A few of us got into the ModNation Racers beta, an upcoming arcade racer with similar features of the Play.Create.Share introduced by LittleBigPlanet. We hope to give you our impressions of the beta, so you can see how the game is shaping up and get a bit more in-depth information on how the game plays… Continue reading ModNation Racer Beta Impressions
New Battle System Patented by Square Enix
It seems that Square Enix has filed a patent for a new battle system with Tetsuya Nomura named as the inventor.
Review: PixelJunk Shooter
PixelJunk Shooter is the fourth game in the PlayStation Store exclusive series from Q-Games and despite it’s name is anything but a shooter. Before the game was released a contest was held for fans to come up with a name. Shooter ended up winning but doesn’t really describe the game. Although at first glance it… Continue reading Review: PixelJunk Shooter
Stargate Resistance
Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, the guys working on the Stargate MMO ‘Stargate Worlds’, which is now heading to vaporware country, are also working on an FPS. Called Stargate Resistance (bet you guessed that from the title) it is based on a post SG-1 storyline with the ‘New System Lords’ vs the SGC. The New System Lords wish to reclaim all… Continue reading Stargate Resistance
Eeek, Xmas Attacks
So you may of noticed a sudden dip in any postings. Well it is christmas and a fair few of us have been busy, rounding off end-year projects and such. However we do have a mega-Modnation Beta impressions lined up, a Cave Story Review, a possible FFXIII review, after xmas I’m going to do a bit of… Continue reading Eeek, Xmas Attacks
Natal Plagued by Input Lag Issues?
Travellers Tales, creator of the popular Lego games, has stated that “[Natal is] exceedingly clever, but the lag on the input and lack of physical buttons is really going to restrict the kind of games that can be done with it,”. Jon Burton went on to say “Sony’s solution will be cheap, accurate and will… Continue reading Natal Plagued by Input Lag Issues?
GoG Passes on The Holiday Cheer
In a kind holiday gesture the folks behind Good Old Games are giving away a bundle of Tex Murphy 1 and 2, in all their 256 colour glory, for the low low price of free! Can’t say I’ve ever heard of either as they were released in 1989 and 1991 respectively but according to Wikipedia you… Continue reading GoG Passes on The Holiday Cheer
Final Fantasy VIII Coming Soon To The PSN UPDATE!
In a recent Newsletter, Sony have revealed that Final Fantasy VIII is soon coming to the US PSN, no word yet about it’s release on the European PSN. What is meant by soon, no one knows, could be later today or it could be sometime into next year but at least it’s been confirmed. UPDATE:… Continue reading Final Fantasy VIII Coming Soon To The PSN UPDATE!
Final Fantasy XIV Beta Announced
Square Enix are looking for beta participants for the PC version of there upcoming MMORPG FFXIV. This seems to be the real deal for beta testing, not one of those ‘demo-named-beta for pre-orders’ type things you get recently. As you’ve no doubt worked out the beta would give you the chance to get a sneek peak… Continue reading Final Fantasy XIV Beta Announced
Prinny: Can I reallly be the Hero ~ Impressions
Prinny: Can I really be the Hero ? The first spin off of the hit Disgaea series is a game that I’ve always wanted to try but not been (until recently having just gotten a PSP) been able to dive into. Now that the PSP thing is no longer an issue I decided to dive… Continue reading Prinny: Can I reallly be the Hero ~ Impressions
Review: Trine (PC, PS3)
Trine is a fantasy-themed, physics-based puzzle-platformer developed by the relatively young and unknown studio Frozenbyte, earlier having developed the relatively unpopular Shadowgrounds and Shadowgrounds Survivor. As of recent years there has been a lack of solid 2D platformers, with bald space marines conquering the sales charts on consoles and MMOs almost single-handedly keeping PC gaming… Continue reading Review: Trine (PC, PS3)
WAR!!!
As hinted ‘Friendship Ends in One Day’, and now its come down to War! Click the links to be whisked away to one of two pages each containing a heartfelt rally to war on each opposing side. Each class will be receiving the 3 new weapons. But each class has a chance to unlock a… Continue reading WAR!!!
“Videogame Minimalism”
InfinteContinues has posted a Flickr collection of well known and loved videogame characters broken down to their simple geometric shapes. If you ask me this is quiet a cool way to show which characters are truly iconic, even in a raw form you can still easily identify them. Also makes for some pretty neat avatars.… Continue reading “Videogame Minimalism”
Merry Crystmas
Just got an email in my inbox alerting me to a Crysis Wars trail period coming around. Those of you familiar with Steams weekends these work in much the same way. Sign up at MyCrysis , Then when 19th comes around you have 10 days to hop in and play Crysis Wars, the multiplayer component of Crysis,… Continue reading Merry Crystmas
Friendship Ends in One Day
Yesterdays TF2 update added some mysterious new sound bites to the Administrator. Mostly concerning friends it set the internet ablaze with speculation on what it all means. Many guessed that it was to do with Steam Friends playing on your side, with our only hint being to listen to who these sound bites are yelled at. Well the TF2blog has updated with a new… Continue reading Friendship Ends in One Day