Luke Plunkett

PSN Going Down For More “Maintenance”

Never mind the fact that last week, in the lead-up to Sony’s Gamescom press conference, the PlayStation Network went down for maintenance. This week, it’s going down again! At 2:15pm (PST) tomorrow, August 25 (which is 9:15pm GMT), and running for around four hours, nobody will be able to sign into the PlayStation Network to…

Sony’s Motion Controller Will Be Out Spring 2010

Sony’s motion controller has neither a name nor a finalised form. Which means, yeah, it’s still a work in progress. And that means it won’t be out until, oh, Spring 2010. PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai has told The Times “we are slating it for spring of next year”. “It” being the motion controller. “One of…

In Defence Of Sports Games

It’s alarming how many of you people hate sports games. To the point where a harmless post on a sports game on this site usually elicits unnecessary levels of fury and trollishness. We get it. A lot of you hate sports games. Hate Madden, hate FIFA, hate NBA2K, hate Pro Evo (Wii Sports doesn’t count;…

Mass Effect 2 Won’t Be Late On PC*

Like previous 360 “exclusives”, the PC port of Mass Effect came late. Real late. For Mass Effect 2, however, things may be different. BioWare’s Jesse Houston has told VG247 that both the 360 and PC versions of the sci-fi RPG will be shipping at the same time. “This time round, doing it at the same…

You’re Wondering: How Many People Went To Gamescom?

Gamescom came, it did, it went. Seemed like a success from where we were sitting! But as a public event, the show’s success depended not only on media coverage, but on the number of punters through the door. Last year’s big German games show, the Games Convention in the city of Leipzig, attracted 203,000 people…

Commandos Series To Make A Return [Update]

Pyro Studios‘ classic Commando series is on the way back, with the developers announcing that once work on their current project is done, they’ll be returning to the WW2 strategy franchise. The studio revealed to Gamer.nl that, once they’re done with the Planet 51 movie tie-in they’re currently working on, we’ll be treated to an…

DJ Hero, Game & Watch Edition

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PSP Minis Documents Leaked: Sony Learning From Apple’s Mistakes

Pocket Gamer have got their hands on some developer documents for Sony’s PSP Minis program, which reveal that – in one key area at least – lessons have been learned from the way Apple have done business on the iPhone. While Apple’s App Store has been lauded for its variety and scope, it’s often criticised…

Tatsunoko vs Capcom Gets Four New Characters

Capcom’s Wii fighter Tatsunoko vs Capcom will, when it reaches Western shores, make the journey with some new content previously unseen in the Japanese edition. Like what? Like, maybe, online multiplayer. Along with four new characters. Yup. Four. Two from Capcom, two from Tatsunoko. There’s no word on who they’ll be, but you’re free to…

New Avatar Trailer

Here’s a new trailer for Avatar, the game based on the movie James Cameron has spent the last, oh, fifteen million years tinkering with.

BioShock Movie Gets A New Director

Last we’d heard, the BioShock movie had been put on hold while studio execs looked for a cheaper place to film, along with a new director. Looks like they’ve found the latter. According to SlashFilm, Spaniard Juan Carlos Fresnadillo will replace Gore Verbinski in the director’s chair (though Verbinski will remain as a “producer”). Never…

Gran Turismo 5 Gameplay Footage

Say what you will about Gran Turismo’s sterility, its punishing difficulty, nobody can argue that the games always look rather nice. Gran Turismo 5 looks set to continue this tradition. Click to view Gran Turismo 5 at IGN.com

Sega Park Opens In Dubai

The SEGA Republic – a nine-ride, 150-game amusement park – has officially been opened in Dubai Mall, roughly 18 months after it was first announced. The rides – with names like Spin Gear, Sonic Hopper, Halfpipe Canyon, Storm-G and Initial D4 Limited – are all just standard fun park fare, only with Sega characters stuck…

Cabela’s Gets The Wii Light Gun Just Right

As distasteful as you may find Cabela’s Big Buck Hunt – or indeed the people who play it – you’ve got admit there’s something shamefully satisfying about the game’s plastic peripherals. So it’s nice to see that with the game making its way to the 360, PS3 and Wii next month, special attention has been…

How Team Fortress 2 Maps Are Made

Balance is a crucial thing for Valve when it comes to Team Fortress. Get a map wrong and there’ll be emails, petitions…hell to pay. Thankfully, most maps get it right! Here’s how they’re made! Valve have released a couple of videos showing the evolution of a Team Fortress 2 map (Viaduct), from planning to completion,…

Yup, 360 Elite Goes $299 On August 30

And so it begins. This is a page from the latest Wal-Mart catalogue, due August 30, advertising the Xbox 360 Elite at $299, a whole $100 cheaper than its current price. With Meijer’s catalogue also advertising a $299 Elite for August 30, let’s end the conjecture right here. This is definitely happening. What’s fascinating is…

A PSP For Gran Turismo Fans

The old PSP is going out with a bang in Japan later this year, with the October release of a special Gran Turismo PSP hardware bundle. The bundle includes a copy of Gran Turismo PSP and a PSP-3000, which is black with a wee little Gran Turismo logo on the front. Pricing for the bundle…

Battlefield 1943 Won’t Be Out On PC This Year

Hey, PC users. Sorry if you thought Battlefield 1943 would be out on PC sometime in 2009. Really sorry. Because it won’t be. Instead, the game has been delayed into 2010, DICE’s Gordon Van Dyke telling G4TV: We haven’t released a Frostbite [DICE’s game engine] built game on PC, so going into this project we…

PAL PlayStation Store Update: Gamescom Gamescom Gamescom

For some reason, while the American update was a little thin this week, the PAL PlayStation Store sees the arrival of a ton of content, from live Gamescom press conference videos to a demo for Bethesda’s WET. Games & Demos Colin McRae DiRT 2 (demo) WET (demo) Mini Ninjas (demo) IL2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey…

Plants vs Zombies To Gnaw At Retail, iPhones, Your Chest

PopCap announced today that Plants vs Zombies – a game we like very, very much – will now be able to be enjoyed by even more people, with both a retail and iPhone release. The game will, as you read this, already be sitting on store shelves across America, for the reasonable price of $20.…