Surgical masks, hot flowing magma or pachinko arcades.. hmm what caught my attention first.  I think it’s when I saw Ray Spheres shattered down to earth and breaking into shards, that I knew inFamous was going to be a great title that didn’t need help from the Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Beta to get attention.  Your choice to become a force to be reckoned with or the lovable noble hero of this metropolitan city is completely up to you.  Good or Bad, the choice is all yours…

Many are claiming inFamous is a mixture of Spiderman: Web of Shadows and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed in a Grand theft Auto world and with good reason.  The similarities of jumping atop building to building, hanging from ledges or the fact that you wield a force like electrical power through your body can contribute to the comparisons.  But instead of playing the role of Peter Parker or The Apprentice, you play Cole in Sucker Punch’s first title for the PS3, inFamous.  The story begins in Empire City, a city resembling NYC of course, which was struck by a cataclysmic blast that left civilians in survival mode with a plague spreading and the chaos surrounding ground zero.  The city is  quarantined and taken over by the gangs, most notably the Reapers.

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Today is May 4th.  And Since we’re HUGE Star Wars fans here at PerezStart (PS) we’ve decided to greet everyone this morning with the message “May the 4th be with you” and bring you some Star Wars: The Old Republic details.  Pass it along, spread the word, and impress your cubicle co-workers with this “Play on Words”.

In the upcoming PC game, Star Wars: The Old republic, Majestic forests, toxic swamplands, desert landscapes, and hazardous war zones – the worlds that make up the Star Wars™ universe are unique and enriched with compelling storylines. Watch Developer Dispatch: Diverse Worlds and go behind the scenes to find out how the developers are bringing the worlds of Tython, Korriban, Hutta, and Ord Mantell to life – a few of the many playable worlds in Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Enjoy the diversity of the worlds, and see where the Hutt’s planet up close.  Since “Hutta” has not been described in any Extended Universe books, the developers had a blank slate to work with.  Making the world a cesspool with plenty of Hutt Palace’s ontop is a brief description of what to expect in the video below:

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