TERA, the new MMO that features fast-paced combat is running a “sneak peek” this coming weekend, 4th and 5th February. I’ve played the game a couple of times and it feels very different from your typical MMO. There’s no target-locking or number-rolling to hit. You have to point at your target to aim your attacks and jump or use the [...]
Now that we’ve all had time to get used to the new Xbox Dashboard, Microsoft are running another survey to find out what you think of Xbox Live and the new features. One lucky entrant will win £200 worth of Amazon.co.uk vouchers. Worth a punt, I reckon. Here’s the Xbox survey. Complete it by 5th Feb to be entered into [...]
The Syndicate demo will be out for Xbox Live Gold users on 31st Jan (tomorrow) and PSN on 1st Feb. EA gave us a hands-on preview with the co-op mode. It’s good. Real good. I imagine it would be a bloody nightmare if you play with online randomers. The Western Europe map that will be available is 4-player co-op and [...]
“He’s looking for a Kimura” Get used to this. You’ll be hearing it a lot, at least if the tournament I played is anything to go by. The development team at THQ have worked hard on making the commentary system sound natural. “You’re actually getting live broadcast feeds,” I was told by senior designer Wes Bunn. “The UFC gives us [...]
Following on the heels of Pippa’s annoyance at Order Up!! and its shameless in-app purchasing model, I’ve read a very interesting post from Spry Fox LLC’s game designer Daniel Cook on Google+. In it he explains why they’ve decided not to go with the traditional 99¢ sales model and instead are pursuing the free-to-play route. “There’s a specific revenue graph [...]
Video game records. Do you care? Are they interesting? I genuinely want to know. The Gamers’ Edition of the Guinness Book of World Records launched in 2008 and is now on its fifth edition. Have you bought one? I did. I picked up the 2008 edition for a fiver, flipped through it twice and haven’t thought about it since. See, [...]
The demo for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was released on Xbox Live and PSN this week. Some have criticised it for clinging to old fantasy RPG tropes. Others have called it “the game that Lionhead have been trying to make for three iterations.” I’ve spent hours playing on preview builds of the game, so here’s the score. The Concept Amalur [...]
Tekken: Blood Vengeance is coming out on 6th February and we have a fabulous competition for you. In case you haven’t heard, this film is incredible. “Clearly one of the best examples of CGI and 3D-implementation seen in cinema” – Brett Phipps, The Average Gamer “Will you be entertained though? Yes. Yes you will” – StealthBuda, Nintendo Scene “It’s a [...]
New multiplayer maps for Gears 3: This week’s release of Fenix Rising includes five new multiplayer maps (Academy, Anvil, Depths, Escalation, Slab) and four character skins (Recruit Clayton, Thrashball Cole, Savage Marauder and Savage Kantus). It also introduces an ability which looks an awful lot like Call of Duty’s Prestige mode to my untrained eye, only without a sensible name. [...]
Dead Island DLC: Deep Silver have announced a new downloadable story pack for Dead Island. This one lets you play as the antagonist Ryder White, and see the island from his perspective. More weapons, more blueprints and more story. It’ll be out on 1st Feb for 800 MSP and £7.99 on PSN. Account hacking everywhere. Or not: There seem to [...]
Kerry Dyer is an animator and a fricking amazing model maker. Mike Bithell pointed out her incredible work in my Twitter stream today. She’s been crafting a set of Turians from Mass Effect, based on the art of Sophie Powell. Dyer has documented the full process on her blog. It’s fascinating to see the development process from original concept art [...]
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning/Mass Effect 3 – EA have announced unlockable cross-overs between these two games. Play the demo of Reckoning from 17th Jan to unlock special armour and a “chakram launcher” in Mass Effect 3. Play the Mass Effect 3 demo (not yet dated) to unlock omniblade-stlye daggers for your Reckoning character. Asura’s Wrath: The demo for this game [...]
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