In PlayStation Home this week VEEMEE releases No Man’s Land – a new free-to-play PlayStation Home game that transports you to a post-apocalyptic land that has known only war for decades. No Man’s Land is a multiplayer third-person tactical shooter, featuring a cover-based movement system and four-on-four team battles. Following the completion of a tutorial session, the player will be given an introductory load-out that allows access to the Drydock and the game. Armour and weapon upgrades can be purchased in a variety of combinations, which will be added to and developed in time. The Environment Armour and Weapons VEEMEE has decided to make use of the Home avatars to increase the player’s connection with the in-game No Man’s Land survivor, which means that your Home avatar will strap on armour while its other physical features remain intact. Plus you can wear it out of the space into the game world too! Armor comes in several variants, increasing in weight and damage absorption properties. Heavier armour will slow survivor movement between cover, but it will be able to absorb more damage. You choose between speed of movement and the damage protection. It is possible to mix and match all the armour pieces into whichever configuration you require. Light armour for hands and feet? Medium for legs and torso? Heavy for the head? You decide. The weight, speed and damage absorption properties for your character are then calculated appropriately. Game Modes There are two modes of play: Scavengers and Team Deathmatch. Team Deathmatch is the time-tested ‘kill-every-enemy-that-moves’ game mode. In the Scavengers game mode teams must collect salvage packs from the depleted cityscape. These resources are all that are left of the old world. Each team must bring all the salvage to their ‘salvage dump’ before the other team does. This game mode is essentially capture the flag, but with multiple flags. Players earn points for placing salvage on their team’s salvage dump, for stealing enemy salvage, and for simply killing the enemy. In other Home news the sporting event of the year has arrived – PlayStation Home 100m Sprint – now available in Home Square! Home Square will be adding additional sporting challenges in the coming weeks so stay tuned. Over at the Casino management will award a flag from your country as a free hand item just by stopping by the Concourse. In addition a new top tier reward –Armored Car Sidekick – has been added for those who have earned over 500,000 chips. The Lucky Fountain will also have a new limited time reward for visitors to try and win by throwing coins to test their luck! Sega Europe will launch a new Arcade Cabinet for PlayStation Home. Renegade Ops: Preboot is a 16-bit, top-down, twin-stick shooter with 15 challenging levels to play though! It will be available for purchase in the VEEMEE and Stuff stores. Also owners of the Arcade Cabinet also receive six bonus virtual items including a Helicopter Companion, a Tank Table and the fantastic Explosion active item. Existing owners of the Renegade Ops PSN title can get the Renegade Ops: Preboot Arcade Cabinet and virtual items for FREE! Just visit one of the stores selling the items to receive your ‘thank you’ gift from SEGA. For a limited period the Renegade Ops: Preboot – Arcade Cabinet will also be available free-to-play in Home Square, Indie Park, The Bowling Alley and the Action District. And new from Granzella this week will be the Jimbei series of Japanese casual wear! Available in three colours each: For men, Indigo, Grey, and Black Stripe. For Women, Peach Flower, Sky Grey Flower, and Black Flower. And finally Konami also continues its popular Gothic line with new clothing for women and men with this new Goth styled arcane apparel!
Can not see much for me this week, No Man's Land I'll pass on and defo if the costing matches that of in the US.
The cost and lack of motivation has definitely made me lose interest with NML. I'll check out the casino/home square updates and possibly renegade ops too.
Problem with No Mans Land is that cost to be able to play it right. You can spend over the of a real PS3 game and for on rails, 1 map and kimited players in the game seems silly