By Rachel Fogg :DISCLAIMER-This is simply my humble impression of the JP final build, nothing more or less, things may be altered in the Widerelease of XIII. I don’t know. Game was completed with assistance with my friend.: Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, I recall about a week ago, I said I was going over to… Continue reading Guest Impressions: Final Fantasy XIII
Guest Review: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
By Darrin Wright When I say “Mario,” what do you think of? Chubby guy, overalls, 2-D platforming, right? Well, that’s pretty much this game, plus three other people on-screen at the same time. Nintendo decided to go back to the nostalgia well with New Super Mario Bros. Wii, which is the first 2D Mario game… Continue reading Guest Review: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Rejoice! Borderlands Level Cap To be Raised!
Huzza! A Gearbox employee going by the name “hatTs” on the Official Gearbox Forum has confirmed that the next DLC offering will, as many had hoped for, increase the level cap, which is currently at 50. He also says that a patch is in the works to fix a myriad of glitches and bugs. After zombies and… Continue reading Rejoice! Borderlands Level Cap To be Raised!
Guest Article: The Comical Short-sightedness of American (Gaming) Press
By Nipsen So, a while back I read a piece of writing about “The Last Guardian”, because I am a bit interested in that game. And at some point Ueda is asked: but don’t you want to make an fps-game at some point? Like everyone else is? I thought it was strange at the time,… Continue reading Guest Article: The Comical Short-sightedness of American (Gaming) Press
Videogame Music recognised by Prestigious Award
The world famous (what, you’ve not heard of it?) Ivor Novello Awards will this year have a category dedicated to Video Game music. ‘Best Original Video Game Score’ will be joining current categories that include ‘Best Contemporary Song’, ‘Best Television Soundtrack’, and ‘Best Original Film Score’.
Tesco to Offer Physical Games on Demand
UK supermarket Tesco has penned a deal with Tribeka to bring its Softwide system into Tesco stores. SoftWide is a game vending solution that authors discs on demand within a couple of minutes. You choose the game you want and it will burn it out, print out a package n pop it out the other… Continue reading Tesco to Offer Physical Games on Demand
Guest Article: Star Trek Online Beta Impressions
By Koztah Being one of the lucky many to get into the Star Trek Online open beta, here are a set of first and second impressions. Note – this was first posted as a comment on Kotaku. Seeing as I have played more since, it’s been updated with extra content and screenshots for Press X… Continue reading Guest Article: Star Trek Online Beta Impressions
Codemasters Almost Shut Down
Amid many studio closures over the past few years Codemasters nearly found itself on the death pile. Codemasters is one of Britians longest running game studios, founded in 1985 and creators of many gaming favourites including the prominent Colin McRea rally series. However at the end of last year it found itself nearing its end. The little accident happened when… Continue reading Codemasters Almost Shut Down
Game in 3D on the Cheap
Not wanting to be left out by the big CES 3D hype(and cos I don’t have any rumours on the iSlate) I thought I’d teach y’all how to activate 3D for anyone gaming with a Nvidia card. This is also the first of what I hope will be several tutorials we hope to produce.
Footage of Fortress aka ‘FFXII-2’
Some leaked tech footage of Fortress. This is belived to be from Grins work, so quite possibly nothing like what the final project will become. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1U_0EoWkIE] Fortress was originally worked on by Grin before their closure. After the closure concept art and various assets were leaked and we all got a good glimpse of this western made Final Fantasy game.… Continue reading Footage of Fortress aka ‘FFXII-2’
PlayStation3 Firmware 3.15 becomes mandatory.
Eric Lempel, PSN director, popped up on the PlayStation blog today to let people know that the firmware launched in December as an optional upgrade is now mandatory. That means no playing online until you update!
Review: Bayonetta
The title that has been teased for a over 2 years now is finally released and it ushers in a new standard for 3D action games so much so that games following in its wake will be hard pressed to surpass. Bayonetta is helmed by director Hideki Kamiya who’s previous works include Resident Evil 2,… Continue reading Review: Bayonetta
2009’s Most Pirated
TorrentFreak has revealed the most pirated games of 2009, so that means it’s time to look at the charts and see what games have been downloaded the most last year.
ModNation Racers Beta Impressions: Round Two
From what little of the it United Front Games have shown ModNation Racers appears to very similar to 2008’s LittleBigPlanet, even going as far as to use a modified version of the games catch phrase “Race, Create, Share”. Although the game features heavy character and level customization that’s really where the similarities end. ModNation Racers,… Continue reading ModNation Racers Beta Impressions: Round Two
Guest Review: The Hunter
By Neostarr Recently, I’d been craving a solid hunting experience that I can play from my living room. Finding one turned out to be a much more difficult task than I originally envisioned. Since the rather simplistic gameplay of the original 1997 Deer Hunter game unexpectedly became a best seller, the actual gameplay of hunting… Continue reading Guest Review: The Hunter