Matt’s going solo for tonight, bringing you a few of the more interesting bits of gaming news from around the net. Short, sweet and to the point, Newsflash aims to condense the major headlines of the day into a brief couple of minutes.
- A teaser image is going around for tomorrow’s Hitman: Absolution trailer (yes, a teaser of a trailer). The image depicts a couple of gun-toting nuns. This could mean anything, but probably means multiplayer. Brace for suck:
http://kotaku.com/5913925/what-does-a-squad-of-gun+toting-fetish-nuns-have-to-do-with-hitman-absolution - Sony announces the launch of Ultimate Editions on PSN. Some of the best PS3 games have been rereleased digital-only pakced with all of their DLC, all at crazy discounts. Confession time, I’ve never played Red Dead Redemption:
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/05/28/psn-introduces-ultimate-editions/ - THQ has a new President: Naughty Dog co-founder Jason Rubin. Might be cool:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnyegriffiths/2012/05/29/naughty-dog-founder-rubin-new-thq-president/ - Krillbyte teases Among the Sleep, a horror game where you play as a two-year-old child, realizing that nothing can be scarier than a child’s imagination:
http://www.krillbite.com/ats/ - Despite being showed off in the Wii U showreel last year, a Wii U port of Metro: Last Light has never actually been in development and might never even happen:
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/05/metro_last_light_no_longer_confirmed_for_wii_u
“This could mean anything, but probably means multiplayer. Brace for suck.”
O ye, of little faith.
People said the same thing of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Dead Space 2 and Max Payne 3 (among other examples), yet the multiplayer for these games were pretty good.
The multiplayer for Asscreedbro died pretty quickly once people realized that they didn’t have to sneak. Dead Space 2 multiplayer barely lasted 2 months.
Multiplayer could be good if it was based around your typical Hitman style gameplay. Given how Absolution’s being promoted as basically a 3rd person shooter with the option of stealth, I don’t have high hopes that this will be how it works. Get ready for perks and killstreaks.