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Let’s Twist Again

The reboot of the car combat standard-bearer Twisted Metal arrives on Valentine’s Day for PS3. Also, though you can’t play them until Feb. 22, many of the launch titles for the PlayStation Vita become available in North America this week. UFC Undisputed 3 for Xbox 360 and PS3 also arrives Tuesday. Monday • Rhythm Heaven…

By Owen Good Published February 12, 2012

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Sunday Comics: Me Time

Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Legacy Control by Javis Ray published Feb. 6.—Read more of Legacy Control Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Feb. 6.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Nerf NOW!! by…

By Owen Good Published February 12, 2012

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This Week in the Business: ‘Activision Should Man Up and Buy Take-Two.’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Activision should man up and buy Take-Two.”—Asif Khan, analyst with Panoptic Management Consultants, on what Activision should do to make sure their sales numbers continue to look good. QUOTE | “THQ is dancing on the edge of the abyss.”—Steve Peterson, West…

Steve Peterson Published February 10, 2012

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Reckon With Some of Kingdoms of Amalur’s Concept Art (Sorry)

With the game out this week, now’s as good a time as any to look at some concept art from Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning While a whole team of artists worked on the game, today we’re taking a look at the colourful contributions of Big Huge Games’ principal concept artist Sean Andrew Murray. If you…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 9, 2012

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Commander Shepard, You’re Looking Awfully Dangerous Today

Theo Stylianides is a concept artist working in London for Opus Artz, a studio that’s provided content for series like Dead Space, Infamous and BioShock Today, though, we’re looking at Theo’s personal project, Helldiver, which he describes as “pretty much sci-fi-inspired super soldiers selected from the best military forces in the world, brought together to…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 8, 2012

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When EA Sports Accidentally Put a Game’s Source Code on a Demo Disc

In 1997, EA Sports released a demo disc for the latest iteration of its FIFA football series. Anyone picking this disc up got a lot more than they bargained for. Late last year, Blackbird Interactive’s Yossarian King (whose studio is now working on Hardware) wrote a piece on industry blog #altDevBlogADay about building engines. Tucked…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 5, 2012

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Reckoning and Revelations

38 Studios’ action-RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning leads the list of new titles deploying this week. Other big names include Resident Evil: Revelations and The Darkness II Tuesday • Fallout: New Vegas – Ultimate Edition (PC, PS3, 360) • Forza Motorsport 4: February American Le Mans Series Pack (XBLA) • Gotham City Impostors (PC, PSN)…

By Owen Good Published February 5, 2012

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Sunday Comics: Point of Reference

Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Nerf NOW!! by Josué Pereira published Jan. 31.—Read more of Nerf NOW!! Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Jan. 30.—Read more of Awkward Zombie Penny Arcade by…

By Owen Good Published February 5, 2012

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This Week in the Business: ‘Xbox 720, PS4 Must Show a Dramatic Leap in Quality’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “Xbox 720, PS4 must show a dramatic leap in quality.”—Epic CEO Tim Sweeney discussing what he expects from the Xbox 720 and the PS4 in terms of graphics capability QUOTE | “Holy shit, now what?”—Kaz Hirai, new CEO of Sony corporation,…

Steve Peterson Published February 3, 2012

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Some Kick-Ass Robot Designs From One of Hawken’s Artists

Multiplayer shooter Hawken snuck into our collective megacity last year and stole our robotic hearts. Sadly, it’s been a very long time since we heard or saw anything about the game. To satisfy both yours and our appetite for more hot giant mech fighting action, then, here’s a collection of mechs, tanks, robots and other…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 3, 2012

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The Half-Eaten Valve Art of Peter König

Peter König is a concept art legend. Over the past quarter of a century his creature designs, sculptures and animation work have been featured in blockbuster hits like Jurassic Park, Starship Troopers and Cloverfield. Which is all well and good, but he’s also spent the last four years working as a concept artist, modeller and…

By Luke Plunkett Published February 1, 2012

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If Only Driving Games Actually Looked This Cool

The ATV series of driving games have always had their following, but there’s never been much to make the really stand out from the crowd. Which is the great thing about looking at concept art, because it’s here that you can see that, at some point in their development, the ATV games looked (or at…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 31, 2012

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Back From the Dead

The first big release week of 2012 gives us Final Fantasy XIII-2, NeverDead and SoulCalibur V. Downloadable content includes an extension for Dead Island Tuesday • Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, 360) • NeverDead (PS3, 360) • Puddle (PS3) • SoulCalibur V (PS3, 360) Wednesday • Dead Island: Ryder White (PC, PS3, 360) • Rhythm Party…

By Owen Good Published January 29, 2012

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Sunday Comics: Better With Kinect

Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Penny Arcade by Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik published Jan. 23.—Read more of Penny Arcade Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Jan. 23.—Read more of Awkward Zombie…

By Owen Good Published January 29, 2012

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This Week in the Business: ‘PlayStation is the Most Powerful Game Brand in the World’

What’s happened in the business of video games this past week … QUOTE | “PlayStation is the most powerful game brand in the world.”—Jack Buser, Director of PlayStation Home, gives his obviously biased opinion on Sony’s gaming brand at a CES panel on the future of consoles QUOTE | “I think it’s over, and Zynga…

Steve Peterson Published January 27, 2012

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One Does Not Simply Design Badass Lord of the Rings Characters

Well, actually, one does if one is Wes Burt, concept artist at Massive Black, whose recent work for Turbine’s Lord of the Rings Online is well worth sharing. We’ve featured Wes’ work before here on Fine Art. If you haven’t seen it, you really should Fine Art is a celebration of the work of video…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 26, 2012

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Cock’in. This was a Real Game, Once.

Cock’in. For the Commodore 64 and Spectrum. You take the eggs, and then the fish bites you on the elbow, and then you wear chicken hats, and what? Oh, that’s just the box art. The actual game had you playing as a cock, protecting your brood of eggs from things like rats and foxes, and…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 24, 2012

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Some Burly Dudes From Mass Effect 3 (and Some Mass Effect Guns)

As a principal artist at BioWare, and before that EA, Rodrigue Pralier has built (and dressed) some pretty badass game characters over the years, up to and including a certain Commander Shepard. Working on the Mass Effect series Pralier has helped build some cool models and costumes, including Shepard in some Mass Effect 2 DLC…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 24, 2012

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They Don’t Make Games Like Strike Commander Any More

Before Chris Roberts went crazy and started making terrible movies, he was the genius behind some of the greatest PC games ever made. Some, like Wing Commander, are still remembered fondly today. Others, like Strike Commander, sadly are not. So successful was Roberts’ Wing Commander series, and/or so intent was the man on telling story-driven…

By Luke Plunkett Published January 22, 2012

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Sunday Comics: What’s Your Favorite Activity?

Welcome to your Sunday read of the week’s best in web comics. Make sure to click on the expand button in the bottom right to enlarge each comic. Virtual Shackles by Jeremy Vinar and Mike Fahmie published Jan. 18.—Read more of Virtual Shackles Awkward Zombie by Katie Tiedrich published Jan. 16.—Read more of Awkward Zombie…

By Owen Good Published January 22, 2012