Born out of the great Activision/Infinity Ward fallout of 2010, the recently formed Respawn Entertainment isreportedly working on a sci-fi shooter. Does this look like a sci-fi shooter to you? I know, I know — it’s blurry, and there’s nothing I can do about that right now. I see what appears to be some mountains and what I’d swear is a Diplodocus. Yes, I’m talking about the dinosaur, people. A sci-fi game featuring dinosaurs?...
What you see above is a screenshot of an absolutely brand-spanking-new fighting game calledDark Presence, being developed byGalloping Ghost. If it looks a tad dated, that’s because Galloping Ghost has decided to use digitized actors, instead of 3D models or sprites, a technique I haven’t seen sinceMortal Kombat 3. And that was in 1995. The game will feature eight different characters and over 150,000 frames of animation, which Galloping Ghost boasts is the highest number of animation frames of “any other game ever....
Is it just me, or didBattlefield Heroes‘ release yesterday come seemingly out ofnowhere? A few months ago, I couldn’t turn around without seeing an interview or a news story about the open beta. Then, nothing. Then, with almost no fanfare or immediate pre-release hype, it spontaneously becomes available for free download. In case you haven’t been following it,Heroesis a fully featured cross between classicBattlefield1942gameplay (complete with control points, planes, and Nazis) and the free-to-play, microtransaction-based structure of titles such asMaple Story....
Proof that Obama’s socialist agenda is progressing unchecked, a port of 2007’s under-exposed hardcore PS2 titleThe Red Starmade its debut in the App Store this past month. Sourced from the graphic novel of the same name, the game is set in a futuristic Soviet Russia where technology and magic both exist. Part side-scrolling beat-em-up, part top-down bullet hell, the original was praised for forcing varied play and for maintaining a steep challenge....
Rock Prodigy is an iOS app that has been available on the App Store for weeks now, though it may have flown under your radar unless you were specifically looking for it. I got a chance to demo the app last week and came away nothing short of impressed.
Film critic Roger Ebert has made himself notorious among gamers for his opinion that videogames can “never” be art. Sensitive gamers were of course outraged by his expert trolling techniques, and would bombard him with “proof” that games are artistic. Ebert clearly reveled in the hatred, and over the years and constantly poked the hornet’s nest of the “games as art” debate. Yet suddenly, he has had a change of heart and admitted he should have never started the argument....
Yup, it’s that time again! Black Friday is coming up soon and the ads are already leaking! We can’t say for sure that this Sears ad is legit until Sears makes the Black Friday sites take the images down, so we’re putting this under rumor for the time being. If these ads turn out to be legit, then damn does Sears have some good deals. Most notable here is the reveal of a green DSi....
As manager of community development for Harmonix Music Systems, Sean Baptiste was living the life of his dreams, and one that would make any gamer jealous. Working for the Boston-based studio since 2004, Baptiste was present for the launch of the game-changingGuitar Herofranchise. Over the years, he’s built strong relationships with amazing fans and gamers by being not only approachable, but extremely likable. He’s also playedRock Bandwith legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock....
Outspoken Sony UK man David Reeves isall about the hardware. Making a thinly veiled swipe at Microsoft and the Xbox 360, Reeveshas statedthat “shoddy” machinery is not how this market grows. It’s all about quality electronics. “… Another thing we have committed to for supporting market growth is putting out quality hardware — you don’t grow the market by putting out shoddy machines,” he boasts. “So we attempt to verify that PS3s have a failure rate of just two to three percent, which is very low by industry standards....
The latest issue of Famitsu confirms that Capcom was able to integrate offline split-screen co-op intoLost Planet 2‘s main story mode. Awesome! For a game so heavily invested in multiplayer shenanigans, this was an absolute must. Honestly, it’s practically an interactive buddy cop flickin space. There’s one issue, though:Lost Planet 2will use the same split-screen setupthatResident Evil 5had. Rather than cropping the two screens, it presents each in their original aspect ratio by shrinking them down....
When I think Sundance Film Festival, gamers, gaming, or anything even remotely game related is not the first thing that springs to mind. No the Sundance Film Festival conjures images of pretentiously discussing the finer points of an art film I didn’t actually understand with similarly pretentious people I pretend to like because the make me look smart by comparison. Thankfully, the fine folks at Microsoft like to think outside the box; and as such they’re delivering a clutch of this years Sundance films to the Xbox Video Marketplace....
No doubt many of you are salivating in anticipation for the release of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. Well lucky for you, Capcom knows just how bad people want this game. They’re going to be offering a Beta test ofHD Remixthat will be packed along the release ofWolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3for Xbox 360 owners. The Beta test will last for eight weeks and only Ryu and Ken will only be playable in the Beta....
Earlier this month, Danny Bilson of THQ mentioned in an interview thatRed Factionwould be getting a film treatment. Today, we get an announcement which would verify said claim. THQ and the SyFy channel announced a new deal today in which the Martian revolution will be televised, as in made into a feature-length television special. In addition to its status as a TV movie, the program will also serve as a backdoor pilot for a possible series....
