"Fracture depicts a world split between two warring sides: the Atlantic Alliance and the Republic of Pacifica. As a game, Fracture is also split two ways: it's simultaneously a very conventional third-person perspective shooter and an energetic action-puzzle game. It's a very awkward pairing, unfortunately."

"Speaking of multiplayer...the game has a variety of modes, ranging from capture the flag to the standard free-for-all. Up to 12 players can duke it out with all the insane tectonical weaponry. In the same way, this makes for some of the craziest multiplayer bouts I’ve ever seen. Tunnels, hallways and pillars are instant deathtraps; players can raise floors under archways to create instant crushers."

"As you may know, Day 1 Studios' third-person perspective shooter Fracture will be hitting stores on October 7th. If you're not sure whether you'll enjoy a game that lets you shoot people and cause earthquakes, then you're in luck: a playable demo will hit Xbox Live and PSN in a week."

Courtesy of blog Wii @ Everyday comes the scans from the latest issue of Weekly Famitsu for this week, with new game announcements and more images of those known upcoming games.

Games featured:

• [NDS] Phantasy Star Zero
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Winter 2008 Release
  • Character Designer : Toshiyuki Kubooka (Lunar, Idolm@ster)
  • Scenario : Tooru Shiwasu, Teru Arai
  • New in the PSO series
  • Multi play over Nintendo WiFi connection
  • Chat system supports sending of stylus sketches
• [NDS] Item Getter
  • Publisher: 5p...

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"Lucas Arts has told CVG that a demo of Fracture will be released simultaneously on PSN and XBL in "August or September".

The third-person shooter takes a punt at innovation with a terrain deformation system that allows you to literally morph hills and craters into the ground using a gun called the Entrencher.

Lucas Arts told us that the demo would be the same as the version we played yesterday, which contained a tutorial stage leading into an action level in which you can try out all th..."

"There was always a sneaking suspicion that it’s really just about the guns. Yes, Fracture has a promising setting – a civil war between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of America, fuelled by the western states’ exploitation of genetic manipulation – but it was clear even at first glance that the team had more fun designing ludicrous, noisy means of blowing one another up than working the flamboyant arsenal into some kind of sensible plot.



That certainly hasn’t changed – there are weap..."

LucastArts has just released a new teaser trailer for the their upcoming third person shooter. The game is focuses around manipulating the environment to your advantage. Use it to kill your enemies or to get to new places. Click the link to view the trailer.