Luke Plunkett

Royal Navy To Issue Sailors With PSPs

Britain’s Royal Navy have begun handing out PlayStation Portables to sailors in the fleet, not so they can work on their (Final Fantasy) Tactics, but so they can “study”. A report in The Times says they’ll be used to “read and listen to coursework and practise on-screen tests in confined quarters”. It follows a recommendation…

Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters Banned On PC

According to Infinity Ward’s Robert Bowling, a large number of Modern Warfare 2 players on PC were banned over the weekend for using cheats in multiplayer matches. He says around 2500 Steam accounts were targeted. That’s a lot of cheaters for a game being played on controlled servers over Steam. Then again, it’s a proportionate…

New King Of Fighters Figure Bares (Almost) All

Need something to wash the taste of that movie trailer out of your mouths, KoF fans? How about this new Vanessa figure. Yes, Vanessa. Not Mai. Vanessa. Who seems to have lost all her buttons. This figure, by A-Label, will be out next year in Japan. It stands at around 30cm high, and you should…

Aliens vs Predator Multiplayer Trailer

You know, this is the first time I stopped thinking of this as “some game due next year” and “oh, another Aliens game”, and started thinking “oh man, it’s an AvP game made by Rebellion, that’s so great”. I then started thinking “what are these writers doing in an advertisement for an unreleased game?”, but…

Bayonetta’s BlazBlue, Virtua Fighter Cameos

With all that hair-twirling, face-kicking and PVC-wearing, Bayonetta would be a perfect fit for a traditional fighting game. Hence these dream (emphasis on the dream) scenarios. The first, above, is from a recently-released Bayonetta theme for the 360, which has a Virtua Fighter arcade cabinet lurking in the background. And on its screen? Yup, Bayonetta…

You May Not Like Where Command & Conquer Is Headed

Jon Van Caneghem, EA’s new head of all things Command & Conquer, has grand plans for the future direction of the series. Plans die-hard fans of C&C may be interested/horrified to hear. See, Van Caneghem is a big supporter of things like “games as service”, and online delivery. Which makes him a good fit for…

Turning The Beautiful Game Into A Video Game

As I’ve said, FIFA 10 comes as close as any sports game I’ve played to being just like the real thing. Begging the question: how do the developers actually turn a sport like football into a video game? After all, football is not like most other sports represented in video games. It is not a…

The Antipodes Beckon

To: Brian From: Luke So, good turkey day? Not being one to celebrate such a thing, today I gave thanks for the kebab I ate for lunch and played some FIFA. You must be off to Australia in, what, a day or two? Should be a hoot. Weather’s much nicer down here this time of…

Lost Planet 2 Screens Show The Belly Of The Beast

You know, Capcom, you should quit trying to sell Monster Hunter in the West. Just stick with Lost Planet. It does the giant monster thing, only with guns and robots, which is all people really want.

Okamiden Trailer Will Lead To Pinched Cheeks, Baby Noises

It’s funny, Okami on PS2 had a well-deserved reputation for being gorgeous. It’s DS sequel/prequel is not. I’d say “adorable” is a better fit. Click to view

Sony List Some PSP Comic Publishers (And DC Is Nowhere In Sight)

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe yesterday released a preliminary list of the publishing houses signed up to the company’s digital comics service for the PSP. And there’s quite a few notable absentees While the list is obviously headlined by Marvel (whose comics have featured in every screenshot we’ve seen of the service), and is joined by…

PAL PlayStation Store: No Thanks Given

Not much in the way of games this week in the PAL PlayStation Store, but those looking for more stuff to do in games they already own, they’re being looked after. There are add-ons for nine games, ranging from the usual suspects (Rock Band, Fallout 3) to Borderlands to Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 to Ninja…

Square Enix Anticipating The Death of Consoles

Square Enix may be notorious for looking back when developing games, but when it comes to the strategy of big business, they’re looking as far forward as the human eye can see. “In ten years’ time a lot of what we call ‘console games’ won’t exist”, Square Enix boss Yoichi “Imperial Hot” Wada told MCV…

Red Dead Redemption Gets A Proper Release Date

If only I’d waited another day, I could have forgone circling the entire month of April in red pen and just done a single day instead. As you can see above, Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption – sequel to Red Dead Revolver, one of the last generation’s most under-appreciated games – will be out on April…

Street Fighter IV’s New Guys In Action

Super Street Fighter IV will introduce a whole new set of faces to the Street Fighter IV experience, some old, some not so old. Here they all are in action, including Guy, Cody & Adon. Click to view

Puzzle Quest Gets A Sequel

Shrugging off the disappointment that was Galactrix, Australia’s Infinite Interactive are now hardat work on a true sequel to the addictive, amazing Puzzle Quest. And…there’s nothing more to add at this point. It’s Puzzle Quest 2, it’s on the way, it’s coming to at least the 360, and we’ll hear more about it later. For…

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PC Beta Retreats To 2010

According to Electronic Arts, the current PS3 beta test for Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has proven so popular that the PC one needs to be pushed into next year. “With the huge success of the PS3 Beta we decided to drastically increase the PC Beta’s capacity to insure as many people as possible could participate”…

Sony Boss Takes A Swing Or Two At The Wii

With sales of the PS3 on the rebound, Sony are starting to get a little of their old swagger back. Speaking with GI.biz, Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andrew House has taken a couple of shots not at his company’s arch-rival, the Xbox 360, but at the Wii, a console he says is experiencing quite the…

Next Zelda Game To Feature Flight?

In an interview with Britain’s The Guaridan, Zelda director Eiji Aonuma has given a none-too-subtle hint that the upcoming Wii entry in the series may feature, for the first real time in a Zelda game, flight. “I have an eight-year-old son myself at home, and quite recently he started playing The Phantom Hourglass for DS,…

An Old Friend Returns In New Mass Effect 2 Videos, Screens

Happy Thanksgiving, Mass Effect fans. Here’s two new trailers and four new screenshots for the upcoming Mass Effect 2. And no, there’s not a turkey in sight. Half the stuff is dedicated to changes made to the game’s “adept” class mode. The other half? To the return of Tali, a character so forgettable I forget…