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On this day in 2005 Destroy All Humans! was released on the Xbox Original and PlayStation 2 in North America (Europe and Australia: 24/06/2005). You play as the alien, Cryptosporidium 137, from the Furon Empire who has come to Earth to extract human DNA that will be used for cloning the Furon people. Constant war with other life forms and a heavy reliance on nuclear weapons have left the Furon species infertile and without gentiles. Facilitating the need for human DNA that coincidently happens to contain reminisce of Furon DNA. The game takes place in the 1950s and is a parody of the values, culture and politics of the time. You travel to a number of locations to complete missions in fictional settings and collect that all precious DNA for the brain stem of humans. The game was met with positive reviews across the board (Metacritic: Xbox- 76%, PS2, 74%). The general consensus from the media was that the level design and destructible environments were highly commended as was the story which contained humor and satire to tell an engaging tale. The game was later released for the PlayStation 4 through the Online PlayStation store. Many sequels were spawned after the success of the original game, however, in this gamers opinion, the original is my best. #OnThisDayGaming #ThisDayInGaming #VideoGameHistory #TodayInVideoGames #VideoGamesToday #GamingHistory #Developer #Publisher #DestroyAllHumans! #DestroyAllHumans #Xbox #XboxOriginal #PlayStation #PlayStation2 #THQ #PandemicStudios #LocomotiveGames #SandblastGames

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So tired right now. Getting up at 5AM (AEST) to watch EA’s E3 conference is brutal. So far I am enjoying Battlefront II’s multiplayer gameplay. I am underwhelmed by FIFA and NBA Live. Although, I am not a sports game fan. I am also very excited to see how BioWare’s new IP Anthem evolves. #OnThisDayGaming #ThisDayInGaming #VideoGameHistory #TodayInVideoGames #VideoGamesToday #E3 #E32017 #EAConference #ElectronicArts #StarWars #StarWarsBattlefront #StarWarsBattleFront2

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On this day in 1998 Road Rash 3D was released in North America. It was the 4th Entry in the franchise and was developed/published by Electronic Arts. Dan Geisler (Programmer: Road Rash 1,2 and 3) can up with the franchise name after taking a ride on his motorcycle down Mulholland Drive in Los Angeles and thinking ‘man if you wiped out here you would get some serious road rash’. The franchise was a departure from traditional racing games, instead having a focus on fierce combat and evading the authorities. The franchise was planned to be released on the Nintendo Entertainment System, however was moved to the Mega Drive as it was a much more powerful system. The games were ported to other systems however the definitive versions are on the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. Road Rash 3D was the first 3D entry in the franchise and was not developed by the team of the original three. It also moved from the heavy combat focus of the previous games towards a more traditional racing game. I felt that Road Rash 3D was very shallow and did not have the flair of the previous entries. I believe this is due in part to the departure of the original development team, which were motorcycle enthusiasts. The original team based the roads and scenery off rides they had taken together around regions such as Hawaii, Alaska, Palm Desert, Vermont and Tennessee, where as the later team chose generic scenery and roads. If you want to play Road Rash 3D, you need to have the original game disc for the PlayStation 1. However, I recommend instead you try Road Rash 3which is the best release in the series. You can buy Road Rash 3 for the Mega Drive/Genesis on Ebay or your local retro video game store. #OnThisDayGaming #ThisDayInGaming #VideoGameHistory #TodayInVideoGames #VideoGamesToday #GamingHistory #Developer #Publisher #RoadRash #RashRash3D #RoadRash2 #RoadRash3 #ElectronicArts #MegaDrive #Genesis #Sega #SegaGenesis #VideoGamePort #DefinitiveEdtion #MotorCycle #MotorBike #MotorBikeVideoGame #MotorCycleVideoGame

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On this day in 2000 Resident Evil: Code Veronica was released on the Sega Dreamcast in the PAL regions of Europe and Australia (N.A: 29/02/2000, JP: 03/02/2000). The game was developed/published by Capcom and was the first Resident Evil to debut outside of the PlayStation Platform. The story takes place after Resident Evil 2 but concurrently with events of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. Code Veronica came into being after an unsuccessful attempt by Capcom to port Resident Evil 2 to the Sega Saturn. After this Capcom went to work on developing an original title for Sega. Code Veronica was intended to be the true sequel to Resident Evil 2, however was later decided to be a spin-off entry. Resident Evil: Code Veronica was not as commercially successful as the other R.E titles, however it was rated extremely highly by critics getting an aggregated score of 94% on GameRanking. Code Veronica was later ported to Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2 and is currently available on PlayStation 4’s PS Store for $22.95 US. #OnThisDayGaming #ThisDayInGaming #VideoGameHistory #TodayInVideoGames #VideoGamesToday #GamingHistory #Capcom #ResidentEvil #ResidentEvil2 #ResidentEvil3 #ResidentEvilCodeVeronica #Sega #SegaDreamcast #SegaSaturn #PlayStation #PlayStation2 #PlayStation3 #PlayStation4 #Xbox360 #Nintendo #NintendoGamecube #VideoGamePort #Rerelease