Luke Plunkett

Happy 200th Issue, Edge

Game magazines come and game magazines go, but there’s one game magazine I’ve bought on a regular basis since I picked up the first issue all the way back in 1993. And that’s Edge. You may hate them for their snooty tone and tough review standards, that’s cool. Just as many people enjoy and respect…

PAL PlayStation Store Update: Epilogues & Ass Crack

Watchmen’s out this week. Not interested? You may instead want to spend those hard-earned Pounds/Euros/Dollars on Prince of Persia’s “Epilogue” DLC, then, or the delayed “Femme Fatale” pack for Street Fighter IV. Rounding out the week’s content is the usual parade of music game DLC, Burnout Paradise’s “Toy Car” downloadable content and a couple of…

Now You Too Can Play Resident Evil 5 Dress-Ups

Sensing that there will be grown-ups willing to part with serious cash money in the wake of Resident Evil 5’s release, Capcom are continuing a long-running trend of theirs: releasing Resident Evil dress-ups. They’ve been a mainstay of Capcom’s Japanese marketing strategy for years now, and with Resident Evil 5 now out over there, it’s…

The Red Steel 2 That Never Was

Red Steel 2 is coming. But did you know the version we’ll be getting sometime in the next 12 months or so is the second Red Steel 2 that’s been in development? Yes, before the current version – in development at Ubisoft Paris – there was an older one, being worked on by Ubisoft Montreuil.…

One Last Chance To Break EA’s NFL Monopoly

EA’s exclusivity deal with the NFL is bad news. Why? Competition is good for the consumer. FIFA only got better as a soccer game, for example, because of competition from Konami’s Pro Evo. So those hoping to see a return to the days when other companies could make games that not only competed, but outperformed…

Tekken Dev Reckons Game Will Influence Design Of Next Xbox

Need a new reference point for the old saying “delusions of grandeur”? Look no further than Tekken 6 head Katsuhiro Harada, who thinks his game might help influence the way Microsoft makes the next Xbox. Yes, really. Speaking with British magazine X360, Harada said: It is a challenge to fit this game onto one DVD…

Guitar Hero Metallica Characters Are Actually Metallica.

Yeah, you knew the members of Metallica did some motion-capture work for Guitar Hero: Metallica, but did you know they did it while performing every song from the game "live"? So why didn’t they just film them, save themselves a few months of animation work? Probably as a courtesy. Digital James Hetfield is far spunkier…

Washington State Officially Salutes Penny Arcade

The Washington State Senate has gone to the trouble of approving a bill that serves as nothing but a tip of the hat for the creators of Penny Arcade, Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik. Senate resolution 8640 – introduced on March 5 and passed on March 5 – honours the contribution the pair (both originally…

PS3 Red Alert 3 Might Be Worth The Wait

PlayStation 3 owners looking to get their hands on Red Alert 3 have been a patient bunch. And their patience looks to have been rewarded with a superior version of the game. Along with a bunch of free stuff that was only previously available to those who picked up the special edition of the PC…

Here Are Your Latest Team Fortress 2 Changes

Valve are like master chefs: always dabbling, always sticking their fingers in the pot, making sure everything is just right. Which is why they released a big Team Fortress 2 patch today. There are bug fixes, there are gameplay tweaks, and there are slight changes to the Spy’s abilities, for whom side-stabbing has returned and…

Sigourney Weaver Said “No, Thanks” To Ghostbusters

Re: the Ghostbusters game, Sigourney Weaver is on record as saying she was never contacted about a Ghostbusters game. The game’s developers, however, tell a different story. Speaking at a press event in Stockholm, Sweden yesterday, Brendan Goss – from developers Terminal Reality – revealed that the Aliens star was indeed offered a part. Which…

Dawn Of War II Tops Global PC Sales

Dawn of War II didn’t just do big business in the US. It’s done big business the world over, with publishers THQ announcing that game went straight to #1 across most of the Western world. Calling upon the same global sales data that we used to get those handy worldwide sales charts from, it’s been…

Take A Look At The Left 4 Dead Downloadable Content

Left 4 Dead’s getting a new coat of paint soon, with the release of the new “survival” DLC pack. It’ll bring two new campaigns to vs mode and a “survival” game type. So let’s take a look! Click to view Click to view Click to view Click to view [via VG247]

Street Fighter Super Hyper Art Exhibition Edition

Many games have left their mark on popular culture as a whole, but few have left one quite like Street Fighter has. Which is probably why the series is getting its own art exhibition. Put on by, yes, Capcom, the exhibition – called Jab Strong Fierce – will feature dozens of artists, appearing both individuals…

Capcom Talk PC Gaming Alliance, Digital Distribution

Capcom are one of the more high profile members of the PC Gaming Alliance, and as such, have a vested interest in the platform succeeding. But where do they see it headed? Capcom’s Christian Svensson has gone into this in quite a bit of detail in an interview over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun. First up,…

Another, Better Halo Transformer

Yes, we’ve seen one of these before. It was an admirable job, but lacking in its vehicle mode. This one is a big improvement, as it’s a Master Chief transforming into a Warthog. It is, of course, a custom job, cobbled together with parts from a McFarlane Master Chief and Actionclix Warthog then built atop…

Keep Your Cat Busy With These Kitty Control Pads

I must say, I’m more of a dog man myself, but this is one instance where cats come out trumps. A dog would probably try and eat these adorable controllers, where a cat just…cuddles. It cuddles the guitar, at least. Which is what it’s supposed to do. These are gadgets for cats, after all. The…

Royal Air Force Prefers Gamers To Pilots

There’s an economic crisis going on, and times are tough all over. Even at Britain’s Royal Air Force, which is looking to save a penny or two by replacing some combat pilots with…gamers. Thankfully, we’re not talking about real fighters here, so rest easy, people of Britain. You won’t have some snotty-nosed kid crashing a…

New Sega RTS Will Only Work With DirectX 10, Vista

Stormrise, a new RTS from Creative Assembly, is coming to consoles. No problems there. But it’s also coming to the PC, and when it does, you better hope you’re not still rocking Windows XP. Why? Because the game will only run under DirectX 10, which will only run under Windows Vista. Lead designer Artem Kulakov…

New Company Of Heroes: One Tank Army

There’s a new Company of Heroes expansion on the way, one that will continue Relic’s move towards a more “intimate” strategy game by giving you control over a single tank. One of the expansion’s three new campaigns – in which you take command of an SS tank at the Battle of Villers-Bocage – sees you…