Mirror’s Edge Review – Amazing Sense of Motion
Mirror’s Edge is a first-person action-platformer video game, which was developed by EA Digital Illusions CE (DICE) and was first announced in July 2007. Published by Electronic Arts (EA), the game was released in November 2008 for the Sony PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 home gaming consoles, followed by a PC release in January 2009. Mirror’s Edge is using the Unreal Engine 3 with new enhanced lightning by Illuminate Labs.
Mirror’s Edge is a game never before seen in the history and portfolio of Electronic Arts. DICE are known for their continuous development of their successful Battlefield franchise, and despite that, they decided to depart from it and try to make something fresh in order to spice up the First-Person Genre. That is where Mirror’s Edge comes in.
Killing Floor is a cooperative survival first-person shooter game powered by the Unreal Engine 2.5. Developed and published by Tripwire Interactive, Killing Floor was first released as a mod in 2005 for Unreal Tournament 2004. In its early stages, the mod became popular after appearing in game magazines. The Mod version of Killing Floor had its final official fifth update in July 2008.
Elite Beat Agents is a rhythm-based music video game developed by iNiS. Published by Nintendo, the game was released in North America on 6th November 2006 and in Europe on 13th July for the Nintendo DS gaming device. The game was first released as a Japanese rhythm game titled Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan in 2005. One year later it hits the rest of the world as “Elite Beat Agents”, but with contemporary audio-tracks, and in English. Elite Beat Agents was also released with the Touch! Generations label in North America. The label is a Nintendo brand, which is used to bring the game to more audience than the traditional gamers.
Tekken: Dark Resurrection is a fighting arcade game developed and published by Namco for the Sony PlayStation Portable gaming device as a port of the Sony PlayStation 2 title – Tekken 5. It is the fifth installment of the popular arcade fighting game, but technically it is the seventh game in the franchise. Tekken: Dark Resurrection was released in July 2006 in North America and in September 2006 in Europe.
F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon) is a modern horror first person shooter developed by Monolith Productions. Published by Vivendi Universal, the game was released in October 2005 for Windows, and was ported for the Sony PlayStation 3 in April 2007 and Xbox 360 in October 2006 by Day 1 Studios. There are two expansion packs for F.E.A.R. released by Timegate Studios, F.E.A.R. – Extraction Point in October 2006 and F.E.A.R. – Perseus Mandate in November 2007. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin is the direct sequel of the game and was released in February 2009 by Monolith Productions.
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Half-Life: Blue Shift is developed by Gearbox Software and it’s an expansion pack for Valve’s science fiction first-person shooter video game – Half-Life. Published by Sierra Entertainment, the game was released on the 12th of June, 2001 and was the second expansion pack released for Half-Life.
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