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Dawn Of War II Finally Lets You Play As Some Aliens
Dawn of War II has featured a few of Warhammer 40K’s alien races, but they’ve never been playable in the game’s singleplayer campaigns. That’s about to change. In early 2011, Relic and THQ will release Dawn of War II: Retribution, a new expansion for Dawn of War II that features a story-driven campaign letting you…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2010 -
Video Games Warned: Don’t End Up Like Comic Books
Famed games developer Warren Spector (Deus Ex), has warned the video game industry to tread very carefully, lest it end up as niche and marginalised as he thinks comic books are. “If we don’t break out of big buff guys with swords and guys in tights and space marines in armour, we’re going to get…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2010 -
Meet Halo Reach’s Noble Team
Here’s a new campaign trailer for Halo: Reach, one that’s a little bit Lord of the Rings and a little bit…Dirty Dozen. I know, two Reach clips in one day is a bit of a luxury, but it’s Microsoft’s big day at GamesCom, so we’ll indulge them. UPDATE – Sorry, our vid player was having…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2010 -
Microsoft Reveals European Release Date For Kinect
Kinect, the Xbox 360’s motion-sensing camera controller, will be out in the US on November 4. But what about Europe? Europe, you won’t have long to wait. Microsoft said earlier today that the peripheral will be released in Europe (and that includes the UK) on November 10. A little later, yes, but not even a…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2010 -
Rumor: Lucasarts Cancels Force Unleashed 3
New Lucasarts president Paul Meegan certainly isn’t wasting any time. Barely two months into the job and we hear he’s already swinging the axe and cancelling high profile sequels. If you were wondering why it was strange that Force Unleashed II creative director Haden Blackman would leave mid-project, this may explain things: according to sources…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2010 -
Halo: Reach Live-Action Trailer: No Spartans, No Shooting, No Explosions
Microsoft has released a new trailer for Halo: Reach today, and it’s continuing the franchise’s recent tradition of eschewing pre-rendered cinematics in favour of real men being shot by real cameras. It’s not as flashy as the first live-action Reach trailer, nor is it as memorable as the ODST clip, but it’s probably just intended…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2010 -
Flight Simulator Returns! (Sort Of)
Those of you still owning joysticks and jackets with elbow patches on them, today is your lucky day, because Microsoft just brought the Flight Simulator series back from the dead There’s a catch, though; it’s not called Flight Simulator anymore. It’s simply called Flight, and while details on the game are thin on the ground…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2010 -
Assassin’s Creed, Crackdown & Castlevania Coming To Xbox Live On Mobile Phones
When Xbox Live launches on Windows Mobile 7 later this year, it’ll be launching with a surprisingly large and varied games lineup. Microsoft today revealed the launch roster for the service’s mobile phone debut, and aside from the usual stuff you’d expect – like Bejeweled – there are some pleasant surprises, like the adorable-looking puzzle…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2010 -
Microsoft Releasing Age Of Empires Online
You know how we told you that Microsoft’s secret “Project S” game played a lot like Age of Empires? Well, that’s probably because it was Age of Empires. Namely, a new game called Age of Empires Online. Revealed today by Microsoft, the game takes Age of Empires’ real-time gameplay and adds some social, online twists…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2010 -
Spoiler Alert
To: Brian From: Luke I haven’t seen Inception yet. And would have liked it to be a complete surprise, as I’m was intended. But man, when it’s your job to be on the internet all day, it makes stuff like that hard. No. Not hard. Impossible. 🙁 Here’s what you missed: What Came First, The…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2010 -
Red Faction Gets A Vehicle Combat Game
The question over the weekend was “Is THQ working on a downloadable Red Faction game?” The answer on Monday morning is “yes!” Speaking at GDC Europe today,THQ Digital creative director Don Whiteford has revealed Red Faction: Battlegrounds to be a downloadable title for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade, which unlike the last (and…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2010 -
Hey, Don’t Run Unauthorised World Of Warcraft Servers, OK?
Because if you do, it’ll cost you $88 million. That’s how much Scapegaming’s Alyson Reeves was ordered to pay Blizzard following a court case, in which Reeves was found guilty of charging users to play on an unauthorised World of Warcraft server. Over the years, she’d amassed over $3 million from these unsuspecting players, which…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2010 -
Metroid: Other M Puts Those Duct-Taped GameCubes To Work
I think it’s the highest praise you can heap on a Wii game, at least in terms of its appearance, when you can say it doesn’t look like a Wii game. Instead, with all those colours, explosions and (most important of all) clever camera placement, Team Ninja’s debut Metroid effort looks closer to something you’d…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2010 -
Scott Pilgrim vs Some Badass Animated Gifs
The super-talented Paul Robertson was one of the main men to thank for Scott Pilgrim being one of the best-looking games we’ve seen so far this year. Here, we take a look at some of the reasons why that is. Robertson has posted several examples of his work for the game on his personal site,…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2010 -
New Batman Game Lets You Use Your DS On The Wii
The upcoming Batman: The Brave and the Bold will be doing something too few games have done so far this hardware generation: feature cross-play compatibility between the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS. The game will be available on both systems, and if someone is playing the Wii version alongside someone on the DS, the person…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2010 -
Zoey Goes Ninja While The Engineer Does The Robot
Using sparse backgrounds, 3DS Max and the power of C&C Music Factory, Lionhead animator James Benson has for the last month been taking some of Valve’s best characters and breathing a little extra life into them. In the clip above, Left 4 Dead’s Zoey breaks free from the confines of a first-person perspective and figures…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2010 -
What Came First, The XCOM Or The Game?
I paid a visit to 2K Marin’s Canberra offices last week to have a chat with the developers of the upcoming XCOM reboot for the 360 and PC. And there was really only one question I wanted to ask. As a big fan of the old series, and someone more than a little disappointed to…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 16, 2010 -
Deus Ex Creator Wants To Make A Duck Tales Game
From Deus Ex to Mickey Mouse to…Duck Tales? It may seem an unlikely career path, but it’s the dream for Deus Ex creator Warren Spector. Asked by IndustryGamers whether his upcoming Epic Mickey could pave the way for more Disney titles, Spector is unashamedly enthusiastic, saying “A day does not go by where I don’t…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2010 -
Crysis 2 Coming March 2011
Crysis 2 is no longer due in the vague window of Jan-Mar 2011, publishers EA having narrowed that down to two days in March. For North American customers, it’ll be available on March 22, while those in Europe will be able to get their hands on the New York City-based shooter on March 25. Like…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 14, 2010
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