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Enjoy The Best Of The King Of Fighters Movie
If you thought the recent Street Fighter movie was bad, spare a thought for the King of Fighters movie, which is even worse Not that this is a bad thing. It looks so bad that it’s worth a watch, if friends and booze were involved. Just…leave your feelings for King of Fighters – and Maggie…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010 -
Spruce Up Your Living Room With A Secret Arcade Machine
Classy coffee tables are classy, but also boring. What they need is exactly what this one has: a cleverly-disguised set of professional arcade cabinet components. The Arcane table, from Surface Tensions, looks at first glance to be a glass-topped coffee table. But there’s a slide-out drawer in the side, which houses a very fetching controller…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010 -
Loads Of Infamous 2 Gameplay Footage
Some of those at PAX over the weekend got to see a new gameplay clip of Infamous 2. Since that likely wasn’t you, here it is! I’m not the biggest fan of Infamous – in particular the “rubbery” feel of Cole – but I do appreciate promotional clips in 2010 comprised entirely of gameplay footage.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010 -
New Xbox 360 Bundle Includes Kinect, 250GB Hard Drive
Microsoft has tonight officially revealed a new Xbox 360 hardware bundle, almost a month to the day it was inadvertently leaked via some packaging shots The bundle includes a 250GB Xbox 360 S console, the Kinect motion-control camera and a copy of Kinect Adventures. You get all that for $399 (or £300 if you’re in…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010 -
Dead Rising 2 Prequel Sells A Ton
There were some who scoffed at Dead Rising: Case Zero, amused at what they considered to be a paid demo. After hundreds of thousands of sales over the past week, though, who’s laughing now? Capcom’s Dead Rising 2 prequel, which in the US cost an approachable $5, was deemed by plenty to be worth the…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010 -
Old Republic Trailer Revels In The Company Of Old Friends
The majority of this clip for The Old Republic shows everything that is wrong with both Star Wars’ expanded universe and the drudgery of MMOs. Until, that is, the last ten seconds. Then it reminds us of everything that was once good about Star Wars video games.
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010 -
So How Laggy Is PlayStation Move?
There’s been criticism that Microsoft’s Kinect suffers from lag. But what about Sony’s rival PlayStation Move? How laggy is it? In a FAQ section on the PlayStation Blog, Sony come close to actually putting a number on the thing, stating “The PlayStation Move has similar sensing latency as the DUALSHOCK 3 controller – for many…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010 -
PAX 2010 Breaks Attendance Record
Sounds like expanding the amount of showroom floorspace for the 2010 Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle has paid dividends, with a new attendance record set for the weekend’s festivities Last year, 60,750 turned up for a weekend of video games and more video games, but this year, Penny Arcade’s Robert Khoo has told Big Download…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 8, 2010 -
Once Upon A Time In Armadillo
By Adam Sidwell. Click to embiggen, it’ll make more sense. As seen on Super Punch
By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2010 -
LEGO + Nintendo Games = Mind Blown
This is a sequel of sorts to 2009’s amazing “8-Bit Trip”, by Swedes remdreglade. They’re back, with a new name (Ninja Moped) and a mind-blowing series of “gameplay” videos of NES games made with nothing but LEGO. As an added bonus, the clips double as trivia contests. Can you name every game you see before…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2010 -
Japanese Box Art Reigns Supreme (The Metroid: Other M Edition)
If you can speak the language – or justify spending big money on a game box – check out Japan’s fancy slip-cover edition of Metroid: Other M. You can dress or undress her face as often as you like, with a neat sliding cover meaning you can swap between casual attire Samus and Power Suit…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2010 -
Armored Core Figure Continues A Long Tradition Of Pointy Machines
Even if you don’t like the Armored Core series as a series, you have to admit, those giant mechs look pretty cool. And toys based on those giant mechs are pretty great, too. This is Evangel’s CREST CR-C89E ORACLE VER. (the caps is theirs, I’m not that excited), which stands 7.5 inches tall and will…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2010 -
Life As A Pixel Shouldn’t Be So Rough
Multiplayer gaming is hard enough when you can talk to your colleagues, but trying to achieve some kind of cohesion with zero communication? It’s madness. Yet that’s what the aim of Swarmation is. You’re thrown into a multiplayer scenario in which you control a single pixel. There are dozens of other pixels, controlled by other…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2010 -
Watch A PS3 Get Cracked By Two Mobile Phones And A Calculator
There’s a reason Sony wants so badly to block jailbreak device’s access: now that the code for the things is out there, people were using everything from mobile phones to calculators to get at their PlayStation 3s. In these videos, you’ll see variants of the PSGroove being run on the Nokia N900, a Palm Pre…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2010 -
To BioShock Infinite, And Beyond!
BioShock Infinite looked pretty great from what we saw in its cinematic trailer. Now let’s now see how the in-game shots stand up. It’s bloomy! And also delightfully colourful, the dank, depressing depths of Rapture giving way to something so cheery Nintendo would be proud to race little karts around it. Here are two screens;…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2010 -
Rumor: Sony Blocks PS3 Jailbreak Devices Via Firmware Update
Well, that didn’t take long. Sony has just pushed out a firmware update for the PlayStation 3, with users reporting that it “breaks” devices like the PSJailbreak Able to circumvent the PlayStation 3’s copy protection and allow users to run games installed to a hard drive, a flood of these jailbreak contraptions have hit markets…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2010 -
Fable Creator, Rare Wanted Kinect To Have A Controller
Microsoft’s Kinect doesn’t need a controller. That’s the whole point of the thing! Still, a controller-free gaming experience is a hard idea to get your head around, which perhaps explains why Peter Molyneux and Rare asked Microsoft to include one. “We were absolutely adamant that we needed a button, something with haptic feedback, that would…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 7, 2010 -
Seems Google’s Designers Played A Lot Of Gauntlet
Google’s Android platform has a cute little robot logo, but what’s this? The inspiration behind it is not, as I first thought, Metal Mickey, but is actually a Gauntlet game? Oh, this is too good. Take a look at the video below, for Gauntlet: The Third Encounter. It’s not just the appearance that’s similar, it’s…
By Luke Plunkett Published September 6, 2010
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