Eyebrows were raised last night when a version of Dirt 3 was shown off costing $300. Well, turns out there may be a justification for that. Provided you like remote control cars. The R/C car shipping with this version of the game is not a cobbled-together piece of crap minted just for the game’s promotional…
When Mario falls down a hole in the countryside, you die, without ever seeing what actually happened to him, or why it constitutes death. Know why you’re never shown? Because you don’t need to see those horrors, that’s why (via it8bit). The Pit by Ryan Coleman
In the grim darkness of the near future, there is only this game: Warhammer 40K: Space Marine. An action title from noted strategy devs Relic, it’s about Space Marines. And Orks. And Titans. That should be all you need to know. Oh, and don’t mind the fact that this is a developer diary; it’s mostly…
I have my own theory on video game sex: it looks like two mailboxes clanging together. BioShock creator Ken Levine has something a little more humanoid in mind Here’s the crux of it, and it’s something I wish more developers enforced: if you can’t make something look or feel good/real, then don’t do it. Your…
Three old Splinter Cell games are being re-released on the PlayStation 3. If you thought they’d be upgrades of the PS2 versions, you’re wrong. And if you thought they’d include online multiplayer, you’re also, sadly, wrong. The three games – Splinter Cell, Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory – are some of the finest and most…
A little stupid, perhaps, but a game as repetitive and oppressively dark as Dead Space 2 could have done with a few lighter moments. Like this one. dead space by Apofiss
Here’s a long, gameplay-riddled trailer for the upcoming Twisted Metal game for the PS3, which will be out on October 4. I know the game has its loyal fans, and could well be a blast, but boy, the 1990s were a long time ago. Not that you’d realise that watching/listening to this. NOTE: You’ll probably…
White Knight Chronicles II, the RPG sequel from Professor Layton developers Level-5, has been out for ages in Japan. And until now, had only been given a confirmed Western release in Europe. Until now! Sony Computer Entertainment America may have passed on the game, but boutique publisher D3Publisher hasn’t, and will be bringing the game…
A “reveal” of the third game in the series is rarely much of a “reveal” at all, especially for a series like Mass Effect where your character is wearing mostly the same clothes he has been for the past four years. And speaking of “he”, it’s a shame to see Male Shepard leading the public…
Since Brian’s story earlier about the tragic death of former Nintendo great Gunpei Yokoi, I figured today would be a good time to take a look at the last thing he ever worked on: the WonderSwan handheld gaming device. While Yokoi will always be remembered as the man who created the Game & Watch, the…
Toshiaki Mori is a man you may not know by name, but you’ll definitely know him by his work. As an artist working in the video game industry for over twenty years now, he’s produced some of gaming’s most striking and iconic pieces of promotional and cover art. Whether it be working for SNK or…
The world of indie platformer Limbo is a dark, dangerously and strangely funny one. As is this parody clip of the game from comedy troupe Mega 64.
Did a purchase by mega-publisher Activision have an adverse effect on the culture of Bizarre Creations, the developers of the Project Gotham series? “We weren’t an independent studio making ‘our’ games anymore – we were making games to fill slots”, Bizarre’s former creative director Martyn Chudley tells Edge. “Although we did all believe in them,…
You know, ridiculously expensive collectors editions have their place. There are certain franchises where there are enough loyal fans around who will spend hundreds on a box full of crap. I do not think Dirt is one of those franchises. That’s not to say I think it’s a bad franchise! Dirt 2 is one of…
You have no idea how many press releases we see on a daily basis. From big companies, small companies, people selling iPhone games, people selling things that (purport!) to make your dick grow bigger. I’ve never had one read to me before, though. And I wish I had. It makes all the CAPS and TMs…
It speaks volumes for the popularity of World of Warcraft that you can see a thing like “Official Reebok Hockey Jersey” and know that not only is it a real thing, but that there’ll be plenty of people who will buy one. These are high-quality, actual hockey jerseys manufactured by sportswear giant Reebok (or at…
Rockstar and Team Bondi’s upcoming crime drama LA Noire is showing off its “bemused broads” and “dapper hats” technology in these four new screenshots for the game.
Earlier this week, activist group Anonymous threatened to go after Sony’s online presence in retaliation for the company’s legal actions against PS3 hackers. The next day, the PlayStation Network went down. Coincidence? It may be, but then, it doesn’t sound like it was, Sony today conceding the possibility of the obvious and in a statement…
Earlier this week, SCEA’s Jack Tretton said his company may have to delay the release of its Next Generation Portable. Now his bosses in Japan say, uh, no, that’s not true. Everything’s fine. For now. “So far we see no impact from the quake on our launch plan,” Sony Computer Entertainment’s Satoshi Fukuoka told Nikkei.…
I loved the HD re-release of Beyond Good & Evil. But so far, it’s only on Xbox 360. What if you have a PS3? Why, you’ll be able to play it in May
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