Gameplayer.com.au has an interview with Rick White of Volition, producer on their third-person (nee first-person) shooter set on the dust red and geo-moddable landscapes of Mars. An interesting point of note is Volition’s claim to be ramping the Xbox 360 hardware (which is clearly the lead platform, as usual these days) to its very limits […]
Author: Andrew Bryant
The 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!
Hilarity ensues!
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The Sims 3 System Requirements
EA have released the official minimum requirements for running The Sims 3. As per usual, they dredge the lowest of low, but it’s good too see some attempt has been made to require a computer manufactured this side of the great computing big-bang of the year of our lord (Horace the Endless Bear) 1876. Skip […]
Minutes after accidentally stumbling into a garish landscape, Andrew Bryant is insulted by a gnomish mexican wrestler… It’s just like visiting the in-laws!
Sorry for the puns, but Kotaku & Destructoid both posted these clear adverts for sterilisation and/or euthanasia… It’s the goddamn Nintendo SIXTY FOUR scenario all over again! Cover your ears as you hit the jump…
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Steam Holiday Sale
Valve have just started their not-quite-January-but-close-enough Sale on Steam, located here for browser-philes or on the Store homepage for people who would rather use the app.
Telltale have released the first proper batch of ingame screenshots from the next entry into their episodic digitally-distributed menagerie of video game entertainment. Accompanying these screenshots is a wad of concept art which shows all the hallmarks of Aardman. Telltale also link to an interview with Eurogamer, which can be found here. Grand Adventures is […]
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Zavvi console sale – update
Destructoid is reporting that Virgin Megastores Zavvi is now pumping out Xbox 360 Arcade SKUs in its retail outlets for a Sainsbury’s equalling £99. The more attractive/feature-complete Premium SKUs are going for £149 & l33t Elites for a snip under £200 too. The rival PS3 is also coasting at £269.99, which means it’s still cheaper […]
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GOG Christmas Bonanza Pt. 2
These guys just keep on giving… In the run up too Christmas (and for a short period after, up until the 31st December) Good Old Games are offering double-game bundles for $9.99. The bundles include: Stonekeep & Lionheart MDK & MDK 2 Descent 1 + 2 + 3 (plus the expansion pack for D3) Fallout […]
Vin Diesel is the celebrity video gamer! Not content to speak about them all the time and name drop ‘playing on PlayStation’ in every film he’s in, but he even owns his own damn games studio that has managed to stay afloat for 6 years whilst only being actively involved in ONE GAME! Take that […]
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GOG Christmas Bonanza
Haven’t mentioned these guys for nearly 2 weeks now… Good Old Games have started getting really generous in the run up to christmas. Hit the jump for the skinny…