Weekly Multiplayer Releases: Week of February 12, 2008
Posted by on Saturday 16th of February 2008 08:25:21 AM
Four new multiplayer games arrive in stores this week, none of which will do you wrong.
 Pick of the Week: Wipeout PulseRacing | PSP The always-excellent Wipeout series returns to the PSP this week with Pulse. The futuristic hover car racer plays fast and loose with physics, featuring impossible, topsy-turvey tracks. This latest Wipeout title also includes a strong online mode, where up to four players can race online wirelessly. The PSP isn’t exactly known for its library of strong racing titles, especially ones with meaty online modes, so Wipeout Pluse definitely has a niche to fill. |
 Runner-Up: Dark Messiah of Might and Magic: Elements First-person shooter, RPG-Lite | 360Yes, the original game shipped a year-and-a-half ago on the PC, where its hype quickly dried up in the wake of bug reports and a small playerbase. Elements adds a bit more spit polish to Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, and some new content to boot. Of course, some of that new content comes at a premium, as the game’s DLC was already on Xbox Live before its release. Couldn’t quite force yourself to stick that content on the disc for “free,” eh Ubisoft? Still, for those of you looking for the hacking n’ slashing of Oblivion without all the conversation, or a respectable swords and sorcery multiplayer mode that supports up to 32 players, this is the best you’re gonna get. |
Hit the jump for the rest of the week’s multiplayer offerings.
Also available this week:
 Conflict: Denied OpsFirst-Person Shooter | 360, PS3, PC Now you can fight terrorism with two gun-totting psychopaths! Innovation came early this year. If you enjoy shooting up Middle Eastern terrorists from a first-person persepctive and still aren’t completely sick of it, Conflict: Denied Ops is more or less what you’re looking for. “More” because that’s exactly what this game entails. “Less” because the only multiplayer mode to speak of is 2-player co-op. Oh well, some co-op is better than no co-op, I always say. |
 Dungeon Explorer: Warrior of the Ancient ArtsDungeon Crawler | PSP, DS Good roguelike duneon crawlers are incredibly addicting, especially when they’re portable. Dungeon Explorer has you exploring dungeons, as the title suggests, murdering every living thing you find there with up to three players online. |
