110°

Ripten Preview: Section 8 Solves Three of Your Favorite FPS's Problems

Ripten Writes:

They're not calling themselves a "Halo Killer" but it seems that many of the main features in Section 8 were created in response to what annoyed them, and probably annoy you, about established FPS franchises like Halo and Battlefield.

GiantEnemyCrab5489d ago (Edited 5489d ago )

The last thing this game wants to be associated with is anything "Halo killer". This looks like a poor clone of Halo already with even poorer graphics than Halo 3. What are developers thinking these days? This is the last mediocre/shovel ware type of FPS the 360 needs.

They've shown barely any game play and everything from the trailer to the pics have all been either CGI or bullshots.

evrfighter5489d ago

If this were to compared with anything. It reminds me of crysis as someone below me stated.

ChozenWoan5488d ago

Ten years ago there was a cool FPS/TPS with huge indoor/outdoor terrain, jetpacks, vehicles, plenty of deployables, plenty of char customization, and my favorite... mods.

To this day I haven't found a game that matches what Tribes did for the FPS/TPS genre. Warhark is great and is about as close as I've found, but it's still not on the same level as the original Tribes.

Hopefully, this game will bring a lot of the best of Tribes features back into the mainstream, heck maybe even expand upon it in some ways. However I am reserving judgment until I see some actual gameplay.

morganfell5489d ago

Ripten pimping a game? If they recommend it then the game already has an issue.

ShabzS5489d ago

pls stop using the term halo killer... my god every fps gets hyped to be made a halo killer. coz odst could actually be the next halo killer.. or halo suicide if u will

HDgamer5489d ago

It's multiplatform and well they look like the suits from crysis.

DelbertGrady5489d ago

I thought the trailer looked really cool, and I'm interested in seeing some gameplay from it.

Show all comments (11)
20°

TimeGate Shooter Section 8 and Unreleased Project In Bidding War With Atari

SegmentNext writes: "Defunct developer TimeGate Studios is currently experiencing interest from numerous bidders on its intellectual property (IP). After its bankruptcy earlier this year, due to lawsuits and other bad press, the studio’s shooters are up for grabs."

Read Full Story >>
segmentnext.com
30°

Bundle Stars offering 12 PC games for only $5

For a limited time only, Bundle Stars, the direct-to-consumer company focusing on digital downloads, is launching its biggest PC game bundle to date. Gamers have the chance to download and own 12 standalone PC games for the price of just $5.

Read Full Story >>
examiner.com
110°

TimeGate loses appeal: Court orders Section 8 developer to pay $7.3M in damages

Venturebeat.com: Publishers and developers are like soap-opera characters. One day they’re working together, then the next they’re plotting how to take each other down.
That’s how developer TimeGate, which produced the Xbox Live Arcade first-person shooter Section 8, ended up owing publisher SouthPeak Interactive $7.3 million in damages, as originally reported by Polygon. This comes after the latest court appeal in the long-running case went in favor of SouthPeak.

Read Full Story >>
venturebeat.com
-Mika-4034d ago

Awww, this is horrible. This is going to destroy them. Southpeak, this is not cool. You could of just told them to pay your lawyer fees and then just let them be. I know what company I will be boycotting in the future.

Thirty3Three4033d ago (Edited 4033d ago )

"I" will be boycotting in the future?

It's not a boycott if it's only one person.

No offense, but I think people on the gaming scene just use words they don't know :O

No idea why I'm getting (at the moment of this edit, only one...) disagrees...

It's true.

kreate4033d ago

Hey I just googled for the official meaning of boycott including dictionary. Com, Wikipedia amongst others, but it doesnt state anywhere that there needs to be a headcount requirement.

From my reading, it seems like one or a party can boycott whatever they want.

Idk but if there's anything else to it, plz enlighten us.

Soldierone4033d ago

Both sides are idiots here. TimeGate isn't innocent, they are the ones that originally opened the lawsuit. Their publisher just said "yeah? Well take this" and won.

Honestly I'm normally on the developers side, but it was stupid to do that and greedy. Just say "we are done" and walk away, find someone else to publish. If they want the crappy Section 8 license, let them have it.

hano4032d ago

Whenever someone says both sides are wrong, it means they don't have the balls to be fair or they just don't know the facts.

Soldierone4032d ago

To be fair to what? The developer was stupid for opening the lawsuit, and the publisher is stupid for taking it too far.

I would say it takes a lot more balls to say both sides are morons instead of picking a side.

hano4032d ago

The law is always on the side of the guys with more money.

In this case, the publisher paid more so now the developers have to give up the franchise and go bankrupt. Justice isn't served.

WUTCHUGUNNADO4032d ago

This is why dueling should still be legal.