Those looking for something a little more cerebral than racing around in circles might be interested in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 on the PC. As the sequel to the system's original destruction-focused racer, Pacific Rift adds monster trucks to the mix of buggies and bikes and trades in rugged desert and mountainous terrain for more lush, tropical venues. MotorStorm: Pacific Rift gives the PS3 another exclusive title this week. Speaking of Metallica, the game also contains the first trailer for Guitar Hero: Metallica, due out in 2009. and Metallica or make their own using the game's studio mode. If those don't hit the spot, players can always download tracks from artists like R.E.M. The game features 86 songs, including tracks from legends like Jimi Hendrix and the Doors and more recent acts like At the Drive-In and The Mars Volta.
With edited versions appearing on shelves this week, Sony hopes the controversy will die down, leaving people free to focus on the game itself and the creative potential of its toolset.Īctivision's World Tour introduces the concept of full band play to the Guitar Hero series for the first time, letting players sing and play drums as well as rock out on the tiny plastic guitar. Originally set for release last week, the game was delayed worldwide when Sony discovered that one of the background music tracks contained passages from the Muslim holy book, the Koran. Meanwhile, there's the belated PS3 exclusive Little Big Planet. Players emerge from a bunker vault to find the Washington, DC, area devastated after a nuclear war and are free to shape the postapocalyptic story from there.
Bethesda's release resurrects a long-cherished PC role-playing game series with all the current-generation bells and whistles on the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3. The holiday juggernaut keeps rolling along, as evidenced by a Shippin' Out column in which Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and MotorStorm: Pacific Rift don't even make the headline.įorcing those worthy titles into the deckhead were Bethesda Softworks' Fallout 3, Media Molecule's Little Big Planet, and Activision's Guitar Hero World Tour.