2013 is going
to be a cracker. We can feel it. It’s in our bones. And not only that, but it’s
also in the release schedules as well, and the year hasn’t even begun! As we
slot each game into its allotted launch date, it only takes a brief step back
to see that it’s going to be a jam-packed year full of extravagant gaming
delights enough to make you salivate yourself a bath! Disgusting
impossibilities aside, let’s take a look at what you should be preordering this
month!
January sees
the relaunch of Devil May Cry, the demon shooting slicing dizzy-em-up from
yesteryear thunders back into town riding a newly refined pushy attitude.
Whilst it doesn’t take place in the same universe as any previous DmC
adventures you may fondly recall, it plays very similar, retaining all that
lithe accessibility that allows you to perform jaw loosening acrobatic stunts
that result in your enemy being simultaneously shot, impaled and sent hurtling
through the air with just a few button pushes. There’s a sprinkling of new
elements involved as well, adding a strategic element to the way you direct
your battles with these post-Earth nuisances!
Things hot up
in February, as we see the resurgence of Dead Space, Raiden gets his own game
and Aliens Colonial Marines, the game we’ve been waiting for since 2007,
finally bursts through your stomach and onto shelves!
The third
iteration of Dead Space looks set to send us to the snow-covered plains of Tau
Volantis, where our old favourite Isaac dons his iconic suit of armour once
more to go antagonise those easily-irritable Necromorphs again. With
drop-in/drop-out co-op and a new cover system, Dead Space fans the world over
are already quaking in their little space boots. Metal Gear Rising Revengeance sees whiny
feminine ninja Raiden in his own game.
Trust us though, Revengeance has to be played to be believed; it looks
incredible and plays like the focussed, solid and innovative experience you’d
expect from Platinum Games. Give it a try today by picking up the Zone of the
Enders HD Edition, which includes the demo! Lastly, Aliens: Colonial Marines is
every bit the corker we’ve been hoping for: we got to grips with the
multiplayer back in September and they had to physically prise us off it.
Excitement.
March ushers
in the true return of Bioshock in the game’s third instalment; Infinite. The
beautiful art style, soaring locations and the opportunity to cruise around the
level on metallic zipwires, not to mention the promise of that captivating,
iconic narrative back in full force, and this is a game of the year contender
already! With Gears of War : Judgement and God of War Ascension ticking the
exclusives boxes, we’re back in full swing by the third month of the year.
