The whole point of Gran Turismo 5’s Red Bull Racing X1 Prototype was that it was a car that was so fast it couldn’t actually exist. So what do we do with it now that one actually exists? We relax, that’s what, as this version of the prototype car won’t be setting any land speed…
I’m playing Black Ops on PC, and have been having some problems. Random performance issues, even stuttering during cutscenes. Turns out I’m far from the only one. Many PC players are reporting issues with the game related to poor performance that has nothing to do with their own hardware. For example, Black Ops will slow…
Not everything inside the Xbox 360 was designed by Microsoft; the console’s wi-fi capabilities (hold the jokes) and some its video codecs are licensed from Motorola. And are now the subject of a court battle between the two companies. A suit has been filed in a Federal Court in Seattle by Microsoft, alleging Motorola “broke…
When Microsoft redesigned the Xbox 360’s dashboard, it tucked the console’s indie games marketplace away in a spot most casual observers would never find it. After indie devs lit torches and grabbed pitchforks, Microsoft has now moved them back Where last week the games were hidden away in the “specialty shops” area of the dashboard,…
As the night rolls on, retailers across the world have opened their doors at midnight to sell large groups of grown men a video game they simply couldn’t wait another nine hours to get their hands on. Here’s some pics! [headline pic: GameStop in LA, courtesy of Treyarch’s John Enricco] Best Buy in South Philly…
By Masanori Sakamoto, as seen on Gamefreaks
This is Skullgirls, a game we’ve only previously whispered about. It’s a gorgeous 2D fighting game, and the only fighters are girls. That’s it, no boys allowed. You should leave the catfighting and handbag jokes at the door, too, because as cute as it looks, Skullgirls also looks like a serious fighter. Initially a two-man…
You know, I watch more movies on my PS3 than I play games. So a service like Mubi – which caters specifically to lovers of fine film – is the best thing to happen to my console in a long time. Mubi launched last week in Europe and Australasia, and since so many of you…
As online connectivity becomes more prevalent in our games, there’s a niggling fear that the singleplayer game may soon become a thing of the past. So it’s good to know Half-Life developers Valve still see a future for solitary gaming. “There is an interesting question in how many projects should be offline products, and how…
Users have long been able to edit the appearance of indie hit Minecraft, but it’s taken some tinkering to do so. No longer, as the game now contains official support for “skin packs”. Starting later today, users will be able to login to their Minecraft accounts and, upon selecting their world, will be able to…
Legendary Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto created Mario, having some part in most of the plumber’s games to date. But after nearly thirty years of Mario, then, do you ever wonder which game is Miyamoto’s favourite? It’s not Mario 64. Not Mario Galaxy, either, and it’s certainly not the original Super Mario Bros. Instead, it’s 1990’s…
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Earlier this week, the Gran Turismo Awards were held as part of the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas. The prize? Some regular guy would get his custom car made available as a vehicle in the game. And this year, that award went to Mark Stielow (pictured, right), whose lovely ’69 Camaro will…
This won’t be much of a surprise to anyone who’s been keeping tabs on the mainstream media and the general public’s reaction to both devices, but a GameStop executive reckons Kinect will outsell Move this Christmas. Especially at his house. Providing a rare, partisan appraisal of both motion-sensing peripheral’s chances in the all-important holiday season,…
While game studio Valve torture the world with a lack of updates to the Half-Life universe, animator James Benson has whipped up for kicks his own vision for an updated, improved Half-Life game. Benson, who put together the brilliant Dance Fortress 2, has modelled not only a more fluid set of movements for Half-Life hero…
You can keep your trashy Call of Duty Jeeps: we’ll take a classy little car inspired by a Nintendo console any day of the week. This Scion has been done up pop culture mag Giant Robot’s editor Eric Nakamura and vehicle artist Len Higa, with select bodywork and the paint inspired by Nintendo’s Famicom console.…
British rapper Dan Bull, who we’ve heard from before, returns with an elegantly-worded plea to Bethesda that amounts to: Fallout is nice, but a new Elder Scrolls game would be better The man pretty much nails it: while Fallout – the more recent of the two role-playing games – was mechanically superior to Oblivion, the…
Fallout: New Vegas is pretty fun when it’s not breaking down on you. Problem is, that happens a lot. Hopefully a “comprehensive” patch due for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 in the “coming weeks” will fix that. While there’s sadly no firmer timeframe on when to expect what for many will be a game-saving remedy,…
If you suck at shooters – think Call of Duty, Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield – then you probably need help. You could ask your friends, but for a less embarrassing solution, you could try FPS Trainer. It’s a game that’s designed to…teach you how to play shooter games, instructing you on the basic (and…
The Call of Duty series has gone from the Second World War to the present day and now, with Black Ops, back to the Cold War. That’s seventy years of warfare covered across seven main Call of Duty games. The fact Black Ops spans multiple decades and multiple conflicts shows that for a series born…
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