And it was all going soooooo well… After generating huge amounts of positive hype following the salvation of both Riddick: Dark Athena & Ghostbusters from the murky depths of development purgatory following Actizzard-gate, Atari seemed to be on track to score two successive hits. Only, as usual for Atari, they fucked it up… again!
Following a smart teaser that snuck onto the net earlier in the week (read more to see it), more information about Assassin’s Creed 2 has surfaced following the big reveal in the new issue of Game Informer. In a nutshell, the sequel moves from the 12th century Crusades to 15th century Italy and follows the […]
GameTrailers have the exclusive first look at BioShock 2’s gameplay. Yes, you definitely are a Big Daddy, the Big Sister is definitely a foe, you can use Plasmids and you carry both a drill and the rivet gun. Trailer after the cut…
When Borderlands was last properly shown, it was a sort of gritty, grimy (and, unfortunately, fairly generic looking) effort. Since then, the game has had a visual overhaul which has been revealed in this months PC Gamer (i’m assuming the US print edition) which Gearbox have claimed is to keep the games visual style as […]
Hot on the heels of the Scout & Heavy updates, themselves not inconsiderable, comes the latest TF2 update, this time catering for everyones long-range homicidal maniac. Valve are selling this update as the biggest yet, including… multiple new maps and a bunch of gameplay tweaks Not much more information yet, but there is word that […]
I picked up the original Call of Juarez for next too nothing in a Steam sale a while back. I never finished it, largely because the OTT pseudo-religious fun that was the bible-quoting gunfighter Rev. Ray was totally overshadowed by the intolerable FPS platforming involved in Billy’s levels. Still, Techland are back to have another […]
If there was one story that took the GDC by storm, it was OnLive. The streaming game service from one of the guys behind Quicktime that aims to end the console wars by, well, ending them alltogether and offer even the most basic laptop the opportunity to play Crysis with all the settings ramped up […]
First World at War dropped numbers from its title, now the latest ‘official’ (i.e. developed by Infinity Ward) Call of Duty game seems too have dropped the whole Call of Duty brand all together! The big reveal at the GDC was, essentially, the teaser trailer and the release date – a solid 11.10.09, which could […]
Don’t worry, Microsoft hasn’t bought Valve (*phew*). Rather, Microsoft have used the GDC to announce a shedload of functional changes to their red-headed stepchild of a PC games platform. Basically aping what others have been offering for a while now, hit the jump to find out just what can be had on other services!
If that namby pamby Audiosurf doesn’t cut it or that iPhone rip-off just screams ‘dis-respect’, then fear no more, for Aspyr & Activision have announced Guitar Hero: World Tour for PC & Mac, due in the summer. No word on whether you definitely need a new proprietary controller or whether Xbox/PS3 ones will be compatible, […]