31 May

The Cast of Halo 3 ODST: Mickey, Dutch, Romeo, Rookie and Buck

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Looking at the latest pic to be revealed, showcasing the five Orbital Shock Drop Troopers of Halo 3 ODST, we can now confirm the identities of each member of the squad. While you’ll be playing as The Rookie (the all-black clad ODST seen on the box cover), you’ll be serving with a ragtag group of [...]

31 May

Sony Still Has Some Unannounced Games for E3 2009?

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Even though the source is but a man by the name of Jake on Twitter, the receiver of this info – Gametrailers TV’s Geoff Keighley – isn’t one to take it lightly. On Keighley asking, “Since PSP Go was leaked along with MGS PSP and Gran Turismo, can we still expect many more announcements from [...]

30 May

Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Equal to Gears of War 3.0?

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Some of the multiplayer features for Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2 include “in & out cover, blindfire, coop moves like moving things obstructive paths, destroying walls with RPG, 3-player cooperative mode, playing as Uncharted new/old characters and regions within the new plot, 2 different variants for the Competitive mode, common 5v5 team deathmatch mode & single [...]

26 May

Why Kojima’s “Next” Will Be More Traditional Than Revolutionary

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By Ravi Sinha The hype train has become a venerable galaxy express. Be it in waking thoughts or deepest regrets, Hideo Kojima has successfully infected our lives once more. Viral marketing, countdowns, teasing images, anagrams – the speculation has far passed the boiling point (some one even theorized on Kojima Productions “buying” Shenmue 3 to [...]

25 May

Muscle March for Wii: Fun? Or Frightening?

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Between news of Japan producing nothing but “virtual rape simulators” (Nagisa-chan is crying now; hope you’re all happy!), I look at a game like Namco-Bandai’s Muscle March for WiiWare and I pause. On one hand, the title is cartoony and insane enough to become addictive on a subconscious level. Whereas other properties of suitable skin-revealing [...]

25 May

New Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days Gameplay Trailers

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Coming soon after the entire Famitsu review staff attested to it’s awesomeness (can you say straight 9′s?), some new gameplay trailers have also come up for Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days. Head to the Youtube channel and take in the eight brand new trailers for Square-Enix’s DS RPG. They range from scenes of Axel and Roxas [...]

24 May

Modern Warfare 2 Takes Inspiration From Hollywood Action Movies

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Modern Warfare 2 is moving ever further from the Call of Duty tag. Whereas the first Modern Warfare featured more realistic military situations, with a Cold War-edge to the proceedings, the sequel has found another solid inspiration: Hollywood. After going through various pics and the two trailers available online, we found more than just a [...]

21 May

FutureScape: Viable HD Solution for Xbox 720, How PS4 Could Easily Surpass PS3

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Future tech is always hard to predict because it’s unknown just when it’ll appear. It could be today, tomorrow, even the next ten seconds it takes to comment on and/or against anything. It’s a bit easier with consoles, given their long shelf-life, especially taking into account the extremely expensive architecture and technology included in newer [...]

20 May

Major And Underappreciated Trend-setters of Gaming

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Most people would define a forerunner as those things the Covenant keep fussing for in the Halo series (your Gods are like cake, icky ones – and the cake is an chocolate-layered lie!). Going by a more logical notion, forerunners of gaming would suggest those that kick-started a majority of the trends we see today. [...]

18 May

A New Detail in Kojima’s New Project: “Kumori”

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When it rains, it pours. Hideo Kojima, Konami’s legendary designer and director of the Metal Gear Solid series, should know: Any time he announces a new teaser, the down-pour of conspiracies and rumours is overwhelming. First the man threw us off at GDC ’09, announcing a new Metal Gear Solid amidst a silhouette of what [...]