Brink News

This is a video guide created by Dave and Noah on how to master the Tower Defense Level 3. The video takes around eleven minutes. According to them this is one of the easiest ways. They recommend using heavy body and heavy machine gun.

Have fun applying the stuff learned from that video and of course playing :)

This video gives an overview about the different classes in brink. Their use, their benefits, their strengths and their weaknesses. Enjoy!
In brink you are able to change your class during the gameplay with a command post.

Classes Overview

• Soldier: destruction objectives, molotov cocktails.
• Operatives: hack objectives, disguise as enemy, see hidden mines.
• Engineer: construction and repair objectives, remove traps, buff weapons.
• Medic: Revives and heals VIPs in escort missions, heal.

Intro

Wow, I love this interview! Edward Stern (Senior Game Designer) from Splash Damage was interviewed by Laura Parker (GameSpot) at the E3 2009. He talks very passionately and really fast, like a machine gatling gun.

Content

Ed talks about the experience of Splash Damage with first-person shooters and that they are going for a team-based game. He seems to be very concerned to raise the usability in many ways, like smart movement (your character uses terrain), controller handling and generally “remove barriers for entry”. (Generally, he seems to have the mindset of a good engineer – use tech to make life easier. I like that!)

There will be 4 classes, which should should “focus the gameplay” since the players need to interact and enhance the team-based experience. About the general gaming experience, he thinks that it is time to move to a next level, when it comes to the differences between single-/multiplayer and on-/offline:

It’s just insane. You get games shipping with separate executables, a completely different experience, sometimes a different control scheme. Why would you ever do that? It’s crazy now. There’s no reason to do that.

In Brink you should be able to see that your buddy plays the single player campaign and he can join him for coop. (I love to see that level of integration in a lot of games since a few years!) The style and art of Brink is done by the former art director of Prince of Persia. Ed mentions that they added exaggeration (comic-like) to the characters, cause if you go for 100 % photo-realistic they appear to be “zombie like”.

The release for the XBox, PS3 and PC Version is set for Spring 2010. All development is done inhouse and they also take into account all the controllers.

Video

Here is the first official trailer for Brink this was shown at the E3.