The lucky folks at Xtreme Gaming Radio recently got the chance to play through an early build of Giants: Citizen Kabuto and were nice enough to write up a page with their first impressions. The title is from Planet Moon Studios and will come to the Mac thanks to the newly-revived MacPlay. It's difficult to describe exactly what Giants is, other than a game pitting three characters against eachother in an all-out battle for domination. And seeing how this preview goes so far as to predict it might become Game of the Year, it's not to be ignored. Here's a clip:

The controls of the game are VERY FPS-friendly and instinctual. This might be the game that convinces you to go get the new Logitech Optical Mouse with the cool thumb button (I couldn't game without mine). It's so much fun zooming around on your jetpack--flying up the face of mountains and 'buzzing' lakes, creatures, and homes.

In the multiplayer side of the preview there is a RTS slant to it in that you take some of the creatures you find, bring them back to your home base, and they will build things for you...like the copter that you see below.

Giants Screen Shots

IMG First Look at Giants: Citizen Kabuto

Xtreme Gaming Radio Giants Preview

Planet Moon Web Site

MacPlay (add to watch list)

Planet Moon Studios (add to watch list)

Omni Group (add to watch list)

Giants: Citizen Kabuto (add to watch list)

Buy Giants: Citizen Kabuto

Search for other Mac games news stories or browse our Mac Games News Archive.