25 Minutes of 'Dead Rising 3' plus Kinect Details

If you're an old school Xbox fan you most likely remember the incredible break-out success of the original Dead Rising for the Xbox 360. The franchise has went on to sell millions of copies and even spawned several sequels on the Wii and PS3. With Dead Rising 3 Capcom is returning to their roots and making it Xbox One exclusive. Everything you know and love has been brought over with the addition of some next-gen enabled graphics and features.


For those who care about the story Dead Rising 3 is roughly 10 years after Dead Rising 2 in a city called Los Perdidos, a fictional city based in California that consists of four districts. Los Perdidos is in a state of ruin and under martial law following a zombie outbreak. With no way to leave, the new protagonist Rick, sets out to fix a plane so that he and other survivors can escape before a bomb takes out the city.

The scale of Dead Rising 3 has been significantly upgraded over previous entries in the series. Every store and building is explorable. With the city itself being larger than all the previous games combined. The scale is even more impressive when you take in to account the game has zero load times and 3x times the zombies as the original with much more variety to boot. You can also expect over 100 weapon combinations and over 50 outfits.

Dead Rising 3 also makes substantial use of Smart Glass. Using your tablet or smartphone you'll be able to call air strikes, check your mission list and look up locations such as gun stores or safe points and even add in-game waypoints to help you if you get lost.

Kinect Integration

The Kinect features are unobtrusive and seem to add an extra layer of immersion to the experience. If you want to throw a zombie off just flick your controller and watch him go sailing. There will also be voice related features where you can taunt zombies to follow you by using your voice. You'll also be able to direct survivors to safety. The voice recognition is a double edged sword however. The game listens for any noise in your environment so if you're trying to sneak past a horde of zombies and your phone rings? You're toast.

Check out this exclusive 25 minute gameplay footage of Dead Rising 3 running on an Xbox One:




The game looks incredible despite some screen-tearing and framerate issues which we've been assured will be ironed out before release.

Read more »

New Steel Battalion Trailer Shows Off Hybrid Controls!

Capcom's anticipated mech combat game Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor was fully unveiled at TGS this year with a new trailer, and gameplay details that claimed an "unprecedented level of control and interaction" by utilizing the traditional Xbox 360 controller for tank movement, aiming and firing of the main guns and Kinect for a wide variety of other combat-crucial actions such as starting the engines and manning the scope and turret mounted machine gun.

Now in a new trailer we have our first glimpses of how Kinect and the controller are used to offer a unique and compelling take on the genre.

Read more »

First In-Game Screenshots of Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

After a new trailer last month, Capcom have decided to demo Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor at this years Tokyo Game Show. Japan's biggest video game magazine Famitsu have had a chance to see the game in action, bringing us our first shots of gameplay.

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor is a hybrid game. Players use both the Xbox 360 controller and Kinect gestures for gameplay. The controller is used to move the vertical mech tanks, as well as aiming and shooting the primary guns. Kinect lets the player use various upper body gestures to do a variety of tasks such as start the engines, use the scope and interact with crew members.

Having read through the Japanese article, NeoGAF's duckroll indicates that cockpit items that can be interacted with via Kinect will light up red. That aside, there isn't much new information. Let's hope we'll get some more footage soon!


Update: A few more screens thanks to 4Gamer.net

Read more »

Gameplay Details and New Trailer Unveiled for Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

It's alive! Announced at last years TGS with the briefest of trailers, Capcom have finally fully unveiled Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, a first person mech combat game exclusive to Xbox 360 and Kinect.

Set in 2082, Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor depicts a world devoid of semiconductors, with warfare fought in vertical mech tanks across the war torn streets of North America and the rest of the world.

The game is set to deliver an "unprecedented level of control and interaction", by utilizing the traditional Xbox 360 controller for tank movement, aiming and firing of the main guns. Kinect is used for a "wide variety of other combat-crucial actions", from starting the engines, to manning the scope and turret mounted machine gun.

You can also interact with your crew members inside your tank, keeping them focused and preventing panic. You can even high five them after a successful mission.

FEATURES

• WARFARE EVOLVED – Steel Battalion Heavy Armor provides a combination of first person shooter (FPS) controller gameplay with immersive gameplay elements that only Kinect can provide.
• TAKE TO THE BATTLEFIELD – Instil fear in the enemy as the pilot of a Vertical Tank (VT), but feel fear of death as you and your crew become the focus of the enemy’s attacks.
• BROTHERS IN ARMS – Utilize Kinect to engage with fellow VT crew members as you share the emotional highs and lows of the battlefield.
• UNIQUE UNIVERSE – Steel Battalion Heavy Armor is set in a world where the balance of power has been dramatically changed following a technology meltdown and once mighty nations are now reliant on human skill and courage to regain justice and freedom.
• INNOVATION – As with the original Steel Battalion, Steel Battalion Heavy Armor, once more demonstrates Capcom’s commitment to take advantage of current technologies and push development boundaries to deliver unique and compelling gaming experiences.

Check out the new trailer below!

Read more »