It’s hard to believe it’s taken SEGA this long to realise that Sonic just DOESN’T WORK IN THREE DIMENSIONS. Seriously, even when you funnel the path by using linear levels and on-rails portions (like Sonic Heroes and Sonic and the Black Knight tried), the obscene speeds, 3 dimensions of movement and the persistently inadequate camera […]
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PAX 2009 Trailers
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!
Blizzard don’t do things by half, even though their penny-pushing paymasters at that hideous Activision Vivendi conglomerate would rather the obscene amounts of money just keep coming in rather than being spent on frivolous events. Still, BlizzCon is running and it’s giving us loads of Blizzard-related information. This post will be updated as more crucial […]
Come on, is anyone surprised with Sony at this point? They haven’t managed to keep a single release under wraps lately… Regardless, the recent mind-thinks about PS3 stock thinning have proved true, as Sony have just made the announcement at GamesCom that the long awaited cut in both price and girth for Sony’s long game […]
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Smile = Wiped: GRIN closes
Following the closure of their satellite studios earlier in the month and various rumours regarding their status, Bo & Ulf Andersson (aka. The Brothers GRIN) have announced that the doors at the Swedish studio are closed for good. The main reason cited is various publishers withholding cash, possibly due the mediocre sales and reception of […]
It seems these days that every expo under the sun is suitable for showing off the latest trailers for games – when the Call Centre Expo in the Brimingham NEC starts showing off the latest 360 releases, they can pay me royalties or something for calling it! Regardless, hit the jump for footage from the […]
After much much much much teasing, LucasArts have finally let fly with what they’ve been drip-feeding us over the July 4th weekend… A partnership with Valve Software’s Steam platform to bring a plethora of LEC software both old and, well, not that old at all, too the masses.
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Happy Mega Fun Merger Hour
It’s amazing what can happen in a day…
Anyone would think this was goddamn Formula 1 at the moment… Activision CEO and professional munchkin Bobby Kotick has charged Sony with reducing the premium entry fee of their console or face the worlds largest third-party publisher removing support for the format. Reasons cited include the heightened development costs vs. return of investment when compared […]
Mastertronic (that lovely bunch of budgety wubble bunnies founded in the early 80’s) have unveiled a new initiative & product line called Great Indie Games. Aiming to do for the independent developer types what Good Old Games did for the abandonware movement (with a similarly catchy acronym) – get them into places where nobody ever […]