Computers N StuffThe resident PC elitist fanatic enthusiast, Andrew’s grim outlook on the industry provides CNS with a hefty dollop of its news content. Oh, and he has managed to convince Barry to let him review stuff too!
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Some more footage of AoE-developer Ensemble Studios swan song, Halo Wars, the RTS based on the million-selling franchise, has been captured at CES. The cam footage from the floor at the trade show (comprising ~ a minute and a half of actual gameplay) depicts a battle between humans and the Covenant on an ice-bound world, […]
Prototype went quiet after a few well-publicised slips and poorly received demos. Obviously, not content to release a half-arsed effort, Radical have beavered away to improve the game significantly and the demo vids after the cut certainly show a more refined game. Hopefully, as it approaches release, we’ll see something a bit more structured than […]
Flashbang Studios have released the semi-sequel to the acclaimed Off-Road Velociraptor Safari for the iPhone via the Apple Store for an introductory price of $0.99/£0.59. Once again using the versatile Unity player, the goal is to collect raptors using your personal Chinook and deposit their corpses into teleporters for future consumption. Stats are tracked via […]
The 11th Annual Independent Games Festival takes place on the 23rd to 27th of March in San Francisco. As per usual, the highlight of the event is the IGF Competition, of which the finalists have been announced here. Nomination highlights include the f*cked up Source-powered Zeno Clash, the Worms-esque Cortex Command, old lady simulator The […]
Meta-publisher SEGA have released their early-2009 release schedule, including choice morsels such as definitive March release dates for Madworld & Empire: Total War (but we knew that anyway), over-confident Q1 releases for Alpha Protocol & the feared-dead Aliens: Colonial Marines and possibly-2009-but-we’re-not-really-sure releases for Xbox/PS3 DMC-esque Bayonetta. Source – Videogamer.com The full list lives after […]
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
The 7th Annual Mod DB Mod of the Year 2008 (or ‘Golden Spanner’) Awards are fast approaching and Phase 1 of the voting is now active. This phase, which is active until the 16th, essentially decides the short-list of 100 mods which will then be entered into Phase 2 and whittled down to the final […]
Due to the slow news period, CNS would like to take this opportunity to present… Yet Another Classic XKCD Strip <3 Randall Munroe We’ll be back properly when we’ve reviewed something and/or there’s something to write about!
We’re not an Apple fanboy-site, but these bloody Macworld things always cause the Internet to grind to a halt as everyone fawns over the latest Apple consumer-good-with-built-in-obsolescence. Who knows, there may even by some Apple gaming news of note, but I wouldn’t hold your breath – Macs are too cool for gaming! GDGT has a […]
Shacknews comes bearing news that Blizzard have unvealed two new screenshots, tentatively titled ‘Fire‘ and ‘Rain‘, which show off the new environmental & weather effects that feature in the RTS sequel. No word on whether such environmental effects will play into the gameplay, nor when the first episode (yes, it’s episodic, get over it!) will […]