It’s time to break out the beachwear and seriously start working on that tan, as we’ve officially reached the capricious summer months! Make sure to leave one set of clothes able to withstand a blizzard though, just in case everything freezes over on account of a certain videogame release that might have taken forever, but is now happening for reals!
For more thoughts on that and the other interesting June release, simply click through the break.
10th: Duke Nukem Forever (Multiplatform)
10th: inFamous 2 (PS3)
That’s right, this is the month we finally get Duke Nukem Forever, one of the year’s most interesting releases, not because it looks amazing or anything, but simply because it’s happening.
There seems to be a certain buzz popularized on the interets that DNF will end up disappointing everyone, which is just ludicrous. It’s not like the hype has been building up since development started in 1997; most everyone had long written the game off, so the proverbial bar, if it even exists, is set so low as to be meaningless. It’s like having the world’s most unfit person resolving to run a marathon; his time wouldn’t matter at all, simply finishing would be a grand accomplishment in itself.
When Gearbox made it clear this was happening and the May 6th date was set to stone, I declared that Duke Nukem Forever only had to do two things to make me happy: Be delayed one last time and have flying pigs as enemies somewhere in the game. The first, of course, came to pass and, as far as the second thing goes… I guess I’ll just have to play the damn thing to find out.
As far as games that are interesting because they look to be fun go, we have inFamous 2, the sequel to one of those elusive PS3 exclusives that weren’t outright terrible. Of course, the 360 has, nowadays, definitely lost its edge when it comes to securing exclusives but inFamous 2 still holds great importance for Sony, since it’s a great opportunity to win back some its customers broken, pilfered hearts, after the, still-ongoing, PlayStation Network fiasco.
So, yeah, June looks to be relatively bare as when it comes to fresh gameplay, but still rather meaty on newsworthy events. There is also the E3 to watch out for, where we might catch a glimpse of Nintendo‘s next console, or some novel games for the Kinect or Move. I really, really hope recycled N64 games and Dance Central 2 won’t be the biggest headlines to come out from gaming’s most produced show.
