Geek Gossip is back again, with all the tech and gaming news your heart could possibly desire. So gather around children and listen to the stories I have to tell. First off, North Korea has grown enough in power to invade the U.S.A. and win in the new first person shooter Homefront; and then we have a game being made by the developers of the ill-fated shooter Six Days in Fallujah, Breach.
In Kaos studios’ new fps Homefront, North Korea has grown so much in strength that they have annexed many Asian countries, including Japan, South Korea, and the countries surrounding Indonesia. With growing territory comes increased military power and with that comes confidence. Under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong Il’s son, the new Greater Korean Republic sets out to catch the biggest fish of them all, and with the rest of the world in financial ruin and under the threat of nuclear holocaust, 2027 is looking like a pretty good year for the Koreans. So they unleash a double pronged attack on America’s cyber networks and on the electrical grid, easily crippling the world power of today. Then they begin the real attack and, sadly, they win, leaving the actual Americans with the east coast as the only remaining unoccupied territory and our previously indomitable military scattered and pitiful. The game takes place 2 years into the occupation of America and instead of focusing on trained soldiers the game tries to make it more personal by putting the player in the shoes of a helicopter pilot turned resistance fighter trying to desperately claw as much territory back from his oppressors as he can. Homefront is based entirely around one operation in which your squad of rebels is transporting a shipment of fuel from Colorado to San Francisco for rebel vehicles that will take part in a battle to take back the Golden Gate Bridge. Kaos says that you aren’t trying to win the war in Homefront, and really, how could you? You play as a civilian with no training, your under supplied, understaffed, and are only equipped with the guns and ammo you can scrounge up fighting against a vastly superior force that took down the American government! You will be performing guerilla attacks instead of full on assaults. You’re basically going to be causing the occupying force as much trouble in the infinitesimal hope that they will be forced to leave. You’re fighting because the only other option is submission, and of course you’re not going to willingly choose to give up your freedom. The story seems very new and compelling; looking under the hood you’ll find some of the greatest graphics to date. Besides single player, Kaos studios has created a truly engaging multiplayer, combining the intense infantry gameplay of Call of Duty with the large scale battles of the Battle Fieldseries. I strongly suggest preordering this game as it will surely be one of the biggest blockbusters this year.
Atomic Games has had a rough couple of years. They caught a lot of flak about their game 6 Days in Fallujah, in which you play as a soldier taking part in what is still considered the largest battle of the Iraq War. Making a game about such a recent battle in which the some participants are still in service may not have been the best choice, but it could be argued that such a game would honor the memories of those lost. Unfortunately, the game caused so much controversy that the publisher, Konami, pulled out. So without the money to continue Atomic Games was forced to put 6 Days in Fallujah on the back burner. However, instead of sitting on their butts waiting for a new publisher to come along, they decided to put all the code from Fallujah to work. And thus, Breach was born. In Breach you play as either a CIA operative or an insurgent fighting across many different locales. What really set’s this game apart is its destruction physics and its active cover system. With full destruction physics you will be able to take a building down brick by brick. Active cover means that as the wall you are taking cover behind crumbles your character will react and keep himself behind cover. This may not sound too amazing but it takes a lot of code to make a character automatically react to changing cover with all the different permutations on that specific piece of wall. Breach also sports a class system similar to Battlefield: Bad Company 2. What’s more, Breachwill be available sometime this month for $15 on the Xbox Live Arcade. There is almost no reason to pass such a great game up.
Homefront is sure to be a blockbuster, especially since there probably won’t be another Call of Duty this year, and hopefully you don’t miss Breach because there doesn’t seem to be much publicity for it. This has been Geek Gossip, keep visiting our website for more.