Confrontation is a tactical role-playing game developed by Cyanide and based on Rackham's miniatures game.
The game is set in the fantasy universe of Aarklash,
a continent riven by an unending war. The player follows a party of
Akkylannian fighters in their quest to seek out and destroy the source
of the latest threat posed by the Alchemists of Dirz. Their journey will
take them through numerous settings with rich decors where they will
encounter other races which populate the continent.
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2012, will be the 14th European Championship for national football teams organised by UEFA.
The final tournament will be hosted by Poland and Ukraine between 8
June and 1 July 2012. It is the first time that either nation has hosted
the tournament. This bid was chosen by UEFA's Executive Committee in
2007.
The final tournament features sixteen nations, the last European Championship to do so (from Euro 2016
onward, there will be 24 finalists). Qualification was contested by 51
nations between August 2010 and November 2011 to join the two host
nations in the tournament. The winner of the tournament gains automatic
entry to the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup hosted by Brazil.
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a third-person shooter video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, co-developed by Slant Six Games and Capcom.
It was released on March 20, 2012 in North America, and scheduled for
release on March 22, 2012 in Australia, March 23, 2012 in Europe and
April 26, 2012 in Japan. It is part of the Resident Evil series, being set around the same time as Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis titles, though it is a non-canon hypothetical scenario.
Sniper Elite V2 is a 2012 tactical shooter video game by Rebellion Developments for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It is a remake of Rebellion's 2005 game Sniper Elite. The game takes place in the same timeframe and location - the Battle of Berlin in April 1945 - but now the main character, an American Office of Strategic Services officer, must either kill or capture scientists involved in the German V-2 rocket programme
Driver: San Francisco is a sandbox-style action-adventure driving video game developed by Ubisoft Reflections and published by Ubisoft. The game formally was unveiled at E3 2010 and was released in Australia on September 1, 2011, Europe on September 2, 2011 and North America on September 6, 2011 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, while the Microsoft Windows version was released on 27 September 2011.
Binary Domain is a squad-basedthird-person shootervideo game developed and published by Sega. The game is set in Tokyo in the year 2080 and features innovative enemy AI technology. The creator of Binary Domain is Toshihiro Nagoshi, who created theYakuza video game series. The game was released on February 16, 2012 in Japan, on February 23, 2012 in Australia, February 24, 2012 in Europe and February 28, 2012 in North America.
Risen 2: Dark Waters is a single-player fantasy-themed action role-playing game and the sequel to Risen by Piranha Bytes. It is published and distributed by Deep Silver.
The game was officially announced by Deep Silver on August 18, 2010,
during a press conference a the GamesCom exhibition of Cologne. The
official site was opened on February 19, 2011. It will be available for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms.
The PC version is directly developed by Piranha Bytes. As for Risen,
the French firm Wizarbox is in charge of the console versions: Xbox 360
and for the first time, PlayStation 3.
Darksiders, originally known with the subtitle Wrath of War, is an action adventure video game developed by Vigil Games and published by THQ. The game takes its inspiration from the apocalypse, with the player taking the role of War. The game was released for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3
on January 5, 2010 in North America and January 8 in Europe. The PC and
OnLive versions were released on September 23, 2010 for North America
and the PC version on September 24 for Europe. A parallel sequel is currently under development and expected to be released in 2012.
Prototype is an action-adventure open world video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Activision. The game was released in North America on June 9, 2009, and in southwestern parts of North America as well as Oceania on June 10, and was released in Europe on June 12.
The game is set in New York City, where a virulent plague known as Blacklight is spreading through Manhattan. Those infected are mutated into hideous monsters of varying form, with an uncontrollable urge to kill all uninfected life-forms. At the center of it is the protagonist, Alex Mercer, an incredibly powerful shapeshifter with no memory of his past. Parallel to the game's storyline is the ability to play the game as a sandbox-style video game giving the player freedom to roam Manhattan.
Many reviewers compared and contrasted it with Infamous, another action-adventure open world game released one month prior to Prototype, by Sucker Punch Productions which features a superpowered protagonist with developing powers in an urban world. However, the gameplay of Prototype is very similar to The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction, also by Radical Entertainment.
Dragon Age II is a fantasy role-playing video game developed by BioWare, and published by Electronic Arts. It is the second major game in the Dragon Age franchise. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Mac OS X on March 8, 2011 in North America, March 10, 2011 in Australia and March 11, 2011 in Europe.
Set in the same mythical world introduced in Dragon Age: Origins,
the player assumes the role of Hawke, a human mage, warrior, or rogue
who arrives in the city of Kirkwall as a lowly refugee but becomes its
legendary champion over a turbulent decade of political and social
conflict.
