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Yakuza 3 Has More Cuts Than You First Thought
So you thought the hostess bars were the only thing cut from Yakuza 3, a very Japanese game that’s being brought to the West by Sega? Nunh unh. There are way more changes than that. As you’ll see below, the edits are everywhere. And before you complain, remember: Sega did so because if it had…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2010 -
Oscar-Winning Duo Working On Ghost Recon Movie
The creators of Logorama – an Oscar-winning short film that featured its fair share of video game companies – will be sticking with a gaming theme for their next work, creating a live-action short for Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon series. Francois Alaux and Herve de Crecy will be working with writer Tim Sexton (Children of Men)…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2010 -
God Of War Tears Head Off Copycat Claims
In 2008, Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer Barrette-Herzog sued Sony and God of War creator David Jaffe for copyright infringement over the original PS2 game. That case has now been dismissed. While official notice of the motion has yet to be published on public court records, one of the accused – game designer David Jaffe –…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2010 -
Hakan Oils Up For Super Street Fighter IV
While everyone pretty much knew he was coming, it’s still nice to see Capcom take the wraps off Super Street Fighter IV’s final new character Hakan with a couple of trailers. Click to view There’s a gameplay trailer, above, and a character trailer below. Amazing how, even in these lo-fi web clips, he’s already so…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2010 -
EA Sports Getting More Active With Fitness Game Sequel
With the first game a surprising hit, EA Sports revealed today that a second EA Sports Active game is in development, this time called…EA Sports Active 2.0 (working title!). Like its predecessor, it’ll focus on more energetic workouts than Nintendo’s rival Wii Fit, and will include a heart rate monitor, leg and arm straps with…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 10, 2010 -
Reviews
Napoleon: Total War Review: Ability Is Nothing Without Opportunity
In 1815, having come back for one last bite of the cherry, Waterloo was Napoleon’s, well, Waterloo. Could Creative Assembly be risking the same fate returning to the age of muskets and bright uniforms so soon after Empire: Total War? Napoleon: Total War takes Empire: Total War and applies a new coat of paint to…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2010 -
Mac vs PC: How Apple Got Back In The Game
For years – no, decades – games on the Mac have been a running joke, a constant source of derision from the dominant PC gaming community. But in a single move earlier this week, the Mac made a comeback. In unveiling not only the release of its line-up of first-party titles – classic games like…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2010 -
World Cup 2010: No Man United, Plenty Of Brazilian Ladies
The 2010 World Cup draws near, and that means one thing: football. OK, two things: football, and an EA Sports football game cashing in on the World Cup. World Cup 2010 is essentially FIFA 10 with a focus on national teams, the reduction in available sides hopefully compensated for by an increase in polish and…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2010 -
Bad Company 2 Might Go Mac As Well
With Mac computers the flavour of the week, Battlefield developers DICE are not ones to be left off the bandwagon, saying that they’re “currently investigating” bringing Battlefield Bad Company 2 to Apple’s platform. DICE’s Karl Magnus Troedsson said as much yesterday, Tweeting “We’re currently investigating the possibility of making BFBC2 available on Mac”. Pretty clear,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2010 -
So, How Much Did It Cost To Make God Of War III?
It’s not often we’re told how much a company spends making a video game. So when Sony discloses how much coin was spent developing God Of War III, we’ll note it down. According to John Hight, from Sony’s Santa Monica studio, the blockbuster cost USD$44 million. With the average cost of producing a current-gen game…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2010 -
Ladies, Here’s How To Look Like A Space Vixen
This is a video guide on how to look like Miranda, one of the stars of sci-fi adventure Mass Effect 2. Not how to dress like her. How to actually look like her. Leigh Ann, from Charisma +2, is the star here, showing the game’s female fans (or the obsessed male fan with a patient…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2010 -
Mass Effect 2’s New Hovertank In Action, Blowin’ Up Geth
Later this month, Mass Effect 2 players will get access to the Hammerhead hovertank, along with five new missions for the game. Here’s what the new toy looks like in action. It’s certainly more nimble than the Mako, your vehicle from the first Mass Effect, and the way those levels look custom-built around it is…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2010 -
Modern Warfare 2, 25 Million Served
Robert Bowling, community manager for Modern Warfare developers Infinity Ward, has returned to his Tweeting ways after a week’s well-deserved silence And it’s straight back to Call of Duty PR work, too, with the revelation that since its release late last year over 25 million people have played Modern Warfare 2 across the Xbox 360,…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2010 -
God Of War III’s Ending Snipped, Might Make A Comeback Later
Spanning three excellent, bloody titles, Sony’s God of War trilogy has finally come to an end with the release of God of War III. But did you know there was originally an end after the end? Speaking with GameTrailers, Senior Producer Steve Caterson says in response to questions of whether any content from the game…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2010 -
Salute Your New King Of Kong
Hit documentary “King of Kong” portrayed the real life battle between Billy Mitchell and Steve Wiebe over the world’s highest Donkey Kong score. It’s moot now, however, because a new challenger has beaten them both. The 2007 film ends on a happy note, Wiebe hitting a new record score of 1,049,100 in his garage. Shortly…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2010 -
See Modern Warfare’s “No Russian” Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
Michael Barnes is the man to thank for this incredible piece of Modern Warfare 2 machinima, which recreates the game’s controversial “No Russian” mission in a manner fit for prime-time TV. What you’re seeing here is almost entirely in-game action from the PC version of the game. What Barnes has done is record it from…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 9, 2010 -
Can Hurt Locker Inspire A New Generation Of “War” Games?
Hurt Locker won some Oscars last night, and is a movie about a war. But there’s not much shooting in it. Video games could learn from that. I think a real part of the movie’s appeal is that, while set in a war – which is always exotic and exciting – it’s not really a…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 8, 2010 -
Another Busty Valkyria Chronicles Figure? Sure, Why Not
There’s a war going on at the moment in the land of Valkyia Chronicles. Not between the Imperials and the Gallians, though. It’s between Japanese toy companies, over who can come up with the best Selvaria figure. We’ve seen Enterbrain’s entry, and it’s a good one. This is figure company Alter’s. While the prototype figure…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 8, 2010 -
The World’s Greatest Dungeons & Dragons Room
Devon Burntwire has, for the last two years, been working on a little project: a custom room, designed solely for games of Dungeons & Dragons. It’s now finished, and it’s amazing. In addition to the obvious things, like the table and “library” storage for game and rule books, the room is full of other neat…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 8, 2010 -
Ubisoft Taking On FIFA & Pro Evo (Sort Of)
This May, Ubisoft will be dipping its toes into the lucrative (and highly competitive) football game market, with the release of Pure Football on the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Rather than trying to take on EA’s FIFA and Konami’s Pro Evo series, Pure Football goes the “Madden Arcade” or “FIFA Street” route, focusing…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 8, 2010
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