You know there’s something not quite right with an industry when a product can sell (not just ship, mind you) 1.5 million individual copies across 6 major platforms and it’s performance is deemed ‘unsatisfactory’… Unfortunately, such a fate has befallen the latest Tomb Raider game, Underworld. Despite receiving above average reviews (in spite of some […]
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Following the big Christmas reveal (which was so big we missed it) of the Delorean-esque 88-Special, Criterion have unveiled the remaing thee cars from the upcoming Legendary Cars DLC pack in their latest CrashTV Podcast. Accompanying the 88-Special are the Manhattan Spirit (Ecto-1), the Carson Nighthawk (KITT) and the Cavalry Bootlegger (General Lee), each of […]
In light of the continued absence of a sequel to one of Monolith Productions first games – Shogo M.A.D. – it seems we will all just have too make do with the upcoming sequel to the 2005 hit F.E.A.R. The new trailer released at CES focuses on the EPA (which presumably means ‘Enhanced Power Armour’ […]
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Snowbound – Halo Wars Gameplay footage
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 […]
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
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]