Archive for January, 2011 - Page 5

Killzone 3 Developer Diary Previews Vicious Melee Kills

New Killzone 3 Developer Diary Takes An In-Depth Look At Controls, Melee Kills & Heavy Weapons
Filed by on Sunday, 30. January 2011

I don’t know about you, but when I play a FPS, I’m usually more satisfied when I dispatch an enemy using a melee attack than I am when I use a gun. Granted, this isn’t always the case – let’s be honest, blasting an enemy with a rocket launcher can [...]

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LittleBig Planet 2's Game Creation Tools Used To Recreate 8-Bit Zelda

Zelda's First Level Recreated Using LittleBig Planet 2
Filed by on Sunday, 30. January 2011

Not that LittleBig Planet 2 wasn’t already extremely high in my regard, but it just went through the ceiling after I got a load of this Zelda recreation. I long thought that a game which made other awesome games was one of those things that couldn’t exist, like when you [...]

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Bayonetta Dev Platinum Games' New Project Is Called Anarchy Reigns

Platinum's Max Anarchy Is Now Anarchy Reigns, Bears Close Bayonetta Resemblance
Filed by on Sunday, 30. January 2011

Bayonetta received almost universal acclaim when it was released, especially as the title that managed what very few if any games had done before: depict a sexy, powerful and independent female character with style and confidence. It’s safe to say Platinum are trying a completely different tack now, with their [...]

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Valve: Portal 2 On Xbox 360 Is Identical To The PS3 Version

Valve Says Xbox 360 & PS3 Versions Of Portal 2 Will Be Identical
Filed by on Sunday, 30. January 2011

Valve is putting in a noble effort, but ultimately pointless, as most efforts of the noble variety are to dissuade people from uncouth comparisons between the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of its upcoming puzzler. Well, there is one rather significant difference, which has come about as a result of [...]

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Kinect 1:1 Movement Hack Shows Off Some Intriguing Possibilities

Kinect 1:1 Movement Hack May Bring Mannerisms To Games
Filed by on Sunday, 30. January 2011

Yes, Microsoft have announced that there’s a Kinect SDK for PC coming and you’d think that would slow Kinect hackers down a bit, but no dice. But although the world is pretty much fed up with Kinect hacks but there’s just something about this video that just fires up your [...]

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Namco Say Enslaved Made Them Proud, Despite Abysmal Sales

Enslaved Made Namco Proud, Sequel May Be In The Offing
Filed by on Sunday, 30. January 2011

The main thing Enslaved had going for it was the prowess of its voice actors, actors like Andy Serkis, or Gollum to you and me. And while it leveraged that beautifully, the *ahem* borrowed overarching narrative just wasn’t that interesting, and probably most unforgiving of all, the gameplay quickly devolved [...]

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Magicka Developers Working To Fix Indie Hit's Game Breaking Issues

Magicka's Co-Op Bugs Being Worked On By Developer Paradox Interactive
Filed by on Sunday, 30. January 2011

By all accounts, Magicka is something worth playing and, even better, something worth playing produced by a small independent developer, which is always pretty heartwarming no matter how you look at it. Which makes the issues people are currently experiencing with the game ‘s Co-Op mode, namely that some of [...]

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Battlestations: Pacific Getting 50% Discount On Games For Windows Marketplace

Battlestations: Pacific Half Off On Games For Windows Marketplac
Filed by on Sunday, 30. January 2011

I suppose what Microsoft is doing with Games For Windows Marketplace can be called competition with Steam, in the same way that a spitball launcher is sort of like the Large Hadron Collider, but even Microsoft have their moments and this seems to be one of their better ones. Not [...]

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Chime Super Deluxe Coming To PSN In The Spring

Chime Getting PSN Super Deluxe Edition With New Multiplayer Modes]
Filed by on Sunday, 30. January 2011

Rythm puzzle game Chime, which I have yet to try but still hear very nice things about is coming to the PSN. Good, I say, the PSN needed a win after all the recent vandalism it’s suffered at the hands of umm… vandals. Although I suppose what with Sony’s injunction [...]

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Star Wars Old Republic Flashpoints Detailed On Video

Bioware's Old Republic Take On Instances, Flashpoints, Shown Off
Filed by on Sunday, 30. January 2011

Star Wars The Old Republic is shaping up nicely, but it hasn’t really shown the MMO convention destroying and putting back together chops it needs to really shake the foundations of this World of Warcraft dominated genre. Especially since Blizzard are not only reinventing the game at every step despite [...]

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