Red Dead Resurrected – Redemption announced

Rockstar have announced the sequel to their western 3rd-person shooter, Red Dead Revolver.

Built on the same engine that powered Rockstar Table Tennis & GTA IV, Rockstar San Diego (nee Angel Studios of Midtown Madness & Midnight Club fame) are back developing the game and it’s due on the Xbox 360 & PS3 this fall.

Full press release after the bump…… Read More…

Dare to Be Digital returns for 2009…

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The world renowned competition for new developer talent is back for another round this year. The competition is run in collaboration between the University of Abertay and Channel 4 and the top three games will be nominated for a video game BAFTA Ones to Watch Award.

The University of Abertay is calling for applicants for this years competition. Dare to Be Digital is calling for teams of graduates and undergraduates from UK universities who want to break into the games industry.

The competition gives young developers a stipend and 10 weeks to develop their prototype game for showcasing at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival’s Dare Protoplay exhibit in August. The teams will be supported by visits from some of Britain’s top developers who will also be responsible for selecting the winners at the end of the summer.

Glory Days – Classic LEC Boxart converted to poster form

**WARNING – PERSONAL OPINION BELOW**

I’m sorry, unless you’ve played at least one of the many SCUMM adventures from LucasArts (whether via the original disks, way back then, or SCUMMVM ), you’re not a true gamer…

Unfortunately, that’s a debate another time…  For now, lets make do with the fact that some enterprising chap on LucasForums has spent a large amount of time restoring the artwork of greats such as Purcell, Eaken & Chan and converting them into cromulant posters of mega-hugeness™.  Find them here .

This news comes on the eve of word that the Wii version of the … Read More…

Crytek purchases corpse of Free Radical **UPDATED**

Despite everyone’s misgivings and apathy towards Haze, I don’t think anyone was happy to see Free Radical go to the wall . The company was one of the first victims of the economic downturn and has been operating in administration on a skeleton staff whilst a buyer was sought.

Well, now one has, and it’s everyones favourite teutonic crybabies, Crytek .… Read More…

Hellgate: London cast up the River Styxx

Looks like today’s foot of snow in London was as much trouble for denizens of hell as it was for all the bendy buses…

It’s been a while coming, despite efforts to save the game and turn it into a free-to-play effort , but the plug was finally pulled on the European servers yesterday, as outlined by several posters on the forums of Hellgate Guru and a short obituary on Hellforge, the D3 community that grew out of the collapse of HG:L.

So long Hellgate – we hardly cared about thee, with your stupid lifetime subscription option and poor gameplay.… Read More…

Holy Good Looking Trailers: Arkham Asylum ‘Breakout’ Trailer

Everyone has seen at least one Batman film – whether it’s one of the recent cinematic masterpieces by Chris Nolan, the malkavian eccentricity of Tim Burton’s efforts, the 60′s kitsch of the original movie or that shit that Joel Schumacher churned out.

Whilst all the focus has often been on these celluloid adaptions (and too a lesser extent, their animated counterparts), the media tends to ignore the comics that started it.  Rocksteady Studios, EIDOS & WBIE are looking to redress this balance with Batman: Arkham Asylum , a game that looks to be a combination of Resident Evil 4/5, Condemned … Read More…

X-Men Origins: Wolverine Game Debut Trailer

Those lovable scamps at GameTrailers have the world exclusive debut trailer for the game of the film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the celluloid prequel to the much loved X-Men films (well, apart from The Last Stand – they should have waited on Singer for that one).

There’s no actual gameplay footage in the trailer, just a bit of nice looking cutscene, but if EGM’s quote from Project Lead Dan Vondrak is too believed, it’s going to own .… Read More…