On The Docket For February

February is certainly not a heavy month for gaming, but it does feature a couple of games that should be big sellers, a sequel to a well received racing game, and another title that might see huge sales due to an attached beta.

Killzone 3

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 Killzone is one of Sony's flagship franchises, and their only first person shooter. After a lukewarm reception for the first title on PS2, developer Guerrilla Games rekindled hype for the franchise with a beautiful trailer for Killzone 2 as part of Sony's E3 announcement for the PS3.Killzone 2 arrived in February of 2009 to great review scores (91% on Metacritic). Now we are presented with Killzone 3 which should provide more of the great game play gamers fell in love with in Killzone 2, and of course the title will feature Move support. Expect a beta to release sometime early in February.

Killzone 3 releases February 22, 2011.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3

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Back in February 2009 Capcom released the long awaited Street Fighter IV. This resulted in what I feel was a resurgence in the popularity of fighting games. It was followed up by releases of BlazBlue (from the creator's of Guilty Gear), and new entries in old fighting game stalwarts Tekken and King of Fighters. Well this February we get to see the next chapter of another fighting game monster and that is the one and only Marvel vs. Capcom franchise. It took ten years, but the fans finally have something new to turn to.

Marvel vs. Capcom 3 releases Feburary 15, 2011.

Test Drive Unlimited 2

More Open Miles of Driving to Come

The big selling point for the first Test Drive Unlimited was giving players a detailed open world recreation of one of Hawaii's islands for them to speed about while always being connected to online events and races. The second game shifts to the Mediterranean of Ibiza, and will even feature a story this time around. Other new additions include dynamic weather, day and night cycle, damage modeling, and players will also be able to return to an updated version of the island from the first game.

Test Drive Unlimited 2 releases February 8, 2011.

Bulletsorm

You can't talk about Bulletstorm and not mention the Epic Edition for the 360. Why you may ask? Because it includes access to the Gears of War 3 multiplayer beta (a tactic we've seen used with Halo 3: ODST and Crackdown). That tactic is going to generate huge sales, but I really feel like this game is going to be a whole mess load of fun on its own. The goal of the game is to get a high score. How you do that is by picking up ridiculously overpowered weapons, and combining them with your characters other abilities to generate outlandish death sequences. The only limitation is your creativity. There is a demo up on the XBL Marketplace (unsure about the PS3) so give it a look.

Bulletstorm releases February 22, 2011.

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