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Microsoft: Eerily Familiar “Space Marine” Ad Not Connected to Halo
Samsung’s television commercial for its new Galaxy S phone has a lot of people thinking Halo when they watch it. The armor seems very similar and the look of the action also has a taste of Halo about it. Of course the flying crayfish starship is about as far off as you can get. So…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
James Cameron Is Earth’s Official Spokesperson
After showing us through the magic of 3D how human beings could potentially screw up an entirely new planet, James Cameron has signed on with NASA to help show how the agency is keeping us from screwing up our own. Cameron stars in a series of three new commercials to help promote NASA’s contributions to…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Gears of War: Anvil Gate Novel Tells the Story Before Gears 3
Gears of War: Anvil Gate, the third book in the Gears of War novel series, will tell the story of what happened between the second and third video game. In Anvil Gate New York Times bestselling author Karen Traviss writes about the travails of Jacinto’s survivors to rebuild human society following the end of the…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Eyes-on With Infamous 2’s New Cole, New Tricks
Gamescom offered us our first look at the newest game from Sucker Punch, Infamous 2, its new lead character Cole—redesigned after negative fan feedback—and one of the lightning powered super/anti-hero’s car-tossing superpowers. We also got a look at the game’s new setting, the New Orleans-like fictional bayou town known as New Marais. Sucker Punch founder…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Microsoft Is Ready To Ban Halo: Reach Pirates
As leaked copies of Halo: Reach hit the torrent sites, Microsoft tells Kotaku that they are aggressively investigating the leak and are fully prepared to hand out bans to anyone caught playing the game pre-release. It happens every time a big game comes out, but when it’s a game as big as Bungie’s final Halo…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Possession Is Nine Tenths Of Ghost Trick
At the beginning of Capcom’s Ghost Trick you die. Then the action really starts heating up. I got a chance to play a new level at Gamescom last week, and now I’m going to tell you all about it. Ghost Trick, developed by Ace Attorney creator Shu Takumi, could be the most compelling little adventure…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
What’s Next For Mortal Kombat, NetherRealm Studios
At Gamescom, we sat down with Mortal Kombat co-creator and NetherRealm Studios lead Ed Boon to talk about the newest game in the franchise, life after Midway and what could be next for the fighting game developer. First, the developer has to wrap up work on its new Mortal Kombat fighting game, due sometime in…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 24, 2010 -
UncategorizedHere’s What It Takes to Program a Computer Game
Have you ever wondered what a computer game looks like, from start to finish, as it’s being programmed? If so, then this time-lapse video of one man’s creation of Metagun (for Ludum Dare 18) will truly amaze you. Video inside. [YouTube via Reddit] Click to view
By Matt Cherette Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Dream Day Wedding Sends Wine By Mail
When I returned from Germany after covering Gamescom, the last thing I was expecting to be waiting for me in a UPS box was a bottle of Dream Day Wedding-labeled Merlot. The package came from I-play, purveyors of fine casual games, in celebration of the release of hidden object game Dream Day Wedding: Bella Italia.…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Portal Becomes Required Reading At Wabash College
Freshmen at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana this year will be required to read Gilgamesh, Aristotle’s Politics, the poetry of John Donne, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and Valve’s Portal. Michael Abbott, the proprietor of video game blog The Brainy Gamer and a teacher at the small liberal arts college found himself part of a committee last year…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Examining the Multiplayer Maps of Crysis 2
I spent some time last week playing through two maps and two modes of multiplayer in Crysis 2 during GamesCom, here’s a closer look at those levels. The art here includes the tactical maps for the maps Impact and Rooftop Garden. There’s also a look at the pod that drops during the multiplayer mode Crash…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2010 -
UncategorizedBrink Heralds “The End Of Genre As We Know It”
More lofty claims from developer Splash Damage, as the latest developer diary for Brink boasts that the game blurs the lines of genre beyond definition. The game certainly blurs the line between single-player and multiplayer at least. As a bad online shooter player, I appreciate being able to advance offline as well as online. It…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Kinect Controls Work Great… in a Bubble
The idea of controlling your console with gestures in a neat concept, but it also comes with a slew of technical challenges. At the top of the list of issues that Microsoft’s Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 faces is the problem of interference from people not in the virtual driver’s seat of the console.…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Saw II: Flesh & Blood Features More Devious Traps and Deaths
Saw II: Flesh & Blood will be delivering a new story line that takes place between the first and second movie when the game hits the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 on Oct. 19. Gamers will be taking on the role of Detective Tapp’s estranged son Michael, who is trying to understand his father’s death.…
By Brian Crecente Published August 24, 2010 -
ReviewsTop Gun Review: Minus Tom, Minus Loving Feeling, Plus DualShock, Plus Multiplayer
There are two things to know about the new Top Gun jet combat game: 1) Its creators have changed lines from its ’80s Tom Cruise inspiration for the worse and 2) it’d be better if it wasn’t about Top Gun. In 1986 everyone went to see the movie Top Gun, a movie about a fighter…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
So I Am In The Market For An Air Purifier
To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: Beware The Ghost Writer I guess it’s a strange thing to be in the market for, but we’ve been looking at a couple of them: Sharp’s Plasmacluster and Panasonic’s Nanoe. The Nanoe seems like a better designed product (from a functional point of view), but I think I’ll hold any…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
Atlus Is Making Catherine As Suggestive As Possible
Catherine is the upcoming PS3 and Xbox 360 game from Japanese developer Atlus. It is a spin-off of the Persona series of role-playing games. An adult one. As evident by the game’s launch trailer and now the promotional poster, Atlus wasn’t kidding when it said it was making a game for adult players. It is…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2010 - Uncategorized
EA Standing Up To Medal Of Honor Pressure
The UK’s Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox called for the ban of Medal of Honor for being “tasteless”. He later defended his remarks. EA, the game’s publisher, has now retorted. EA Games president Frank Gibeau tells website Develop that Medal of Honor will not be altered due to the outcry of politicians or…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 24, 2010
