Update: Why EA would promise both PS3 and Xbox 360 owners fresh DLC, when everybody knows that Mirror's Edge PS3 is getting the exclusive? We asked our friendly neighborhood EA representative. "It's downloadable content for both platforms," a spokesperson told GameCyte. While PS3 might well have some token exclusive DLC (just look at how EA is [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 31, 2008
The wait is over. Five months after its beautiful teaser trailer sent shockwaves though the gaming blogosphere, you can finally break through the glowing red door and play the first level of Mirror's Edge for yourself. Today, ahead of its anticipated November 6th release, the Mirror's Edge demo has hit PlayStation Network and Xbox Live [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 14, 2008
So far, my every encounter with beautiful first-person parkour adventure Mirror's Edge has left me begging for just a little bit more. Just a peek beyond that first red door that ended the E3 demo. Just a glimpse at what lies at the bottom of the iridescent industrial waterfall above. Just a few seconds more [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 7, 2008
If you haven't read our Mirror's Edge hands-on preview from E3, you may want to start there. Since July, the main attractions of EA's free running, death-defying, utopian/dystopian cityscape have not changed. As the title draws close to its November launch, the developers over at DICE have certainly tightened up the graphics, eliminating any disclaimers [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 18, 2008
If you've been keeping up on Mr. Hollister's enthusiastic coverage of Mirror's Edge, the upcoming title from DICE about hurling yourself off of tall buildings, then you know he'll be excited to hear that the game has finally been given a release date. Gamers can join Faith for her rooftop running adventure in just two [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Even though we knew full well that PS3 is the lead development platform for dystopian parkour adventure Mirror's Edge, and that only on PS3 would we be able to utilize SIXAXIS motion control to keep protagonist Faith balanced, it only took a few minutes for the PC version's superior control scheme (and surprisingly low system [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 29, 2008
Update: System requirements updated. See bottom of post. After 36 hours of non-stop PC gaming at NVISION 08, some weary champions stumbled home, catching planes, trains and automobiles back to residences either temporary or permanent. Others passed out in not-particularly-comfortable chairs as they awaited a tremendous raffle at which thousands upon thousands of dollars in graphics [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 18, 2008
Though a line of text at the left edge of the screen read "LIGHTING NEEDS TO BE REBUILT," free running action-adventure Mirror's Edge looked gorgeous at E3 2008. But how does it play? GameCyte took a flying leap to find out.
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Technically, the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit doesn't even start until today, Tuesday, July 15th. Yet, here we've been, all through Monday, braving the sweltering Los Angeles heat to bring you the first wave of news and promises. GameCyte will be here for the duration, checking in on all your favorites, bringing you updates from [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 6, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Today, updated on the fly: Gaming: MGS4 80GB PS3 bundle sells out in seven minutes, KOs Amazon.com (PS3 Fanboy via Gaming Today) GTA IV exclusive Xbox 360 DLC delayed until Q1 2009, says Take-Two... (ShackNews) ...but Microsoft reminds us that Q1 begins November 2008, and says GTA DLC [...]
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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