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Consoles, Your Sucky Insides Are Holding PC Games Back
Patrick Bach, from DICE, the developers of the Battlefield series, certainly knows the way to a PC gamer’s heart: tell them that, for once, the PC version of a game won’t be a crummy port, but will be the glorious, lead platform. In an “interview” with Nvidia, Bach is asked – without any self interest…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallMeet The World’s First Flight Simulator
Depending on how old you are, if you’re a flight sim fan you probably cut your teeth on a series like Microsoft Flight Simulator, Falcon or Flight Unlimited. But did you know the world’s very first flight simulator was built all the way back in 1929? It was built by a man named Edwin Link,…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 18, 2011 -
The Blindingly Obvious Improvements We Want From Nintendo’s Next Games
We’ve already made clear the blindingly obvious things we want to see Nintendo improve upon with regards to its next piece of home console hardware. Now let’s make clear what we want from that piece of hardware’s games It’s becoming increasingly likely that come E3 – or maybe even later this month – Nintendo will…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2011 -
Best Buy Is Getting Its Own Video Game Clerks
Retail giant Best Buy revealed yesterday that it’s looking to establish dedicated sales counters and staff just to manage the video games it sells. Think of it as a GameStop within a department store, then. Called a “gaming transformation” and part of a “drive toward number one industry position”, it will mean that Best Buy…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2011 -
Five Awesome XBLA Games, One Great Price
There’s quite the sale going on over on Xbox Live Arcade at the moment. Five of the very best games around – Limbo, Shadow Complex, Castle Crashers, Trials HD and Monday Night Combat – are going for half price. Normally, they’re 1200 MSP. For today, April 15, they’re only 600 MSP.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2011 -
Alien Swarm: The Model Kit: The Game Looked Great!
Last year, Valve released – for free – a game called Alien Swarm, which ended up with a visual style somewhere between the original Alien and a 1980s action figure. This early concept, though, shows something a little more unique. Drawn by Valve environmental artist Ivan Simoncini, it depicts an early test for a “diorama”…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2011 -
What If Mother Was A Children’s Story?
The Mother (known in the West as Earthbound) series of RPGs can be enjoyed by kids, but also have stuff specifically for adults. Just like a fairy tale. And the illustrated front cover to a fairy tale is the first thing that springs to mind when I see this piece by Japanese artist Akira Miyazaki.…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2011 -
The 3DS Has Been Outsold By…The DS
A couple of interesting things to note from the launch of the Nintendo 3DS: it was outsold during the month of March in the US by the Nintendo DS, 460,000 to 400,000. Granted, the DS had a whole month to sell that number, but still. Taking a little more gloss off the 3DS’ release in…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2011 -
This Portal Case Mod Will Blow You Into The Next Room
Paying tribute to Portal, ulyssanov built himself this custom PC case based on the game that goes above and beyond mere tribute. One could almost say it was a…triumph. I’M SORRY. SO SORRY. Anyway, while completed two years ago this is the first most have seen of his exquisite work, which takes a fairly standard…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2011 -
A Team Fortress 2 Update With No Hats? What Is This?
Valve has released a sizeable Team Fortress 2 update, and for once, it’s not all about hats. It’s actually about things that are useful. Like a new coaching mode, where you can jump online with someone who will teach you how to play. And a “new” map (a smaller version of Badlands). And a whole…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2011 -
Ocarina Of Time’s 3D Remake Grows Up, Gets 19 New Screenshots
While The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time 3D for the Nintendo 3DS may be in development at a third party, the game is in good hands. And is still, for something first released last milennium, looking great. It’ll be out in North America on June 19.
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallNo Game Suffered From “Valve Time” More Than Team Fortress 2
You think you’ve been waiting a long time for a new Half-Life game? You haven’t, really. It’s “only” been three and a half years. Now, Team Fortress 2, that was a game long in the making. The staggered development of Valve’s iconic shooter took so long, and went through so many twists and turns, that…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 15, 2011 -
Could We Have Gotten A Second Jade Empire Game?
Rafael Brown, a designer who now works at Doom creators id but once worked for Mass Effect creators BioWare, has an interesting project listed on his resume: he says he worked on Jade Empire 2 Jade Empire was a Chinese-themed role-playing game released by BioWare in 2004. An entirely original IP, it was the developer’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2011 -
The Deadly, Sexy Guns Of The Mass Effect Universe
You might think Mass Effect is all about the chit-chat, but it’s not. The talking and running and sexy times are just filler between lots and lots of shooting. Really, then, it’s all about the guns. So let’s take a look at them. These weapons were all designed by Brian Sum, a concept artist currently…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2011 -
Microsoft’s Official Kinect Software Is Better Than Most Hackers’
Looking to remind people, hey, we made this thing, Microsoft’s upcoming Kinect software development kit for the PC (which anyone can grab) will include a variety of features most hackers and code enthusiasts haven’t been able to manage on their own. One of those features is the ability for the camera to track the skeletal…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2011 -
These Killzone Action Figures Are As Gray As You’d Expect
Only six years after the release of the first Killzone, you can finallybuy action figures based on Sony’s sci-fi shooter series. These two 6.5 inch figures constitute the entirety of Killzone Series 1 from toy company DC Unlimited. They’re a Helghast Assault Infantry soldier and a Helghast Sniper (those buying the fancy edition of Killzone…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2011 -
Your NGP Games May Look More Like This
While Sony wowed the crowds with the quality of the NGP’s graphics at the handheld’s unveiling last year in Tokyo, this clip may give us a more realistic idea of what to expect from the PSP’s successor. It’s a technical demo for Trinigy’s Vision Game Engine running on the NGP, showing off the kind of…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 14, 2011
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