ve all been on the receiving end of this kind of ignorance before, both from other gamers that don’t understand our control needs, and from a few software companies as well.

Here is the comment, for your enjoyment:

“wow

What are you talking about? This game is WAY better than COD4. That game doesnt even have vehicles!!! You whine because the game doesnt have the right controls???? That is the lamest excuse EVER! The music and sounds are amazing. Ever since Ive been playing games I NEVER change the controls, learn to use them and if u cant adapt u dont deserve to play it anyway.”

First off, let me be clear that I’m not irked about him disagreeing with some of my opinions. People don’t always see eye to eye on these sorts of things, and that’s fine.

What I am annoyed at (besides his inability to use apostrophes and excessive use of capitols & question marks) is the remark about our need for alternative and customizable controls. That, and the fact that I wrote this review to lend a hand to the nice folks over at AbleGamers in an effort to unite our two communities that share similar goals & perspectives. In that light, the remarks made by this individual are both ridiculous and uncalled for. And they quite frankly pissed me off.

Here is my response:

“One of the goals at this site is about gaming accessibility and controls are a key part of that. If you are so insensitive to the site goals, I’m not sure why you would read this review. You show great disrespect to the people here and your intolerance to the needs of other gamers make you appear silly and childish. Saying “I don’t deserve to play” because my preferences are different than yours only demonstrates immaturity and makes any points that you attempted to convey irrelevant. The issue is not that you disagree with me, but rather your juvenile and prejudiced perspective.”

I think my reply speaks for itself, because according to this buffoon, we don’t deserve to play games. What we have here is a case of a random jackass who came across the AbleGamers site and decided to make a few smart remarks to garner some attention and then go on his merry way feeling proud of himself.

Well, congratulations, because whoever you are, you wanted some attention and you’ve got it. Your idiocy is now archived here forever.

Another thing I’d like to point out before I close this off and return to my normal jovial self is the fact that my article on AbleGamers clearly states what website I represent. I find it interesting that he chose to comment on AbleGamers instead of my site where it would be available for my immediate review and response.

I’m not sure if my remarks will be read by the individual or not, but in case they are, feel free to post here instead or get in touch with me directly the next time you want to take a shot at my community and the members that come here.

Anyway, happy gaming to our members, visitors and friends at AbleGamers who support this website!! To those of you who don’t and think that alt-control players do not deserve any respect, please feel free to make use of your browser’s “back” button.

First Look @ Shadow Harvest

It’s definitely been a slow summer. There hasn’t been many applicable releases lately for us to cover, but there are a number of new shooters on the way that we’ll be looking at. Speaking of which: Shadow Harvest was announced recently at GC 2008. Being developed by Black Lion Studios, this game is a third person shooter set in the future where it appears that you will utilize two different characters at various points of the game: One that’s more of an aggressive brawler, and one that prefers a stealthier approach.

Take a look at the debut trailer, after the hop. Read the rest…

Half Life 3: 2010

Fans of this hallmark FPS series and The Orange Box can rejoice, as Half Life 3 is on the way.

I still haven’t gotten around to trying any of the Half Life games or The Orange Box, so my response to this news is fairly neutral. Although I would imagine that we have a few fans lurking around here that are fairly excited about this.

However, the screen shot is fairly impressive and I can see the crow bar leading to some good times.

What are you looking forward to?

With the plethora of shooters on the way in the coming months, we want to know what you guys and gals are looking forward to.

As you can see, I haven’t listed out every single shooter that’s on the horizon, there’s just too damn many. Instead, I thought I would just include the higher profile titles for voting. If the game you’re most excited about isn’t on here, well, then you need to jump in and post a comment to let us know.

Poll closed. Hit the click to view the results: Read the rest…

Call of Duty: World @ War Co-op Footage

Here is a recent video that demonstrates the co-op mode of the upcoming Call of Duty: World at War.

The flame thrower seems to be a popular edition to many of the new shooters this year, but no one is going to complain.

Enjoy!

SOCOM: Confrontation Beta

Just in case you haven’t heard, a public Beta for SOCOM: Confrontation will be available for the PS3 on first of September.

Having never played any of the previous SOCOM games, for once I’m clueless as to what we can potentially expect for controls.

To any of our Sony friends out there that have tried some of the past iterations, feel free to jump in and let us know what was offered and what we should expect.

GPhoria: Halo 3 Takes Game of the Year

Yesterday evening on the G4 Network, Halo 3 took the prestigious “Game of the Year” title at their annual award show, GPhoria. The winning games are voted for by the viewers.

Personally, my pick for Game of the Year would have been COD4. However, it’s difficult to discount the success of Halo 3 and I’m still pleased to see a game with support for alternative controls take the title for a change.

And I also know that we have a certain British fellow hanging around here who has a big smile on his face with this announcement.

Doom 4 Confirmed

It’s official. Doom 4 has been announced at this year’s Quake Con and it marks the first “next-gen” entry of the famed FPS series.

I know we have a number of Doom fans hanging around here that should be pleased about this news (such as McLovin). But considering the recent Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, which of course was also developed by id Software, left out a Legacy option, I’m sure that there are a few of you out there that will be approaching this one cautiously (such as McLovin).

Personally, I’m somewhat interested in seeing how the Doom series fairs in this generation of consoles, but I would suggest filing this one under “maybe” for the time being.

There is no official release date at this time, but reports are suggesting a tentative release in the third quarter of 2009. Don’t quote me on that though as it seems that any time I post a release date, it changes two seconds later.