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This post might get confusing, three very similar games have been shown at E3 called RAGE, Brink, and BulletStorm. All three are set in some sort of post-apocalypse setting and involve using guns to shoot people. Sounds good then.

RAGE

Let’s start with RAGE. RAGE was announced back in 2007, and is being developed by id Software (that’s pronounced ‘id’, not ‘eye dee’) and published by Bethesda Softworks. Details of the apocalypse is currently unknown, but the setting is similar to Borderlands, brown wasteland full of brown rocks, and towns constructed of corrugated sheet metal and neon signs. You fight against mutants, gangs, and ‘the authority’, presumably a sort of corrupted government attempting to control the wasteland. You can see more in the gameplay videos below, which is running on an Xbox 360. Release is 2011.

Screenshot 1 Screenshot 2 Screenshot 3 Screenshot 4

Brink

Brink is interesting. It can be played with up to 8 players in co-op, against another team of the opposite faction. The two faction are the Security and the Resistance, and there are two campaigns based around both stories. If, for example, you’re playing the campaign as Resistance, your Security enemies might be made up of actual humans. The game is based in a floating city after a world flood, and as population is increasing, citizens are on the ‘Brink’ of civil war. Build on the id Tech 4 engine, it’s easy to see why the game looks very similar to RAGE. It’s being developed by Spash Damage, and like RAGE, published by Bethesda Softworks, and is set for release in spring 2011.

Bulletstorm

Bulletstorm is all about the combat. Intense, bloody, visceral, over-the-top, hilarious, point increasing combat. Story takes a back seat here, this game is designed to be fun. It’s being developed by Epic Games and People Can Fly (yeah, I’ve never heard of them either), and published by EA. Build on the Unreal Engine, it takes place on what used to be a paradise world, a planet converted by humans to be a place for the wealthy to go on vacation, and now overrun by criminals and bandits. The E3 presentation will no doubt tell you more than I could in a paragraph. It’s due for release on the 22nd of February, 2011.

Three interesting titles, all set for release at similar times. I’m predicting RAGE to be a very good game. It’s been in development for over three years by id Software, who are known for great games such as Wolfenstein (the original) and Quake. Brink could be great, it depends how the multiplayer component turns out, as the actual combat at the moment doesn’t look all too fun. Bulletstorm just looks fantastic, the multiplayer has the potential to be the next Unreal.

Fire in the hole!