FirstPlay Episode 43

Hello everyone,

I won’t waste any time boasting about how I spent last week in Tokyo or how I’ve actually played the new Uncharted game on NGP, and instead I’ll concentrate on how while I was away the rest of the hard-working FirstPlay team put the finishing touches to episode 43, which will be on the Store this Wednesday.

I did though. Let’s be clear about that.

We’re giving away another pair of Swords & Soldiers avatars this week – Swordsman! Child Emperor! – alongside another packed slate of high-definition gaming videos. First we bring you direct capture of our hands-on session with the very tasty-looking Dirt 3, including the tough bits where we handed the controller to the guys from Codies and asked “Can you do this bit?” Then we go behind the scenes of upcoming shooter Bodycount for a brand new studio tour, and get our itchy trigger fingers on pepped-up war sim Operation Flashpoint: Red River.

Of course that’s not all. We’ve also got a review of cop comedy The Other Guys on Blu-ray, a look at the making of Medal Of Honor‘s online mode with the boys from EA DICE, a round-up of the latest comics on the PSP Store and a sit-down with one of the nicest, chattiest industry guys we’ve had the pleasure of meeting, Jim Boone from Red Faction: Armageddon developer Volition. Plus there’s a review of PSN blaster Alien Breed 2: Assault, and screenshot galleries featuring Brink, Homefront, the rebooted Tomb Raider and Silent Hill: Downpour.

As ever, all of this is just 99p, or less if you buy a 12 week subscription for £8.99.

If you have any feedback you can email at FirstPlay@futurenet.com, or we’re on Twitter at @firstplay_uk. I’m @nathanditum, producer Dave is @bodbod and assistant producer James is @James_Jarvis. We’d love to hear from you.

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