teamxbox posted:Midway has just launced the official web site for Stranglehold at www.strangleholdgame.com. Starring Chow Yun Fat and directed by acclaimed action director John Woo, Stranglehold brings all the action and suspense of a summer blockbuster to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC videogame systems. The game allows players to experience the excitement of true next-gen action as you take on the role of Inspector Tequila created by John Woo for his influential action film, "Hard Boiled" starring Chow Yun-Fat. The site features all-new in-game screenshots of Chow Yun-Fat, high-impact trailers, concept art and more!
Slashdot posted:Midway's event was much more to the point, with news of a downloadable Stranglehold demo coming in August....
GamingNexus posted:In my eyes, John Woo's Stranglehold was the title that had the most impact in the press conference with Unreal Tournament 3 close behind. Blacksite: Area 51 also looked solid and that's the message from Midway. They have a very diverse lineup that appeals to many and they all looked high quality.
Eurogamer posted: Midway has confirmed to Eurogamer that Stranglehold will be available in Europe on 7th September, followed a week later by Blacksite on the 14th. The publisher also recently announced at its E3 conference in Santa Monica that a demo for Stranglehold will be available to download on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 next month. Advertisement Stranglehold is a third-person action game created internally at Midway with the help of director John Woo. It's based on his Hong Kong action film Hard Boiled (that's bundled as Blu-ray in the PS3 special edition), which puts you in the shoes of a rough-and-tumble cop called Tequila, who is hell-bent on taking a crime syndicate down to, er, Chinatown. Chow Yun Fat is reprising his roll as the renegade law enforcer, in what's being described as "Max Payne with bells on" by our editor Kristan Reed - there's slow motion balletic gunplay and everything. We got the chance to go hands on with it just the other day, and you can read our first impressions of Stranglehold elsewhere on the site. You might also want to have a peek at the freshly launched website. Blacksite: Area 51, on the other hand, is a first-person shooter for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC - which deals with issues as complex as insurgencies on US soil, and US foreign policy and its impact on people from different backgrounds. There's a giant octopus monster in it, too. A demo for it is already on Live, and it shows where creative director Harvey Smith (of Looking Glass and Ion Storm fame) is attempting to go with the game. Head over to our Blacksite gamepage to find our first impressions of this promising title, as well as an interview with Smith himself.
