Codemasters and Blue Omega Entertainment have just spread the red carpet for their latest production, Damnation, to be offered on PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Looks like Van Helsing meets Heavenly Sword minus the high quality. The game is open-ended and it will be possible to create our own strategies to complete the various levels. Developers are saying each one of them can take up to three hours to finish (!). You'll all be damned this Winter.
Official press release :Tuesday, 6th March 2008 – 2pm UK – Codemasters®, a leading video game publisher, and US creative studio Blue Omega Entertainment today announced Damnation™, a new videogame franchise set to come leaping onto the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Games for Windows® this winter.
Evolving the shooter genre with its unique and exhilarating combination of fluid action and combat, Damnation will feature huge, open environments, frenetic combat, daredevil acrobatics and high-octane vehicle-based stunts. Presenting players with an intense test of reflexes, quick thinking and rapid-fire conflict, Damnation will feature vast, breathtaking landscapes, each covering miles of distance and thousands of vertical feet.
Billed as a 'shooter gone vertical' and visually inspired by iconic elements of American history, these massive streaming landscapes will form the battlegrounds for a post-industrial conflict between humanity and an unstoppable arms dealer hell-bent on total world domination.
Players will be able to choose their own paths and navigate the world by performing daredevil feats on the edge of human ability. However players aren't the only ones with mind-blowing acrobatic skills; intelligent enemies will give chase and engage players in frantic gun fights and attacks that can come from any direction – in Damnation's world there's no safe place to hide.
With up to three hours of actual gameplay stretching out in front of them per level, players will need more than just muscle power to get across each level safely. Damnation will offer players a selection of awe-inspiring vehicles, from motorbikes capable of launching across seemingly infinite chasms, to huge, armour-piercing marvels that will induce mayhem with every huge shell.
The high action will be supported with an epic and in-depth story which, while focusing on the exploits of the hero character Rourke, is truly an ensemble piece. Players will meet and become involved in intricate story plots that reveal much more than the obvious.
In addition to the single player experience, Damnation comes complete with a unique set of multiplayer options that take full advantage of the game's expansive levels. Currently in development at Blue Omega's facilities in Annapolis, USA, Damnation will be available for Xbox 360, the PLAYSTATION 3 system and Games for Windows in late 2008. For more information and to catch a glimpse of what the future of gaming has in store, visit www.codemasters.complaydamnation.
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I think we can all agree it's a giant meeting thingy.
Speaking of Hunter though, I miss Hunter. :| Marvel: Ultimate Alliance was really cool but it wasn't the same. It wasn't preacher guy with sword and crossbow.
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Nah of course it doesnt suck, but why the heck look almost all games using this engine the same... it almost seems like they all use the same CG artists...
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Nah of course it doesnt suck, but why the heck look almost all games using this engine the same... it almost seems like they all use the same CG artists...
I like this girl's fashion sense!
Getting seriously sick of UE3 games.
1. Cliffside that shines for some reason.
2. Grey fog.
3. Ugly aliasy water (while the rest of the bullshot has like 16xAA)
4. Trees and shrubs with overdark leaves.
What is it with UE3 that always has these ugly flaws?
What's up with the "minus the high quality"? No need for propaganda, dude.
Getting seriously sick of UE3 games.
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Just took a look at some old Timeshift screens, and well, Damnation doesn't look THAT bad. Sweet jesus that game was hideous.