Parappa the Rapper slings a jab. Kratos takes it in the gut. Said jab leads into a slick combination — a flurry of one-twos that culminates in a tremendous uppercut, sending the God of War soaring impossibly into the sky.
The super-hot red PlayStation 3, which came out in Japan last year, is making its way to the UK soon, Sony said over the weekend. Amazon has it listed for April 27.
So a red PlayStation eh? That’s a bit weird. The kind of thing that you would expect to see in Japan, but not in Australia. We Australians like our high end technology black, or possibly white if we’re feeling a little fruity. Regardless, it’s looking like Sony is about to release a red PlayStation 3 here in Australia.
Everything’s in first-person. Your silent hero is equipped with a high-tech gadget that can manipulate chunks of the environment. You progress through a series of rooms, each stuffed to the brim with quirky crate-and-button-based puzzles that need solving. And an omniscient voice is talking to you the whole time.
Soul Calibur V, like almost all fighting games nowadays, finds itself having to serve multiple purposes for a broad and fragmented user base. Fighting games demand investment if you’re actually trying to excel at them. You’ve got to pick a character that speaks to you and then master enough moves to be competent and diverse. Nobody’s just showing up to get beat down, after all, and winning ugly is worse than losing.
Ubisoft’s “Encounters” trailer for I Am Alive has what seems to be the protagonist giving advice on life in a dog-eat-dog world. “People more than dust are the most dangerous thing you’re going to encounter,” and the ways to deal with them are numerous.
So Uncharted has broken street date — technically. We’ve been on the phone with two Target store clerks who have confirmed that they have received stock and have sold multiple copies of the game a day ahead of street date. The Target in Bourke Street in Melbourne has begun selling early, as has the Mulgrave Store. All specialist retailers, however, are sticking rigidly to the date.
