3 Mar

Halo: Reach Multiplayer Beta Trailer Reveals Something Special

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Okay, I’ll admit: For some one who’s had many gripes with Halo: Reach, I was simply in awe of the multiplayer beta trailer that was recently unveiled by Bungie. Jet-packs, CQC, assassinations, invasions – it’s all good. However, we picked up something interesting when viewing the trailer closely; something many haven’t noticed.

3 Mar

Peter Molyneux Tweets About “Special Feature” in Fable III

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Peter Molyneux is busy hyping the upcoming Milo & Kate and Fable III. He recently tweeted however about a “special” feature that Fable 3 will have.

2 Mar

Dear Activision, Have You Lost Your Minds?

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If you’ve been keeping track of the rapidly developing news, you’ll know that Activision has systematically forced their way into Infinity Ward offices, dismissed two of it’s bosses (Jason West and Vince Zampella) and locked down the offices altogether. Oh, and they apparently haven’t paid IW any money from the nearly $1 Billion USD in [...]

2 Mar

E-Xpress Interactive Reveals March 2010 Releases

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E-Xpress Interactive has formally showcased it’s release schedule for March, and it’s looking mighty fine with both big releases and familiar faces leading the line-up.

1 Mar

NVidia: “PCs Set to Surpass Consoles by 2015″

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Even though games based on Ghajini and Hanuman have been moderately successful, the Indian gaming industry has been struggling to churn out blockbuster games for consoles and PCs. Outsourcing projects continue to take most Indian developers’ resources. But times are changing, and with the advent of the iPhone (with the iPad around the corner) and [...]

28 Feb

Killzone 2 Has 72% More Head Polygon Count than Halo: Reach

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There have been numerous visual comparisons between Bungie’s upcoming Halo: Reach and Guerrilla Games’ Killzone 2. Now it’s time to let the numbers do the talking and tell you for real which game looks better.

27 Feb

Impressive Bioshock 2 Big Daddy Wood Carving

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An ertswhile Japanese wood-carver (yes, that same guy wearing the Jason mask) has created perhaps the most awesome – and only – life-sized carving of Bioshock 2’s Big Daddy ever.

27 Feb

David Jaffe’s “Reviews” Comment Was Apparently Misinterpreted

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News came up yesterday on how David Jaffe felt about professional reviews being done these days. However, it’s capped with a headline – “David Jaffe: I don’t care about reviews” – that seems to quote something else entirely. According to Jaffe himself, at least.

27 Feb

Epic Games President: “No Unreal, Working on Gears”, E3 to be “Really Exciting for Epic Fans”

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Epic Games President Mike Capps recently spoke with VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi in a video interview at the Interactive Achievement Awards on building blockbuster franchises, and he made some rather interesting comments on Unreal, the Gears of War movie and a possible new game coming at E3.

27 Feb

Milo and Kate is Not Lionhead’s Only Project Natal Game

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When Lionhead Studios and Microsoft Game Studios unveiled Milo & Kate at E3 2009 in collaboration with their reveal of their hands-free motion controller Project Natal, it simultaneously caused a furore and belittled the idea of celebrities ever looking normally playing games. Shortly before the smoke-and-mirrors stories of Milo being a fraud AI, Creative Director [...]