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Project Natal Officially Renamed “Kinect”, More Games Revealed

There’s no need for conjecture; Microsoft’s upcoming motion control peripheral, once known as Project Natal, is now to be officially known as “Kinect”. “For lots of people, that controller is a barrier,” Microsoft creative director Kudo Tsunoda told USA Today. “We set out to make a new control paradigm where anybody can get in and…

So What’s Inside The New Xbox 360?

It appears, going by some advertisements popping up online just before E3 kicks off, that Microsoft plans to unveil a new model of the Xbox 360. What, then, does this new console bring to the table? For starters, as you can see, the most immediate difference is in the look of the machine. Gone are…

Killzone 3 Trailer Heavy On Jetpacks (And Gameplay!)

It’s nice to see a Killzone game where ruined cityscapes aren’t the dominant environment. It’s also nice to see that it’s yet another 2010 game featuring jetpacks. Why? Because jetpacks are great.

First Dead Space 2 Gameplay Footage Floats Into View

I’m not usually one to get excited over trailers, even ones with a heavy focus on gameplay footage. But hot damn, seeing Isaac floating around making nasty things explode like this has me more than a little excited.

Force Unleashed II’s E3 Trailer Is Not Fond Of Stormtroopers

This cinematic trailer for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II is gorgeous, but also feels a little off; I know the room’s locked, but even still, I wouldn’t trust a few stormtroopers to take out a freakin’ Jedi

Gran Turismo 5’s E3 Trailer Is Missing Something

Here’s the E3 trailer for Sony’s hotly-anticipated PS3 racer, Gran Turismo 5. Those still hanging for its release will notice something is missing. Yes, a release date. It’s not there. Just lots and lots of pretty cars. Guess we’ll have to wait for Sony’s E3 press conference next week for word on when people will…

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LEGO: The First-Person Shooter

LEGO games have mostly been confined to kid’s titles and platformers. We’ve yet to see a LEGO first-person shooter. If we ever do, I really hope it looks like this. This is a bolt-action Lee Enfield sniper rifle, built to scale by Jack Streat, and made entirely out of LEGO. It’s not built to just…

Your First Look At The Battlestar Galactica Game

We’re pretending the last Battlestar game didn’t exist. We are also, sadly, trying to pretend this web-based MMO is actually a space shooter that looks as good as this trailer. Developers Bigpoint have certainly nailed the look and sound of the show with all that shaky-cam and views from a Viper’s gun barrels, but it…

Play Your Own World Cup With These Video Games

The 2010 World Cup is the biggest sporting event on the planet, and will keep billions of people glued to their TV sets for the next month not just for live matches, but for some video games as well. Like the Olympics and Super Bowl tend to do, whenever a World Cup rolls around (they’re…

When The A-Team Meets Call Of Duty

There comes a point in the new A-Team movie when, if you’ve ever played Modern Warfare, you’ll sit back in your chair a little and think “man, I’ve seen this somewhere before”. [This isn’t a massive spoiler, but if you like your movies 100% fresh, don’t read any further] It comes at around, oh, ninety…

Red Dead On PC? Don’t Hold Your Breath

Red Dead Redemption is one of the best games of the year. Heck, it’s my favourite game of the year so far. But I own a console. If you own only a PC and want in on the action, well… Look, we never like to say never, but the chances of a PC port of…

Rumor: E3 Floorplan Reveals Mass Effect, Dragon Age Sequels

GameSpot has posted a big interactive floor plan, showing what’s going to be on the showroom floor at E3 next week. Curiously, there are at least three new games on there. If you hover over the EA booth, you’ll see that both Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age 2 are listed as games that’ll be…

Most Gamers Don’t Even Know Project Natal Exists

Sometimes, it’s handy being reminded that “gamer” is a far bigger term than most of you realise. As evidenced by this Nielsen poll, which amazingly shows that most “gamers” haven’t even heard of Project Natal. They haven’t heard about PlayStation Move, either. This despite Natal being a year old, and having appeared on countless news…

Two More Natal Games Revealed, At Least Twelve More To Come

Ahead of next week’s E3 in Los Angeles, two new titles for Microsoft’s motion-control peripheral, Project Natal, have been revealed. Those hoping for a wave-your-arms version of Halo or Fable are out of luck, though, as the two games are simple party titles (ie glorifed tech demos), similar to the kind we’ve seen for the…

Report: Microsoft Talking 3D Gaming “Soon”

Sony has been making a big deal about 3D. So too has Nintendo. Until now, Microsoft has been fairly silent on the subject. Looks like that’s about to change. Andrew Oliver from Blitz (Dead to Rights Retribution) has told Develop “Microsoft are going to be making an announcement about [3D] at some point soon.” Great.…