{"id":79631,"date":"2015-08-04T14:30:45","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T12:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=79631"},"modified":"2015-08-04T14:45:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-04T12:45:22","slug":"a-brief-taste-of-mirrors-edge-catalyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/79631-a-brief-taste-of-mirrors-edge-catalyst","title":{"rendered":"A brief taste of Mirror&#8217;s Edge: Catalyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was not too long ago when EA revealed <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/75008-mirrors-edge-2-releases-early-2016.html\">in their financial report for 2015<\/a>\u00a0to the world that a new <em>Mirror&#8217;s Edge<\/em> game was in the works, and with a 2016 release date no less.<\/p>\n<p>Slowly, hype has been building up as <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/76976-mirrors-edge-2-mysterious-image-released-hints-to-game-details.html\">more details became apparent<\/a> for what we now know as <em>Mirror&#8217;s Edge: Catalyst<\/em>, instead of <em>Mirror&#8217;s Edge 2<\/em>, as previously speculated prior to E3 this year.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, we finally received a gameplay teaser for\u00a0<em>Mirror&#8217;s Edge: Catalyst,<\/em> which while very brief gives us a taste of what is to come for Gamescom 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The clip was \u00a0released on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirrorsedge\/status\/628237360866676737\" target=\"_blank\">Mirror&#8217;s Edge official Twitter account<\/a>, and can be seen below.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Faith&#8217;s journey is just beginning. Subscribe to see it first: <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/VHcEPctA36\">http:\/\/t.co\/VHcEPctA36<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MirrorsEdge?src=hash\">#MirrorsEdge<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EAgamescom?src=hash\">#EAgamescom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4pVLNjINdI\">https:\/\/t.co\/4pVLNjINdI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mirror&#8217;s Edge (@mirrorsedge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirrorsedge\/status\/628237360866676737\">August 3, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What is very noticeable at first is the visual upgrade from the previous game, as the city sky-line now is much more dynamic, visually stunning and captivating, and it truly appears that DICE are already doing a great job.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the brief length of the clip, which comes in at a running time of a mere 23 seconds, the world of\u00a0<em>Mirror&#8217;s Edge: Catalyst\u00a0<\/em>really feels alive and breathing.<\/p>\n<p>The level of sophistication found here is incomparable to the original game.\u00a0It feels as if we will once again receive a game which is fresh, both creatively and visually, from EA and DICE.<\/p>\n<p>More than that, the world looks massive and seems to encourage exploration, but perhaps most importantly is the sense of atmosphere and anxiety as Faith sensed something close by, perhaps stalking her, and we immediately felt on edge.<\/p>\n<p>If that&#8217;s what <em>Mirror&#8217;s Edge: Catalyst <\/em>can do in under half a minute, imagine what the game in its entirety will manage.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering when we will get more gameplay, EA revealed via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mirrorsedge\/status\/627569513056354304\" target=\"_blank\">a Tweet<\/a>, over the weekend,\u00a0that we will be getting more <em>Mirror&#8217;s Edge: Catalyst\u00a0<\/em>gameplay goodness at Gamescom. This, in itself, is great news now that our gaming appetites\u00a0are out of control.<\/p>\n<p>With this news, Gamescom 2015 just became far more interesting and we can&#8217;t wait to see what\u00a0<em>Mirrror&#8217;s Edge: Catalyst\u00a0<\/em>brings to the table.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/mirrors-edge-catalyst-teaser-is-brief-but-striking\/\" target=\"_blank\">PCGamer<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>More On Mirror&#8217;s Edge<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/76976-mirrors-edge-2-mysterious-image-released-hints-to-game-details.html\">Mirror\u2019s Edge 2: mysterious image released hints to game details<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/75008-mirrors-edge-2-releases-early-2016.html\">Mirror\u2019s Edge 2 releases early 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/62585-mirrors-edge-2-coming-in-2016.html\">Mirror\u2019s Edge 2 coming in 2016?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s brief, but oh so sweet with Mirror&#8217;s Edge: Catalyst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":79643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[709,175,1003,4120,14316,1969,15397,1239,1853,8057,183,10065],"class_list":["post-79631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-dice","tag-ea","tag-gameplay","tag-mirrors-edge","tag-mirrors-edge-catalyst","tag-news-2","tag-pc","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation4","tag-teaser","tag-video","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79645,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79631\/revisions\/79645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}