The console game market usually quietens down a little bit right after Christmas, but not this year. This time, it’s just one hit after another.
Indeed, a whole series of serious hits in a variety of genres will leave gamers with no idea what to play first in January.
From Sony, there’s a sequel to a very special game: Little Big Planet 2, due on January 21 exclusively for the Playstation 3. The goal is to create a gaming universe and then to share it with the global community.
Of course, there’s nothing to stop players, as Sackboy, from just playing the games included in the box. Little Big Planet 2 is actually a series of mini-games running the gamut from jump-n-run action to racing.
Many virtual machines are built for specific functions. Players meanwhile find themselves tasked with creating player figures and other characters. The entire gameworld can be created from the ground up.
Sony bills Little Big Planet 2 as a platform for games. Thus, a lot of creativity is demanded. At the same time, if that’s not your thing, nothing stops players from just enjoying a good game. Little Big Planet 2 will retail for about [$87].
In other areas, January’s playing motto could be back to the future. That’s especially true for the third-person shooter game Mindjack, from Koch Media.
The plot: the creator of a popular new headset hopes to use it to turn users into his slaves. The hero of the game discovers this plot, instantly making him a target for death.
The hero is also no slouch when it comes to mindjacking. If he manages to cause enough damage to either his human or robotic foes during battle, he can take control of them and use them on his side in the fight.
There’s also a multiplayer mode in which four friends…