Welcome to the PDG August 2011 Video Game New Release Highlights
By PDG Staff
Not too much to jump up and down about this month but Deus Ex and Bodycount look promising and you can never go wrong with the Madden NFL franchise.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (X360, PC, PS3)
August 23, 2011
You are Adam Jensen, a security specialist, handpicked to oversee the defense of one of America’s most experimental biotechnology firms. But when a black ops team uses a plan you designed to break in and kill the scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes. At a time when scientific advancements are routinely turning athletes, soldiers and spies into super-enhanced beings, someone is working very hard to ensure mankind’s evolution follows a particular path, and you need to discover why the decisions you take and the choices you make, will be the only things that can change it.
Key Features:
* The long-awaited return of the award winning franchise that blends the best of Action and RPG: the perfect mix of combat, stealth, hacking, and social gameplay.
* Play as Adam Jensen, a mechanically augmented agent: customize and upgrade your character with more than 50 unique augmentations that support your style of play.
* Deadly weapons: Over 20 available weapons, each with their own customizable elements.
* Fight enemies including dangerous thugs, augmented special operations soldiers, advanced robots; and engage in epic boss battles.
* Live the reactive and dangerous world: your choices will have consequences in the game’s world.
* Play in an open-ended world: there are always multiple solutions to every challenge.
* Engage the unique Cyber Renaissance setting: discover a unique world that blends near future and Renaissance elements.
* Travel the world: visit multiple unique locations across the globe each with their own design, story and gameplay elements.
* Become involved in vast global conspiracy: unravel the story – discover who you can really trust.
* Decide humanity’s future: the decision you make and the actions you take will lead to an ultimate decision on mankind’s future.
Bodycount (X360, PS3)
August 30, 2011
Bodycount rips apart the first person shooter as genre-defining gunplay comes alive in a balletic orgy of bullets and destruction.
Experience the intense thrill of close-quarters combat in a shreddable world as Bodycount blasts outrageous fire-fights and ferocious action from both barrels. Become a powerful combat asset green-lighted to eliminate enemies known only as ‘Targets’ on behalf of the ‘Network’, ensnared in a clandestine global power struggle that rages away from the headlines and under the cover of conventional war zones.
The game drops players into chaotic areas of operations equipped with a mouth-watering selection of contemporary weapons to tear through environments and enemies, chaining kills, earning power ups and building up a bullet meter to unleash devastating air strikes on enemies.
Complimented by co-operative online play and multiplayer modes, Bodycount will set new standards for spectacular, visceral gun play and put the fun back into the FPS.
Madden NFL 12 (X360, PS3, Wii)
August 30, 2011
Madden NFL12 continues the rich tradition of the storied Madden franchise by bringing fans closer to the NFL than ever before. Madden NFL 12 delivers “Everything You See On Sunday”, with the level of authenticity that fans have come to expect, capturing all the drama of the NFL.
New Features:
* All-new collision system, advanced defensive A.I. enhancements and the #1 most requested feature, Custom Playbooks, come together to provide a more authentic gameplay experience.
* Experience NFL Sundays like never before with team-specific run-outs featuring mascots and cheerleaders, authentic broadcast cameras, lifelike 3D grass, and dynamic time-of-day.
* Franchise mode includes more than 100 new features and enhancements, including expanded rosters, an all-new rookie scouting system, a free-agent bidding system, and more.
* In Superstar mode, fans can now control the growth of their superstar with an all-new progression system that allows you to earn skill points by participating in practice and games.
* Dynamic Player Performance is an all-new feature that creates unprecedented realism as a player’s skills and confidence will rise and fall based on his performance throughout a game or in Franchise mode, just like the real NFL. No two players will play the same in Madden NFL 12.
