INSIGHT Magazine July 2014 | Page 48

oming Upc video Games T he midsummer video game lull is upon us, with hits few and far between for the next couple of months before the holiday explosion. We’ve been killing time with Watch Dogs for the last month, hacking sewer grates (we don’t get it, either) and grenades still on the belts of the guards that own them (also beyond explanation, but so darn fun). Though there isn’t a lot hitting this summer, E3 (the Electronic Entertainment Expo, the biggest video game showcase worldwide) revealed a lot of upcoming titles that we’re itching to get at. the same cats who created the Halo series, widely considered one of the greatest FPS games of all time. The story puts players in a post-apocalyptic future, protecting the last human settlement and the final remnants of mankind from alien forces. With the Halo pedigree and a development cycle that stretched nearly half a decade, Destiny is poised to be a massive, “let’s wait in line for hours at midnight”-style release. Some of these new titles are silly, some are scary and others are just plain awesome, and we had to share our thoughts on some of the biggest names: Alien games have had a hard run. Developers have tried to recreate the amazing experience of James Cameron’s “Aliens,” relying on early atmosphere and bombastic battles, often devolving into boring bug-hunts. Isolation instead follows up Ridley Scott’s original film, taking a single character — Ellen Ripley’s daughter, Amanda — as she investigates her mother’s disappearance while evading a single, unkillable xenomorph. DESTINY (PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One) SEPTEMBER 9 We’ll start with the one that’s going to give Call of Duty a run for the money — Destiny is a first person shooter created by Bungie, 48 ALIEN: ISOLATION (PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One) - OCTOBER 7 July 2014 INSIGHT