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Retailers receive the ultimate holiday sales weapon as TimeShift blasts on to shelves today - News
By Sergiu Petrisor
Published: November 2, 2007
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Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, announced that the
next generation of first-person shooters, TimeShift, is officially
available today at retail stores nationwide for the PC and Xbox 360
video game and entertainment system. The game, one of the most talked
about titles of 2007, will also be available on the PlayStation 3
computer entertainment system on November 19, 2007.
Developed by
Saber Interactive and published by Sierra Entertainment, TimeShift,
allows players to control time and use it as the ultimate weapon in a
fierce battle against the neo-fascist regime of Dr. Krone. In
TimeShift, the story revolves around a highly respected physicist with
a mysterious past. When your colleague Dr. Krone goes rogue and uses an
experimental time-manipulating suit to create an alternate time stream
where he is a grim dictator in a dystopian alternate reality, players
must chase after him and use time to overthrow his rule. Armed with
similar, yet less stable time-bending suit, players have the ability to
slow, stop and reverse the flow of time, while being able to freely
interact with the environment and enemies, a feat never before
accomplished in video games.
Featuring ground-breaking
artificial intelligence, powerfully realistic graphics and deeply
immersive sound and story, TimeShift is proving to be one of the first
truly next-gen games to come to market this holiday season.
“We
are very excited to ship this highly anticipated title to retail,” said
Pascal Brochier, president, Global Retail for Vivendi Games. “Players
are going to see effects in this game like they never have before – the
ability to control time is a very unique feature, which is a lot of fun
to play in single or multiplayer mode.”
With a comprehensive
online 16-player multiplayer mode, featuring time controlling “chrono”
grenades, 14 different maps and over 40 different customizable
features, TimeShift, was developed for elite multiplayer gamers by
drawing inspirations from the best FPS’s and adapting itself to the
players’ unique style by incorporating highly customizable gameplay
modifiers resulting in a frenetic and competitive multiplayer
experience every game.
The TimeShift video game has an ESRB “M” for Mature rating.
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| Timeshift November 15, 2007 With cool looking graphics, good AI and sounds, solid
multiplayer modes and options, it's too bad TimeShift has a rather weak story
and some reminiscent elements from the past that make it less attractive than
it should have been. It can be also very repetitive and dull at times, and the Beta Suit's AI (S.S.A.M.)
makes it a much less intellectual challenge.
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