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LittleBigPlanet Getting its own Kart Racing Game?
I don’t whether to laugh or cry, but word coming out of Sony’s behind-closed-doors Destination PlayStation event has it that a LittleBigPlanet kart racing game is in development. Either somebody at Sony thinks it’s still 2005, or this is a very public admission that nobody has ever really cared about ModNation Racers. Then again, it…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012 -
Microsoft “Cares Deeply” About Hijacked Accounts, Asks For “Trust in Us”
Offering the company’s first detailed and dare I say it human response to a recent flood of hijacked Xbox Live accounts, Microsoft’s Alex Garden, General Manager of Xbox LIVE, has issued the following statement: (I’ve bolded what I think are the important bits!) Your Security is Important to Me Since today is Safer Internet Day,…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012 -
Get a 3DS For Just $150 (at GameStop)
For the next week, you’ll be able to buy a Nintendo 3DS from GameStop for just $150. The 3DS, which was released less than a year ago for $250, has had its price further discounted at the retailer as a move to lure potential Vita purchasers away at the last second. Sony’s new handheld is…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012 -
Valve & Bethesda Release Official Portal 2 Mod…For Skyrim
To commemorate the opening of Skyrim’s fancy new Creation Kit on Valve’s Steam service, Bethesda and the creators of Portal have teamed up to release an official mod. Which brings Portal 2’s Space Core to Skyrim. How? Well, it quite literally falls out of the sky. To celebrate the opening of the Steam Workshop for…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012 -
No, This is the Right Way to do a Japanese Game’s Box Art
Just like it did with Europe, Nintendo is giving Xenoblade fans the chance to pick the game’s alternate cover before it’s released in North America. Only difference being, North America’s covers are a lot better. They’re the full wrap-around deal, with nothing to spoil the art but the game’s logo on the spine. There’s not…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012 -
GameStop’s Latest Deal Makes No Damn Sense
Look once at this poster and it’ll seem obvious. Buy something expensive, get two of something cheaper for free. By the second look you see the mistake. By the third look you notice the bad math, which makes it impossible to actually make good on the offer. Check Out This Amazing Deal! (Brought to You…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012 -
This is What Minecraft Looked Like on its Very First Day
While Minecraft was only officially released a few months back, it’s been available and playable for years. The thing is, most people who ever played the game played it later, after a ton of additions and improvements had been made. Few ever got to see the game like this. This is what Minecraft looked like…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 7, 2012 -
I Don’t Remember Skyrim Being This Sexy
Cold, yes. Leafy, yes. But even the most daring female companion in the game had the sense to wear more armour than this. Then again, this being the harmless cosplay of Jessica Nigri (shot by 12 North’s Larry Stone), all is well. It’s not like a troll is going to come bursting out of the…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2012 -
The Video Game Humans of the Future Should Look This Awesome
A new console generation is almost upon us, not to mention a new era in PC gaming fidelity. We know better graphics are coming, but just what do those better graphics actually look like? They’ll probably look a lot like this. This technology is called Separable Subsurface Scattering. It’s the product of “hours and hours…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2012 -
Yup, Looks Like There’s Another Medal of Honor Coming
Not that anyone who finished the first game (or bought Battlefield 3, or is just paying attention) will be surprised by this, but an invite for a press event just turned up in our inbox looking like this. Meaning we’re 99% sure to be getting a first look at a new Medal of Honor game…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2012 -
Strike Down Star Wars: Battlefront III and it Becomes More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine
How many times have we been excited then let down by rumours and cancellations of a third game in the Star Wars: Battlefront series? Let’s see. First we hear it was in development at Free Radical. Then it was shipped off to Rebellion. Then it was handed over to Slant Six Games. Then we heard…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2012 -
One of 2012’s Best Sports Games Might be This Cute Football Sim
In late 2010, developer Kairosoft released one of its older mobile management games, long out in Japan on standard phones, in the West. That game was Game Dev Story. And it was brilliant. Following on from that title’s success, the company has slowly but steadily been bringing more and more of its catalogue to Western…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2012 -
The NES Zapper Becomes a Transformer. A Bright, Orange Megatron.
New York LEGO builder Baron von Brunk has done something I’m surprised it’s taken decades for someone to do: take Transformers villain Megatron as inspiration and build a transforming NES Zapper. Christening his Nintendo-themed Transformer Plasmashock, von Brunk provides instructions on how the robot was created and how it transforms, before pledging to do a…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2012 -
This is Cannon Fodder 3. Sort of.
We got a little excited last year when we heard a new Cannon Fodder game was being developed. Excitement quickly gave way to not-giving-a-fuck, though, when it turned out the game was for the Russian market and was likely never going to be released in the West. Still, it appears while we had our collective…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2012 -
The Very Best In Cosplay: LJinto
Our little journey around the best of the best in cosplay continues today with a look at another photographer, one who, pound for pound, is probably the most widely-seen on the planet. That photographer is LJinto, and his work is amazing Comprising both dedicated cosplay shoots and pounding the pavement at conventions and shows, LJinto…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2012 -
Report: Zynga Insider Spills his Guts, Talks Spying and Bad Math
A user over on Reddit, claiming to be a former Software Engineer at social games giant Zynga, has not only gone and posted the rather dense separation letter he received upon quitting the company (above), but done a little extra guts spilling at the same time. Among the claims user mercenary-games makes are, when asked…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2012 -
Half-Life Art is Thinking With Portals
If you need a Half-Life chaser after playing (or not playing) Half-Life 2 this weekend, take a look at these. While drawn by two different artists, they both do the same thing, bringing the worlds of Half-Life and Portal a little closer than they already are. The image up top is by Jade Law, while…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 6, 2012 -
CultureTotal Recall
When EA Sports Accidentally Put a Game’s Source Code on a Demo Disc
In 1997, EA Sports released a demo disc for the latest iteration of its FIFA football series. Anyone picking this disc up got a lot more than they bargained for. Late last year, Blackbird Interactive’s Yossarian King (whose studio is now working on Hardware) wrote a piece on industry blog #altDevBlogADay about building engines. Tucked…
By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2012
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