Dean Bowes – Page 3 – Press X or Die

Pixelogic Talks Deus Ex

Pixelogic, creator of digital sculpting program Zbrush, interviewed Sebastian Legrain, character artist for Human Revolution.

Good old Games Fumble Dungeon Keeper 2

Good Old Games is a digital distribution store that specialises in releasing older PC games in a way that will run on modern systems. Since last week they have being releasing some old EA-published titles, starting with Dungeon Keeper 2. They got off on the wrong foot.

Pokemon TCG Online Open Beta

As a fan of the Pokemon Trading Card Game when I was a kid, and putting way too many hours into the excellent Game Boy Color version I have been checking up on this online version for some time. It’s now in open beta allowing anyone to join in on the Pokemon fun. You get… Continue reading Pokemon TCG Online Open Beta

Microsoft come Top in StarCraft II League

Tech giant Microsoft triumphed over other tech companies such as Google, Twitter, Facebook and Zynga in a recent fund-raising StarCraft II competition. The After Hours Gaming League was a 7-week long event organized by Sean Plott, founder of Day[9]TV, a site which broadcast the matches, in order to promote eSports to a mainstream audience.… Continue reading Microsoft come Top in StarCraft II League

Kerbal Space Program goes up for Pre-Order

Remember that space-sim type game we ran for Friday Freeloader a couple of weeks back? Well, it’s now up for pre-order at a price/donation of $7 (£4.30) and up. The full game is not expected for a few months yet, the free version being the main release for a while, but donate now and you… Continue reading Kerbal Space Program goes up for Pre-Order

How To Get Into Dwarf Fortress

Inspired by the recent write-up of Dwarf Fortress and its creator in the NY Times, I thought I’d knock this little piece up. Dwarf Fortress is a game you may have heard of. It is a game you’ve possibly seen. And it’s something that looks like it stepped right out of the matrix. Certainly not… Continue reading How To Get Into Dwarf Fortress

Check Out the X-Talk Forums

The action at Press X or Die doesn’t just stop at these articles. Hop onto X-Talk, our very own forum, to chat about the latest and greatest games, current trends, films, and much more. Getting there is simple, just hit that friendly “X-Talk” button up top. Have a click of those other buttons to check our… Continue reading Check Out the X-Talk Forums

Friday Freeloader: Kerbal Space Program

With the recent closure of the Shuttle Program and the future of just what craft will take man into the stars on everyone’s mind, Kerbal Space Program is a timely entry for Friday Freeloader.

Game Maker: Ren’py

For our third article in the Game Maker series I decided to go for something a bit less known and settled on Ren’Py. Ren’py is a game making tool for creating visual novels. Visual novels are normally associated with Japanese gaming, dating and high school sims. In this Game Maker article I’ve also had a… Continue reading Game Maker: Ren’py

Beware of Steam Gift Phishing

Phishing has long been a tradition of Steam. Barely a month will go by without someone telling you how to get free games or SteamAdmin telling you to go log-in to re-validate your account on www.thisislegitsteamsite.tk. However, this is usually through the Steam chat where fake URLs are hard to cover up. Recently scammers have… Continue reading Beware of Steam Gift Phishing

Friday Freeloader: Conquer-on-Contact

So this one is a bit different from our usual. Conquer-on-Contact is a turn-based strategy game for your browser. I’ve been playing it on and off for many years now and quite like its simplicity and how great it is as a procrastination device. The game has a very minimalist look and approach, as you… Continue reading Friday Freeloader: Conquer-on-Contact

E3 2011: When And Where To Watch

E3 is this week, with the Pre-E3 conferences being the major attraction. So we thought we’d put together a list of places on the net to watch them, and when you want to be doing this.

Winner: Hamilton’s Great Adventure

[Your words here]

The other day we asked you guys to produce a caption to win one of 5 Steam copies of Hamilton’s Great Adventure, kindly given to us by Fatshark. The winners are:

Game Maker: XNA Game Studio

XNA Game Studio is a programming suite created by Microsoft, allowing developers to easily make multi-platform games for Windows, Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7. Built upon Microsoft’s Visual Studio suite its aim is to streamline the creation of games through pre-made libraries of code.

Giveaway: Hamilton’s Great Adventure

Fatshark, creators of Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 and Lead & Gold, have recently released Hamilton’s Great Adventure. And Press X or Die has 5 Steam keys to give away.