GameTap goes on an intergalactic mission this week with space-smuggler sim Darkstar One. The service also adds another title which, at first glance, may confuse a few people into thinking it's a completely different game.
* Darkstar One (Windows) - A semi-precious gem from a couple years ago that's inspired by the great space-sim shooters of the '90s and doesn't take itself too seriously in the commerce department.
* Great Journey (Windows) - No, it's not The Longest Journey... not by the longest shot. It's actually an E-rated game about stopping polluters in Antarctica.
Daily Game Sales: GamersGate have launched a new video game sale offering up to 75% off select titles in it's Space Battle and Painkiller sales.
Guardian writes: "Following on from my look at upcoming space combat/trading title Darkstar One I had a chat with Daniel Dumont from developer Gaming Minds.
Q: Why do you think there are no other games of this type on the modern consoles?
A: To be honest, I really don't know. Maybe developers or publishers think that gamers are more interested in identifying with a character rather than controlling a ship. Also, flying through space is a different gameplay proposition than a ground based 'run and gun' one and might be new to some of the younger gamers as this space flight sim genre is rare on consoles. However, PC savvy gamers are used to this genre and I am sure that pure console gamers would be interested in some space exploration. The Xbox controller works great and during our testing with younger console gamers we saw that they were absolutely fascinated by the gameplay."
Game Revolution writes: "Douglas Adams once wrote, "Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." And it's true. Space is big. It would take a long time just to map the smallest corner of the cosmos. There are all sorts of crazy stuff out there that we've never seen. But much like we learned in that one episode of The Next Generation where the Enterprise discovers the Borg, some things in space are better left alone."
