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Yakuza 4 Doesn’t Just Fight For Money, It Fights For Love, Too
There’s a delightful little saying we have here in Australia, which goes a little something like (NSFW) “glass the c#@t“. It’s not pretty, but there you have it. Anyway, it features in this new trailer for Yakuza 4. This is the second in Sega’s new attempts to try and package the notoriously fickle Japanese crime…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2010 -
Dreaming Of A Zombies Ate My Neighbors Remake
Last year, for a class assignment, artist Rustam Hasanov decided to draw up some concept pieces for a dream project of his: a modern-day remake of classic 16-bit title Zombies Ate My Neighbours. If only it wasn’t a dream. This fantasy project imagined that the original games two stars, Zeke and Julie, have now grown…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2010 -
Gran Turismo 5’s Balloon Crashes And Robot Drivers
Is this Gran Turismo 5, or a collision between car-shaped Thanksgiving Day Parade floats? It’s the former, of course. Makes you wonder what the priority board looks like at Polyphony Digital, where George Clooney can make it in just fine but car crashes – a somewhat essential part of car racing – end up looking…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 6, 2010 -
The Lovely (And Manly) Pin-Ups Of Mass Effect 2
Ukrainian artist Protsenko Pavel has a thing for Mass Effect 2, leaving us with this..interesting gallery, where men look like fire-proof war machines while women look like sexy little pin-up models. Pavel appears to be compositing different elements of screenshots and actual photographs together, which explains why in some cases the character’s joints look…wrong. Still,…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 4, 2010 -
Looks Like We’re Getting Another Prototype Game
A second Prototype game? How many people actually want this? I ask sincerely, because while the first game was OK, it wasn’t the kind of thing you’d expect to see a sequel for, especially in a genre where games are so difficult/expensive to make and which is so dominated by the Grand Theft Auto series…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 4, 2010 -
It’s Like Portal With A Powerglove
The Spire is an upcoming adventure game that is played entirely in first-person, is made by a small indie studio and looks like the bees knees. You play a man who comes to deep in a mysterious facility in the Antarctic, who has not only lost his memory, but has woken up with a weird…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 -
Sorry Tron, The Game Has Changed
By Virtual Shackles, via Gizmodo
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 -
Let’s Infiltrate Xbox Headquarters
Microsoft’s internal news crew Channel 9 recently paid Xbox HQ a visit, bringing a camera along for the ride. If you’ve ever wanted to see what the place that runs the Xbox looks like, well, you are about to. While there’s nothing particularly scandalous, nor revelatory about the footage, it’s still nice seeing this kind…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 -
This Is The Worst Michael Jackson Video Game Ever
Some publishers of Nintendo DS games like to install their own anti-piracy measures, which while being unable to prevent pirates from physically copying a game, can prevent people from enjoying those pirated copies. It appears as though the DS version of Michael Jackson: The Experience DS is one of those games. Users who grabbed the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 -
The PS2 Isn’t Gone, It’s In This TV
The PlayStation 2 isn’t dead. It’s just sleeping. Sleeping in the belly of this Sony Bravia LCD television set, with which it’s become a co-habitant in a bargain-priced entertainment solution. This is the KDL-22PX300, a TV that’s recently been released in Europe. Up top is a compact 22″ LCD screen, capable of a maximum resolution…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 -
Apple Borrows Blizzard’s Biggest Blunder
Earlier this year, Blizzard attempted to introduce a “real ID” system, whereby users on the company’s forums would have their real names shown. It, uh, didn’t go down very well. So why has Apple now done exactly the same thing? It may not have done it in quite so public a fashion as Blizzard, but…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 -
How Farmville Can Ruin Words With Friends
Zynga, the social games powerhouse behind games like Farmville, made a significant purchase today, scooping up Newtoy, the developers of super-popular iPhone game Words With Friends. This has us concerned. And not just because Zynga has — and this is serious — renamed the Dallas studio “Zynga with Friends”. No, we are concerned at what…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 -
Back To The Future’s Trailer Will Have Your Emotions Running at 88mph
This is our first look at Telltale’s upcoming Back to the Future series of adventure games. If you enjoyed any of the three films, even in the slightest, you must watch this clip. Not for how Telltale have seemingly captured the spirit of the films or the time. Or for how the super-stylised versions of…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 -
Starcraft II’s Cheats Are For The Movie Lovers Out There
Perhaps in an effort to dissuade people from using outlawed (at least for this game) game trainers, Starcraft II developers Blizzard have publicly revealed every single singleplayer cheat for the game. And they’re good for a chuckle. The team’s fascination with Conan continues through to the game’s cheat codes, with “WhatIsBestInLife” bringing the player instant…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 3, 2010 -
The Most Shameless Starcraft Rip-Off You’ll See This Week
Gameloft is a mobile publisher with a reputation for releasing titles whose settings and designs can sometimes be, let’s say, unoriginal. The company’s latest reveal, however, may be the most unoriginal of them all. This is StarFront, an upcoming real-time strategy game for the iPad and iPhone. You will note that it features armoured human…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2010 -
Does The World’s Best Race Track Look Better In GT5 Or Real Life?
This video shows a complete run of the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife course, widely rated as the best damn race track in the world. On the bottom screen, a real driver, in real life. On top? Gran Turismo 5. The real driver is Denis Malevanyi, a part-time veteran of the course. He’s driving the exact same car…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2010 -
Play This Game, Help Save Lives
Phylo looks like just another minimalist Flash game that has you moving blocks around, but under the hood, every time you click something, you’re helping save lives. How? Researchers at the University of California at Santa Cruz are tracking the game, because how players arrange the various coloured blocks helps them compare genome sequences in…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2010 -
Call Of Duty’s Publishers Couldn’t Give A Hoot About iPhones Or Facebook
While Activision remains committed to complete and utter domination of home consoles and the personal computer, it seems the mega-publisher couldn’t care less about emerging platforms like Facebook or the iPhone. “We don’t view the App Store as a really big opportunity for dedicated games,” Activision boss Bobby Kotick says. He may be in the…
By Luke Plunkett Published December 2, 2010
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