Last year was touted as the best year for gaming. There was an unusually high amount highly anticipated games such as Halo 3, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and Bioshock, just to name a few. The idea was that after Halo 3, the would be a steady flow of triple-A titles that would keep gamers occupied for the rest of the year, and then some. So what happened? The article will examine several reasons why 2007 didn’t quite live up to the hype and why 2008 will take the title as best year ever for gaming.

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Ask any game developer what sort of feature that the title in question includes, chances are the first thing they mention is the “next gen” graphics, or physics, etc; Of course, it has not taken long for people to start to ask whether features can be next gen or not. After all, all three platforms have been out for over a year. Speaking of which, what about the Wii? Is it truly a “new gen” console? What is “next gen”? What is “new gen”? These questions and more will be answered after the jump.

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It’s been a while since we’ve had any substantial news of Silicon Knights’ upcoming title Too Human. Rest assured though, if this video is any indication, Silicon Knights has everything under control. The video below is a lengthy demonstration of the game’s two different style of play: action and RPG, and how seamlessly they’ve been integrated together. Then the team goes into a brief discussion of the gameplay differences between playing Human or playing Cyber, as well as armor types, and how the team approached balancing the risk of dying. Also, I have to commend the work that the development team has done switching engines. The game looks really good and, from what the video shows, there’s no detriment to the frame rate. Hey Bioware, are you taking notes?