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Mario Is on an Unreal Engine Killing Spree
This is the decidedly 8-bit World 1-1 from Super Mario Bros. rendered using the Unreal Engine, most commonly seen in games like Gears of War If it looks a little rough, that’s because it was an 8-week project, not a polished game release. You can see more clips at 525Leomas‘s YouTube page. What happens when…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2011 -
The Witcher 2’s Xbox 360 Versions Slips to 2012
The Xbox 360 version of RPG The Witcher 2, originally slated for later this year, has now been moved back to “the first quarter of 2012”, the developers tell us. There are two reasons for the delay. One is to give the team “more time expanding and polishing certain elements of the gameplay”. The other,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2011 -
Soulcalibur V Turned EVO 2011 Into the Stage of History
The freshly-concluded EVO 2011 wasn’t just a fighting game tournament. It was a celebration of all things fighting, meaning there were things like developer panels. And where there are panels, there are gameplay videos. These three clips for Soulcalibur V were shown over the weekend, and while the audio is from the conference floor, the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2011 -
Diablo III Mods Are Forbidden, Banned, Not Allowed
One of the cornerstones of PC gaming is the modding scene. The best games embrace this. The good ones at least let you play with certain aspects of a game. The stupid ones try and ban them outright. Yet that’s exactly what upcoming blockbuster Diablo III has done, an FAQ handed to Kotaku at a…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2011 -
Watch An 8-Year-Old Kick Ass at EVO 2011
EVO 2011 is the fighting game tournament to end all fighting game tournaments, and while we’ve brought you the “official” winners, here’s the real winner. Noah. Who is kicking some ass. Oh, and by the way, Noah is eight years old You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2011 -
Rumor: Mirror’s Edge 2 Running On Battlefield 3’s Engine
You know how Battlefield 3 looks absolutely stunning? That’s because it’s on a new engine, Frostbite 2. And if rumours are to be believed, so too is Mirror’s Edge 2 While EA’s Frank Gibeau first hinted at a new ME project back at E3, even coyly playing along with speculation it may be on Battlefield…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2011 -
The World’s Most Famous Street Fighter Player Did Not Win EVO 2011
Just as we saw with the Marvel vs Capcom 3 final, the upsets continued this weekend at fighting game tournament EVO 2011, with Street Fighter “superstar” Daigo Umehara only able to finish fourth at this year’s Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition event. The winner of the weekend’s signature event was Japan’s Fuudo (using Fei…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2011 -
Meet Your EVO 2011 Champion (In Marvel vs Capcom 3)
As EVO 2011 draws to a close, we’re starting to see our champions crowned in the two major games on show. First up is Marvel vs Capcom 3, with this year’s honours going to Viscant. With one of the tournament heavyweights Justin Wong kept out of the final (he ended up in third place) the…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallWhen Disgustingly Sexual Art & Adventure Games Came Together
Despite having worked on everything from furniture design to rock concert props (and even directing his own films), Swiss artist H.R. Giger is best known for two things: his concept work for Ridley Scott’s Alien, and his overtly sexual paintings. But today, we don’t care about those. Today, we care about the only two video…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 1, 2011 -
CultureSettle In With the Multi-Talented Art of Quentin Marmier
A lot of the time here on Fine Art, we feature the work of an artist who does one thing. They might do character art, or level design, that sort of thing. So it’s great today to showcase the work of Quentin Marmier. His work for Ubisoft includes all kinds of stuff, from colouring to…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 -
Water, Water Everywhere, so Let’s Go Fight a War
If you’ve ever wanted to play a video game based on Kevin Costner’s Waterworld, only without Kevin Costner being anywhere near it, you should check out upcoming strategy title Oil Rush With slick cinematic sequences and a pretty game engine, Oil Rush is an RTS set on a future Earth where global catastrophe has risen…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 -
Sorry, America, Still No Xenoblade Chronicles for You
Not that this will be too big a surprise for suffering American Wii owners, but in Nintendo’s latest release schedule (out today), there’s still no mention of Xenoblade Chronicles being due for North America. It’s still scheduled for release in Europe, however, on August 19. The game has been the subject of an ongoing campaign…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 -
Superman Returns (to Liberty City)
Once again showcasing the fact the world of modding PC games is a weird and wonderful place, witness these videos of Superman buzzing around the skies of Grand Theft Auto IV‘s Liberty City. You’ll need a long laundry list of mods and files to get this up and running, but as the vids below show,…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 -
Why Wear One Pair of StarCraft Sneakers When You Can Rock Three?
Reader Petey is on his way to MLG Anaheim to play some StarCraft. So he looked the part, he had some custom sneakers made, in a StarCraft theme. They’re amazing Why? Because not only did he get three pairs made, one for each of the game’s three races, but each is also customised with unique…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 -
Firefall is Making Bug-Killing Look Like a Blast
Firefall is an upcoming co-op shooter for the PC, made by Red 5 Studios, which is helmed by the guy who was team lead on World of Warcraft. So it should know what it’s doing when it comes to online gaming. It certainly looks like it does, as this gameplay trailer is a blast. If…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 -
Bomberman Will Eat Your Dust and Lick…Your Crack? What?
When I think Bomberman, I think good, clean, wholesome fun. I don’t think of a game where people tell me they’ll “break my fucking head with a ratchet”. Yet with a little digging around the files of 1997 PC game Atomic Bomberman, you’ll find vocal samples like that and many more of a totally not…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 -
Ubisoft Thinks its PC DRM is a “Success” (it is Wrong)
Ubisoft has about the worst digital rights management system in all of PC gaming, forcing users to stay connected to the internet at all times to play a game, even if it’s singleplayer. Yet despite almost universal loathing for it, the company thinks it’s a “success”. An Ubisoft representative told PC Gamer earlier today that…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 -
Nintendo’s Former President Just Lost Half a Billion Dollars
A disastrous last quarter in terms of sales has sent Nintendo’s share prices through the floor. If you own Nintendo shares, sorry! But hey, even if you do, it could be worse; spare a thought for former president Hiroshi Yamauchi. He just lost $500,000,000 in one day It’s not like he’ll be out on the…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 29, 2011 -
StarCraft Works Surprisingly Well as a Comedic Stage Act
Yeah, this is how big StarCraft is in Korea. They can break out the Protoss v Terran gags on national TV. And get a load of those theatrics! And get a load of that Siege Tank! Dangerous and erotic. Korean Starcraft Sketch Comedy of the Day [TDW] You can contact Luke Plunkett, the author of…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2011 -
Culture
Red Faction’s Art Is Now Buried Beneath the Dust
Despite the guilty pleasures of Red Faction: Guerilla, all it took was one sub-par game in the series (Red Faction: Armageddon) for publisher THQ to, at least temporarily, pull the plug on the series. Which is a damn shame. In memory of a franchise (or at least its contemporary revival) that lived too fast and…
By Luke Plunkett Published July 28, 2011
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