THQ has confirmed that Volition’s sandbox shooter Saint’s Row 2 will be released on PC this October. Set in the fictional city of Stilwater, Saint’s Row is a hyper-realistic take on the sandbox genre with over-the-top action and all-round silliness to set it apart from Grand Theft Auto. In addition to the main storyline players can take part in a vast selection of ridiculous activities including monster truck racing, barnstorming, robbery and - our favourite - insurance fraud, which involves flinging yourself in front of vehicles to rack up insurance cash.
The first trailer for Red Alert 3 popped up on the internets over the weekend. As you can see below it features plenty of footage of the upcoming game including lots of naval warfare and, yes, armoured bears. It also reveals a possible release date of October 2008. The music in the trailer is Frank Klepacki’s ‘Hell March’ from Red Alert 2, and they’ve also re-used the unit sounds.
Terran Conflict is a standalone expansion that concludes the epic X trilogy, taking brave space pilots right back to Earth.Terran Conflict is currently pencilled in for the third quarter of 2008. See the video after the jump.
The first gameplay video for Battlefield Heroes has popped up on YouTube in the form of a tongue-in-cheek trailer starring several members of the BFH development team. It looks official but as it’s not yet on the BFH website this may be an unauthorised leak. Watch it below before ‘they’ delete it from the internetupdate: the trailer is now up atwww.battlefield-heroes.com.
David Jones, creator of Lemmings, Grand Theft Auto and Xbox 360 hit Crackdown, demonstrated Real Time World’s next project at the recent Game Developer Conference in San Francisco.APB is an GTA-esque MMOG set in a contemporary urban environment where players take the role of criminals or enforcers. Those on the wrong side of the law can get involved in ram-raiding, hijacking and other nefarious activities, while police will receive all-points bulletins alerting them to crimes. Unlike other MMOs there’s no levelling, grinding or statistics, instead your character will gain access to more powerful items and new clothing and accessories. The four videos below show some gameplay, but most impressive are the character creation tools which should ensure that no two players ever look alike.
City Of Heroes creator Cryptic has unveiled a teaser trailer of its next project, a superhero MMO called Champions Online, based on the pen and paper board game. Until recently Cryptic was beavering away on an official Marvel Comics MMO, but following the cancellation of that project they acquired the Champions licence. This early footage shows a game that doesn’t look a million miles away from City Of Heroes, though its cell-shaded visuals are looking very slick. NCsoft now owns City Of Heroes and its evil spin-off City Of Villains, and continues to regularly update the game with new content. See the trailer after the jump, or visit the official homepage.
Ubisoft has released new footage demonstrating the capabilities of Far Cry 2’s ‘Dunia’ engine. There’s no combat, but the three vids show off environmental features including mutilated trees that regrow their branches. Name aside, Far Cry 2 is unrelated to the original CryTek game, and is this time set in Africa rather than a tropical island. It’s being developed by Ubisoft’s Montreal studio and promises to offer an open-world FPS with some of the most realistic physics and AI yet. Far Cry 2 is currently slated for release sometime before the summer.
