Release date for Far Cry 2 revealed, causes purchasing headaches
This year’s holiday season is beginning to look like last year’s, especially for the FPS genre. Last year, there was an influx of marquee shooters such as The Orange Box (which contained several high-quality games), Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Bioshock, Crysis, and Unreal Tournament 3.
Far Cry 2 will be joining this year’s batch of top-tier games as it lands on store shelves this October 21 in North America and October 24 in Europe. The Ubisoft shooter will have versions for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Other high-profile games coming out in the latter half of 2008 include Resistance 2, Fallout 3, Mercenaries 2, Left 4 Dead, Gears of War 2, Saint’s Row 2, Dead Space, and Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway, to name a few.
Yes, Far Cry 2, a highly-anticipated shooter, has become a mere drop in the bucket. To lure more gamers to its fold, Ubisoft also announced that there will be a Far Cry 2 collectors’ edition that will include:
- Exclusive wooden box;
- The Far Cry 2 game;
- “Limited edition” Far Cry 2 shirt;
- “The Art of Far Cry 2” art book;
- Collector 50km² map;
- Making-of DVD.
I originally considered Far Cry 2 as rental, at least until I heard about its flamethrower and map editor. Now, I’m undecided between Fallout 3 and Far Cry 2. Among the games coming out, which are the ones you’re torn over?
Image for Far Cry 2 is courtesy of Ubisoft.
