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June 2012′s Game Releases

Spec Ops: The Line

Name: Spec Ops: The Line
Platforms: PS3, 360
Genre: Third Person Shooter
Developer: Yager Development, Darkside Game Studios
Publisher: 2K Games
Worldwide Release Date: 26-29 June 2012
Local (SA) Release Date: 29 June 2012 (expected)
Prices (approximately)
PC – R439
PS3 – R439
360 – R439

Summary

Spec Ops: The Line is a provocative and gripping third-person modern military shooter that challenges players’ morality by putting them in the middle of unspeakable situations where unimaginable choices affecting human life must be made.

Spec Ops: The Line unfolds within the destroyed opulence of Dubai. Once the playground for the world’s wealthiest elite, Dubai has fallen victim to a series of cataclysmic sandstorms. The city’s ultramodern architecture lies half-buried under millions of tons of sand. The very sand that blankets the city plays a marquee role in altering combat situations and serves as a powerful but unpredictable force that will both help and hinder players throughout the course of the game.

While most people have fled the now-barren wasteland before the sandstorms swept through, U.S. Army Colonel John Konrad and his loyal squad remained behind to protect those incapable of escape. Unable to reach anyone in Dubai after the storm hit, the U.S. Army feared Konrad and his team dead until they picked up a weak distress signal and launched a rescue operation. As U.S. Army Captain Martin Walker, you and your elite Delta Force team are sent to infiltrate the treacherous region to bring Konrad home. Players will experience “The Line”, that razor’s edge known only to men who deal in war. It is the line they cross when death and duty become one and the same. It is the end — of self and sanity — when their duty is done and only they remain.

Key Features

  • Deep, Mature Narrative: The story of Captain Walker’s rescue mission will challenge players to make tough choices between what’s moral and what’s necessary, as Walker’s journey pushes him to his very limits.
  • Blasted Opulence: The events unfold in a stunning, haunting setting – the remains of Dubai, once one of the wealthiest cities on Earth, now stripped bare. Dubai’s bold and luxurious architecture still shines through, in spite of the sandstorms threatening all that’s left. Opulent interiors contrast sharply with the vertigo inducing heights and mass destruction outside of the extravagant structures.
  • Dynamic Sand: Turn the tables on foes by crushing them under a cascade of sand cast down by a strategically placed shot – but beware of oncoming sandstorms and their gale-force winds. The sweeping sands of Dubai feel almost alive, serving as a powerful but unpredictable force that will both help and hinder the mission, while opening up a variety of new interactions and tactics.
  • Brutal, In-Your-Face Action: Join forces with intelligent, resourceful squad mates in fever-pitched gun battles. Accessible combat and squad controls will get you in the fight quickly, where you’ll experience the raw destructive force of your authentic weapons as well as engage in extremely physical close-quarters battles.
  • Endless Multiplayer: In addition to the single-player story mode, Spec Ops: The Line packs a full range of multiplayer features, including a never-before-seen mode with unique connections to the main story, a breadth of competitive and team-based modes, as well as the ability to rank up, personalize, and customize characters from two distinctly different factions.

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Name: Azhar Amien
Location: Cape Town
Position: Editor, Reviews

  • http://egamer.co.za/author/cavie Caveshen “CaViE” Rajman

    Lollipop Chainsaw! At least they’ve waited for E3 to pass before releasing, this year. Unlike Shadows of the Damned last year, which was completely overshadowed. 

    • Alessandro Barbosa

      Lollipop Chainsaw is probably the only game I’m interested in this month as well :P

  • http://twitter.com/Weeman360 Pienaar Anker

    Don’t forget Max Payne 3 For pc is out today! Come on Takealot Hurry up!

  • AG_Sonday

    Amazing Spider-Man has me interested purely becasue it’s a Spider-Man game and a movie tie-in that doesn’t hideously shit. However, Spec Ops is my game for June. It just looks too awesome.

  • NeoN

    The only one I’m looking forward to is The Amazing Spider-Man. Haven’t jammed a Spidey game in forever.

  • Trebzz

    Max Payne 3 U mad bro?

  • Rudolf_Venter

    I’m not in the habit of moaning, but how on big blue earth is The Witcher 2 on Xbox 360 one of the “low-lights”? 

    • http://egamer.co.za/ Azhar Amien

      I didn’t say it was, I was implying for some there’s a mix of highlights and lowlights :P For example, Diablo III is either a highlight or lowlight for many, Prototype 2 could be a low..Max Payne 3 was a lowlight for me personally.. So I was sort of saying it’s a mix of both :P

      You don’t have to look at it with such a beeeg magnifying glass wudolf :P

    • Rudolf_Venter

      Whoopsie! (Mortal Kombat reference. :P)
      I read it the wrong way and went immediately into defense-mode. 

    • http://egamer.co.za/ Azhar Amien

      Haha it’s chilled :P I mean why would I call Witcher 2 a lowlight, remember just yesterday I was saying I loved it :D

  • Yashaar Mall

    OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    lego batman…

    • http://egamer.co.za/ Azhar Amien

      I WANT!!