PlayStation: The Official Magazine, has been raving about Killzone 3, calling it "the first instance where we felt the motion control system actually improved our play in a hardcore game."
Chris Haluke, the lead designer of Guerrilla Games, says he hopes to attract non-hard core gamers to the experience with this edition.
"It really does immerse you where you feel you are in a world where you're running around with a gun. It's a natural feeling versus the traditional controller," Haluke says.
"For people who historically have been afraid to use the controller, they will be much more inclined to pick up the move, and pretend they are walking around with the gun. And have the environment feel like it's alive around you."
In addition to faster pacing, improved storylines and added characters, there are jetpacks and stealth missions. The game also comes in 3-D.
But Killzone 3 isn't the only big gun in town this week:
Bulletstorm from Epic, the same folks who brought you Gears of War, is also being released on the same day. It's a next-generation sci-fi adventure with great multi-player action.
But gaming expert Todd Mowatt thinks the companies should have worked together, rather than pitting the games against each other.
"I think it's not very wise, especially with the economy," Mowatt said. "A lot of people don't have enough money to buy both games. So one's going suffer at the expense of the other."
"Even though Bullet Storm is coming out on Xbox 360 and the PS3, Sony said, ‘if you guys had come out a few weeks later, we'd of helped you with the marketing on it, for the Playstation 3.' So they're actually shooting themselves in the foot. "
Notes:
Fresh from its victory over mere Jeopardy! mortals, IBM's Watson is going to work in the health field. IBM and Nuance Communications have announced a research agreement to look at ways to develop and commercialize the advanced analytics capabilities of the Watson computing system. They will look into how Watson's ability to analyze the meaning of language could help doctors and nurses.
Mozilla has run into some problems with the beta process for Firefox 4. Minutes from this week's meetings suggest testers have found the two most recent betas have caused memory and CPU problems, as well as a decrease in performance. Mozilla has added features to the browser, and it was supposed to be ready for full release in the coming weeks.
The Juno Awards are coming up next month. And the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has a new app for the iPhone and the iPad. It's your guide to Juno week in Toronto. The free app provides detailed listings for all events, a searchable map to all of the festivities and ticket information. Users can also enjoy a fun and interactive 40th anniversary Canadian music trivia game. The JUNOS are on March 27 and can be seen on CTV. The JUNO Awards App is available for free from the App Store on iPhone, and iPod touch at www.itunes.ca/appstore.
