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In December we found out that there would be a new Elder Scrolls in 2011, a sequel to the massive 2006 role-playing game Oblivion. Today, we’ve got our first look at the game in action. They said it would have a new engine. They promised it would look better than the last one. They told…
Moca coco or anchovy? Hrmmmmmm……….. All I Want From Skyrim Is To Go Hunting On A Sunny Day Many people’s favourite experiences with the last Elder Scrolls game — Oblivion — probably revolve around dungeons, magic, horse-riding and Sean Bean. Mine are a little more sedate. Turning A Dead Xbox Into A PS3 Controller Aussie…
Gunner Wright voices engineer-turned-hero Isaac Clarke in Dead Space 2. And he’s more than ready to tackle any foreseeable film role. “I feel like we already shot a film, one that you can play,” Wright tells horror site Hell Descent. “As for DS2 live action, I already have the plasma cutter so lets roll camera…give…
This spring, the story of pro gamer Mike Ross is getting the feature-length documentary treatment. The film is a portrait of how Ross spent 2010, traveling around the country and competing in Street Fighter. Focus is the documentary debut of filmmaker Steve Hwang and gets its premiere screen this Saturday at the Art Center College…
Back in the day, computer programmers used BASIC. Some still do! But for those who missed the BASIC years or for those who’d like to revisit them, there’s this. Petit Computer is a DSiWare title that is, ahem, basically a BASIC interpreter for the Nintendo DSi. The touch screen becomes a virtual keyboard, while the…
Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition producer Yoshinori Ono says there are no plans for the game to appear on home consoles. Bummer!
Many people’s favourite experiences with the last Elder Scrolls game — Oblivion — probably revolve around dungeons, magic, horse-riding and Sean Bean. Mine are a little more sedate. You see, while I appreciated the effort that went into crafting all those “unique” dungeons and the citizen’s clockwork routines, I also quickly saw through the “cracks”…
When Yuichiro “Jienotsu” Nagashima isn’t dressing up as girls from bullet hell shooters, he’s kicking people’s ass. He’s a professional K-1 kick boxer. But is he any good at fighting games? To find out, he’s playing female idol Rose Gardenfairy. Something tells me that that isn’t her real name. As they fire up “Phantom Breaker”…
Aussie game nut Morris has taken a dead Xbox 360 and made something genuinely useful out of it: an arcade stick. For the PlayStation 3. It’s not a simple job, as you can see by the number of tools and pieces of electronic kit required, but it’s an awesome job. It’s the second such mod…
Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki tells 1Up that Dark Souls will be 1.5 times bigger than its spiritual predecessor Demon’s Souls. “It may feel even bigger to the players,” he added.
There are games you pick up and play. And then, there are games that you cannot put down. Glass Tower 2 seems to be one of the latter. Glass Tower 2 is not a new title, originally getting a 2010 release. But it’s recently taken the top spot on Apple’s Free App charts, surpassing the…
Feel like celebrating Zelda’s 25th birthday with something big, bulky and heroic? It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this stuff. This Zelda sword and shield (of which there are two sets, one for Ocarina of Time and one for Twilight Princess) were made by Fiberglass Blades, a small custom accessory and weapon builder specialising in…
It would appear as though Sony is not screwing around when it comes to going after PS3 hackers. While in the US this means gentle lawsuits, in Germany, it means police raids. Earlier this week, German hacker “graf_chokolo” was on the receiving end of a visit from police (and a representative from Sony), who had…
What if the Mario Bros. weren’t out saving the Mushroom Kingdom, but were actually just down-on-their-luck plumbers from…Boston? Prostitutes, beatings, pianos and mushroom use follows. Called “The Plumber”, it’s the work of New York sketch comedy group Captain Hippo, who describe the video as “The true life story of the Mario Brothers, like you’ve never…
According to Swedish reports, cops in the city of Helsingborg suspect that fifteen teens have moved beyond energy drinks to stay awake while gaming and are snorting cocaine. Apparently, these youngsters have too much money. Swedish paper the Metro is blowing the incident out of proportion, alerting readers of a new trend — you know,…
Back in 2008, before the stabbings, Akihabara was a carefree place. Otaku (“geeks”) roamed from shop to shop, maids passed out fliers and cosplayers posed up a storm. The Akihabara Massacre changed all that, but things are normalizing. Want proof? The area’s most famous flasher is ready to hit the streets of Akiba once again.…
There was a rumor last week that Apple was unhappy with Capcom over the way in-app purchases could be made in Smurf’s Village. Turns out Apple may have had a very good reason to be upset. The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it will be investigating the way in which “in-app purchases” can be…
The next game from Double Fine, the developers of games like Psychonauts and Brutal Legend, is a Sesame Street title. Here’s our first look at the game in action. It’s…look, it’s a kids game, one they can play with their parents. So know that before clicking play. And once you have clicked play? Know that,…
If you ever need a reference point for how ferocious – and some would argue unnecessarily so – Zelda fans can be about their beloved franchise, one need only look at a public showcase Nintendo held in the year 2000. For a few years between the mid-1990s and early 2000s, Nintendo decided against revealing major…
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