Football Manager 2011 Announced: Volley of New Features Added

Sports Interactive yesterday unveiled and announced Football Manager, the next yearly installment of their hugely successful franchise. Initially to be launched on PC, Mac and PSP, Studio Director Miles Jacobson was on YouTube to give us a quick rundown of a few new features and tweaks we con come to expect from the game, all… Continue reading Football Manager 2011 Announced: Volley of New Features Added

You jumped into a sword: The Case for Difficulty.

This is partly a response to Brent Powell’s article “The Illusion of Challenge” and partly a open letter of sorts to anyone who is willing to listen. There is a trend in the gaming media of bashing games with any kind of learning curve. If a game requires the player to try and fail a… Continue reading You jumped into a sword: The Case for Difficulty.

Review: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Twelve years ago Blizzard Entertainment’s StarCraft took the then-fledgling real time strategy genre by storm with it’s fast and highly tactical combat. It was the first real-time strategy game to feature three completely different races with unique gameplay styles. Though initially horribly unbalanced, copious patching and a great expansion eventually helped it evolve into the… Continue reading Review: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Elemental: War of Magic Gameplay Videos Pop up

Elemental: War of Magic is an ambitious RPG/TBS game from Stardock due 24th August. Elemental draws upon Stardocks past experience of 4X titles, like it’s cult hit Sins of a Solar Empire, and combines them with an RPG flair all hinged down with their new Impulse Reactor multiplayer service. Elemental looks to provide a very… Continue reading Elemental: War of Magic Gameplay Videos Pop up

Friday Freeloader: Warsow

Warsow is the star of this weeks Friday Freeloader. It’s a simple twitch-based online FPS with all your standard multi-player FPS game modes with a nice variety of weapons and a great visual style. If you’re burned out on your Modern Warfare’s and Battlefields and want something to spice up your shooter routine then Warsow… Continue reading Friday Freeloader: Warsow

Crytek talk in-game Gun Design

Crytek designer Pascal Eggert talks to ‘The Firearm Blog’ about gun design within games. It discusses the compromises involved in creating something that is fun to play with and visually exciting, but also somewhat grounded in reality to help create immersion in game.