{"id":347,"date":"2011-06-08T00:07:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T22:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kingofgng.com\/eng\/2011\/06\/08\/videogames-highlights-may-2011\/"},"modified":"2017-11-27T22:47:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T21:47:55","slug":"videogames-highlights-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingofgng.com\/eng\/2011\/06\/08\/videogames-highlights-may-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Videogames highlights – May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This post is part 22 of 131 in the series Videogames Highlights<\/a><\/strong><\/h4><\/div>\n

\"In<\/a> With this new May installment, Sir Arthur’s Den video games highlights<\/a> should finally return to their traditional monthly serialization. And even though it’s really just accidental, the choice my twisted mind made for the past month’s games pleases my hardcore PCist gamer’s nature: all things considered PC as a gaming platform always performs WAY BETTER<\/strong> than the industry windbags and the specialized “journalists” state, the DRM issue can be resolved with a bit of good will<\/a> and the classics never go out of fashion<\/a>. On the contrary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Dead Island<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the prologue in pre-rendered graphics reported a few days ago, developer Techland<\/em> finally gives the opportunity to enjoy the gameplay<\/strong> from Dead Island<\/a> at a practically completed development stage. The first person action adventure set in a tropical paradise turned into a dreadful nightmare<\/a> – where the undead walk the earth and feed the living people still present on the isle – shows itself in an 11 minutes<\/a> (actually they are almost 20<\/a>) video clip which abounds with eviscerated corpses, crushed brains and gore effects on the edge of harassment (for me at least). To be released on the 1st of August for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.<\/p>\n

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Diablo III<\/strong><\/p>\n

After closing the playable characters file with the Demon Hunter<\/em> introduction, Blizzard must fill the long wait till the release of Diablo III<\/a> with side dishes: the renowned Californian company has recently showed the IA<\/em> component of the game called Followers<\/a>, made up by non playable characters designed to follow the player<\/strong> during his single-player journeys through the twisted and infested world of Sanctuary. The Followers – split in Templar, Enchantress and Scoundrel – are the offspring of Diablo II “Hirelings”, but Blizzard promises<\/a> a bit more personality and a higher customization level. During May the software house has also officially introduced the new skills strengthening system based on “Runestones<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the PC world needs another top-rank hack’n slash<\/em> game like Diablo III, the availability of a finely-designed action RPG featuring a rich and enjoyable gameplay<\/strong> surely won’t hurt anyone. The new video-demo from Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning<\/a> released by Electronic Arts<\/em> does a good job, within its five minutes of length, in depicting<\/a> (also thanks to the explanations of lead designer<\/em> Ian Frazier) how the fighting system works, how skills affect the protagonist and how much devastating rightly timed combos can be. The game will be (hopefully) released during the first quarter of 2012 on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3.<\/p>\n

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Mortal Kombat<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Xbox 360 and PS3 owners still undecided on the purchase of the new game from the Mortal Kombat<\/a> series, the new video stuff of the month includes an odd fatality-themed behind the scenes<\/a> (the design, the designers and their embarrassing motion capture sessions) and the trailer of another, properly bloody additional character<\/strong> – Skarlet<\/a> – to get as a commercial DLC who knows where, who knows when. I HATE DLCs, but I would like to play Mortal Kombat on the PC: there, Mr.Ed Boon, do this miracle and make a PCist happy – he’s spending fortunes to recover the old Mortal Kombat games on floppy disk \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings<\/strong><\/p>\n

Geralt of Rivia, one of the few “Witchers” still alive, is back hunting monsters – and humans if needed – in the new chapter of the renowned single-player RPG saga created by CD Project RED<\/em>. The hero of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings<\/a> will have to survive in hostile and troubled lands<\/a>, building up his own destiny<\/strong> from the choices made during the game to gain one of the many available endings. The game has been released on May 17<\/a> for PC, while the Polish developer promises free DLCs<\/a> for all registered users and an Xbox 360 version within the end of the year.<\/p>\n

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