Computers N StuffThe 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
Gotta love recessions… There’s been no official word yet, but it seems the economic downturn has hit another developer. Free Radical, developers of the Timesplitters series, the brilliant Second Sight and the (unfortunately) thoroughly mediocre Haze, have apparantly been taken too the wall. Sad too see people go, but after Haze’s frosty critical reception, i’m […]
As the title suggests, Kikizo have interviewed Terminal Reality (unsurprisingly) about their Ghostbusters game that was recently saved from the chasm of oblivion by (of all people) Atari. They touch upon (amongst other things) the multi-player mode, the boss fights, the original premise of the game being an official ‘Ghostbusters 3’ and anticipation about being […]
In what i’m hoping will become a fairly irregular occurance (because supporting them is just not cricket), we’ve got some Atari news and it’s good news too!. Firstly, MCV are reporting that Ghostbusters, the recently-saved highly-anticipated stream crossing simulator which was dropped in the messy amalgamation of Activision & Vivendi, will hit retail around the […]