Globe & Mail calls Beijing 2008 "the best athletics game yet made, featuring loads of events, smart controls, surprising strategy, and a lengthy Olympics mode."
From the story: "Track and field games aren't exactly known for their longevity, but the folks behind Beijing 2008 have done a good job of creating a game that people may actually continue playing after this summer's Olympics have come and gone.
Over the last week, I've spent about an hour each day working through the game's lengthy Olympic Games mode, which spans 17 days of qualifiers, medal events, and festivities. It leads players through the Games, day by day, forcing us to qualify for each event, and then provides rewards in the form of points that can be spent on team attributes, such as power, speed, and stamina. I'm less than half way through the game, still enjoying myself, and looking forward to starting over again once the Olympics competition I'm currently engaged in comes to a close...."
Amazon have released their video game deal of the day for Thursday.
Nominations for Develop Industry Excellence Awards are unveiled, and two developers are likely to walk away with most of them.
Rockstar and Media Molecule will be contesting for the most category nominations. Rockstar snags six of them with GTA: Chinatown Wars and GTA IV: The Lost and the Damned from Rockstar while Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet alone is nominated for another five.
Wouldn't be surprised if Rockstar takes all their 6 nominations and brings home several prizes =)
Do you still suffer from Olympic fever? Are you constantly checking NBC looking for any glimpse of a balance beam, pool, or waving country flags? Fear not, Summer Athletics is here with your cure. Sure, you would think that an Olympic-styled game would just add fuel to the fire, but Summer Athletics is all but guaranteed to drown it, like Michael Phelps treats other Olympians' dreams.
If you remember the ancient Commodore 64 title, Summer Games, you know what to expect. The title is surprisingly similar, given the twenty-plus years between the two games. You have the option to play a single event, compete in a set of events (including a traditional decathlon), or build an athlete from scratch with career mode. The game gives you twenty-six events to play, in seven different categories. Save the lame career mode and a handful of additional events, it feels strikingly similar to the classic Commodore 64 title, except the older title actually plays better.
