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Crysis 2 On PC Has Reduced BSR, VSM Downscaling And A 32% Color Downturn
The first Crysis was, and remains, something of a benchmark for PC hardware nerds. Because the second Crysis was also made for consoles, though, some of those aforementioned nerds are angry. And justifiably so! I mean, look at these numbers, put together by PC specialists Rock, Paper, Shotgun. They clearly show that, because this game…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2011 -
Retailer Buys 3DS Units From Competitor, Then Marks Up The Price
Console launches are normally times for absurdity, but this report coming in from the UK – of GAME staff popping down to their local supermarket to buy 3DS units – is something else. Eurogamer has got hold of documentation sent to employees of GAME, a major specialist retailer in Europe (and Australasia) at the time…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2011 -
Xbox Live Indie Games Hit By Ratings Manipulation
Now this isn’t fair. It’s hard enough for Indie games on the Xbox 360 to be noticed as it is, let alone when crazy gamers are knocking out their only real way of getting in the spotlight: a game’s ratings. Microsoft is currently “investigating a possible misuse of ratings” affecting a number of titles on…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2011 -
There’s A New Mike Tyson Boxing Game, And Nintendo Isn’t Invited
In 1987, Mike Tyson starred in Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!, a Nintendo boxing game that featured over-the-shoulder pugilism. Now, in 2011, Mike Tyson stars in Mike Tyson – Main Event, a boxing game that features over-the-shoulder pugilism. Only now, there’s no Nintendo. This new game is made by RockLive, and is, yes, a Punch-Out clone for…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2011 -
Fez Developer Tells WiiWare To Fuck Off
Phil Fish, co-creator of upcoming indie game Fez, will be releasing his game on Xbox Live Arcade. And maybe the PC and PlayStation 3 as well. But the Wii? Um… “Right now we’re only concentrating on XBLA, which makes the most sense for us at the time”, Fish tells Destructoid. “PC and PSN would also…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2011 -
Don’t Count On Nintendo’s Next Console Using 3D Technology
Displaying content in 3D is the main draw for the new Nintendo 3DS. So will Nintendo’s next home console follow suit? Don’t hold your breath. “I think at Nintendo, we realize that any sort of goggle-type 3-D technology was not going to work,” Nintendo’s Hideki Konno told CNN. “In order to make 3-D technology viable…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2011 -
Esports
An English Voice For Korea’s StarCraft Madness
Korea is bonkers for StarCraft. So bonkers that we often quarantine the country’s love for the game as something to be avoided and/or ridiculed. Yet little by little, the Korean StarCraft scene is getting its dues overseas. Part of that is thanks to dedicated websites like Team Liquid, who cover the scene religiously, but part…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 30, 2011 -
Bring Your Xbox 360 Avatar Kicking And Smiling Awkwardly Into The Real World
Your Xbox 360 avatar lives on your Xbox 360. And the internet. If you’d like him or her to live on a shelf in your office as well, you should speak to custom toy company FigurePrints. For USD$50 they’ll take your avatar and produce a figure replicating its appearance and dimensions. The only catch is…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2011 -
Xbox Predator Drives Girls To Strip Club, Sends Them Condoms
A man from Washtenaw County, Michigan, has been charged with attempting to accost children for immoral purposes after meeting a number of young girls over Xbox Live and, among other things, sending them condoms. Robert Lynch, who is 20, is accused of forging online relationships with “several” girls from Saline Middle School in January of…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2011 -
Looks Like Grand Theft Auto V Has A Child Molester In It
A casting call currently open for publisher Take-Two is asking for somebody to play the role of James Pedeaston in a new game. James Pedeaston being a character from Grand Theft Auto IV. And a paedophile. The call, which was first published yesterday, is seeking voice actors to play five characters in what is most…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2011 -
Vice City Looks Ready For The 21st Century With These Fan Mods
Vice City is my favourite Grand Theft Auto game. Yet Grand Theft Auto IV has the best visual effects and physics in the series. What to do? I know. Let these guys rebuild Vice City using GTAIV’s engine! Using the OpenIV set of mod tools, two teams are currently working on recreating Vict City using…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2011 -
There Was An Angry Birds Championship. It Was Held In A Shopping Mall.
Finland’s two biggest exports are Nokia phones and casual game Angry Birds. Here, the two combine for a popular-as-hell live tournament that brings this shopping mall to a stand-still. Seriously, if you ever needed proof of just how popular this game is with regular folk, look at the crowds being pulled here. And yes, it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2011 -
EA’s Founder Needs To Pay His Taxes
Trip Hawkins, who not only founded EA but was the driving force behind the 3DO, is often described as a “colourful” figure in video game history. Part of that is because he’s been so important, but it’s also because he’s in a world of trouble. Over the decades, Hawkins amassed enormous profits from his stake…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2011 -
The Real Voice Of Halo Is Not Who You’d Expect
This is veteran actor Jeff Steitzer. He’s done Broadway. Law & Order. Oh, and if you’ve ever played Halo, chances are you’ve heard his voice more than Master Chief’s, Sgt. Johnson’s and Cortana’s combined. Why? Because he’s the voice of the game’s multiplayer announcer, meaning any time you’ve heard a gravelly, distant voice grunt “DOUBLE…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2011 -
How To Tear A 3DS Apart With Your Bare Hands
These days it seems breathing on your gaming hardware is enough to void your warranty, so there’s something cathartic about watching a man turn a 3DS from a single unit into hundreds of tiny, tiny pieces. What’s so great about this is how thorough they’re being. This is no repair job or simple how-to on…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2011 -
CultureTotal RecallThe Joys Of A Console’s First Moments
Know what I tend to remember consoles by? Not their games, or controllers, or even hardware casings. I usually remember them for their boot-up jingles. As silly as that sounds, those first few seconds of animation and music really set the tone for what the platform holder hopes is to come, and more than any…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 29, 2011 -
These Video Game Masterpieces Are Nothing But Text
What if, instead of action figures and comic books, our favourite video games inspired classic, dog-eared works of literature instead? These images by A. J. Hateley show us just such a scenario, taking some fairly random games – a little Half-Life 2 here, a little Deadly Premonition there – and basing torn old books on…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011 -
It’s Master Chief vs Samus In A 16-Bit Battle To The Death
The long-in-development Card Sagas Wars, a super-deformed fighting game based on the MUGEN engine, is a place where fighting game dreams come true. In this case, for those who have dreamed of seeing Master Chief take on Samus, Raving Rabbids and…Tingle? MUGEN is a free 2D fighting game engine (and originally a customisable 2D fighting…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011 -
Take A (Virtual) Seat In The Crowd At A Korean StarCraft Tournament
This is Eemma, a Swedish student with a camera. And if you’ve ever wanted to know what it’s like to go and see professional StarCraft players face off in Seoul, she’s your gal! Shot in a quaint “virtual tourist” style, this isn’t a video showing you what the matches were like. What strategies were used.…
By Luke Plunkett Published March 28, 2011
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