You probably didn’t even know it was in development, did you?
Mozilla Name “Game On” Winners
Mozilla, developers of the Firefox browser, opened up a competition last September for budding developers and programmers to code games built using web technologies; HTML, Java, WebGL etc. Voting for the winners opened January and the vote has now been completed.
Handheld Round-up: Nerdy Specs and Comparison
Yesterday, Sony unveiled the successor to the PSP: the Next Generation Portable or NGP for short. And with the breakdowns of the yet to be officially announced Xperia Play available I thought I’d satisfy my nerdy need for charts and do a breakdown of the specs of the various devices for anyone else who is… Continue reading Handheld Round-up: Nerdy Specs and Comparison
Gamers’ Voice Looking for Volunteers
UK gamer advocacy group Gamers’ Voice is looking to expand its base of volunteers and has put out a call to UK gamers who might be interested.
Team Fortress 2 Is Too Detailed
Team Fortress 2 started adding community items a while back, and more recently introduced the Mann Co. Store, opening a flood of new items made by avid fans of the game. However, these fan-made items, and even some of Valve’s own-made stuff, have a bit of an optimization issue. This has gotten a few members… Continue reading Team Fortress 2 Is Too Detailed
Leading The Shepard
…or ‘What a hugely successful videogame series can learn from a TV show cancelled during its first season.’ There’s constant discussion on how videogames can learn from films or how games such as Uncharted 2 are ‘just like films!’ In terms of writing, at least, I feel that idea is a little misguided. Videogames should… Continue reading Leading The Shepard
Rumour: Portal 2 to have PC & PS3 Co-op
An EA employee has confirmed to Press X or Die that Valve’s upcoming first-person-puzzle-platformer Portal 2 will be sporting cross-platform co-op between PC and PS3.
Persona 3 Portable Coming to Europe
UK Publisher Ghostlight have announced that they are publishing Persona 3 Portable in Europe. No specific release date has been confirmed but they have said it will be available at retail and on the PSN. The boxed version will contain some Collector’s Edition type stuff but no word on what it is yet. Source
The Outsider’s Take on DC Universe Online
In December, DC Universe Online brought its beta to PlayStation+ and PC, in advance of its retail release on January 12th. I spent a few hours giving it a shake to see if it could crack my fortress of solitude.
Review: Bad Company 2 Vietnam
After releasing a slew of free, but not necessarily “new” maps (almost all of the free map packs were simply the base game maps for different modes), DICE has finally given Bad Company 2 players something fresh to chew on in the way of Bad Company 2: Vietnam, a $15 expansion pack set in the infamous ’70s… Continue reading Review: Bad Company 2 Vietnam
Merry Christmas
Just a quick short note to say Merry Christmas to all of our readers from us here at Press X or Die. Good tidings to all, and we hope Santa brought you all the video game presents you wished for.
New Soul Calibur Being Forged
Wow, Namco’s gone all out for Christmas, haven’t they? First they give us a new Tekken Tag Tournament 2 trailer, and to compliment that, they’ve also officially announced that a new Soul Calibur is in the works.
The Press X or Die Game of the Year 2010
All our individual nominations for Game of the Year are in. You’ve read our views on and reasoning for each of these titles. In the background, we have wrestled, wrangled and had a vote on which game gets our collective stamp of approval as Game of the Year. And this year, that game is…after the… Continue reading The Press X or Die Game of the Year 2010
New Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Trailer
Katsuhiro Harada, director of Namco’s Tekken series, gave us an early Christmas gift this evening by posting a new Tekken Tag Tournament 2 trailer on his Twitter page. Trailer after the page break.
My Game of the Year: Heavy Rain
The choice for me was hard, there’s many games I’ve played this year all great in their own way, Mass Effect 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Red Dead Redemption to name a few but after thinking about it for a while, I finally decided on Heavy Rain.