In other news, Ubisoft are scum.

Back in the mists of time (or 2006, whichever happened first, I forget), Ubisoft used this anti-piracy aberration called Starforce (or however it’s spelt).

It pissed off everyone under the sun and, some people say, nearly caused Ubisoft to go bankrupt (after all, who’s going to buy a game that might break your PC, burn the cat AND eat your first born, all during the install procedure?).

The system was finally binned and, in a startling show of goodwill, Ubi started releasing games with either simple disc-checks or no protection what-so-ever.

Roll on January 2010 and history looks … Read More…

Space Explosions… IN SPACE! – Mass Effect 2 Launch Trailer

Like Infinity Ward & (possibly) Valve, some people at BioWare obviously want to make movies…  Big booming grand epics with loads of gravitas.

Evidence A – The Mass Effect 2 Launch Trailer… Read More…

My Hands! Final Fantasy XIII International Trailer

Square Enix have sent along the new “international” launch trailer for Final Fantasy XIII.

It’s the first trailer to use Leona Lewis’ “My Hands”, which is the english theme song for the game, and shows off a few new scenes and a bit of gameplay we’ve not really seen too much of before. You could also consider it quite spoilery (unless you’ve been looking on internet message boards where people are playing the Japanese version).

We’ll have a lot more on Final Fantasy XIII at release.

See the trailer after the jump.… Read More…

Hey there gurd-looking! – Mass Effect 2 Cinematic Trailer

It’s official – Venice-based Blur Studios do some good shit.  They even made the only decent bit of the hateful Transformers movie tie-in game.

They have since done a cinematic* trailer for Mass Effect 2 and it looks very nice in its obscenely highly detailed character model-ness.

Find it after the cut…

* – in the truest sense – it’s showing with Avatar in multiplexes around the various countries, apparently.  Now you too can expose your children/spouse/significant others to violent mutant frogs.… Read More…