Archive for March, 2009
Wheelman - PC (T)
Combining spectacular Hollywood-style stunts with a gripping storyline, Wheelman provides an adrenaline-fueled, cinematic thrill ride guaranteed to leave you breathless. Vin Diesel stars as an undercover agent and highly skilled driver who must infiltrate the Barcelona underworld to gather intelligence surrounding
a covert heist. Posing as a driver-for-hire, he ends up caught in a crossfire of corruption and
chaos while trying to stay one step ahead of local law enforcement and rival gangs.
- THE ULTIMATE THRILL RIDE: Designed to play like a Hollywood blockbuster, Wheelman delivers all the rubber-burning, asphalt-churning excitement of the most jaw-dropping high-speed car chases.
- OPEN WORLD DRIVING: Go where you want, do what you want, however you want. Choose your own
route through the living, breathing city of Barcelona as you complete more than 30 missions and 100 side-missions, or simply drive around and take in the breathtaking Spanish architecture as you seek out all the game’s hidden cinematic jumps and golden lion statues. - REVOLUTIONARY CAR COMBAT: Sideswipe pursuing enemies with Wheelman’s ground-breaking Vehicle
Melee car combat. Execute devastating “slam-n-ram” maneuvers in all directions with a simple flick of
the joystick. But be careful, because your enemies can do the same. Once you experience Wheelman’s
Vehicle Melee, you’ll never want to play another driving game without it! - MAXIMUM MOBILITY: Escape down a narrow alleyway on the back of a tricked-out motorcycle. Drive through an office building to make your getaway. Hop behind the wheel of exclusively licensed vehicles like the Pontiac G8 and Saturn Astra and make your escape in style. Drive it. Trash it. Crash it. You’re the Wheelman, it’s all up to you.
- CINEMATIC SIGNATURE STUNTS: Survive death-defying feats and perform pulse-pounding moves to trigger extreme over-the-top Hollywood-style mobile attack maneuvers including:
Aimed Shot: Drive and shoot at the same time while the rest of the world slows to an easy-to-target blur.
The Air Jack: Leap from moving car to moving car to take control of a brand new ride.
The 360° Cyclone Spin: Spin around 180° to take out anyone that’s behind you, and then spin back 180° again to resume your route.
Release Date:Tue, 24 Mar 2009
News: Virtua Tennis 2009 shows off Maria Sharapova
New screenshots and renders with Sega second-guessing who we want to see.
Sega has released a bunch of new media for Virtua Tennis 2009.
News: OXM Podcast Episode 15
All about the OXM Awards 2009.
So it’s been just a week since the OXM Awards 2009, and we’ve had time to mull over the outcome of categories including Game of the Year and Readers’ most wanted. You might have already seen our video of the winners on Inside Xbox last weekend.
News: Left 4 Dead gets melee fatigue
Dramatic change being implemented alongside the DLC next month.
Valve will be adding melee fatigue as part of the DLC update due on April 21st.
Blogs: Too much padding!
You know, I don’t mind paying 800 Microsoft points for a DLC mission pack, but it had better be damn good. My most recent pet hate is the way some DLC is ‘padded’ to give it more lifespan.