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New cover for the latest major video game magazine makeover, as seen on GamePro.com.
Not to be outdone by distinguished competitor Game Informer’s cover reveal of BioShock 2‘s Big Sister, GamePro has given us our first third-person look at the star of the sequel, the new Big Daddy.
With GamePro magazine on the cusp of its 20-year anniversary and having already trailblazed the magazine-editor-as-action-figure space, it’s expanding its reach to actual video game publishing. Get ready for GamePro Labs.
If you weren’t completely turned off to the Terminator franchise after the cinematic sewage that was Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, the latest issue of GamePro might be of interest to you.
In a new interview with GamePro, Halo 3: ODST writer and creative director Joseph Staten talks plot, gameplay and design choices for the upcoming Halo 3 expansion.
Want to get into the Resistance 2 beta? One place to start is the next issue of Gamepro magazine which, in addition to having a little Resistance 2 wingding, is also the home to some beta access keys. They’re not just giving them away, unfortunately. You just have a chance to win one. How many are they handing? Not sure. We’re guessing at least 60. But that’s just a guess.
The issue teaser also hints at some sort of secret. The adjective “colossal” is used. We’re instructed to sit down, it’s that serious. What could it be?! Surely there’s a countdown clock out there that will provide us with more information!
See GamePro’s new Resistance 2 cover, win a beta code [GamePro - thanks, James!]
Courtesy of this month’s GamePro, which is as you read this working its way to subscriber’s mailboxes. While the cover feature promises news on all future Halo titles, it only dishes out hard information (and gorgeous new screens) on Halo Wars. But that’s OK. We’ll take it. Because a console RTS is a new experience for Ensemble, they’ve stripped back their traditional playstyle in favour of something a little more Halo-esque. Which means only one economic unit – “supplies” – and fast, fast, fast battles, with the team promising you can be fighting “within ten seconds” of hitting the battlefield. Also revealed is at least a partial list of the units that’ll be available.
Arriving yesterday in the mail, as if laughing at me, was Assassin’s Creed, courtesy of my restarted Gamefly subscription. I had forgotten to change my game queue (I also got The Warriors on PSP. WTF?) So, really, if I were to seriously play Assassin’s Creed within a week after getting GTA IV, we’re talking about a length of time spent indoors that borders on being incarcerated.
Anyway, this is hardly news, but AC has a control system that will take me a week to get comfortable manipulating. The game is a perfect example of how increasingly complex controllers will give rise to increasingly complex-to-control games. GamePro has a list of 5 suggestions for paring down the buttons and options.
Yeah, that overhyped Gears of War 2 GamePro article has been trashed by Epic honcho Mark Rein, who called the article “complete nonsense.” Since the developer hasn’t given the magazine an exclusive, what the hizzy heck does the article actually say? Kotaku commenter Willows sent us a scan of the article. It reads: Gears of War 2 hasn’t officially been announced yet, but our sources rumour that the sequel to the Xbox 360 hit is indeed coming in 2008. And what better way for Microsoft to counter Metal Gear than with a few gears of its own.
But it’s not enough to just retread shooter territory in Gears 2. The first game was great, but it didn’t blow anyone away with originality. It simply put all the best aspects of other shooters into one amazing package. And aside from the obvious graphical superiority and online co-op mode, most of Gears of War was standard shooter stuff.
Yep! Hit the jump for the rest of the article:
The upcoming GamePro issue hitting newsstands February 12th entices gamers with a “special report” on Epic’s Gears of War 2—the game we all know is coming but has yet to be announced to the world. So did GamePro score the scoop? According to Epic’s Mark Rein, they did not. It is complete nonsense. We have not announced a sequel to Gears of War to Gamepro or anyone else for that matter.
This response, of course, does not write off the possibility of hot gossip or legitimate leaks. But don’t expect six pages of centerfold-quality Gears 2 porn or any official confirmation.
Gear Of War 2 [Announced?]In Special Report In Next GamePro [Epic via NextGeneration]
