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Apache Air Assault Takes Off In November
The all-helicopter combat game we’ve all been waiting for as Activision reveals a November release date for Gaijin Entertainment’s Apache Air Assault, with hot new screens to boot. Crecente and I couldn’t be more excited to welcome this console generation’s first dedicated helicopter combat sim on November 9 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.…
By Mike Fahey Published August 30, 2010 -
Call Of Duty Developers Have Had Enough Of The Second World War
Call of Duty developers Treyarch, a studio that made its name developing World War Two games, is done with World War Two. Phew. Having developed first Call of Duty 3 and then Call of Duty: World at War, the team behind the upcoming Black Ops has all but ruled out a return to the 20th…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 27, 2010 -
Hands Cramping On with Call of Duty: Black Ops DS
The developer behind the portable version of gaming titan Call of Duty: Black Ops doesn’t have an enviable task. Developers N-Space have to find a way to deliver the Call of Duty experience, a game driven by bleeding-edge graphics, immersion and subtly-balanced controls, on a platform that isn’t just lacking the muscle power, but has…
By Brian Crecente Published August 26, 2010 -
What If Call Of Duty Was A Pokemon Game?
Who needs Bulbasaur when you can fight with Ghost? Who needs pocket monsters in your Pokemon game when you can have the heroes of Call of Duty take turns slashing and poisoning? One amazing video depicts the unreal Pokémon: Modern Warfare. (Video includes text-based profanity, so be mindful before sharing with Pokémon-loving kids.) The video…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 26, 2010 -
The Latest James Bond 007: Blood Stone Screens and Teaser
When McWhertor got a second look at James Bond 007: Blood Stone last week in Germany he said the game may have won him over Here’s a look at some of the new trailers and screenshots of the game to perhaps explain why. In it we see Daniel Craig’s Bond taking down some bad guys…
By Brian Crecente Published August 25, 2010 -
Are Video Games Just Soap?
Consumer products like soap aren’t risky; they have a fairly reliable recipe for success. Nobody demands innovation from soap. Are games just consumer products, too? When I was a kid, my dad was a video game journalist. Well, sort of. Actually, no, not really. Dad wrote about VCRs, home computers and Hi-Fis in a “home…
Leigh Alexander Published August 25, 2010 -
It Doesn’t Get Much More Noir Than Negative Zone Spider-Man
In the shadows of the Spider-Man Noir universe, you can barely even see the Negative Zone alternate costume for Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, but it’s definitely there. As we mentioned last month, Best Buy customers get a code to unlock Negative Zone Spider-Man in Shattered Dimensions when they preorder the game. That doesn’t lock other purchasers…
By Mike Fahey Published August 24, 2010 -
Call of Duty: Black Ops On PC Will Have Mod Tools
Perhaps seeking to undo some of the damage done to the Call of Duty franchise on the PC wrought by Modern Warfare 2, Treyarch has revealed that Black Ops will feature mod tools. What these will be, we don’t know. How they’ll work, we don’t know. When they’ll be out, well, we don’t know that…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 24, 2010 -
James Bond 007: Blood Stone Looking Smarter, Better, Bonder
The last time I saw James Bond 007: Blood Stone in action, I wasn’t convinced. Something, some hard-to-define Bond quality was missing. But developer Bizarre Creations may have won me over with my second look at Blood Stone. The developer of the new, Daniel Craig-starring James Bond video game brought two new levels with it…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 23, 2010 -
DJ Hero 2 Serves Up New Ways To Get Served
My outrage at the fact that a novice had scored the freestyle crossfade instead of me quickly turned to delight that DJ Hero 2 multiplayer had made me feel anything at all. At Gamescom this weekend I had a chance to play DJ Hero 2 multiplayer at a session hosted by FreeStyle Games studio manager…
By Mike Fahey Published August 23, 2010 -
A Face Full of Hat in GoldenEye 007 Multiplayer
When GoldenEye 007 returns to the console it will do so with a mix of covert and run-and-gun action and a brand new script penned by the writer of the original movie screenplay. Before dropping us into a round of eight player deathmatch on the Wii, Graham Hagmeier, the game’s production coordinator, walked us through…
By Brian Crecente Published August 23, 2010 -
Meet Britain’s New Biggest-Selling Game Of All Time
Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training on the DS used to the biggest-selling video game of all time in the United Kingdom. It no longer holds that title. Instead, the honour now falls to Activision’s Modern Warfare 2, which has overtaken the venerable DS title to take top spot. It’s been on sale for 41 weeks and…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 23, 2010 -
GoldenEye 007 In Action
Activision’s return to classic shooter GoldenEye 007 puts you in the shoes of Daniel Craig’s take on a grittier, no-nonsense James Bond as he works his way through a new treatment of the classic movie. The game also, of course, includes some pretty amazing Wii multiplayer matches. Check it out.
By Brian Crecente Published August 22, 2010 -
Playing Spider-man: Shattered Dimensions In The Year 2099
Activision brought a new universe from Spider-man: Shattered Dimensions to Gamescom, one that I was lightly familiar with; the one set in the year 2099. That’s the one that doesn’t have Peter Parker as Spider-man’s alter-ego. Instead we play as Miguel O’Hara. This Spider-man universe is shiny to the point of being distracting, bursting with…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 22, 2010 -
Manhandling Goldeneye’s Golden Controller
This is the officially licensed golden Goldeneye Wii Classic controller which you too can play with if you pick up the special edition of Goldeneye 007. This is, I’m told, the first time this slightly textured, shiny controller is around to be seen, prodded and poked. Now watch the video and bask in the controller’s…
By Brian Crecente Published August 20, 2010 -
How The Pros Play DJ Hero
Before you read about me playing DJ Hero 2 at GamesCom, check out the skills of FreeStyle Games studio manager Kevin McSherry as he and a fellow dev play dueling decks. I got to go hands on with DJ Hero 2 myself today, and thought I did rather well, until McSherry took up the DJ…
By Mike Fahey Published August 20, 2010 -
In This Nightmare, Bad Activision People Make Limbo II
Newgrounds user Tenacious T imagines a bleak future when Activision’s worst people create Limbo II: The Bar’s Been Lowered, the sequel to the beloved indie hit Limbo. It has celebrities! Predator missiles! And … color. I’m torn. Who would want this game made, really? We can be happy it’s just a joke. But then again……
By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2010 -
Unusual Call of Duty: Black Ops Solo Campaign Hides Secrets
The line one of the makers of the next Call of Duty uses about the series is that these games are movies we can play. This one will be a war thriller that hides a mystery. A few weeks ago in New York, Josh Olin, community manager fort team creating November’s Call of Duty Black…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2010 -
Can Video Of Tony Hawk Shred Make You A Fan?
You may be older than the target market for Activision and Robomodo’s next Tony Hawk game, but perhaps video of Tony Hawk Shred will bring out the kid in you. First footage of Shred in action certainly makes it look like a capable entry in the series. The biggest question mark is how well that…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 13, 2010 -
Build Your Empire In DJ Hero 2
Freestyle Games creative director Jamie Jackson walks us through DJ Hero 2’s Empire Mode, the replacement for the original game’s underwhelming career mode. In the original DJ Hero, you unlocked new venues as you progressed through the game, which was pretty damn boring. Empire Mode in DJ Hero 2 looks to make up for it,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 13, 2010