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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land Gabe Newell’s dream of having every game ever published on the Steam platform has come six titles closer to reality, as Sega has upped its interest in the digital distribution network. Steam users can now purchase a half-dozen of Sega PC games like Universe at War: Earth Assault, The Golden Compass, Sega Rally Revo, Sega Rally, Worldwide Soccer Manager, and Futbol Manager. Most are available now, but Universe at War and The Golden Compass will be arriving next week. If you hate DVD cases and instruction manuals, you know what to do.
newVideoPlayer("SRR_gawker.flv", 475, 276);McWhertor and I got quite a bit of hands-on with Sega Rally Revo at Leipzig after the crowds had died and Crecente decided to hog Universe At War for, quite literally, hours. Unfortunately, neither of us was skilled enough to write up a decent impression of the game. But they had very nice sandwiches, refreshments and a really sweet racing seat setup for the game. Sorry you couldn’t be there, but here’s a solid technical demo that will give you a better feel for the experience than our hungover, Germanish accents ever could have.
P.S. I destroyed Crecente’s most powerful weapon by accident and found it couldn’t be rebuilt without starting the game over. He was less than happy.
The PlayStation store updated today with a ton of new demos, trailers, and a whole new game that Kotaku’s Michael McWhertor called “unbearably unenjoyable”. That unfettered praise was of course for LocoRoco Cocoreccho!, the butterfly-powered LocoRoco game that is now available on the PSN for $US 6.99, a low price indeed for possible…suckage. *sighs* On top of the new game, there are demos galore, with Skate, NBA Live 08, Stuntman: Ignition and Sega Rally Revo all ready to be slowly downloaded for your demoing enjoyment. Top it off with a heaping helping of trailers from games like Devil May Cry, Ratchet and Clank, and GT Prologue and you’ve got a lot less hard disk space than you did before. Enjoy!
