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See Starcraft II’s Update In Action
Starcraft II’s first official patch, v1.1, is now ready for download, and changes, they have been made. Such tweaks are hard to visualise in your head, however, so let’s look at a video guide to them instead. YouTube user PsyStarcraft has posted this handy guide to the updates made to many of the game’s units,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 22, 2010 -
Indies, You Might Soon Be Able To Make Kinect Games, Just Like Those Other Guys
Right now, the only people who have access to Microsoft’s Kinect development tools are larger, established studios. Microsoft is trying to expand that group to include indie developers, though the emphasis at this stage is still on “trying”. “When [the indie] community will light up, we don’t have a date lined up yet” Microsoft’s Phil…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 22, 2010 -
Retro Games vs Modern Games, To The Death!
This is 8BITS. It’s a stunning piece of animation – and I’m not making this up – manifesting the struggle between the games of yesterday and the game’s of today. It’s tradition versus industry. Persistence versus greed. And since this is a story, and not a documentary, you already know who comes out on top.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 22, 2010 -
Blizzard Making Its Own Starcraft II Mods
Blizzard is making mods for Starcraft II. Does that still make them mods? I don’t think so, I think it just makes them updates, but hey, if mods are what Blizzard wants to call them, then mods it is. Lead designer Dustin Browder tells Game Informer “We’ve got some mods we’ve developed internally that we’re…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 22, 2010 -
Let Me Show You How Civilization V Works
Civilization V is a different beast to Civilization IV. There are lots of new things, and the things that were kept have been changed. To help keep your feet on the ground, here’s our guide to the new stuff (and don’t forget to read our review!) THE NEW MAP THE NEW INTERFACE POLICIES CITY STATES…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
Reviews
Civilization V Review: Civilization Revolution
Previous games in the long-running Civilization series have been, ironically, prisoners of the past. Forced to improve the series via baby steps, for fear of upsetting an apple cart twenty years in the making. Civilization V doesn’t do baby steps. Instead, for the first time in the series’ long history, substantial and fundamental changes have…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
Let John Cleese Decorate Your Fable III Home
Like previous Fables, Fable III lets you play home-owner. Unlike previous Fables, however, Fable III lets you put skulls on a bookcase, then blame it all on the butler. This housing demonstration video shows the kind of stuff you’ll be able to do to your home in the game, and if it’s all a bit…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
Plants vs Zombies, Now In Your World Of Warcraft
Providing one more reason to never stop playing World of Warcraft, it turns out the game’s latest expansion includes a quest that’s basically a stripped-down version of Popcap’s excellent Plants vs Zombies. There’s sun. There are spitting plants. There are the undead. There’s a lawn. There’s even lawnmowers as a last line of defence. This…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
Because The One Thing Grand Theft Auto IV Was Missing Was A Gravity Gun
What Is This, Half-Life 2? Nope, too many bright lights, too many sex workers. Instead, this is Grand Theft Auto IV’s version of Times Square. Only now it has a gravity gun. This mod, for the PC version of the game, is obviously a little shaky, particularly given how wonky it is when selecting targets.…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
This T-Shirt Is Making Me, Among Other Things, Hungry
This is what happens when Paul Robertson, of Scott Pilgrim and Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight fame, sits down and designs something with Meat Bun, of rad gaming t-shirts game. The collaborative shirt is called “Snack Attack”, and features an “immoderate indulgence of tasty Japanese treats”, meat buns and some familiar video game ladies…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
The Man Who Thought He Was In Crysis
Normally, cosplay photos tend to focus on Japanese titles, or the really big games. Crysis is neither of those, so it’s nice to see the PC gaming crowd represented in the adult dress-ups scene. This is Anthony Le, doing a fine job of impersonating the star of the first Crysis, Nomad. He built the suit…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
Is Bungie Really “The Last Remaining High Quality Independent Developer”?
Corporate “he said, she said” can be a little boring at times, but Activision boss Bobby Kotick calling Halo creators Bungie “the last remaining high quality independent developer” is too good to pass up. Speaking at an investor’s meeting, Kotick said “Bungie are a very unusual company. They’re probably the last remaining high quality independent…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
The Pokémon Movie For Grown-Ups
That short, blurry, fan-made trailer for a live-action Pokémon movie didn’t do the thing justice. So let’s watch the thing, in full, in its original form. While the blurry shots from the first trailer helped hide the cracks in the special effects, it also robbed this fan project – called Pokémon Apokélypse – of much…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
Street Fighter vs The Simpsons
Dean Fraser’s Springfield Punx website – where the artist renders celebrities and famous characters as if they’d appeared in The Simpsons – has long been a favourite internet time-waster. Especially now there’s game characters on it. We’re surprised it’s taken Dean this long to start on the world of video games, but we’re not complaining,…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
Mario’s 25th Anniversary Commercial Gets An (Unfortunate) Extended Cut
That delightful Japanese commercial celebrating Super Mario Bros’ 25th anniversary has received a surprise extended cut. Only thing is, there’s no new footage. Above is the old trailer. Short, and cute! Below is the updated version. Longer, and less cute. Wondering what’s being said? Basically, DON’T BLOW ON CARTRIDGES. EVEN DS ONES. IF THEY NEED…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
Do You Love Cars As Much As Gran Turismo 5 Loves Cars?
With the final, actual release of Gran Turismo 5 less than two months away, it’s time to start ramping up the promotion for the game. In Japan, that involves hundreds of cars careening down a slide. It’s cute, it’s catchy, and between the song and the volume of vehicles on display pretty much sums up…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 21, 2010 -
The PlayStation Move Has Its Guts Ripped Out
Wondering what that $50 for a PlayStation Move wand gets you? Take a look at the chips and boards and wires inside the thing and find out. iFixit, having got hold of one of Sony’s new motion controllers, has unscrewed all the screws to be unscrewed, and catalogued everything they found inside. There’s nothing shocking…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 20, 2010 -
Stan Lee Has Video Games’ Back
California’s violent video game law, currently with the Supreme Court, is a pretty big deal. So it’s nice to hear games have support from a man who’s been there before. Comics legend Stan Lee, the man behind Spider-Man, the X-Men and Iron Man, has penned a letter in support of video games’ fight against California’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 20, 2010
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