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Sick of Guns and Soldiers and Aliens? Puppeteer is Your Storybook Video Game.
We first saw Puppeteer last month at GamesCom. We’re seeing it again this month at TGS. I don’t know who, exactly, is the one spearheading this drive towards unique and interesting content on the PS3, but whoever it is, I want to buy them a beer. Big gaming consoles need more games this… fresh!
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2012 -
What Mass Effect Looks Like to Someone Who Doesn’t Play Mass Effect
Jessie lives with two Mass Effect nerds, who play the games all the time. Jessie has never played Mass Effect. When asked to name/describe the characters in the series, then, this is what she came up with. The names might be missing for the most part, but yeah, she pretty much nails everything else. SHAPURD…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2012 -
One New PS3 Doesn’t Have a Hard Drive
While missing from Japan and North America’s reveals, the PAL announcement for the new super slim PS3 contains something interesting: there’s a model that doesn’t have a hard drive. Available only in Europe, Hong Kong and Australasia, and replacing the 250GB model available elsewhere, this particular PS3 will instead pack 12GB of flash memory, turning…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2012 -
Sony Turns The Vita Into a Portable Manga Reading Device
Next month, over 3000 manga will become available for PlayStation Vita owners in Japan, Sony announced today Readers will be able to zoom in using the touchscreen, and flip pages with the shoulder buttons.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2012 -
A PC Case That’s Also a…Steam Train That Moves on Little Rails
Inspired by this? We can only dream it was. Don’t let the first moments of the video above fool you: this isn’t just a PC in a stupid case. That stupid case moves, and chugs steam. Transforming it into something beautiful. You can buy one that moves and one that doesn’t move. The moving one…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2012 -
PlayStation Plus Comes to Vita
Sony just announced at its TGS press conference that PlayStation Plus will also be coming to the Vita, at no extra cost to existing users. It’ll be out in November. The service will work similarly to how it operates on the PS3, with Vita owners able to play free games and get discounts. It’ll cost…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2012 -
Sony Unveils a Brand New Model of the PS3 [Update: Now With Official Pics]
Rumoured for some time now, Sony has announced today at its pre-TGS press conference that it will be releasing a new model of the PlayStation 3. The new model is 25% smaller and 20% lighter than the current PS3 (itself a redesign from the original version), and will come in two flavours: 250GB and 500GB.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 19, 2012 -
Some of The Best Battlefield 3 Kills of 2012
EA runs a competition called Only in Battlefield 3, which looks to collect the year’s best Battlefield 3 videos and see which one is the coolest/most impressive/most insane This year’s ten finalists are up for voting on the game’s site, and yeah, some of them just blow the mind. Not as much as this thought…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 18, 2012 -
Boardwalk Empire is Back, Baby
So much of the top shelf of modern TV seems to pass me by. Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Newsroom, I’ve never really got into any of them. I do, though, absolutely love Boardwalk Empire, so was thrilled to be able to sit down yesterday and catch the first episode of the third season. Like…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 18, 2012 -
Join Us Live, Right Now, For Sony’s Big PlayStation Press Conference
While the actual Tokyo Game Show won’t be starting until Thursday morning Japan time, it’s a lot like E3 in that there’s normally big events taking place the day before. So, for all intents and purposes, TGS actually starts tonight And it starts with Sony’s PlayStation press conference, which we’ll be at and covering live,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 18, 2012 -
Valve’s Hardware Could Be Playable As Early As Next Year
Valve’s Jeri Ellsworth has told Engadget that the company has begun extensive internal beta testing of gaming hardware it’s been working on, and that the public might be able to get their hands on the stuff as early as next year. Apparently Valve’s already got a “production line” in place for small runs of hardware,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 18, 2012 -
A Game About One of World War Two’s Saddest Moments
The Warsaw Uprising was a tragedy. In August 1944, with the Red Army at the gates of the Nazi-occupied Polish capital, resistance fighters rose up to battle the Germans and help make their liberation a little easier. But Soviet help never came. Stalin halted the Red Army on the outskirts of the city and ignored…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 18, 2012 -
Culture
All of Guild Wars 2’s Incredible Art, Together in One Place
Having been in development for so long, the artists behind Guild Wars 2 had literally years to put together an immense volume of images detailing the game’s world and inhabitants. It’s all impressive stuff – so impressive it’s been featured here on Fine Art multiple times – but tonight we’re going to put it all…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 18, 2012 -
Even Dragon Quest V Knows Prince Harry is a Naughty Boy
Dragon Quest V may have been first released in 1992, but even then, through the powers of the Super Famicom and Yuji Hori, it knew that the brother of the future King of England could be a bit of a handful And before you go thinking that was just slid in there for the 2009…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 18, 2012 -
This is What a $1200 PC Gaming Case Looks Like
For many, spending $1200 on their entire PC would be a bit much. Spending $1200 on just the case? That’s crazy talk. Yet if you can afford it…and I know some people out there can…well, there’s a case for you on the market, and it looks great. Like something that should be sitting under a…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 18, 2012 -
Oh My Goodness, Quest For Glory’s Creators Are Making New Games
It may not be my favourite game of all time, but Sierra’s classic Quest For Glory II certainly comes close. It’s not the funniest game, or the most enjoyable, but it’s part of a series in which the player’s sense of place in a living world was almost absolute A lot of the things people…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 18, 2012 -
Why Bowser is in Disney’s New Movie, But Mario Isn’t
Disney’s upcoming animated movie Wreck-It Ralph features cameos from all sorts of existing video game characters, from M. Bison to Altered Beast’s Neff. Yet there’s one character conspicuous by his absence. Mario. The biggest video game character on the planet will not be in the flick, and before you go thinking that’s just a licensing…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2012 -
Grand Theft Auto’s Greatest Danger is a Giraffe Driving a Sports Car
You’d think I would be sick of all these weird GTAIV mod videos, but nope. Not when they’ve got giraffes in them. Where the rest of the internet is fascinated by either tits or cats, it’s the noble giraffe that’s closest to our hearts. So videos of giraffes tearing up Liberty City in stolen cars?…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2012 -
The World’s Saddest Cosplay is a Real Downer
If you’ve ever been to Hollywood, you’ve seen them: the low-rent “cosplayers” wandering around the Walk of Fame, stopping constantly for photos with those not put off by their often shabby outfits. These types are the focus of a collection by LA photographer Nicholas Silberfaden, who wanted to use them as a way to highlight…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 17, 2012
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