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PAX 2009 Trailers
Sep 9th
Never before has a post title so essentially decided the tags I attach too it!
PAX 2009 has just finished and, swine-flu not-withstanding, it was a success.
There's a metric ass-load of trailers after the cut, some of which require you to prove that you were born on January 1st, 1900... You have been forewarned!
THQ publishes Blood Bowl – in other news, bear shits in wood!
Aug 13th
Seriously, [THQ] have published everything else Games Workshop for the past five years so it's hardly unsurprising that they are bringing the English version of everyone's favourite game of fantasy football with added violence to UK retail and online stores in the form of a tangible release.
The game has been on retail shelves in France, Spain, Germany and a few other retail shelves since mid-june (likely due to licensing) but British gamers have been restricted to a digital download direct from Cyanide for a frankly absurd amount of money.
The game lands for PC, DS & PSP on the 18th of September. The Xbox release will 'follow shortly'.
Press release down below...
PSP Woah? – Tech Radar/T3 PSP Go Hands On
Jul 24th
Tech Radar has posted a run-down on T3's hands-on impressions of Sony's latest handheld.
The latest revision of the portable goes on sale later in the year (just in time for the Christmas rush) and brings with it a revised, smaller form-factor with the controls hidden behind a phone-esque sliding mechanism.
Along with the new design comes a new online strategy (presumably targeting smart-phone users and their application stores rather than its main game competition, the Nintendo DSi) and a large (expandable) amount of on-board flash memory for your games and movies, replacing the need to carry a wad of UMDs with you.
Obligatory article quote -
The verdict? It rocks!
Read the article here, watch the video here and watch this space for more PSP Go news.
Ghostbusters (literally) half-baked
Jun 18th
Think the EU Sony-exclusive cluster fuck that is Ghostbusters: The Game couldn't get any worse?
It just did...
E3 Round-up
Jun 9th
With the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo is now in the past, lets have a look at the highs and the lows of the event...
Nintendo made so many waves with the Wiimote 3 years ago, it's surprising it's taken Microsoft & Sony so long to get comparable technology out there, but this years E3 will be fondly remembered for both Microsoft's Project Natal and Sony's PS3-nis PlayStation Motion Controller.
Now too the games! For the first time since I can remember, there seem to be almost as many original IPs than sequels. Games such as Realtime World's APB, the clever and damn innovative Scribblenauts & Schafer's Brütal Legend (PC release plskthxbye?) all went down a storm.
Alas, nothing can compare really to the majesty & controversy of the sequels - Assassin's Creed II seems to (on the surface) have definitely made strides over the first game, Modern Warfare 2 looks to be a heart-pounding action game (but can it really step out of the cloud cast by COD4's mushroom cloud?) whilst Left 4 Dead 2 is generating all the wrong publicity - could it be Valve's un-doing?
Notable Trailers & Game/Device Listings after the cut...
PSP Go revealed on Qore
Jun 1st
Sony's gramatically dubious Sony poach (PAL) Ghostbusters – Bad Times
May 6th
Mere weeks from release, Sony has decided that the imminent Blu-Ray release of the original Ghostbusters films didn't have enough of a marketing push, therefore they have thrown a hefty chunk of cash towards the as ever terminally-strapped-for-cash Atari.
The result = Platform exclusivity for the PS3 & PS2 (with the PSP coming along later) for the foreseeable future.
What this means for the Xbox 360, PC, Wii or DS releases at the moment is unknown, although rumours state that Atari will be publishing them later (presumably using the bung from Sony as finance, assuming they haven't died off by then).
*sigh* Games industry, I do love you really...
*Update*
It seems that, so far, this only extends to the PAL release (possibly because Atari hates the EU, as evidenced by its spotty history with Steam in the EU).
Source - GI.biz
Big Meaty Blood Bowl Trailer
Jan 30th
Everyone loves a bit of violence and it's even better when that violence is provided as part and parcel of a Games Workshop license.
The official Blood Bowl game, built from the ground up by Cyanide (of Chaos League & the resulting lawsuit that allowed them to develop Blood Bowl fame) acts as a fairly accurate homage to the board game it is based on, as evidenced by the new trailer, just released.
Some of the footage (i.e. the CGI) isn't particularly fresh, but I can't remember seeing neither the player-creator nor much footage of the turn-based mode before.
It's after the cut... enjoy!
EA still has the Need for Speed!
Jan 30th
Following the rumours and subsequent strip-mining of EA Black Box, nobody really knew what was happening with the Need for Speed series.
Now, Blues & Eurogamer are carrying word that the series is progressing in a 3-pronged revamp on every format under the sun. The 3 products, each developed by a different developer (none of which are, surprisingly, Criterion).
Press-releases and many more details after the cut...
CNS List-o-tron-o-matic – Our Best Of 2008
Jan 7th
Because we're having a slow news time, what with there being a typical post-christmas lull, a global recession and nothing but a load of announcements & promises in the form of press releases (coupled with the fact we forgot to do it in 2008), here's the CNS Best of 2008
