It is the climax to a story that began as just another grunts-with-guns adventure, man against beasties – in this case, the Locust, a race of humanoids (well, some of them are humanoid some scuttle around like insects and explode…) indigenous to the planet Sera, settled on by humanity in… oooh, I dunno. GoW3 has received over a million pre-orders. But just around the corner is a Rather Big Deal Indeed (and I’m sorry, PlayStation owners, but it is): Gears of War 3, exclusive to Xbox 360, released on September 20.
Batman: Arkham City finally arrives on October 21, on multiple platforms PlayStation 3 exclusive Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – the latest in an award-winning series of Indiana Jones-like explore-em-ups – lands in November and there’s the small matter of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, which is sure to soak up gaming time like the swords-and-spells masterpiece that was its predecessor, Oblivion (albeit hopefully with slightly less-wooden facial animation). But more on that title, later.īetween now and Christmas a veritable buffet of mouth-watering games are hitting the market. Besides, August was a quiet month indeed, even for the hardcore gamer – until the release of Deus Ex: Human Revolution, anyway.
Not a great deal of gaming up in those hills.
