Saturday, June 4, 2011

Payday: The Heist announced for PS3 & PC


It seems that the folks at Overkill Software are fans of The Dark Knight, because their newly-announced Payday: The Heist greatly resembles The Joker's bank robbery from the film. We're not sure if clown masks are a necessity, but this squad-based team shooter will have you picking classes, robbing banks, and taking hostages.
Here are some features, as outlined by Sony:
  • Six High-Intensity Heists: Whether you're blowing the roof off a building to extract a safe via helicopter or emptying the vault at the First World Bank, these action-packed heists will have players on edge and always checking their six.
  • Interactive Co-op Gameplay: Whether AI or live, your crew of four must operate as one to bring get the "big score." Sharing extra ammo and med kits, helping regen wounded partners, guarding key positions, taking civilian hostages or cracking through various security measures - it's all for one and one for all.
  • Endless Replayability: Dynamic environments, adaptive enemy behavior,shifting entry points, FBI agents repelling down on ropes through the skylights, SWAT teams crashing through the windows and special units crawling through the ventilation shafts makes each play-through of every heist a unique fight.
  • Massive Character Progression Tree: Players choose a specialty - assault, sharpshooter or support - to gain weapons and equipment that fit their preferred form of violence. Unlock trip mines, silenced pistols, machine guns and much, much more.
  • Shout Out Button: Players need to be vocal and shout commands and directions to the co-op crew, as well as hostages and the police if they want to survive to spend their cut of the take.
  • Hostage Trading: Hostages can be a lifeline. If anyone in the crew is taken into custody, trade hostages to get crew members back and increase the odds of completing your objectives.
  • PlayStation® or PC: For keyboard and mouse marksman, as well as handheld controller snipers, PAYDAY is the uber-FPS for a high intensity shooter fix.
  • More DLC: Additional heists, weapons and equipment means PAYDAY - a digitally distributed AAA quality title for less than half the price of a retail game - is total OVERKILL.
Hopefully we'll get our hands on the game at E3 next week. In the meantime, check out the trailer below.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Konami Reveals HD Collections


In what's sure to be good news for Konami fans, the company announced in its pre-E3 press video that it will be releasing revamped HD collections of some of its most storied franchises: Metal Gear Solid, Zone of the Enders, and Silent Hill.

The Metal Gear collection features Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

The Zone of the Enders package will feature Zone of the Enders and Zone of the Enders 2.

The Silent Hill collection will include Silent Hill 2 and 3.

All the games included in these packs will receive full HD upgrades, including new art, textures, and sound. Also, achievements and trophies are being added. For Peace Walker, you'll be able to transfer your saves between the console and handheld version. These collections will be available for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The Metal Gear Solid HD collection will be out this November, with Zone of the Enders to follow in 2012. No specific date was given for the Silent Hill HD collection.